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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1921)
The Omaha Sunday Bee MAGAZINE FEATURES VOL. 51 NO. 18. magazine: OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1921. 1 M TEN CENTS i : a Waxuve is Wonderful infne US.l.. - - LA., w y?am 7 t si t? jMenru Board 'AY M" ;-;?.: i 1 1 kicking' in Colorado mountain?. , i at .1? u 4 V (' r c 7, nill? TJ&vrij O. Pei 1 trier . f: ill nil V 30 irtr Cotirad. 7outig itt Coiotrado ... .' .i .....:11J;.:.:wktAMn..,M "or ctttttzetr V. HO ; i -J Florence SVack oofctttg otfercLfiocft of LaftG-Fuper-torbtrds'cit iete'Rotal Qeffl-Omafta. tjoutifs-ters' ptijottiti&ott&'&attfineirdeit . 71 1 ft . By JACK LEE. - . - i Omaha's merry v vadationcrs are home now; the . fishing tackle ami swimming suit are packed in the at tic nf rrllar Hi there' rnoml. ami d it is now possible to determifie "the r-nicest little place in the Country" by starting one of the, m. v.'s (most of tliem are self-starters). ' ' ' '.' ' The merry vacatiqners scatter high, wide and handsome to moun- atns, seashore ana wnere not. sonw o east, some go west, some say north or south is best. And in al most any old directipn is found the land of the fee and home of the rave. - Let us consider some of the sum mer sorties of the Gate Citizens. Then off for the land of the fee arid home of the ravel ' r ' '' Y ' Y Favored by, Omahans.. , V . Madison Lake, Minn.; is a favorite .summering ' resort for a group of Omahans, including Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Wherry, Dr. T.J. Dwyer, Dr. w. f. iianey, vv. ti.t uuua, Ralph Hitchcock, E., VArmstrong and Jamea Hanley and -their fam ilies. - , . Several of these folk and another group of the children were snapped recently at Point Pleasant. ; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Stack and their daughter, . Florence, and Henry 1 most vivid experiences was a climb :, illC ilUUIIidtlia, Ull WHII.1I LIAJ' they picked flowers and threw snow, balls, at the same time. Ephraim, Wis., where the .-E. F. Foldas1 have , a magnificent ,' island place, "Englemar," drew a number of Omahans. : Charles H. Pickens and ' his -, daughter, - Mrs.' Kenneth' Paterson's family, Mr. .and Mrs. Frank S. Keogh with Frank, jr., and Alice, and James I. Woodard were there. " v. Ahal The Land of the Rave! Now the scene is -the summit of Steamboat' Rock, Garden of the Gods. The guide hasi just explained several of the natural wonders of the place, among them Balanced Rock, which 'a' fat'man from- Iowa ' at tempted to push over, just to see that there was.no fake connected with iU He has finished his usual line of stbrt ies, recounted for the benefit of the summer tourists regarding the won ders, of the garden, - ' " -' J He then directs the party to a tele scope pointed toward . the fountains in the distance. , ' Y . ', ' " " '"' "Lookin" through this here tele scope you will see two pine trees on the top of that high peak in the dis tance which is known as Cheyenne mountain. . Thev are called , tnc t 2r ' f glass and vaguely, . "fa the j distance, t5eard represent Omaha each sum-! Devil's Horns. This . is the highest nier at Tobins Harbor. Isle Roval. Lake Superior. , Stack caught 12 muskelonge in one hour, he deposes. Mr. ' and Mrs. . Conrad Young choose Colorado, preferably the Bear creek region near Evergreen and Mount Lookout . On one occasion Mrs. Young, who is an expert horse woman and .all-round athlete, Vaded her horse through Elk river, near Grand Lake, Colo. Harry O. and Arthur Palmer som- . niered at Camp Hale on Squam lake, New Hamnshire. : Much of the time was spent tramping through the New England woods. J Tour Colorado, . 1V Mr- nl Mrs. A. t. Jensen 01 uma X K Y " Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Muehlich Js I 1 of Schuyler, Neb., made one of the 1 1 . " . t . M I uiusi cnjoyaoic inps, nines, vj automobile through Colorado, camp- point gained by General Pike when ne was attempting 10 mia iinj Peak,'. ; Couldn't Mi It. ' ' ' Here the obliging guide interrupts himself to insert, ' Of cqurse you all know that General ' Pike discovered the peak which has been named for him, although he never , really climbed it - ' " . Here a sweet young thing'- from Wisconsin, a school, teacher out for a summer frolic arid higher. educa tion, ventures the suggestion that "No wonder General Pike discover ed it It's big enough. Hew could he miss it? . . t : .. . The guide turns up, his. nose at this sacrilege and continues with his line, "Look through the .tele scope and see how clearly everything shows up".? The members et tne party. taice fax oat ill of the time. One oj their jbeir . turns looking through ; the the two pine trees appear which, by aid of imagination on . the ' part o.f the observer, . look ,' somewhat like two horns. . Y' -r : '-.: - ? Kissing' Camels. . -.- "Now look through this telescope," the guide invites as;he points to an other telescope. . Y ;Y . ." "' .' "This; glass " is 'focused on 'The Kissing.Cainels.Y . Notice how they Show Up." , : . i , , . A ; young man . frdm -. Nebraska, somewhat hi ' a skeptic, looks and steps away disgustedly. "I can't see no, kissing camels,' he says. A buxom woman from Texas flurries to the . assistance of the; nonplussed guide with, "Oh, you can, too; they're just as . plain," r; i J ' t -, "Lady, I know. I. can't see . no camels. " I don't see nothin' but a bunch of rock. I guess my imagina tion isn't as highly trained as yours." The woman from Texas glares at the-fresh young Nebraskan and the feminine companion of the Nebras-. kan begins to look worried, but oil is poured on the troubled waters.! ' ' " :" . Pay to Rave. 1 ' The" guide shows them, in the dis tance." the Bear and SeaL' Faith, Hope and Charity, Reclining Indian and the other wonders ot the garden and then comes the raving over the won ders and beauty of nature. , For? this opportunity to rave we have paid, a fee of 50 cents. At last we are in -the land: of the fee and the home of the fave; The fee and the rave start in the west, just after leaving Denver. . All trains carrying tourists t and sight seers are plentifully supplied . with "butchers" or news vendors, who col lect fat fees after they have f; nished the "subject for tne: rave. : ".On the ' way .to Colorado Springs our butcher: remains in i the back ground, marshaling his forces and colored glasses : and armful of pic ture booksMor the onslaught which he. is to make on the dear traveling public at the -opportune time. Very . 'Rare Air. ' Y When the train has prbceeded-to-ward the : mountains sufficiently he comes ' through, and in oratorical style,' and -with, the , nonchalance ci long practice, . tells the 'passengers how they are in such a high altitude that the air. is rare, very rare, and much . lighter than that back home. Also .' this . lightness of air has the effect of intensifying the . light to such a degree that the light is 40 per cent lighter how. than, before. - After this sinks in, for it .'really needs a great deal of cogitation on the. part of the listener to arrive at the correct solution of this grammatical enigma, he continues. "These mountain scenes and natu ral ' beauties cannot be overlooked. You are now passing through one of the most beautiful scenic portions of the country. You can't afford to miss these' 'sights, and. neither can you afford . to strain your sight by gazing continually through the bright light. Therefore. I am pass ing around Dr. Blank's amber rlass- C! Win." OVtiCll. lllll lliU Ullllg out all the delicate colorings of the mountains. - And. by- the way, this is only the introduction of "coloring." He'Veat'ter all daring the trip west you will rind coloring" a valuable asiet to mak ing. acquaintances and filing up con versational gaps. Peopje- out there make conversation, ovef- "coloring" iu?t as Iowans do over fweather and corn, k i J :. "Fine weather we're- laving," the Iowans . say : when conversation lags m the Hawkeye state. ,"Did yon notice the coloring on he mountains last 'night," thjjey say out there, when' conversitlo proves a dud. ' '. Y' : u V '' But, anyway, , tne ni& butcher passes out his colored glasses, a pair to each passenger. -f. i ' -: ; ' - "Now folks," and the iway lie pro nounces" it sounds very (much like "soaks," "look to your right, we are just passing Castle Rock, one of the moit beautiful sights on' this' line. ly place the glasses on the seat be side them and gaze intent out the window. . To them the butcher does not exist. - 1 . - Then the Fee. - Then the butcher comes along' to collect : his fees. He collects here and there from the first-timers. . The new travelers continue to rave in different keys. . "Oh. lookut that! Lookut thisl Oh, isn't that splendid!" and so on, oil, paving the way for the -rave. There is peace for awhile after the butcher has collected on his glasses, until he enters again. - . .-; Holding up a beautifufly-colored picture book, he begins: -'"I have here beautifully colored books of pictures of all the interest ing sights you will see on this line. 6 ft, 8 II Get' 9 I fl 4 Mm You will notice ho,w. soft everything They are put out in such a manner ! Blank's ann9rc . thrnmrh . I Jr glasses." .. n -'.- . ' - Soft Like Fie. t , The bitcher talks so plausibly that Castle Rock takes on the softness of a custard pie. - ' ' - : "In the distance you catch faint glimpses of Long's peak and Pike's peak." - ' . ' Here a craning of necks as the pas sengers, for the most part, want to know if they look like they did in the .geographies they studied back home. lo introduce these glasses tq tne traveling public " I' have been au thorized by Dr. Blank to reduce the pr.ee to $2.50. "They coot more in Denver." J ' Y ' . The passengers adjust their glass es, have a look at Castle rock that is. the nassenirer who are takinir their first trip. The old-timers mere-;, forms those who haven't read that they can be mailed very con veniently to the folks back home. The "home" stuff catches the atten tion .of those who may be suffering from nostalgia. The "Oh" Chorus. "I will pass them among you and the price for this trip has been re duced to 25 cents.".- " The books are passed out and as the travelers look through them the "Oh" chorus begins. There is more collection of fees and more raving a they buy the books to send to the folks back in - Cedar Rapids and Bloomington to prove that the) really went west. All is serene again until the train reaches Palmer lake. For come rea son the train is delayed. The butcher enters agatn. He in- the nariie on the station that "this is iJa!mer Lake: fect above sea level. The remarkable feature of this lake is that it flows outward . on both -sides." :. There' is always a "remark able feature" of ,all the-interesting "things."-. : ; - - ' ; -How Unusud." "HoV unusual," -a1, sweet young graduate" remarks." . -- . .-"They usually flow out only on one side, don't they?" - ' . . ' ' And as the butcher has again sup plied a rave he starts out to collect his fee peddling an armful of various wares. . The 'remainder of the trip into the Springs is uneventful, ex cept for' the butcher coming through selling "luscious -California fruit brought over the mountains at great expense for the special use of the travellers on this line." ' Arrived in the Springs one goes to a hotel he has selected from the vari colored folders collected from the home town station atjent. The fee, he finds, compares favorably with the altitude which is 'near the 10,-000-foot mark. At . last one has arrived in the very 'midst of the fee and the rave. Pocketbooks" are discarded' and money is tarried in the hand to as sure quicker and mere direct action. A tourist is quicker on the draw, with his money, than the westerner was with his gun in the good old six- shooter days. . - "With Palms Out ' .Newsboy, elevator boy, shine boy, .barber, porter, waiter,' driver, guide, doctor, lawyer, merchant, thief, they all stand with their palms out. . ' The trip to the Mary McKinney mine at Cripple Creek is one of the features. The fee and the rave are large and long. The trip is made over a very mountainous read from the town, which in former days was . the scene of so many deeds of vator by Young Wild West, Diamond Dick and Old Scout' An Obliging and loquacious brake man keeps the travelers informed as to what places of interest the train may. be passing. ; Soon out of the Springs we are told that the train is now running . paralled' with Ute pass, a secret road used by the Utes in the olden days. It was also used as an old stage line but now is a portion of the Ocean- to-Ocean highway. , A Deserted City. We pass through a place "which was once a city of 30,000 souls, but now only 15." - There are still mute evidences of a former city, water plugs, brick ruins, sidewalks gone to pot When the (Tin to Fat Ktat, (Mna J? 1