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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1924)
Girl Asks $10,000 i for Broken Heart and Loss of Joh Man Says She Got Marriage License; But He Wouldn't Use It. “I intended to marry Iier but 1 • never told her so. Finally l told her I didn't want to go with her any longer." aatd Clyde W. Baird yester day, referring to a suit for $10,000 for breach of promise of marriage filed in district court yesterday by Miss Winifred Lanning, 22, 1621 'Pinkney street. In her petition Miss Lanning says ' Baird broke their engagement No vember 17. Baird seid he learned several weeks .ago that Miss 1 sinning had gone to ..Council Bluffs and obtained a mar ling* license for them. She denied it ■when he asked her but, he said, be went to the courthouse in the Bluffs V and saw her signature on the tip A plication. Both formerly worked in the office of the Metropolitan Utilities district in the city ha!!. The girl operated «• typogrnph machine. She said that for three years she did about half his work beside* her own. She also de clared that he was the cause of her losing her position,” and that was the Inst straw.” she added. "Clyde never told me why he broke L^.our engagement." said Miss Lanning. Pf^ "Someone told me he said It was be cause I talked about him. That Is not true.” Baird declared he will file a suit against the young woman charging slander. ‘She ha* been talking about me,” he said. J RADIO l —> Program for December S*. ^ (Courtesy ef Radio l>ig(-st.) B> Associated Press. KFNF, Shenandoah (266), 12:26, con .fcert. ... KFGZ. Berrien Springs (266): 7. story; S: 1S. choir- 6:35. soloists; 3:60, service. " WEEI. Bo-ton (3.6); 6:20. musical, Boxy and his gong. WAR. Buffalo (319); 6:13. services. CFAC. Cslgary (430); 6:) 6. servicer XTW. Chicago (636); 7. Sundny F.ve jUdg club, musical. speaker. WGN. Chicago Trlbuno (S70); 9, con , .cart, ensemble. ’’ VkS. Chicago (346); 6. organ; ,. choir. WQJ, Chicago (4««); 6 to 10. Skylarks, Violinist, Harmony alngers WHK. Cleveland (263); 7. chapel serv tee: t. concert. ’* ▼ FAA, Dallas News (476)- 6. Bib e 1 class: 7:10. services; 1:80. baritone, pl ' tnlit: 11. orcheetra. WOC. Davenport (414); I. servloea; 9:20. musical. _ ..... . , - WCJt. Detroit Free Press (all): S:l». services. WWJ, Detroit News (613>; #:80, serv ices' WTAS, Elgin (2S6); 6. orchestra; 9:30. ■tudlo hour; 10:30, dance, solos; Il:aO, f'(tNx" Hollywood (337): ». services: 10. e-oncert. orchestra; 11, program for ^nn. <"WHAA. Iowa City (434); t to 9:30. hymna. coprano. WO*. Jefferson City (440.3); 7:30. serv llWDAK. Kansas City Star (411): 4 to 6. e,W&1 Ksn'sse City 1411): 9:46 a. m.. F™ 04fkVHJM;bo.,OAn,U.mTim"rV<*»75); 3:30. ■ orchestra • 9. organ; 10, feature^ KF80. Loe Angelee (278>; 9. services, *~KJS**fVoa Angeles (3«0); I. vesper*; 10. i ,eWCCO. MinneapolJe-9t. Paul (417); 9:15, New York (492); 6:20, Roxy • nd hi* can*; 9:15, orchestra. W.IY New- York (406 >; orcheetra: 9. remUliscenees of a /fpofter. W.TZ, Now York (455); 6. orcheetra: •, ep-x-tnl number a; 7:45, concert. WJ1BR. New York (271):*. etrin* par tp*• vocal: 8:75, Bible lecture, 9s tenor; 0:10 string quartet. . TVCAU Nortlifleld (300); 9:30, eacred program, sermon. KOO. Oakland (312) 10. aervlcea. TVOAW. Omaha (526); 6. Bible etudj , 9 musical service. WPAR, riillodelphls (3I>»>- 1 •„ fAncV.Vv 3VOO. Phllndelphla (j0»), 6.06, ssn ' ”nKA, Pittsburgh (!26)j 6:43 ssrvlcss. KOW. Porrland Oregonian (49.), » **Kp2*’»an' Francisco (423): 10;30. con * \VGY. Schenectady (360); 6:30. services; ''K^jMenTnYoVb*^..): 4:30. s.cr.d ’"wbU Springfield (337): 7 :M. vz«4V ariJsursssz mentel. j WOAW Program | __—---J Sunday, December *». '. 00 a. m.: Radio rhoptl nervine. *jn du.-terl by Rpy. R. R Hro'vn. naaior of the Or.-.aha CJo.prl Tabernacla “' fa.,”™, Von and Mlaalonitry atllanca, 2000 Dougina ntreat. and minister nf the Sunday morn ing World radio rnngrentlon. « 15 p. m.: Matinee program by Hlrnp aen’i concert orrheatra. Murrell Slmpenn, -I»*»°P. m.: Rlble aludy period under the personal direction of Mra. Carl R. Orav 9:00 p. m.: Muajrnl chapel acrylca. r.ow. Avarua Presbyterian church Dr. A r. •Ernst, pastor. Johanna Anderson, choir dl •cetor. ■i Hymn. Scriptura reading and prayer. ^^Vncal duet. 'Twilight’ . ^feaatyn Waatgata and Emerson West gat a Anthem, "Christman .. Shelley Chorua choir. - Orrheatra selection. "Soul Penitent. Vocal aolo. "How Beautiful Upon the Mountain" . Marker Mra. Pnul Sturgee. Vlrfjln obbligato l.y Mr., Edgar F.rnnt. Mixed quartet. "Rod- of Agee .....Bu<k Tlorothy McAlllatar. a.'. R D. Tohnaton. R. D. Johnston, clarence Allyn. •ermen. T>r. A. V. Ernst. Antham. “t»od la Our Refuge and Strength’ .. Buck Chorus choir. Violin aolo, ’'Angela Serenade". CsrI Bruochert. ATsl* nuartct. "Praise the Lord” Maktr j Verne Vance. Roland Rudccn, Edmund I Warner. Lnrsnce Cole, fvohcatra aclcctlon. "Hosanna” 5e.thcm. "Chrls'im** Belle” ... Stevenson Chorus Choir lead lea* quartet. ”Twi,lqhf* AM Mrs E. R- Boain. Edith Kennedy. Rthclyn McAllister. Helena Bonorden. Accompanists Luclle Bsmum and Clar ence Allyn. Carl Bruechert, orcheatra di rector. _ Monday. iRfembrr 19. (I:«q n. m.t Dramatic hour. Davis Studio of Expression „ Sea din a. "One Word’ ...Dr. Frank Crane •ad by Ruby M. Cole of Emerson. Ja. Selected readings and reqular weekly lesaon In vole# improvement by J. mm tnon# Davla. _ 0 Tu##d#r. December *0. « ftft p m r “Advice to Lovelorn" period nondueted by Cvnthla &MY. •Tleae* Tell M*'r column %t tha Omaba Dully New#- i* ft.2ft p. m.: Dinner proqram. trenamlt «td from WOAW’# remote control studio In th# May Rend A Nureery Co., bulldln*. Rh*'’*’ndosh. la. . _ . . t:00 p. m.: Profrapi by courtesy of the »hl Beta PI. medlrql fraternity. In ron L Junction with their national biennial con vent Ion In Ohiaha Dlcmbcr !« In »»■ Courtesy Alpha Pel and Alpha Alpha ehapfay. af Nebraska and Creighton rnl lagan of medlrlne, Omaha. Including nr ■kastra mala quartet. Instrumental solos And Or. Mntt S.varln. baritone Ad.lrr.e |1 fyr w. A. Panelar, auprama arohon V 10:h»l|) ^'nv': Wowl froll- by Prank Ho 4ak Jr. and hie Omaha Nightingales transmitted from Wowl roost at Roaaland i qa rd#fi9. MONDAY IS COAT DAY Julius Otkiti UIS DOUGLAS STREET Raa4 Our A4v. an Pngs »A Blue Book of 1889 Lists Week Days When Omaha’s “400” Were “at Home” to Their Friends; Parlor Rules Told In the latter Victorian age of Oma ha society conventions not only were adhered to strictly, but those who '‘belonged’’ had a standard guide on which they could pattern their con duct to suit the most formal occasion. Orff’s Blut book of 35 years ago steadied the nervous course of the social ciinilier. corrected his faults, prevented mortifying incidents and smoothed the pathway for those not so sure of their footing in Omaha's in elastic ‘’400”. This volume was thumbed over carefully before every reception, dance, dinner and theater party. For it contained an elaborate chapter entitled "Hints on Etiquette,” ns well as a roster of Omaha and Nebraska front families. It was a sort of social register and code of perfect behavior combined—dignified, respectable and in order. It waa barely "permissible" in 1889 for an Omaha gentleman to smoke on the streets, but, on the contrary, "it would be exceedingly rude to smoke or expectorate in the company of ladies." Mr. Orff, Revised. Now, what do you know about that? If Mr. Orff should get out a blue hook today, he might have to phrase his paragraph along the line of modern thought, such as: "A gentleman, when taking out a clgaret case, should always offer a smoke to the ladies present, and light the fags for them. He should never light three on tile same match, be cause it might bring Kid luck, such as a blowout or an explosion in the cellar. Offices, club rooms, gentle men's dens should be equipped with brass cuspidors." Another note for gentlemen of other days: “Evening dress is always In orddr after dark, never in the day time. For formal rails, day receptions, etc., the Prince Albert coat with light trousers Is prescribed. Gentlemen arei expected to wear gloves on all formal i occasions; for dancing gloves are de rlgeur. Gentlemen w*ho accompany) ladles to the theater at night should always appear in evening dress.” Rowing to Friends. Even in the matter of bowing to friends and acquaintances, our fath ers and mothers and grandfathers and grandmothers had to toe the mark. An inclination of the head was often sufficient between gentle men, "or the gesture of a hand or -- the mere touching of the hnt, but in bowing to a lady' the hat must be lifted.” If a person knew another only slightly, he was to bow slightly, but if he knew the other well, the bow was . more cordial. The advice continues: “The body is not bent at all in bowing ns In the days of the old school forms of politeness; the In clination of the head Is nil that Is necessary. In bowing to a lady the hnt Is only lifted from the head, not held out at arms length for a view of the Interior. "A well-bred person bows the mo ment he recognizes an acquaintance, according to the rules of good society everywhere. Anyone who has been Introduced to you Is entitled to this mark of respect. A gentleman walk ing with a lady returns the bow made to her (lifting his hat not too far from hls head), although the one bow ing is an entire stranger to him." Can Vou( Imagine? Can you imagine the flapper of the 11*24-25 season, on inviting a young man to escort her to a party or the theater, purchasing a pair of admis sion cards and enclose them in a note to him as follows: “Miss Jennie James presents her compliments to Mr. James Wilson and requests him to do her the favor of escorting her to the grand opera on Thursday evening, the ISth, If he has not a previous engagement. En closed find tickets of admission.” But that was the way to do It In 1889,. believe It or not, the golden age for wallflowers. One is told how to behave at a party, with the sound advice not to bleat about one's business or professional Interests, or riches. And the following might not be Ignored today: "A' lady In company should never exhibit any anxiety to sing or play; but if she Intends to do so, she should not affect to refuse when asked, but obligingly accede at once. If you cun not sing, or do not choose to do so, say no with seriousness and gravity, and put forth an end to the expec tation promptly. After elnging once or twice, cease and give way to others. There is an old saying that a singer can with the greatest dif ficulty be set agoing, and when ago big, cannot be stopped.” leave Watch in Pocket. One should not frequently consult timepieces. Orff’s manual of conduct : declares, either at home or visiting. And what is more, "the true gentle man does not suffer hi* counte nance to be easily ruffled.” Gentlemen ure warned that buttonholing la a faux pas, and significant looks and gestures are equally objectionable and must be avoided by all “who desire to soar above positive vulgar ity." Furthermore, "w* do not offer a person a chair frorn which you have just risen, unless there la no other In the room.” A careful exeminntion of the rules of etiquette 35 years ago shows that "the custom of shaking hands Is gradually disappearing from society," except that good friends may shake at will. "In Europe," the book says. In an unobtrusive effort to remedy a great evil, “it is the gentleman who bows tirst on the street: in Omaha the lady who enjoys this Inconvenient privilege." Week Days at Home. In the roster of Orff's blue book the week days on which society were at home ure given In italics, Mr. and Mrs. Experience Estabrook, • of 411 North Seventeenth street, blandly ad mitted they were at home every day. The roster included many persons of other Nebraska cities and towns. At Red Cloud, for example, one finds the following names: "Mr. and Mrs. Caroline Cather. Air. and Mrs. Clark Cather, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Cather, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cather and Miss Willa Cather.” Jhe advertisements, to the modern 1st. are unique. No automobiles ap pear. naturally, but there is a gor geous carriage submitted by William R. Drummond company, on Eight eenth street, opposite the court house. Time Moves Along. Tn 1859 some Journalistic wag, yet unborn, will probe the Hies of the Omaha Hee and write a story about the old-fashioned folks of 1924. He will reproduce a photograph of the antique motor cars, the clumsy airplanes, the funny clothes that we wear. He will laugh with a loud “ha ha" at some of the problems In 1924, bobbed hair, traveling salesmen Jokes, rolled stockings, fundamentalism modernism In the churches, Robert M. I-a Follette. tramp printers, the reparations question, 10-cent fares, tabel d'hote meals. Follies girls, oil millionaires. Jazz, the Nebs, Michnel Alien, the St. Lawrence waterway, dirt roads. H. L. Mencken, Freu dians, soap box orators and "Red" Grange. And TO years hence, the ancients of 1959 will be the target of the mod erns. Thus the world goes round and round, in cycles, and every age finds : he preceding age old Cushioned and ludicrous. The Daily Cross Word Puzzle .--t By RICHARD H. TINGM5Y. ► I Horiiontal. 1. MJIs of bird*. 5. Without feet. 9. Brought Into eslsten.- e. 10. A head dreaa. 12. Musical note. 13. I.nrger. 16. Five hundred eheela of paper (abbr.l. 1 7. To urge 19. Votnt In the releatlal sphere dl rectly beneath where one stands, 20. Hawaiian food. 21. To dull. 23. Sup of trees used In varnish making. 24. Units of electrical resistance. 25. The earth. 27. Mnmll rallblrds 29. To seise. 29. To fob out. 32. Boothes. 84 Wearisome person, 37. To recede. 39. line of the suited books of the Hindus 40. Wicked. 41. Bargain*. 49. KvU. 44. One of the western suites tabbr.). 45. Stripe*. 47. Teiurlum (chemical symbol). 48. A buckles* seat. 50. Pile* of things, on* on another. 52. Dramatic composition. 58. Spawn of shellfish. Vertical. 1. New Pingland (ahbr.). 2. Germ cell ef oviparous animal*. 8 Wrought Into being. 4. To purloin. 5. Pertaining to a kingdom af ancient Greece. « Support. 7. Bowing Implement 8 Pb yah Inn (ahbr.) 9 Bugbear. 11. Agreeable odor 12. Obligation 14 Adjuatable. l« To full, ll. Marina flah. I 20. Expression*. 22. Transportation 11ns (abbr.l. 24. A combining form meaning egg. 2*. On* of ths playing cards. 27. Personal pronoun. 29. Recede*. 30. Highway*. 31. Point of the compass 33. A boulevard t.vbbr.l. 34. Prepares for publication 35. Rational. 37. Soon to occur. 3*. Rythmical movenun 41. A cloister. 42. To ml**. 45. The sun. 4*. Ocean. 49 Township (abbr.l. 51. Right (abbr 1. Tha solution will appear tomorrow. Solution of yesterday's purxle. [T A / a 0^|0t/-7Tf 7 *[y! [f[ -v o n\e s £_R_ I 71 / ■~L_ / ~q| o t7\ a/ if s S (Copyright. 1»;4 ) Central College Notes. Robert F rretlnw of the American Friend*' Rervlre committee apoke In t'hepel upon the relief work of the Frlende tn Furop# end mm* of the tie** er project# Tin work of feeding the undernourlehed children of Oermen\ hi** been turned over l»t the Herman people and th# aortal end *■ -ipnmlc condition* there have Imprmnl #ln< e the Ften<-h retired from the Ruhr coal field# A cruaade again#! tuhenuloela la the prln etpa! Furopeen ronrern of th# Frl-nde now. Thrv alan have on iheir hand# aonie philanthropic actlvltle* In th United ftfatee. nrludlng negro education Robert I* rat low pleached at the Frlende church an Sunday morning The fourth-year academy Chrletma* flap was given In the nudltnrium on f>*cember !< It an a on# ad lilay en titled, **When the ("hltnea Rang Oth#r numhgrg add#d to the value of the pro frem. ffoltday vacation will laet two weeka Hi \ erg! noy# aie •tajing over in hall Nearly all the teacher# are h* • and a few of til# girl* #r# #1*3 ina with fr»end# #nd relative# in Ontral »rllv Hhov-llng c«'#| I# on# of th«' ptln-ipal athletic artlvlttea of t|i# tiny# Mr* l). M ItoWet left \V**.ineed#y to Mpend the <'hrlatiiiaa holtdeye with h«« #lrt#i at fomatnck You t'ari'l always tell whether (he paint Job I* t«» make the *m kmk new or In hnlct it together New York Telegram. (Publiithed by authority nt th* Commit tee of F’ublic Affair* of the Omaha Dougla* County .Medirn! Society.) By DR. H. VOX W. SCHULTE. The vitality of citizens Is the great' est of national assets. Its conservation means a stopping of the wastage of child life and child health. Our gen eration cannot lie accused of indif ference to child welfare and few claims on society find a readier response than the movements which have In view the education and training of children, the placing of orphans, the care of the handicapped and under privileged. The larger moiety of the tax dollar in many communities is al lotted to schools and other enter prises which minister to children. It might well seem that In this particular at least we might congratulate our selves and admit that we have done well. Yet there is an aspect of the mat ter which is less satisfactory. "We have perhaps lieen generous, are we so sure that we have lieen Intelligent? Our whole system of education and government assumes the physical and mental normality of our population. Are we giving these fundamentals the attention they deserve? The Iwdv Is more than raiment and a so'und b*dy is an all but essential condition for a well-balanced mind. T*or life and health the earliest years are critical and their management determines not only how many children of those born shall eventually enter the schools, but in a large measure their capacity to mnke use of the opportunities the schools afford. It Is a reasonable idea that these institutions should serve as a mental gymnasium to de velop the minds and character of their pupils rather than as sanatoria to re cuperate them from the damage of their pre-school years. Xot Pleasantest Reading. Statistics on the subject of the health of children are not the pleas antest reading. While they show a steady improvement In the results obtained by modern methods of treat ment and by recent discoveries in medicine, there yet remains a good half of the deaths of children at tributable' to diseases which can be prevented, ‘this Is a conservative es timate. In brutal frankness it means that of two children that die, one might have lived. One hesitates to translate this appalling fact in terms of human heartache and mother's tears; one shrinks from measuring our humanity by this standard. And let no apologist for things as they are take refuge In a shallow refer ence to the weeding out of the unfit and survival of the fittest. Bacteria have no selective action by which they Inerrantly spare the mentally and morally excellent and remove only "undesirables.” Any breeder of livestock knows better than this. Nor is the rase wholly aatlsfac tory with those that escape death: I the survivors present an astonishing number of remediable defects. Wit ness the reports of the draft boards of the late war and the rapidly ac cumulating literature of school and college health examination". To cite but ;one example—the medical Inspec tor of one of our mid-western col leges reported a few yara ago that only 25 per cent of the ninle and 6 per cent of the women students seek ing admission were perfectly normal. It Is true that many of the defects were minor, but defects reduce ef ficiency and very many of them were easily remedial. Impossible of Continuance. Why is not the remedy applied? In simple diagram the situation ap pears thus—a vast ever increasing knowledge and technique among practitioners of medicine, numerous institutions to facilitate the applica tion of this knowledge on the one hand, on the other the parents, who are the natural guardians and best lovers of their children, and between these two parties the results In in fant mortality and disease above enumerated. A Martian would feel about this situation ns did the Irish man about the dromedary, he would s-ee at a glance that it was impos sible. Is it not truly impossible of continuance? There was a time when Americans felt themselves equal to the solution of common problems by personal in vitation and joint action. Indeed we teach our children in the schools that so our forebears thought and wrought, and so our American Insti tutions' arose. Of our own achieve ment in the problems of our day we aav as much, but the children have hitter evidences In theli* own health that our performance lags behind our powers. \ ROTARY TO HEAR BUSINESS ETHICS Members of the educational com mittee and of the business ethics and methods committee of the Rotary club, will have charge of the Rotary meeting Wednesday noon at the Ho tel Fontenelle. Dr. C. B. Atxen, chair man of the education committee, and Dexter C. Buell, a member of the business ethics and methods commit tee, will speak on the activities of their committees. Heorge W. Johnston, president of the club, vylll preside. TRIANGLES Will HEAR U. P. LAWYER Nelson H. Loomis, chief counsel for the Union Pacific railroad, will i address the members of the Triangle club Tuesday noon at the Hotel Fon tenelle on "The Construction Period of American Railroads.” AUVEETWEMENT. ADYERTUEMK.VT. * * ' HARMLESS LAXATIVE All Children Love It» - t Mother! Give Bilious, Constipated Child “California Fig Syrup” - i Him) Mother' v teiinpoonfu! of hxrnil«M laxative It never erampt oi ”<'allfornla Kl< Hvrup' now will overarla. Contain, no narcotic* or , , m'othlntf tJi un^ i Iho atomarh aiul ihorougl.lv ^ „n|(t|[1|lt you clean Die Utile l*owel» and In a few t)ln H*i,Uln# "California Kt*. Syrup" I hou.n you have n well, playful child which lyaa direction* for hahtaa and again. liven If croaa. feverlah. hllloua. children of all agra printed on bottle conetlpated or full of cold, children mother, you muat aay ’■California love (he pleaaant tael* of thl* gentle, It^ute any Imitation. |j - UNION OUTFITTIHO j COMPANY j ’ We Give Green Trading Stamp; ' Choose Without Reservation j I • I From Our immense >! Stock of Ladies * ;' Coats-Dresses; —At Exactly— price;; ' \ » Pay just One Half the marked j» ticket price. J» , This Half-Price Sale includes every Lady’s ( ’ Coat, Dress and Hat in our immense stock. All < * 1 the late Mid-Winter styles are here—awaiting i your selection. Absolutely nothing reserved. , f / j . . T <<