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I - ThiOiristmas Spirit of a . fjSIC LEASES
WASHINGTON, ftc 19. (United
Presl When the great freiKht and
m
Wonderful Nation
Christmas, with its cheery thoughts kind deeds
and joyous spirit of giving, is at our threshold.
'. .
A Make yourself .as well as your friend happy by
giving SOMETHING USE JUL. :
Shop in th morning. We have so much more
. , ' m time to wait, on you. : ''
passenger currying airplanes of the
muy(:)be controlled by. a dispatch! in
future are making fligMs. 'an&caLry-
ing burdens now undreamed of, they
Hills Department Store
ivfkiii it Tne newly p-i-fected radio ttfephrvBe
" .makes students of aeronautic enthu-
Arende A 1Kb.-),. Urllulilod Iast ' 8IttitIC in pel-dieting unlimited com-
! Rvpi4i Will Hi" IihiiiIwmI tmecciul possibllnies Tor the airplane
1 liisif of the future.
' Much, . has been said about the
movle Home time being set to
automatic luusic but the IlruiiK
wiclt phonograph hint evening at
Mi Arcade thearo demonstrated in j
"Harmony in A Flat", that such is
not only possible but to a reality,
i At first tfiu uudience dfd not
take tljjG occasion seriously for
thero are so many ways to" plan
malic with pictures and y-et is a
; malic with pi tares and yet v' a
product of the human hand. Ah
(the show progrewsed every listcn-
hor found himself however and was
! delighted beyond description at
litre remarkable wont of the Bruns
wick and its adupahlllty to the
, moving picture world.
The same bhow will appear this
evening at the Arcade and while
the novelty is sufficient to attract
u large crowd, the Instructive fea
ture is quite worth while the at
tendance of everyone.
i
worm womkv WAr;n
WAIl WITIIOIT l XIFOItMS?
buy auk
GROCERIES
AND BE
HAPPy AND
fiHEALTHFUL
DURING TH&
HOLIDAYS-
AND ALL
NEXT
YEAR. .
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ALL
Suitable Gifts for Men
Mahogany Smoking Stand
. Shaving Mirrors '
Ivory Picture Frames
Fancy Box Cigars
McDonald's Box Candy
Smoking Stands
Brass Smoking Trays
Cigar Cases .
Military Brushes' (
Fancy Briar Pipes
Shaving Stand
Leather Bill Books
Leather Pass Cases
Waterman Fountain Pens
Thermos Bottles
Suitable Gifts for Women ? "
Ivory Manicure Set
Ivory Clocks
Late Style Hand Bags
Symphony Lawn Stationery.
ANSCO CAMERA FOR ALL
PUTMAN'S DRUG STORE
Toilet Water
Fancy Bottle Perfume
Ivory Jewel Box '
Tourist Pads
PARIS, Dec. 2. (United Press,
by mail.) War Is not without its
smiles. Sonic of America's wom
en war workers keep It from be
ing too dull in P. iris.
For Instance, the luntter of uni
forms. Although living In hotels,
jrioluK work us slmpb as that which
1 1 hey would do at home, dining In
un-lodate rostnuninu, some of the
American women In Paris go In
for uniforms -at a terrific pace.
i iiiuib in one nullum luume uu- i , . . . . , t . t.
leled or unsought by volunUry LV . J iT i 1
censorship) who Is wearing a" BCJ plane of the fliRht commander. June
voro looking khaki uniform of j 1. 118, at Gerstner f.cld, I a , thirty
a skirt and co,t. Hut that Isn't I n'ne machine, were paraded m ro
und of rut as wartime styles go. Her ! view he,ore A1"Jor -e W. L- Ken
feet and ankles are what give Urn wno occupied a plane with the
shock, for she wears the heaviest i tnKhl commnnder and personally di
of shoes and spiral puttees, such as j 'ected some of the formations by
soldiers at the front wear. The j wireless telephone!
puttees, In ndilition to being put- 'Quantity production of the pcrfe-H-tees.
are. of. the heaviest woll va- ed apparatus has just beun, nihl pet
riety, whereas If the warworkor ! sons high in the division of military
Just had to wear puttees, she might i aeronautics are frank in saying t'.at
I , have gotten silk. i if the war had continued until spring
, Kir more Amazonian American the Hun would have been subjected to
nru to bo seen In Pails than at 1 an air offen.-iive on a scale hitherto
Iho front. The Salvation Army I unheard of, both in number and si:-.e
woikers, and other women appear-1 0f planes and in methods of cintrol
Ing hero ocoasioaully, dress j linK nnd maneuvering theiri in large
iflntlitily ns tlveir sixrrniitulitig will ! sUadrons.
pernm. Tlir Jiivo u regulation I ' Colonel C. C. Culver ,!o whom be
inllo. iii, hut It bus a feminine ;lmlKS mjor portion of the credit fer
touch and puttees aio not worn, i (his frvllt fJrwanl step in radio sci
(r the women war-workers on-jence , Krm)uIltc of thc University
iy 'rdi'iV it, ii wiuiiiii) in ordinary,
dainty civil in it dress Is just about
twice as wHconu to the soldier's
eye.s an tne in uniform.
I
In .July, IQJO, Col. C. C. Culver,
whiie watching airplane triafs at
Sheepshead Kay, N. V., conceivedthe
id( that the planes vhould be in con
stant pommunication with each other
and with the (frourid. Colonel Culver
immaliately pejan expennitnts along
the lines of wireless telegraphy and
telephony, and in August, 1il5, waa
transferred to the flying field a fcan
Diego, Cal., for .the purpose of con
tinuing his researches along these
lines. Early fn 1916, the apparatus
was so far perfected asto permit tele
graphing a distance of 140 miles from
a moving plune, and in July, 191b, it 1,1:1 ,i;iu,.b Oni'
nbone signals from the ground. In . stock is Colllplett and 'V( can fill AIU' orders U'tHI!'U
February, 1917 the radio telephone pU ' p ,. y JUm't-llllt ol'-i' UlltU tile last day. laUo
would transmit messages from a ' 1
plane to the ground and from then, lip your llhl IH.
until now its development .has been
rapid.
In April, 1917, Colonel Culver had
opportunity to confer with several
Kuropean scientists then in this coun
try, and in May, 1917, Dr. Jewett of
the General Klectrir company and
Colonel Reese of the United Statu
aimy' joined with Colonel Culver in
perfecting the final stages of the mir
acle machine. More scientists and
electrical engineers of national repu
tation were nssigned to the work at
about this time, and progress wa3
rapid.
Krom October, 1917, until February,
1918, Colonel Culver was abroad con
ferring with famous flyers of the al
lies and working out aerial maneuvers
and formations with direct reference
Now Eastern' rJwkwlirat Just in Today.
PHONE YOUR OEDER
HARRIS GROCERY
Phone Main 70 and 77, Farmers Blade 102
408 North Fir Street Across the Track
S-T-A-R
of Nebraska and has been in thc
United States army since the Spanish
American war, first in the cavalry
and now on the executive staff of the
division of military aeronautics.
I1 Great credit also is due to Mr.ior
General Kenley, who has been Colcnel
fc Culver's staunch supporter through fill
i the dark davs of the experimental
; stage and whose lnfluen.'c has been
The production was made, tn one j of inestimable value in making it pos
of the hiies studios In the mid-, sible for Colonel Culver to continue
die west, ami enact-Ml by a cist of - his work when success seemed remote,
most fanahlo players, including! . , . .'
pjrdig In History.
Til'MInn !u lis oarlj, form was made
; of minced meat of some sort, well son-
I Boned and' stuffed Into an Intestine,
Only Three
Days
Don't delay ordering your Christmas Candies,
Nuts. Cranberries, Figs and Orangus.
Will hare a full supply of Fresh Vegetables on
Tuesday morning.
We have some very nice Holly for sale.
Phone Main 43
J. G. Snodgrass
SHERRY'S j
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Thomas Santsehl, Kri.tzl Ilrunetto,!
Itessio Kyton and others of equ it I
note. Tlie filmlui; of tluf meat
- itlte scenes alone cost many times
.more man me average screen- - rtrt...,ri k.,hi- Timro urn
Ing pudding, hut (t seems originally to
lmve -nme nsuu some word meaning a
Bhort body or Inflated skin.
an el'lit-stoi y chemical factory,
,s well as a large uunslon, which
In the pbiy represeat-i the home
! of t he heroine of t he story. In
.Die iiiakii:i; of these scenes seven
lire coutpimb's were used to fight
A Billion Silver Dollars.
One l illlon silver dollars, lalO In n
niil the picture shows . row, tnys C.as Logic, each coin Just
ehieltt, last showing j
roitiini)i: r.vrn
One of the finest pit cos of work
Tbedii It rA luiH (ner done Is :it '
t he She It V thiMif f( I lilt w....lr 1 I
iu im,.. T.-!...i.i.i.t.... ti .... i. . .the flames
r",,'l " in ii. ner j.ew- ., - . ... .. ... nn
ine men resring ai tne nre stations, touriing ine one univ '-
at 'the tinje -the still Blurm" is j following, would form n line tmt
rec-ived by the H.wettheart of the would reach rctkally. nrpurid the en-
heioine; the entire department i tire world.
rushing madLv down the street .
xiul Ihe tluhtinn of' the flumes to- ' Fire-The inosi ti.rgliblo of vis-
gether wilh the nn-iy hairbreadth hle mysteries. Star Sa
escapes from fultin stairways and;
crumbling walls. I A WANT 'AD will do It
est M or ring
todny.
In tills protluclioa. Miss Hnt-a h;i
oppon unity -to display the manv f
Ti rets of her ve-atHity.
I'liettor J. Onrdau Kdwarri has
i.( hieved a notewoi thy result in
"Tho l'-oi bro'den Path." He has
conihinetl a story of unetpinlled In-
12-10-
ARCADE TODAY
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Kfany POdPOKD m'Kov Could V6u. Jean?
Ai.A:CD.fTV-ie,
."THE COLONEL'S LADY AND JENNIE
O'GEADY ARE SISTERS UNDER THEIR
SKINS"
Till' r-lnak if a scullery inai.l covers the heart itf a
member of the "uier cnisl" in "Mow Could Yon,
Jean .'" and she cooks dysn psia out of a grom-hv old
niillionaire and finds a warm siot in his heart.
Xo! Your'i'e wrong. She doesn't marry him.
Ciuess you'll have to come down to see us if you want,
to find out whom she does niarrv.
' EXTRA FATTY ARBTJCKLE IN
"GOODNIGHT, NURSE"
His appetite was out of sight;
The booze he drank would. fill a tank-;
To excavate this human well,
- They sent him to a hos-pi-tel!
SEE IT YOURSELF IT'S HIS LATEST!
You're entitled to have as much fun as Fatty did.
Observer Advertising wiii qrine re-s-jlts.
tenst with iitnioplilvic ilelnl lh:ir
is peiftvt.
The uliiry ef Wllli:iiu Fax's "The
l-'(irhi(Ulen I'.llh." concerns the' -iil-veiitlin
wllllli JWnll it lenrnient
i:irl hi In RiHlilelily ele;ileil tn
I'limrni table .conditions lv eniilov
inent ns artist's inoilel. ''She
niei-ts n wealthy ymnm . II who
imikes line to luv. cutMuics her
licart. .mil retnses to marry her.
Her child tiles In a snon storm.
Unit on revenue, she seeks cu
the pirl who Is to inurry the man
she hvos. 'They plan rt letrilm
(ion which emls the ilramu i;h
a veliomence raiely seen on the
scieen.
A remedy also shown.
A if c a ni? i
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Beet 6uor InOmtry.
Tliernltcil States ml Spain nre th
only countries which prtiln.e h.ith
cane nml beet stitrar In any consider
s.bto nuantHir. The ilcvclopuient of
the bei't-.suiiar Industry Iti the I'nltiMl
States has been on of Ihe (Treat nc
rlciiltnnit nml innmf wtnrlnit erowths
ot this ronntry. limi. 1W the bt
fucar vmdiictlon ( the I'uiied ntes
Incrt'iiseil Crom OO.'ftons to approxl.
timtely StV.rtlO tons lit 101.1
.MOTOHWKVE Al'TO KOltf.S
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- '" 'W'1 btfWlwwIml. "about beln' n pro;,.nnl
lOH . ti d ev t.lfeini. the tn .-itloeiit iriv- ! ..l.o.. I...- fc. k... .. 3 .
---- i .-.....-..ii-. Mint 1..-.H-10 Ki-.-i. ni i n
VnrUt Eben. i
W(T,e illffleiiliT," remrtked1 T'i
''iu-yk- the thin.- for fv9ie r,VlMiy
u In
brOli'tnWnalteriOto ihonse from. ,the w
tn, ti. , .sn-MiK, which imtket.ii up to ish you why you (on'( Uike
nnng f glasf-en uiineeessav. i ionic of your 0 u mtvice."
,t l ji ;ai i v soi.' k
m kvam ritoii.;M'j
wlui f ch.uu'i'. h;A a pret ty girl
In the sohititMi of iho servant pmb-'
lein? That's a quest Ion that has
been disc ussi-ii ever fllnce persons
of in e. ins , engaged persons less
foitunatu situated to do their
menial wot k.
! Miry ritkford'. in her forthcoiu-
iim photopVty. . "How Could You.
.U.ii! . ' wiiii li will be shoun at the
; A trade th-;ute todnv,- ii.-!ed the
l;Jestion ty biding her beamy be
lli ml the i -.1 motif hi go of a green
!l.i..Hl. -,....... ..r!.,.. ..If..'
'wf 1 . .. ....I I ... i '
in the ernple inent c-fVkf and
ed ner up t a gir'. who as too
good looking to I -siMy be any
,Kind o' a cook. The assumption of
tin' diseu'1 Is Just the b-jinnint'
of' one M the most delightful
rob eer adorned by the a ekno- 1-4
;ed iiU . n ot tli screen. The sup-:
'poMinc I'l.iyers tn tite picture are
i of the nu lil;h Aricn.ft st imi-,
H;f ' ' H'
I 4' --(a ,!
I Chlnesf Ob.trvo Boat fsttivil. ij,.
I The Chinese linv- obs,Hei their nn-; J
j nual drason ,fetat rY.val sin.-e 4.V1 11. T
mil u.e ( lonr iliairm b.( pclllles 1 T
SLIPPERS for XMAS GIFTS
For Women
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Comfy IVlt slippers wilh padded poles in litrlit Muo.
ucni. tan. lavender, nirile, dark red, taiio and pink,
per pair - - -
Satin loudoir with pom-Joms in old rose, pink, litrlit hlr.e.
; Price, pfi- jiair - - - '--
Headed uioccastps in three different lvathtrs, wann lined,
ati per jiair '. 1 --
For Men
I'omfy felt slippers with padded soles in t-i'ay, lihn
'Trice. lM-r pair ......".' . .
. r,s V...i A
azure Mue, ' I 2.
Thepri,-c. HS .t
lavender junl t,.tr
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Tl.ese are irii-t-.l
!?2.00 to $.1.00
-' - 1.7.5 and S2.0i
I'dack .Vid tan vici kid house slippers, 'i i. e, . i' ..feif f S.'i.U.l
lUsitlcti inoccai,H.s in two jiff(.yi-ent loath5s. 9'atni lincth'I'i'ire, ! 1 -.ir SU.-.l
m ' (m,
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stvles.
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