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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1923)
Woman's Club Is Divided on Home Many Offers of Property for Permanent Clubhouse Downtown. A downtown clubhouse, preferably In the neighborhood of Twenty-fourth ■nd Farnam streets, was the general sentiment of the 100 or more members of the Omaha Woman’s club who at tended the epecial meeting of the club Wednesday afternoon in ■ Burgcss Nash auditorium. It was called for the purpose of discussing a permanent location for a club home. While several of the members con sider the present location on Seven teenth and Jackson streets a good business investment, few are in favor of building on the lot. The property was purchased In the summer of 1921 for $22,500. Interest on the property, which contains two buildings, amounts to 7.8 per cent annually. Mrs. Charles Johannes, president of the club, thinks It would be unwise to build or purchase a clubhouse at this time. Among others who believe in "sitting tight and waiting a while longer’* are Mrs. Philip Potter .presi dent-elect: Mrs. Edgar Allen, second vice president; Mrs. John Haarmann, Mrs. E. B. Ransom and Mrs. Harriet McMurphy. . The building committee. Mrs. C. E. Hempel, chairman, has investigated several propositions. Among them are the M. C. Peters home at Thirty second and Dodge street, which lias been offered to the club for a little lees than $50,000; a location at Twen ty-fifth and Dodge, south of the Mcr riam, also at $50,000; a lot on Twenty fourth and Dodge with a frame dwelling for $100,000 and one at Twen ty-fourth and Davenport streets con taining two brick dwellings for $20,000. I -_-• Extra Gas Charge Is Now Matter of Record The board of directors of the Metropolitan Utilities district has adopted a rule which charges double the ueual rate for gas when a bi-pass Is discovered in any premises. The board recently endeavored to enforce an unwritten rule which Im posed $50 fine for the first offense end $25 for the second, bu‘t a Judge in municipal court would not sustain a rule which was not of record. Bandit Gets $5,000. Hagerstown, Md., March 28.—A ban dit held up Alex Feohtlg, a messenger for the Roulette Knitting Mill com pany here this afternoon near the mill's office and escaped with a pay roll of between $5,000 and $«,ooo. Ho knocked tha messenger unconscious. ONE OF OURS By HULA ( ATHKR. Famous Nebraska Author. (rnntfnord from Yesterday.) By fillJA CATHKK. H\ NOTHIN. Claude W heeler, living on n Nfhruvkti ranch with lii* parent* and a younger brother* Ralph, ha* to quit Temple col lege. a email denominational school at I in coin, at the end of hi* third year to take care of the home place while hi* father. Nat W heeler, and Ralph spend most of their time on their Colorado ranch. Claude’* older brother, llnyli**. run* an Implement *tore at Frankfort. While in Lincoln, Claude tin* become a clo«e friend of the Krlich family. Mr*. Erlich, a motherly widow with five *nn«, having made the *hy boy feel at home on hi* nuniemu* vi*it*. Claude and Itay li*N go sleigh riding with Enid Royc© and Cindy* Farmer. They drive past the Trevor place, where two New England er*. Trevor and Brewster, had fried to be great cattlemen In the early day*. The rich bottom land about the Trevor place had been rented out to a truck gardener for years now; the comfortable house with its billiard room annex—a wonder for that part of the country In its day—remained closed. Its windows boarded up. It sat on the top of a round knoll, a fine cottonwood grove behind it. Tonight, as Claude drove toward it, the hill with its tall straight trees looked like a big fur cap put down on the snow. “Why hasn't some one bought that house long ago and fixed It UP?'* Enid remarked. “There is no building site around here to compare with it. it looks like the place where the lending citizen of the town ought to live." •'I'm glad you like it, Enid,'' said Bayliss in a guarded voice. "L've al ways had a sneaking fancy for the place myself. Those fellows back there never wanted to sell it. But now the estate’s got to be settled up. I bought it yesterday. The deed is on Its way to Hartford for signature.” Enid turned round in her seat. "Why Baylisa. are you in earnest? Think of just buying the Trevor place off-hand, as if it were any ordinary piece of real estate! Will you make over the house, and live there some day?" "I don’t know about living there. It's too far to walk to my business, and the road across this bottom gets pretty muddy for a car in the spring." "But It's not far, less than a mile. If X once owned that spot, I’d sorely never let anybody else live there. Even Carrie remembers it. She often asks In her letters whether any one has bought the Trevor place yet.” Carrie Koyee, Enid's older sister, was a missionary in China. "Well,” Bayllss admitted, "I didn't buy it for an investment, exactly. I paid all It was worth.'" Enid turned to Gladys, who was ap parently not listening. "You'd be the one who could plan a mansion for Trevor hill, Gladys. You always have such original ideas about houses.” “Yes. people who have no houses of their own often seem to have ideas about building,” said Gladys quietly. "But I like the Trevor place as It is. I hate to think that one of them is (lead. People say they did nave such , good times up there.'' Bayliss grunted. "Call it good times If you like. The kids were still grub bing whisky bottles out of tho cellar when I first camo to town. Of course, if I decide to live there. I'll pull down that old trap and put up something modern.” He often took his gruff tone with Gladys In public. Enid tried to draw the driver Into the conversation. "There seems to be a difference of opinion here.' Claude.” "Oh," said Gladys carelessly, "it'sj Bayliss’ property, or soon will he. lie will build what he likes. I've always: knew somebody would get that place away' from me, ao I'm prepared." I "Get it away from you?" muttered Bayliss, amazed. "Yes. As long as no one bought 111 and spoiled It. it was mine as much j as it was anybody's." “Claude,” said Enid banteringly, | "now both your brothers have houses. Where are you going to have yours?" i "I don’t know’ that I’ll ever have one. I think I'll run about the world a little before I drawr my plans," he replied sarcastically. "Take me with you, Claude’.” said Gladys In a tone of sudden weariness. From that spiritless murmur Enid suspected that Hsyllss had captured Gladys' hand under the buffalo robe. Grim ness had settled down over the sleighing party. Even Enid, who was not highly sensitive to unuttered feel 1 ings, saw that there waa an uncom fortable constraint. A sharp wind had come up. Bayliss twice suggested turning back, but his brother an swered. “Pretty soon." and drove on. He meant'that Kayliss ahould have enough of it. Not until Enid wh is - pered rep; nnchfully, “I really think you ought to turn; were all getting cold,” did It realize that he had made his sleighing party into a punishment! There was certainly nothing to punish Enid for; she had done her best, and had tried to make his own bad man ners less conspicuous. He muttered a blundering apology to her when ho lifted her from the sleigh at the mill house. On his long drive home he had bilter thoughts for company. He was so angry with Gladys that he hadn’t been able to bid her good night. Everything she said on the ride had nettled him. If she meant to marry Bayliss, then she ought to throw oft this affectation of freedom and independence. If she did not mean to, why did she accept favors from him and let him get into the habit of walking into her house anil putting his bo* of candy on the table, as all Frankfort fellows did when they were courting? Certainly she couldn t make herself believe that she liked his society! When they were classmates at the Frankfort High school. Gladys was Claude's aesthetic proxy. It wasn't the proper thing for a hoy to be too clean, or too careful about Ida dress \aSti»g! Flavor that ^ Ungers— peppermint! ___ NAIRN Straight Line Inlaid Linoleum Your dealer knows Nairn Consult the dealer whose window exhibit includes the Naim Linoleum display featured in the centre of the picture below. He will show'you how the beauty and wide variety of patterns enable you to select the best foundation for the entire decorative scheme of any room. 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Me had believed in her tine feelings; believed implicitly. Now he knew she had none so fine that she couldn't pocket them when there w.-m enough to bo gained by tt. Even while he sivid these things over and over, his old conception of flladys, down at the tKittoni of Ids mind, remained per •latently unchanged. But that only made Ids state of feeling the more painful. He was deeply hurt, and for some reason, youth, when it U hurt, likes to feel ltaelf betrayed. (fontmuni In Th#» Morning Collrapucs to Express Their Loss of Gruenther Directors of the Metropolitan Util! ties district directed its Judiciary corn mil tee yesterday afternoon to prepare suitable resolutions on the recent death of C. M. Gruenther, who was a director. No action was taken toward nam ing a successor to Mr. Gruenther. M< int-er W. J. Coad was out for the 1 first time within several weeks, t'nited Ktatos Senator H. B. 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