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The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Striped Broadcloth
75c and Csc
Imported Linens
Special 89c

English broadcloth, one of the most
sousht-after fabrics. Not only is the
material desirable, but the patterns are
stripes. The combination is one unsur-
pass<d. Second Floor
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Tome Sewing Week. Thompson-Be1den

The two-piece sports frock in natural
cashmere 10 just about "it." Although
it comes in other colors, the natural
shade is best.
With the general shortening of skirts,
the waistline puts in an appearance but
seldom.
In contra cdictory fashion, two different
colors of one fabric are much in use
with harmony of material on the one
hand and sharp contrast in the shades
used on the other.
The jumper frock may take a pleated
skirt, a circular front or only an inverted
kick pleat in the center for fullnes..
Nothing must mar the straight line.
The jumper frock, the kick pIeat, the
epaulet shoulder, the peasant sleeve, the
two.piece frock, real or simulated
these newer features of the spring mode
may be worn by the woman who sews
from patterns. Mccall patterns, zoe to
45c; Pictorial Review, 15c to 45c;
Modele Parisien, 100; Vogue, 40c and
CSC. Vogue patterns are sold in Omaha
exclusively at Thompson-B Belden.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Pri Crepe
yard $50

Prints being so greatly favored, we
have Is different pieces at this very
reasonable price. They are mostly
the smaller patterns, attractive yet
conservative in design, and repre-
senting practically all colors. 36
inches wide. Street Floor
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
The Fabric One Buys
p1ai ded Wool Crepe
yard $50

Designed by an artist were these
wonderful wool crepes, for the
plaids are placed as only one who
knew might direct. Quite the
smartest of spring ensembles might
be designed with coat, lined or un-
lined, of this fabric and a silk frock
of the green, the lavender, the blue,
or even the red of the fine lined
plaid. Street Floor
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Bordered Silks
Pattern 9.75

The straightline frock with jabot
or side frill is smartest of this new
silk which is so patterened as to
indicate yoke, waistline and tunic
line. Seven patterns, including
black with white, navy with tan,
orange with tan, and navy with red
brown. The 1ha-yard l dress pattern
of this 54-inch material is 9.75.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Crepe de Chine
yard 2.95

Occasionally, even in this season of
plaids, stripes and prints, one is per-
mitted to wear a frock cf plain
shade. Twenty-Five different shades
of this crepe in a firm, even weave
of good weight. Really, an excel
lent value. Street Floor
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Year-Round d Zephyr

Quaint English garden prints make
this fine gingham particularly de-
sirable for little girls .pantie
dresses, but it is so lovely that
women make their home frocks
from it too. Many shades, some
of them unusual in singhams, all of
which wash without fading the
least little bit. Second Floor
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Prints and Stripes

taken the mode by that
stocks of silks all
Manson Cheney mills
and coors One reves in their loveiness.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Printed Triple Wolfe
ward 3.95

From Mallinson come these gor-
geous flower.patterned triple voiles
in patterns for lovely afternoon
dresses and dance frocks. One can
not describe the tiny dragon fly
or the red-pink roses on their dark
ground--at least not As Mallinscn
has woven them. Street Floor
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01

A week in which all things for spring
sewing are featured-a week in which
store efforts are especially directed to
sections of fabrics and their essentials
for spring sewing.
Silk and wooden goods sections present
their most complete showing; the newer
cotton fabrics are shown. 1t is with a
knowledge of the mode for summer that
we offer prints, large and small; stripes,
bright shades and pastels; bordered
silks of many patterns; chiffons, geor-
gettes, crepe de chimes and tub silks.
With kasha king of woolens and all
kasha.like fabrics in great favor, spring
woolens are unusually important.
Although we know that for style and
value our fabrics are unexcelled, we
urge our patrons to shop carefully, to
compare prices and quality with those
of other stores.
With such short time until spring, one
really must begin planning and sewing
now, for becoming new frock that one
has made herself will turn some bright
spring morning into a perfect day.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Striped Crepe
2.95 a yard
Crepe de Chine. yard 1875

The Thompson-Belden Special Crepe is
40 inches wide and may be had in prac-
tically every shade for lingerie, for sum-
mer frocks, afternoon frocks and street
frocks. The quality is excellent; the
price unusually low.
Street Floor.
The Omaha morning bee., 1925-03-01
Many Buttons

trim some of the smartest dresses.
Oftimes the very small ones outline i'm
portant style lines of an otherwise plain
dress.
We've really an enormous stock of but
tons, large and small, in every color and
in almost every imaginable combination.
Two-tone ball buttons, dozen,
at. ...............-. SOC and 15c
Small, flat trimming buttons, six shades,
dozen. ............. zoe and &c
Two-tone wooden buttons, three sizes,
at ........,.. S5c, 1.75, 3.S5
Filigree metal buttons, gold and silver,
dozen. ........7 75c to soc
Flat cut steel buttons, dozen.
at. .........,....... .2.15 to 900
Pearl trimming slides, ca, 1OC to SOC
Street Floor
Filet Lace. yard &c
Narrow filet edges of very fine quality.
One needs many yards for lingerie, and
for children's things.
Imitation Val Laces, yard SC
4. e.
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elaboration about the sport. Large
sums were invested in the manufac-
ture of the game appliances.

elaboration about the sport. Large
sums were invested in the manufac-
ture of the game appliances.
Then after a time the fad waned.
Nah -jong, or pung chow, or whatever
else it was called, palled on the public
taste. The sport was a bit too COM
plicated, the rules too diverse. the
action" too slow for the average
player of games. whether for stakes
or for '1ove." Radio drew of some
of the patrons of the sport. Cross
word puzzles took their toll of the
pleasure seeking public. Others went
back to bridge and pinochle and other
card contests less intricate and more
familiar and not so exotic.
The other day a large advertise
ment appeared in one of the New
York papers calling attention to an
auction sale of the 100000 bankrupt
stock of a firm manufacturing the i'm
plements of this game, including 10,-
900 sets made of a superior quality
of synthetic material, $1,000 pounds
of unassembled set blocks, 70, 900 IN
struction books, 10000 dice. 5000
racks and $500 score meters The sale
will take place during this present
week. There is no sign to indicate
whether there will be any bidders or
buyers.
Nah -jons and pung g-chow will
doubtless continue to be played, by
some devotedly and by others occa-
sionally and with gradually waning
interest. But, as this auction adver-
tisement indicates, the craze" has
run it's course. America has had it's
fling with the Chinese game, which,
some who are versed in Far Eastern
matters aver. was never, in fact, quite
correctly interpreted and explained to
Western players. and it will now be
ready to pick up some new pastime
with the avidity which always marks
the adoption of novelty.
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admission. The radio audience listens
in" free Of charge. The stage singer
Is paid for his work. The radio broad
caster often is not paid. But the COM
poser of the song and its publisher and
the dealer who sells it are all deprived
Of their proper profits If repetition
stales it's appeal and lessons the de-
mand for it.
Broadcasting Is conducted az busi-
ness, not as an unselfish means Of
public entertainment. 1t is promoted
by the manufacturers of radio appa-
ratus to stimulate the sales of their
wares, and by commercial establish
ments to advertise themselves. 1t is a
legitimate enterprise. 1t should pay
Tor the materials used, and. indeed. for
the services of those who do the work.
Whether the singers are paid or not Is
a matter between them and the broad
casting agencies. But the authors and
composers and their publishers and
the retailers of their wares should not
suffer because of the enterprize Of
those who are engaged in what is.
after all, no less than a business enter
prise and which should be conducted
upon business principles.
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The Passing of a Pastime.

A couple OF years ago this country
experienced an inva sion from the Far
East A game of chance, or skill, ac-
cordtng to the point of view, was
introduced from China, called by vari-
ous names. such as mah-jong and
pung-chow, a pastime that has been
in vogue in the land of mystery for
centuries. 1t was a picturesque game,
played with rather decorative pieces
and with a quaint phraseology. 1t re-
quired some learning" for it was
complex. and, furthermore, it was
wide I'm its differentfations Rule books
were printed and instruction "col-
0mns" were published in newspapers,
all different, according to the particu-
lar province of China from which the
6ame was brought.
The game gained for a time q firm
bold upon public favor. Much money
was made by the manufacturers, who
provided sets ranging widely in price
from the cheapest, at a dollar. made
sf crudely printed wooden blocks, to
beautifully decorated worries at. sew
eral hundred dollars. There was set
for every purse. Special ia bles were
even produced. Sets of the apparatus
were packed in travelling cases spe-
cially made for the purpose Of easy
kranDoxfn4ien4 Thera vaS-A Aeal -qf
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Sturgeon.

A power boat in New York Harbor
struck big fish and passed on. The
crew thought the obstruction a sunken
course one Of tho boatmen, according
to'the report, saw a big fish founder
ing" The fish could not be handled
with a boat hook. and slipping a line
over 1t the men towed the fish to a
wharf. 1t was Ga feet long and
weighed 400 pounds. Men Of the Hud-
son and East Rivers, the Narrows and
the lower harbor gathered, and some
said 1t was a whale calf and others
thought 1t a shark, mackerel hound.
sea hound or porpoise. Capt. William
Carmichael, who had fished long in
those New York waters, said he be-
lfeved 1t was a sturgeon. A fish dealer
from a market was sent for, and he
worth so cents a pound in a delicates-
sen shop. He paid the boatmen $2l8
for the FISH. He said that II It had
been a roe sturgeon he would give
them twice as much
Though the fishing industry has de-
clined, almost disa appeared. in the
Potomac River, 1t is not believed that
a crowd of Potomac watermen would
debate whether a fish were q whale
calf. mackerel hound. shark. porpoise
or sturgeon. The sturgeon, though
not well known, Is remembered. Once
1T was d familiar fish in the Potom C
and famous f1sh with some persons
though many others passed 1t by be-
cause being such a common fish it
lacked flavor. delicacy and other table
qualities. There are those who re-
member when a 6-foot sturgeon in the
Washington market was not exraordi-
nary. There were many in the river,
and sturgeon catch was common
That was some time ago. Now and
then one hears Of the capture Of q big
sturgeon in our river. but not often.
Evening star., 1925-06-14
Dawes to Crusade for Reform.

Vice President Dawes, 1t Is an
nounced, will probably make a tour
of Western cities following a speech
of July. He will talk in continuation
of his argument for a change in the
rules Of the Senate to permit more
expeditions legislation. No itinerary
has been arranged thus far, but there
is in prospect an enlivening series
Of speeches in his vigorous style in
manner to arouse public interest
in this subject.
Thus far the public response TO Gen.
Dawes criticism of the Senate rules
has been unmistakably favorable to
his contention that the rules Of the
upper house of Congress should be
changed. Senatorial sentiment on the
subject is divided, but the general re-
action outside of congressional circles
is altogether one of sympathy for the
proposal. The country Is evidently
convinced that the freedom Of
speech and the rights OF the mi
nority' in the Senate are not going
to he put in jeopardy by an amend
ment which will enable the Senate
whenever the ma jority Of that body
may choose 10 put an end to debate
and bring about a vote.
This reform may not be brought
about at once. Perhaps Gen. Dawes
himself does not expect immediate
action. But this, like all other mo-
mentous changes. must be started, and
the present start has been decidedly
good one. The purpose Of the Vice
President in appealing to the country,
as his present program indicates, is to
arouse a sentiment that Will react
upon the Senate. There is no direct
way of "instructing" Senators. In the
early days Of the Government States
frequently sought to give them orders
through the votes of the Legislatures
by which they were chosen. Senators.
as rule, resisted these instructions,
and several notable contests and con-
troversies arose in consequence. Now
that Senators are elected by direct
vote OF the people Legislatures have
no ground for assumption of authority
to direct the course and votes of the
States representatives in the upper
house.
Public sentiment, however, has its
effect. even though the connections
are indirect. While only one-third of
the Senate Is elected at one time, those
who are candidates for Office are amen
able to the pressure Of opinion among
the voters. Between elections public
feeling has its influence upon the
course of the Senate as that OF the
House. Thus. If the Vice President
evokes a pronounced expression Of
support for his proposal in tho course
of his projected tour West he will
have gained materially in his crusade
for the betterment Of the rules for
the sake of speedier action in Con-
gress.
Evening star., 1925-06-14
Broadcasting and Royalties.

At a meeting of an association of
music dealers held in New York agree
ment was expressed that the eventual
effect of the broadcasting of popular
songs by radio is to check the sales
of sheet music. The concensus was
that, whereas for very short time
after a new song is printed the radio
reproduction stimulates the demand
for the printed copies. the constant
repetition of the same number from
station after station causes the radio
audiences to tire of the tune and the
sales quickly decrease. Hence. the
dealers formally pledged their cooper
alton with the music publishers in
their efforts to have radio broadcasting
subjected to the same copyright and
royalty regulations as are other forms
of public performance.
There is surely no equity In permit
ting the unauthorized use of a copy
righted song by radio broadcasters
when stage performers are not allowed
to sing 1t without specific permission
or upon payment Of royalty. In each
case the singer sends his voice out to
an Aud1encAr ThN. peya
Evening star., 1925-06-14
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

What do a couple of enthusiastic
young pugilists think about on the
very edge of a battle which may land
one or the other of them under the
crown of heavyweight champion of
the world?
Let us take young Mr.. Gene Tunney
and the somewhat less young Mr..
Tommy Gibbons for example. They
meet at the offices of the New York
afternoon. Within a few hours they
are to be at grips in the squared
circle. DO they glover at each other:
do they hiss curses under their breath;
do they shout maledictions, one upon
the other; do they look daggers; do
they skulk and scowl, or bark and
growl?
They do not. Here is a stenographic
impression of what occurred.
Hello Tom said Gene.
Hello Gene" replied Tom; "how's
your game"
Pretty good, Tom; how's yours?
Not so good. Gene. I've been max
ing anywhere from "a and 80 10 100
lately and don't seem to be able to
break 80 to save my soul"
MY games about the same, Tom.
/ played every day up at Saratoga
Lake. The course was fine, the
breaking 80 / simply couldn't do IT
BY the way, Tom, have you tried put
ting off your left leg?'
Gene didn't say cutting" off your
left leg, he said putting.
No" replied Tom.
We'll" said Gene, II learned the
trick from a crafty player down In
Miami last Winter. Why, the fellow
nearly putted me to death. Twenty
and thirty foot puts were easy to
him. 1t improved my game tremen
dously. Try 1t next time, Tom"
"I'll do that, Gene. Goodbye. See
you later"
Some hours later the referee was
counting 10" over the PROSTATE form
of Gibbons, while Tunney paced with
tiger tread about the fallen foe.
The traveller through the country
finds that the Scopes case down II
Dayton, Tenn. is causing more Sc
rious discussion and more serious
thinking today than any controversy
placed before the country in serie!
Of decades. The gold and silver con
troversy. back in 1896, had the coun
try by the ears, but few Of those whC
met at the street corner and talked
of is to / had any real idea Of wha'
| 1t was all about. The question o.
Americas entry into the World Wal
naturally caused momentous discus
sion, but the people as whole mere
ly waited for Washington to reach {
decision, and then the drift was al
one way.
With this evolution thing 1t is diff
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mon should do unto you, do We even
so unto them"
The Ionta Clubs are primarily lunch.
con clubs which meet once a week
Iacn nlemoer Is required to attend
regularly, or If she is unable 70 con,a
she must send in writing her reasons
!or not doing so. Any member who
Tails to attend this weekly luncbaon
three successive times and sends No
excuse Is automatically dropped from
membership.
bach club has its own permanent
fund. generally raised by assessment
whlch Is devoted TO any cause which
Is favored by the particular club. In
washington It has been decided to use
tnls rund IN assisting young women
VINO oesire to begin professional or
business careers. -
Much Needed Assistance
Ihat is. they must have comnlet.d
thelr education and be ready act,,o1I,,
10 go into business for theu.eI,,as
AS every one knows, there are NAV,
organizations and associations which
are willing and anxious to land .
heiplns hand to the ambitious vo,,, .
man JUST starting out. but tho young
financial assistance.
Under tho proposed phn or ~.
washington Zonta Club young WOW.
an OF IL or moro who has show
eViuence or business or profasstorai
apiiity may apply for a loan H.
appl1cation will be considered
iuiiy and inquiry made as TO her cha :.
acter, reputation and ability. IF oh.
40 iouno 10 meet with all the condf,
os o,o.s ser she VIII be granted a loan
u appIoAimately 1900 at a moderat re-
1nfAra1f
that as yet no applications baya lev new
received No doubt, however w.
IL becomes generally known thst 49,
Aonta Is Offering aid in this n,annae
it VIII nave more applfoatfone thar
It can take care OF. 'na1'
IL Is understood that n rrr,t,.r
OF the clubs in various sections ~ ~
country are doing this same sort Of
M work others have pledged them.
Th 9,ses 70 support one or two orphans
Inc Uuca Club took the nrize - 80
last convention for its plan ~ ,,.tne trie
the permanent fund. 1t held a esrIs
week. during which time assistance ot
one Klnd or another was rendered -
ABOUT thousand girls. Other cI,,h.
nave annual Christmas partie. for
the poor children Of their cities T..s,
year one club gave away seven der
dolls. 'ii oozeH
Cities Sock Conventions.
AS in all organizations. there !.
always aNgreat scramble on the mar,
or each city to have the honor OF
being host Washington is now be
ginning to make plans for having the
confederation meet here in 1927. Al
a recent meeting a chairman of the
convention committee was appointed
She Is to have entire charge of ali
the work connected with obtatnine
| this honor for her home town. The
| member who suggested that such a
chairman be appointed made the state
| ment at that time that she pttied the
unlucky one. as certainly by 1927 she
would be the most unpopular membe,
| of the club. She felt doubly sorry
for the unlucky one when she found
that she herself was elected to this
Office.
These Zonta Club meetings give the
business and professional women OF
| a locality an opportunity of gettine
acquainted and becoming friends
This contact stimulates in each the de
| sire to be of service and ouickens
her interest IN the welfare of her com
munity.
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ferent. Every man seems to think he
has right to discuss whether or not
he descended from an ape-like ami
NAL or whether he was built UP over
night out of 4 lump of clay. The
writer has found virtually una nimous
opinion that the discussion is bound
to do a lot of good and to result in
new interest in religion, for the dis
cusslon has reached persons and
places where the church perhaps has
had no particular appeal.
The average evolutionist is found to
be firm believer in God. He be-
| lieves that evolution is the work of
God and should be respected as such.
To call evolution a contradiction of
the Bible they regard as a very mar.
row Interpretation of the sacred book.
The discussions unquestionably have
awakened new interest in evolution
and aroused a desire to learn more
and more OF the subject
The radicals on both sides of the
controversy seem to be in the vast
minority. They remind one OF the
! parable of the two hungry men and
the baskets of fruit. The first man
discovering the first basket ate all
| the fruit and finding it so good he
| gobbled up the basket as well. The
| good of the fruit, however, was offset
| by the ensuing pains caused by eat
| ing the basket. The second man, more
cautious, perhaps. took taste of the
/ fruit. Then he tasted the basket. And,
| because the basket was bitter and dry,
| he kicked both fruit and basket into
| the sea, deciding that neither could
be of any good.
| The whole country has had out It's
spyglasses looking for Dayton on ths
unabridged maps Of Tennessee. They
have found the little town a scant -
miles north OF Chattanooga on ths
main line of the Cincinnati, New Or
leans and Texas Pacific Railway, once
known as the Cincinnati Southern,
and now operated as a part of the
| Southern Railway system.
| This is one of the most interesting
| railway lines in the world. 1t is the
only interstate steam railroad, so far
as the writer knows, that is owned
by an American city. The Cincinnati
Southern is owned outright by the
city of Cincinnati. 1t was financed
and built by Cincinnatians as a
Southern trade outlet some 40 or so
years ago and it is leased by the city
to the Southern Railway.
Those who are expecting a sizzling
time under a tent at the Scopes trail
in mid-July Will not get much comfort
out of the fact that one of the nearest
villages TO Dayton is Bakewell. An
other nearby point chances TO be
Rathburn.
(Copyright. 1880
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SHOOTING STARS
By PHILANpER JOHNSON.

Butterfly Chasing.
Pursuing buttsrhieA. through life We
stray.
Follows the beauteoua thing from
place to place.
Yet fears to catch II ana destroy its
Erace,
Pursuing butterflies, as years extend,
friend
For whose destruction toll We must
employ
Ere he our hopes can ravage and
destroy,
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Madison Square Garden, the scene
OF one of Col. Bryan's memora BILE
demonstrations, has been torn down
However, the colonel Is always re-
sourceful, and is willing to set his
stage in a geological garden or even
in the Garden Of Eden,
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Even though evolution Is taught in
the public schools there may be the
same reluctance about accepting all
the story in absolute faith as has been
shown about accepting some of the
circumstantial details OF Homers
"Iliad."
Evening star., 1925-06-14

1t may be possible for Canada to
although many people believe that II
there were such a possibility DR.. Cook
would have discovered it,
Evening star., 1925-06-14

Business conditions arc certain to
go forward toward even greater i'm
provoments. A contrary opinion
would imply that our most able after
dinner speakers have no economic in
fuence.
Evening star., 1925-06-14

The fact that the Chinese ara on
gagged in dissension encourages some
of the Russians to assume that they
are in some degree in a receptive
mood for bolshevism.