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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1924)
Over Thousand ! Costumes Available | for Smith Shows Trip Through ardrohc Room a Revelation in Theatrical Ap parel. a;.h ytM ever go In a warehouse that stores ladies’ garments? It would no doubt be Interesting, but not half as novel as a glaneo at the big room under the Empress thea ter where the costumes of the Bert Smith company are kept. Here one finds row aftsr row of chorus dresses of all sorts, shades and description. Slllts and satins of rainbow hus are utilized in their making. Some are of the abbreviated kind. Others are evening gowns, colonial costumes, rube outfits, quaint dresses that might be utilized for a Quaker scene and many novelty costumes Including a “bunny” series with big heads that kok like a bit from "Alice In Won derland.” It’s all a part of the business of producing such attractions as are offered every week at the Empress by the Bert Smith Players. Two experts ■ re constantly at work devising new wardrobe. There are 12 chorus girls in the company. They usually make four changes in every hill. That Is a total of 48 costumes which must be provided every week. These are worn only once and then put away for use In some other city. So It’s easy to see where the thousand or more costumes corns from. One of the Par doe Ice Cream Trucks t:__ Old General Good-Time. There Is a certain commanding of ficer who haa marshaled together more people and won more battles than any other In history. He Is "Old General Good Time.” His field of battle Is strewn with bills paid and unpaid and his toll has been reflected not In bloodshed but In failure and wretchedness. Now no level headed person could Justly criticise another for having a good time. Pleasure, recreation and proper amusement, have their right ful place In every well ordered life. But, If we make our good time a general one, If we live to spend and be amused, and overlook the serious side of getting ahead, there lnvarl ___ I ably comes the day when we must regret. The only wrong In spending la In spending unwisely. The only wrong In having a good time 1» In letting pleasure make ue forget that we shall one day be old and that a little hay must be made while the sun .of youth and health shines. Let us live snd love and laugh but all the while let ue remember that money In the bank must one day be our defense—our reRdy help In times of possible trouble. It s all right to have a happy life; to smile snd enjoy ourselves, but It Is also well to avoid enlisting permanently In the army of Old Gen eral Good Time. • Copyright—"Forging Ah»»d." Old Timer Starts Savin’ | l — B.v FRANK HERN AN Of Alanitte Dairy. There has been a lot of chatter around here for iruite a spell shout thrift. They tell a fella to earn more, save more and spend less. Well, now I ain't a chap that does much spendin' out of the ordinary. I never gambled and haven't spent any money foolishly for a long time. Bout the only extravagance I got Is smoking. I have managed to keep tolerable busy most all my life, but somehow 1 haven't cumulated much savings. 1 have always paid up what I owed and kept purty well out of debt. Sometimes I'd get a few dollars ahead, but somethin' seemed to always come along extra like, you know, and take it. Well, this here thrift talk got me to ftggertn’ bout myself and family. When I first thought about It, I sort a came plum discouraged, but made up my mind I was purty much a failure. And so I thought about it some more. The more I reckoned 'bout it the bet ter I felt. After stewing around several days, says I to myself, "Look here, Old Timer, you ain't such a failure, not abit of It.” Guess you folk* can tell by this writing I didn't have much school ing. My folks were poor, but they did try to give me a good bringen up. Well, gettln’ hack to why I think Mother and I have done right smart. We had nothing to start with when we were married outside of real love for each other. That was nigh on to thirty years ago. Now we have four children, two boy* nnd two girls. All grown but one girl In high school. The other three all have mighty good educations. One boy Is a doctor and the young one is a office manager. The girl Is a public stenographer. The baby girl In high school is on the Junior Roll of Honor. All four kids go to church, have good hahits. pay their debts and re spect their Mother and Dad. They have a good home with us and spend a good deal of time In it. Now, folks, that somethin, ain't It? And let me tell you It took a lot of what I calls thrift to do it. Mother used to sew and darn and fix over by a karoslne lamp year nfter year. When the old est girl had scarlet fever Mother and I took turns settin' up and when she got real bad we eat up together. AVell, w# managed somehow and the year* rolled by. I,ota of good time* In them to. When the kids got older nnd made a llttl# money after school and In vacation If wasn't quite so hard. Even got to savin' up some. Then the war came on and that kind a upset things all around. I got It flggered out peo ple Just *ort n. lost their heads. Money ram# easier and other evtle came with it. The girls got the bobbed hair, marceling, beauty parlor and other erases. The boys went In for silk shirt*. 10-rent cigars. Sporty clothes, etc. First thing I knew Mother and t were talked Into buying a automo bile car. Then we lost our heads somewhat to. Dot* of people were ready to sell us luxurie* and we bought them. Well, all this brought on a n»w way of livin’ here In America and It's going to be mighty hard to change back. We want milk before breakfast, the momln’ paper, three-minute street car service, a telephone, and gas, water, and electric light at the end of our finger. We don't seem to know how to amuse ourselves anymore. Now we got to have movies, theater*, fights, phonographs, radios, and play er pianos. We used to take a walk. Now w* step on the gas. Instesd of hlgh-flve and seven-lip, now It Is poker, bridge or mow young at so much a corner or pot. The trouble Is we got used to these things but now times are bad. Gettln' confounded hard to moke both ends meet. Been studying some about giv ing up my Insurance aa the kids were grown. Rut that wont be fnlr to Mother and good Insurance la thrift, so that wont do. Well, we Just been kind of driftin’, thlnkln' we couldn't save now and figured not much use trying for awhile. But this thrift talk got me thinking on the right track again. No us* arguing, a fella feel* better when he goes without somethin' In order to save somethin'. Well, Mother and I talked It over how we could save a little here and a llttl* there. We decided to start over once more to make us feel bet ter and to set a example for the chll dren agin. It won't he much for awhile but It will he somethin' every week, no matter what happens. You see here In our town they have started a plan of giving per cent scrlpte when you pey cash. They even give you th# first doHar check to start a savings account In a national bank. Thes# cash savings scripts you get from the merchants are redeemed for ceehler’e checks to add to savings accounts. Well Mother and I are going to look for these scrlpte when w# boy and In thla way we er bound to save $2.50 every month and w* have some other ways up our sleeves to add to It. It'# bound to grow cause wore thlnkln that way agin. And folks If you don't start * saving# account to. Its your own fault. Ho sft»r all I allow a* how this thrift week Idea Is a good thing Took * fancy It wus all trash *t first. Said to myself, lVnpl* would save If they could.” But guess that ajnt so. Got kind of lexy following this recent prosperity end needed a gbod prodln’ to wake u» up. And when we Americans get started at doing some thin’ whether It* winning a war or becoming thrifty egln, we'll do it, won't we? C. The First Thousand. A savings account opened with a dollar remain* dollar else Just so Ibng as you leave It alone. Spasmodically adding s little something to it *1111 falls short of real constructive saving When you opened a hank account you laid the foundation for the fu lure. There la no more iMtlahle gig lit Ilian a anlld foundation abandoned— good Intentions gone to eeed. Fortunes do not spring up frqpn * few dollars deposited In the liank In e moment of Inspiration any more than houses build themselves after thf foundations nr* laid. The reason successful men say the first thousand Is th* hardest tg get is because you form e habit 1r» sav ing that first thonesnd which slays I with you snd make* future thousand* Increasingly enalet Build up that dollar Ho It regular 1y - —so much every week or every month. t (iv!^ uyo ii TUCHMAN BROS. |. \ / Five Large Markets GIVE ■ CASH SAVING SCRIPT Concentrate your market purchases with the Tuchman Brothers stores—save the Saving Script. □ Cashier Check FREE ' ~V' V:l isay in and day out, Tuchman values are the greatest in Omaha. For Saturday we offer most ex traordinary values. Come, get your free Cashier’s Check for $1.00 with which to start your savings account. THRIFT WEEK SPECIALS Cane Sugar, 10 Lbs., 75c Creamery LL 37C Carnation Milk T-" J0c II fiooch’s Best Flour £ $1.79 || M.d." Bread, 15c Loaves 10c I NEW POTATOES g I k. 95c 1 IB Right Size For Creaming ” "V" 1 AdvoJell " 3 for 25c I J-M. Coffee c”1 1 Lb.c»»38c |l Ginger Snaps S£ 2 Lbs.25c 1 MflZOLfl A ^ || NAVY BEANS 4 Lbs. 25c n SOLID HEAD LETTUCE 10c || radishes 12 Bunches 15c | Bacon ££ Lb. 15%c | |_ 1 Hams ■fczri Lb. 1iy2c I ImjHNHB Ifcl Shoulder I L |A. IH PORK ROAST LD. IUC Cash Saving Script f* - • rpi a Given with every PraCtlCC thrift DV Purchase in any ~ sh«™».M.co„ne" Taking the Fullest ASK FOR SCRIPT A 1 *■ C T^l • Advantage ot this Extraordinary Thrift Week Sale The four Sherman-McConnell Drug Stores join this Great Thrift move ment with unlimited enthusiasm—The most extreme values prevail— Share in these big Money Savings. Saturday and Monday Headline Specials Which You Cannot Resist I PARIS GREEN Pure and Strong ■H at the following prices: U lb.18* » % lb...34* W 1 lb.64* a§ 2 lbs.81.24 IS 5-lb. package, per lb.55* H 14-lb. package, per lb.50* RK: 28-lb. package, per lb. -.48* Cashier S Check |2 Alarm Clock* for $1.00 , Bt . ..81.19 GIVEN FREE ln any 35c Tooth Brush Sherman-McConnell . 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