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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
Can the Home Pass the Test!

Are YOU going to fill it with the very best fur-
niture of soundest construction, ana solaes'
values in beauty, style and suitability to the pur-
pose, that your money can buyl
It would be shame to do otherwise
Others-everybody who lives in or even casu-
ally enters your house-are involved
They will unconscously absorb either cheer
mr. gloom from these material surroundings; enjoy
comfort from the practical unobtrusive service or
the right piece in the right place or discomfort
for lack of it; either appreciate your sense and
taste in selection or else wish to goodness you'd
consulted somebody who knew
All these are things to reflect upon seriously
at the time of furnishing your home, or Of rerur-
nishing it.
Good furniture is the only kind to consider,
because good furniture comes to stay, while
clumsy, ugly furniture comes TO stick
What world of difference
Like getting an unpleasant word into your
memory it's sometimes a deal easier getting
fashy furniture of meretricious quality, or OF
crude or tasteless design into your home than get
ting it out of it.
AS for furniture of unsubstantial construc-
ton. it does not even stick which is worse than
all
One does not need to buy such furniture
for shortcuts to creating effect, not for lack of
knowing how or where to proceed, not even for
economy.
Furniture of quality is the only kind worth
having in the home, and in the Wanamaker Sale
there is abundance of it.
In fact there is no other kind to be found in
the whole Sale with its hundreds of suits and
thousands of pieces, embracing these entire great
stocks of furniture, always famous for quality.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12

face white with fear. The storm ragged |
for an hour till the foaming ocean !
seemed ready 10 devour the land. Then |
Il died away in n calm
There is a boat in trouble out beyond
the bar" said Jams father. as the two
strOlled down on the beach after the
gale had passed SEQ, they are sig
nalinR in distress will go out at
once. II is dangerous but / cannot let
a human being perish before my eyes.
The man stepped into the boat. but
as he did so his ankle turned and his
whole weight fell upon IT, With
groan he slid back on the beach.
Il have sprained my ankle and can
not go" moaned the man What can
be done? That boat Is at least two
miles out and II can hardly keep UP
much longer
II viii GO myself. said Jams. Ieaping
into the vessel Il can guide as we'll
as you.
NO. no" shouted the father. You
will only perish in the attempt"
Rut Jams was already skimn1ing the
| top Of the high waves The boat dart
/ ed from crest TO crest Of the whitccap-
ped rollers that came dashing shore
/ ward. but the lad with a skillful hand
/ kept IL straight and rodo the waves
/ hravely. Like a feather he seemed 90
/ sail as II through the air. so lightly
1 did his little skif skim over the water
/ The people in the sinking yacht saw
/ him coming and raised a glad shout
! HIS father watched with pride the boy
| plotting the boat past the dangerous
| reefs.
At last Jams drew the boat up near
the Yacht. Two small skiffs put out at
z s,tlI Of No soon
er had they left the larger boat than it
| stood on end and then plunged beneath
! the waves Three men, two women
| and a baby were soon in Jams boat
The men took the oars which lay in the
bottom OF the vessel but the lad still
sat TO steer.
On the shore a crowd gathered But
JAMS saw nothing save the angry wa
ters and the tutting granite piles. Slow
ly and fiounderingly they swung into a
narrow cove where the water was stu
Then with rush the men on the beach
raced into the water and dragged the
boat 20 land
We'll done. Jams. shouted the men
and boys. as they placed the lad on
their shoulders and bore him off in tri-
umph 70 the village Well done.
Never more will we call you baby
You have saved the lives of six people
by your nerve.
So Jams. once the baby of the vii
Iage. was now its hero. The Earl. on'
of the rescued men and owner OF tht
wrecked yacht. sent him OF 70 college
and in after years when the lad haC
become a great professor. he always
went in the summer TO his old home NJ
in Denmark among the rocky shore'
off which he had once saved the noble
mans party from death.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
Nv Laura A. Kirkman.
Letters from Readers


A Mother: II noticed a request in
your column on December 31st for tho
little Jingle that runs an follows
Mothers pet,
Daddy's Joy.
Grandma's darling.
Precious boy.
This may not be correct, but II la the
way I have used IL with my children
A Render: Here Is an answer to
Mothers Request published on Do
cennber 31st. | have always heard the
Jingle this way:
Fathers pride
Mothers joy.
Darling little
Baby boy"
A HouseIxeeper Who Has no Servant:
when our maid left us last year.
did not soc how / could possibly man.
age. for am not strong and have four
children. The cooking was not 30 bad,
hut II was the cleaning that tired me
out l gave my boys brooms every
Saturday morning and told them to
sweep their own rooms, but there were
dissatisfied faces and unhappy grum-
bIes-naturally. Then 1 thought OF
buying a vacuum cleaner. l did. ana
now my boys fight over who shall have
Il first on Saturday morning TO clean
his room With / believe that this dis
covcry' may help other mothers VINO
have their own housework to do. Ex-
ponsive mechanical equipment Is
good investment where there are boys
i'm tho family. for a boys natural love
of the mechanical will make him eager
| to use IT."
Mother Reader: Here n discovery
| that may holp others: | find that my
little girl gets more out of her music
! Iessons when / take the trouble 10 sit
| bosido her and sew during her daily
| practice hour. In this way. | get
| lot of sewing done. and she tends
! strictly TO buainess-a thing most chill
/ drcn viii not do when left To them
! selves during the piano practice hour.
| Since | tried this experiment four
weeks ago. she has improved so much
| in her playing that her teacher Is go
| ing to let her play at a recital soon,
| We are going to let her take up the
| organ after a few years and become
| professional organist. SO 1t is important
| that she make the most OF her musical
! studies now"
! J. p. T.: Il wish TO protest against
| the general use that IL made Of black
| strap molasses. a ball of this stuff is
| 80 frequently made to pass for plum
/ pudding What a fraud The black
ness conceals the poverty Of this plum
lee,s plum pudding. ] once asked
woman why she put molasscs In cake.
| To make IL rich ehe answered. There
is no richness in molasses. neither In
| taste nor color But fruit will make
either a pudding or cake rich and
bright why. then. IS not fruit used
instead of molaRsos2 IL IL because peo-
ple are too poor or too stingy 20 use
fruit plain pudding is sightlier and
richer than pudding blackened by
rnolasses.
Answer: was much interested In
your protest. for have always felt
that the housewife should not use AZ
over-amount ~ molasses in her Christ
man plum pudding. Molasaes f. in
d,spensable for everyday cookery he
cause Of its economy. but II ono pre-
parcs u celebrate Christmas at all. on'
should do II right. A. the saying goes
and prepare pudding worthy OF th'
! | occasion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
LETTERS OF TESSlE AND JOE

Dssu Tessie:
Wen, see Carusos cold seems TO be
getting better. in spite OF the fact that
ne mad 70 struggle back TO health
axainst heavy odds. in other words,
11 doctors. It's all most OF US can do
20 fan the fiicker1ng spark Of life back
INTO the old ten candle power with just
one doctor buzzing around, 50 ] guess
old Enrico must have q remarkable
constitution 70 slip out OF the clutches
" siI Of them.
II must be a great sensation, Tessie,
20 know you have the greatest, loudest
and most expensive voice in the world.
20 realize that every minute Of the day,
awake or asleep. al least 10000 people.
scattered all over the world, are listen
ing to phonOgraph records of you. and
AZ least 1900 Of them, representing
guests in the act of being entertained,
are wishing they weren't.
Of course q voice as expensive as
Csruso must have its disadvantages.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.
The Park Ave, News,

The Park Ave, News,
SDoarts. A boxing exhibition for fun
started to take place in Reddy Merfy's
back yard between Reddy Merry and
Skinny Martin Last Satidday, but rite
after the ferst part of the ferst round
Skinny Martin stopped and wouldent
start agen on account Of saying he was
more in fun than wat Reddy Merry was.
Among those present trying TO get the
exhibition started agen was Benny
Potts. Artie Alexander, Leroy Shooster
and Ed Wernick.
Bilding notes Sid Hunt is bilding
a new dog house for his fox terrier
Teddy. but IL would proberly be more
ornamental than useful, on account Of
every time Sid tries to make Teddy
sleep In a dog house he barks all mite
insted Of sleeps, proberly considering
If regular house is good enuff for
other people its good enuff for him.
Sissiety. Miss LoretteT Mincer is
lerning 10 sing by taking singing les
sins. ony judging by the sounds she
hasent Termed mulch so far.
Poem by Skinny Martin
Unixpected Plezzures
like brekfist,
] like luntch,
And like suppir too.
But the meal that / injoy the best
Is the meal between eny other 2.
Pencils sharpened vile you wait. 3
for a cent Points garanteed. Or new
Dandy Point pencil sharpener rented
out by the day week or munth. Eny
child can werk it without danger. See
Lew Davis.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
In That Feature Lies
the Marcel

of this Wanaaer Sale opportunity, which -xceeos ne
opportunity Of any furniture sale ever heard of
All our furniture is In this February Sale, ol
furniture as fast as it nreserpsdy ps
the Sale at 80 I-3 per than its regular price
as shorn on the ticket, certain su,ouer groups
offered at 80 per cent less.
But the Sale has progressed sufficiently far
show that greatest attraction is much the
appeal as the that the kind Of furniture
that people want
Even if there could De an equal price appeal offered
elsewhere still there could be other such opportunity
for there is other such collection of furniture.
This is only s. statement OF plain fact.
Whether in making a home renewing an old
one it is clear TO your commonense that the only fum
ture it will pay you put your money is furniture that
is ikable in looks and that carries materials and
construction aso the deductions from original prices
and in the prices which the deductions were made
the substance of reliability
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
THE many WHO WAS A HERO.

JAMS was a tiny lad who had been all
his life in the far northern part of
Denmark. The rough hills, the huge
rocks tutting out into the sea and the
wind roaring over angry waves were
the only scenery he knew.
Jams father lived in cottage near
the shore. yet the boy had ono great
fear-a storm. The lightning never
flashed that he did not hide his face
in his arms.
Jams is a baby" the boys would
shout when they saw the clouds gather
ing watch him run home If II thun-
ders"
One day "A big black cloud was gath
ertnR In the west Out OF IL darted
binding flashes of lightning and heavy
peaIs of thunder seemed TO shake the
very mountains. Jams raced home. MS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
Nothing in Life, You KnOlC,
Stands Still

your home not excepted.
Which way does it nrove-forward backward
Can it move forward far as fast without 200.
furniture furniture and good furniture IA
with it?
Furniture of the right kind in the right place
at the right time investment in every sense 81 the
word.
1t never passes a dividend
It's stock does not fuctuate since passing Sads
fashions or freaks dspsce from favor with ID,
gloss of newness still it, sometimes the unhappy
fate of a garment
Home-rnakers by the hundreds are de4rsonstratins
their sound conviction that this Wanaaker February
Sale is the right time purchase the right furniture
whether one counts savings counts qualities.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12

xyOU know, and we know, that folks shoulo
not Judge folks by their clothes, or homes by
their furniture.
You know, and we know, that to the end OF
time. folks will do Just that thing.
Your furniture, your home, will come In for
its share of that judgment on OCCASION
Particularly if the folks know that the fur-
niture has not been wished on" you as glft, mas
not descended tor on-you IN the course oi
inheritance, but represents your own dehoerate
choice and personal taste.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
All the Ancient Masters of
Classic Cubinet-Cr0ft

have contributed their most perfected designs 70 nah. WI.
Wanarnaker Sale beautiful and joy-gving. And-sorn.-
thing even more important
The best masters Of the newest arts II cabns--
making far construction have put u togethsr
to make It service givingl
So it ought last, going down 70 your children at
the very least.
The wood that IL Ia made of is the finest and r,n~t
fasdiousy product Of the most carefully nrr.d
of lumber forests
To study ts grain and ts finish, IN pans afr psns1
section after section in piece aftsr Dscs assembled tn
this remarkable display delight auprsaaav~
Of such features.
IF it is overstuFed furniture 4 Is n rhs iuxuxaDU
kind that takes you in and swallows 10 - t S.s~
in pillows Of careobliteratng comfort
One man confessed he liked rat fuscy~sookfna cu1n
ture in his livfngroonl."
In this Sale he and al others minded ssessfy
sunpt1lous tastes without sunnpruous expendttora
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12

for the French kings who delighted in their garland ann
gliding frework and curve here-and still stateher
the inspirations In cabinetwork that derive from inc
genius Of the italian Renaissance
Or you fiji your house from topmost bedroom
down 70 front hall If you desire with furniture ~ the
fine and characteristic English type of your preference
be it Jacobean or Georgian Of the school of William and
Mary or Of that Of Queen Anne.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
Handsome Furniture, Such as
Enters the Home to Be L0Ued

as plentiful in this Wanamaker February Sale as
inexpensive actual terms of dollars and cents furn
ture of inferior grades in such places deal in it.
Your choice should be easy.
Tastes differ almost infinitely 70 what constitutes
handsome furniture and therefore this great furniture
assortmen-not yet measuraby depleted by the remen-
dous buying because'we take to keep it filled up
consists almost infinite in its variety.
merely in odd single pieces but in entire suits, capable
completely changing the characters of the duest dining
room the bleakest bedroom, the most odfashoned of
living rooms
land goodness knows, a lot of 'em need changingD
Dainty, hand-decorated suits and pieces here, for
those whose heart goes out to themand also the sturdy
simplicity of the Colonial pieces that recall Great Grand
mothers best rooms" The elaborate elegances named
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12

You save time and money by reading
and using Every Evening want ads.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12

Tomorrow viii be too late. answer
that ad in Every Evening today
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
SANDMAN STORY.

BY Abbie Phillips Walker
Protected by George Matthew Adams
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
THE GIRL WHO
HAD NO C0AN~G'

by Marian Rubincan.
,o,o hv tho Mcclure News
C"pyr,N n.nnr synd,cats. New York C'y'
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27
Congress Asked
For rArmySupplie
To Aid Russians
Hoover Writes Chairman
Kahn to Assist in Saving
Lives Of 10000, 900 Peo.
pie dow Starving.

Washington, Oct 26.-congre.
sional authority has been asked for
the use OF surplus army supplies in
the famine areas OF Russia where
from 100000 TO 100000 people
are starving. Secretary Hoover an-
nouneed yesterday.
Mr.. Hoover made public 4 letter
20 Chairman Kahn OF the house mil
itary affairs committee in which he
called attention ITO the terrible sit
uation in the Volga basin in Russia"
and efforts OF relief agencies to save
as many lives as possible.
Il am addressing you." he said. I'm
the hope that congress might author
ize the secretary OF war to donate
these associations such OF the used
clothing. surplus medical and food
supplies as cannot be adyantageously
used by the army or as cannot be
readily disposed OF for cash. Secre-
tary Weeks informs me that there
are considerable quantities OF such
things costing the govcrnmen, large
amounts for storage and prcserva-
ton. and | believe no greater pur-
pose could be found for their appli-
cation" ..0
Accompanying Mr.. Hoover's letter
was = survey OF conditions in the
Tartar republic by ]. p. Gregg, an
Investigator OF the American Relief
administration, which told OF the fail
ure of that government TO meet the
famine needs OF the people. He es-
timatcd the number of children there
at about l,250,0O0 and declared the
government had enough food 10 feed
about 500 for a month.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By GeorRe Bingham

clab Hancock who has been going
around all bent over the pas, day or
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27
7Wo-Minute Sermons
Written Especially for The Bee by Cipsy Smith
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES.

kinds OF blunders and some are led
away by popular heresies which arc
easy to the flesh. simply because
they don't read and ponder and in-
wardly digest the living, abiding
words OF the Lord.
In World Politics.
The greatest among writers and
statesmen have been devoted readers
OF the Bible. The works OF Shake
speare, Scott. Dickens, Emerson and
all the classic writers are saturated
with Seripturai phrases, In world
politics il is the same. What
strengthened Lincoln, John Bright
and William Gladstone and gave
them their powers OF expression but
knowledge OF the word OF God?
Jesus, when only II years old. sat
among the doctors Of thought and
literature, and He sits there today.
while the greatest masters bow in
His presence.
II we only will read our Bible and
listen TO its echo within us, we will
not fail to bow TO Righteousness, take
off our hats to truth. and like Moses,
our shoes as well, feeling that we
are standing on holy ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27
Fire Whistle Is
Cause of Debate
Plattsmouth Council Has
Stormy Session at Reopening
OF Fire Department Row.

Plattsmouth, Neb.. Oct. 26.-(Spe-
cial )-Dissension has arisen in the
ranks of the heretofore peaceable city
council as an aftermath to the dis
banding of a disgruntled volunteer
fire department and organization OF
another from among the business
men OF the city, Instead of being
over the question, "curfew shall not
ring tonight" the argument has de-
veloped into fight for and against
the blowing of the Burlington shop
whistle in case of fires.
When the old department was COM
posed largely of shopmen, the siren
whistle was sounded to call them
forth to battle fires. At night its
shrill blasts rent thhe ali, and op-
ponents of the practice say it would
have awakened even Rip Van VIM
kle, had he lived anywhere in these
parts.
On the organizing of the new de-
partment a modern fire truck was
placed in service and the whistle gave
way to the silent telephone alarm to
individual members. Firemen claim
this is much more efficient. elimi-
mates arousing everyone in the city
and having hundreds Of curious by
standers. who are more of hind
rance than help to the department, as
we'll as affording relief from para
Lying the telephone exchange by
calls for information as to the loca-
ton of the fire when the operators
should be free to han;l!e calls from
and to the firemen.
Debate marked the evenings ses-
sion of the city lawmakers, and
when the motion to resume the blow
ing of the shop whistle for fires was
called up for vote, five of the 10
councilmen declared themselves
against it. four were in favor and
one passed. Fire whistle shall lot
HOW tonipht" in Plattsmout1,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27

broken in two aud either his body
or his likeness beaten by the by
ISLANDERS, This pleasan, little pas
time is ,deseribed by Spencer. who
writes in the "Raerie Queen"
"And after all. for greater iniamy.
lie by the heels him hung upon .
tree,
And baffled so that all tha, which
passed by
The picture OF his punishment might
see"
The accepted meaning OF the
word today is therefore hgafatlve
rather than iiteral-an echo Of the
days when knighthood was In flower,
cspYrisht, 1891. Wheeler syndicate, Inc
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27

reetion, lie said. after they had ex-
pressed their unbelief: "Oh fools.
and slow of heart TO believe all that
the prophets have spoken; Ought
not Christ to have suffered these
things, to enter into His glory?" The
next verse tells us much: "And be-
ginning with Moses and all the
prophets. He expounded unto them
IN all the Scriptures, the things con-
cerning Himself"
These two men, after il was all
over, said: "Did not our hearts
burn within us while He talked to
US by the way?" Now, then, all He
had done was to make the Scriptures
live. ......
Many really good people, anxious
to do what's right, fall into all
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27
Sixth Community Sales Day
Is Held in Pawnee CITY

Pawnec City, Neb.. Oct. 26.-(Spe-
cial. 1.-THE sixth Community Sales
Day" to be held in Pawnee City in
the last seven months. was held here.
More firms offered their bargains in
this sale than in any previous one,
and some OF the most attractive Of
ferings were made. These sales have
been most successful since their in
PRODUCTION. for both the patron and
the merchant.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27

Brush the dust off your Bible,
Hall the sofrows OF the world come
about because people don't read their
Bibles. They simply don't know and
can, understand the great truths II
contains. ..
Everyone likes 10 hear a secret.
and the divine condolences and
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27
Combating Dog Owned
By Central CITY Farmer

George Matthews of Denver, who
was visitor at the stock yards, told
of a visit he made last week near
Central City, where he saw a regular
corn-eating dog, the property OF
Harry Frank OF Central City. Mr..
Matthews said the dog was pure
bred shepherd and exhibited prefer
encc for corn over all other foods.
He said the dog would go to the
crib three times a day and pick out
the best corn and gnaw it off the
cob with apparent relish. And what's
more, it is said, the dog is in the
best of physical condition.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27
WHY -
5 sBafis- a synonym for -psts.tl"

When. in the literature nf today.
i Is necessary 10 use a synonym for
defeat" ''foil" or "oulwit." the
word battle" Is a recognized equiv
alent--but the origin OF the verb pre-.
sents an interesting study in aneien,
customs and medieval practices. for
Il was formerly applied TO a partieu.
lar species OF physical punishment,
Thus, in Beaumont and fieteher's
King and No King" a eowardly
soldier tells OF his experiences by
saying They hung me no by the
heels and beat me with hazel sticks
so that the whole kingdom took no.
tiee OF ME for a baiiled fellow"
Battling" In the days OF ehivairy,
was the name applied 10 the eere.
mony in which a perjured or reere-
ant knight. either personally or in
effigy. was hung up by the heels.
his eseuteheon blot,ed. his spear
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27

revelations arc tass
einating I T o IN
every point OF
view.
Jesus once said
to the people gath
c Z c d round.
Search the Scrip
lures: for in them
ye think ye have
eternal life: and
they are they
which testify OF
me-"
Fall Into Blunders
In that wonder
ful walk which lie
had with His dis
ciples, TO Emmaus,
after the resur-
Omaha daily bee., 1921-10-27

the weight aud size OF his new lodge
watch chain and charm.
The Hog Ford Preacher will start
a campaign 10 raise a LOT OF money
for the church as soon as the weather
gets right cold. lie believes that Is
the best time 10 raise money. as then
everybody has their hands IN their
pockets
A man Is coming TO the Wild
Onion school building Friday night
TO lecture on the North Pole, and
Sid Hooks is going to wear his ear
muiis and overshoes.