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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1915)
Tin; omaiia isunday hek: april 4, 1915. FIND HOW TO SECURE A WIFE Manicure Lady at Merchants Hotel rhiloiophiiei on Human Nature and Men in General. ART OF THE NEW HOSTELRY Bll Rlnkle', Beatrtr Palrsna'k nnd Iorothy Snlx, hv held forth In th ipubiks print for mnny yrs. t con Itlerable length and In vsst variety upon ,ths Important filiation of how to gwt ti'ishanii. In spit of Carlyln's famous dictum that "any woman, ro she b. not an actual hunchback, can marry any man he st her mind upon." many maidens wm to lack the knowledge or th con fldenc In themaelvea. Misses Rlnklcy, Fairsnarka and Snlx have put forth many wise words and concocted numerous Ingenuous cham to Insure each rrwl.l one man to have lor her very own. "Ixrttle" Is exhorted to be cold and distant for a season In hopes that this win brine her dilatory swain to time. "Mildred" Is advised to tell her beau that aha la expecting- a proposal from his rival and thus frightening him Into a jropoaal through far of losing her. And thus the list goes day after day with no "testimonials" at hand to show Just how the prescriptions worked. But the love counsellors above men tioned have failed 1.3 find the ' n sura key to the heart of a man. Uks most things, when It Is discovered It Is very simple. Why didn't we think ot that t-efore, one asks. Bo her ist secret, which was un earthed bjr Mitenrlewer with the msiU Vurlst In the new barber ship of the Merchants'. The Rrnl Way. Hew to gt a husband Become a manl x jurist. There's the whole thine in a nutshell, or on a,.,flngernall, aa one might say. "A husband!" ' Miss "Daisy Wldener, the manicurist. , laughed a lilting laugh that had In It fcomothlng of amusement, something al most of contempt husband!" '.. . Iter laugh was like theMatfgH of a rr.nn in Newcaat1e4o whom the ques tion was propounded, how to get a lump of coal or a gentleman "hv. Athens, of whom Inquiry was made how to get an wl. , .'." " "Why, I get two or, three proposals " on an average, every weck( here," laughed Miss Daisy Whlener. . "The worst part of it Is to keep thern . .from getting too serious," she continued, earnestly. "That's one of the hard things In this business. You don't like to hurt a man's feollag and yet soina ' II men rou Just hsvs to laugh at them, ' they're so funny. - "Sut I always try to pas it off for a. Joke. I tell them not to kid me and alt that sort of thing and It usually ; works out aJl right." " Miss Wldsner is decidedly pleasing to "look upon peachy complexion, dark hair worn close to the head a la Cleo de ' M erode, you know, soft, laughing, hatel j t-yes, and all that. No wonder, ah gets I iiroposala. , ; The Interview took place In the sumpt uous new barber shop of the Merchants. !; -while the seven tonaortallst were busy with customer! la the cvn sumptuouj "chair. ."' , ' i "' Mlaa Wldener Is the only manicurist at .-.present, but. she says. If bualneaa keeps crushing In as It has Uatclr.- they will ' 'surely have to add another. She look on her profession or art. as - more than merely a catering to the van ' ity of men. , . , There la a Heasoa. "Prepondersnce of vidonc Inducted Iroin sclonUflc investigation has mlll itatcd toward the Inevitable conclusion," said Miss Daisy, vtlmt the microbe, i.lthyraxlBoolomenobus. flnda its nost prolix domicile beneath the human Inner nail." This is Miss Daisy's scientific speech. ' "You' gotta keep your nails clean," says . Mis Daisy, the manicurist. "What'll folks think if you don't T And besides It's i anltary. You gotta do it to be sanitary." The young woman, blushing at the nov Jelty of being intervtewed, but anxious and capable to rise to the occasion, be 'tween earnestness and giggling, told what he has observed ot the advance of her ait, science and profession throughout ' America. "Now In the east." she said, "you find -jiiore manicuring than you do here In tht limiddle West. Lots o' Johnnies back there, j'you know, that aren't good for anything rjiut getting manicured and barbered and :hoe khlned all the time. That's all they got brain for. , '!) Help Mrs (a Haalaraa. "Now, eut hre In the wert, fh men t'.iat cut manicured are men that know how .-aluable it Is to have a good ap pearance.' It helpe them In their busl- nuts. Now out In 'Frisco and Los Angeles j.inere are invro nmnlcuiUU than there tare here in the mltldte west. I got my ; training at the Waldorf In New York." ." - Miss Daisy, who ought to be an adver tising manager, then mentioned that som 4f her Omaha customers had made trips ;east and had returned declaring that they W. L. MA&TERMAN &C0. "The Coffee Mi en (ISA and St Marj'i Ave.) Are Supplying the Tea and Coffee for I couldn't cot a imod a manicure as she gives in Omaha. At the rlk of giving tt,e young woman a free sd th's Is re corded. Inquiry ma'le by the diffident Inter viewer regarding flirln. Did they bother murhf "Why, how nhoul'1 I know?" Inquired Dalny, with 1ht sidelong glance which probably rnmen from the Mood of her mother, which we from the vivacious French nation. And then sh" became serious and de clared that the flirts are something of a pest, but that "IT n srlrl knows I tow. she can net rid of thorn." And Daisy knows bow. She rnyn the remedy Is Just to laiiKh at them. This Is a much better method than the rrans rrude method of calling a uollcpir&n or summjiuing big brother or heavy-toed father to deal with the umlealrnblc. It always works. Attitude of I'nbllc. Deprecating the ettltude of the public toward manicurists or whst sfo -believes the public attitude to t.e towsrd the members of her 'profession, the young woman warmly declared that'll is every bit as respectable and eminently proper and correct and en regit, and a la mode for a girl to make her living polishing up the nails of men as beating their typewriters or 1 eeplng their books. "I don't know why they should look on manicurists like the; do," she said. - "Oh." but they don't," the Interviewer protested. t , "They don't look on them like they do?" In.,ulrtd Mlsii.Wldaftrr, with Inho ci:ni eysu. 1 1 r "Tiittt is." floundered tho InUrvlewer, "they don't look on them like you think they do." . ' ' , ' ' "Hut ho' do ycu 'l low how I think th-y do look on ther 7" . This young person s ,ould not have been a manicurist. She should have been a Uwyer-a corporation lawyer. The question having, been straightened out. she vehemently declared that it is quite as respectable to be a manicurist to be a typewriter operator and that, perhaps,' it Is quite possible, manicurists do more to help men along la the world than certain typewriter operators, ex amples of whose skill, or rather lack of skill, sb has seen. This ought to settle thU mullcious gos sip. . H; Tin for Msnlrsre Lady. ' The next subject taken -no was una Who are the best tlpperaT Unhesitatingly c.ime the answer, "The middle-class men." . . . I've manicured some awfully rich fel. lows," said she, "and they'd wait for a Ickel change and take it and nut it down In a deep purse and tie a strlna around it and stow It away In the bottom of their insiiie pockets. If the truth. But the middle-class fellow Is generally free with his money. But 1 don't blame tham If thtv'm nn tf a young fellow spends M cent for a manicure you don't exnect he'll tin vnu beside that. It' good enough that he I willing to pay that much for the wor and I'm perfectly satisfied. You can generally clve 'am th w over, you know, when they come In and nearly always tell. But I atsed up a man once for a tight wad-of course, I mani cure them juat aa well If they're not go ing to tip as ir they were; that part of my business to turn out rood work. But thi fellow I 'ed up for a tightwad and ne waa quiet and grouchy all the time I wa working on him. And when I got through he gave me a $2 tip. He didn't smile, eitherJust shoved i( m my face." "Would you' rather he'd smiled anjNjot jippeary Better m Tip Tkas a mlle. "Oh, nd," laughed Daisy: "you can get plenty of smiles, but 12 tip are scarce and far between." On the subject o'f marriage the' young manicurist became serious. She could have given a lecture before a club of 0. J: J00ST UJas the General Contractor For All tho Romodellnc Done on the Merchants Hotel. His Offices Arc at 524-5-6 Paxton Block Mr. Galno 1b to bo complimented on the way he ha changed a store room basement Into a beauti ful Bath and Tonaorlal l'arlor. The very finest of marble and tiling;, have been Installed. The . Iiarber Shop Is equipped with every modern and expensive device' known for the comfort of men. The basement now hag the ap s: c L. WOLFF MANUFACTURING CO. i- .,jhsp i mi in pmj -...nLiisu.i i. pii ij ' 7 gmtnusntrt High Grade... PLUMBING - FIXTURES 1115 Farnam Street. Omaha We sold the Plumbing Fixtures to J. J. Hanighen Co. for the Merchants Hotel Merchants v V- . c h I ; -' , anxious , mother t with marriageable daughters. " . Hhe does not believe in marriage for money, she declared. ' ' "Bocause, Just look, what have you got If you marry a man with money and you don't love him. Money can't buy love, and anyone that think It can I making a mighty big mistake. . "But If you tart off with the love, why the ' money , may ' come and even If It don't ' If ' you've got somebody you love and that love you. and can make a fair living, why, I don't "ae tliat ' anything else matter very much. That' the way I think about it, and I wouldn't marry a man with a thouaand million dollar If I didn't love hi." . - r . , "V": - ' i. ' li :-y.U"rf. ... J - . -t . .-,4 v--. ::. 2 -i ill B J. J. Miami PLUMBING and HEATING CONTRACTORS ' .; . '.',.( iV- -VY . . Phone Douglas 2 Hotel Lobby is Always WE 1 SUPPLY. Meats, Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables For the Merchants Hotel PUBLIC and EMPRESS MARKETS . V '; 2248. 553T2R pearance of an underground palace. Other Buildings We have built gome of the I A SDSdi aiai vnnaiaV . wsrouuuMfB suu - DuiiaiuKB la Omaha and other metropolitan cities. 524-5-6 PAXTON BLOCK We have done the work for Merchants Hotel for 20 years Evans-Model Laundry The Cleanest, Lightest. Best Ventilated Laundry in Omaha Crowded L i tl U 111 617 South 14th Street E35SCS5 n r-A : See our write up in this issue. General 9 Contractor lamnrfaMiaaa Forty-Five-Year-Old Whisky Found in Fixing Up Merchants Remodeling work In the basement of the Merchants hotel brought to light a barrel of whisky forty-five year of aga and lfiO per cent proof. It Is stated that a thimbleful of thi liquor will warm the cockle of the saddest heart. Ous Anderson, who has been connected with the Merchant br for nearly twenty years, made this Important dis covery. The barrel had been pi need In an obscure corner of the basement, with the evident purpose of concealment. Mr. Anderson believes the barrel was part of the late Bill Paxton's private stock. It is Anderson county rye and of superior quality. . Proprietor Gaines of the hotel was quite Interested when he heard of this find. He Intend to reserve this' barrel for spe cial occasions, although he lets his friends have a sip occasionally. Macaroni Products Skinner Mfg. Co. OUAXA, VEB. Largest Macaroni rotory la America. WE FURNISH;.. 1 SAFE Phone Douglas 4500 i axi tab 5 SANE , QUICK REUABLE Taxi Cab Service Day ' and Night for the MERCHANTS HOTEL Our Drivers Are Courteous anil . Always 5 ' I WnL-Infy A to Oim pi MERCHANTS Dougla. . THOR BRONBER3lfEiy, . Douglai 4500.: . 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