THK BEK: OMAHA. MONDAY. FEDRUARY 13, 1922
Originality and
Beauty Shown at
Legion Masque
Tonf jih IJjrrly ami MaLrJ
Heeler, in Colonial Com
tuinm, Win Firt True
Iloplin a Juilg.
Ofi!nliiy 1 Irani were rrp.
rrfnifij (n l'ie fostumrt u( many
of the l.'S cuuplrf attcndinjj the
Valentine marine tail givcti by
the American l.rion In the Burg
j'rie wuinrr. in three cue
v ere picked out by (our ii'!s, Mr.
Myrtle Mason, Dr. F.itiela II,
Hranilt, Karl Cijilli and City Com
miMicmtr John Hopkins.
Iniunnce Policy (or Prue.
In fc? heanty class Joseph Ilycrly
ami Mabel IVler in colonial eo
nunc, won (irt, a $7,500 accident
iiuhcy Irom the r'nttcr-Ilarker In
(trance company, and a JI.WX) policy
Riven ty Thnrnai Kelly of the
lravclert Insurance company, first
tn the onuinality clas, a $100 pay
merit on a lot from linnon-Car-
mil had company, and $I'K) credit on
an automobile from Guy Smith ot
the JluiUon aency, went to Denny
Ryan, who wan drcntcd as an Indian,
and Myrtle i'iepcr in a valentine
costume.
In the comic class Mr. L. II
Litchfield and Mrs. J. P. Stridden,
dressed a hoboes, won first, re
ceiving a $25 credit at the Sclinioller
and Mueller company and 10 pounds
ul candy.
Rose Tanner Is Second.
Kose Tanner won second in the
beauty class and received a dress
pattern and $5 credit at a silk shop.
Mr, and Mrs. Sam Reynolds re
ceived third and were given a box
of silk hose and a cap.
Miss Sidney and Sumner Stcbhius
won second in the original class and
were given a handbag and a foun
tain bag. Third went to Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Bozell who received credit
slips for purchases.
Chinese Boys Sing.
Second in the comical class,. H
K. Weinberg and G. C. Chizum,
won a box of dears and a dozen
pictures. Third. W. F.' Bruitte and
Emma Lyman, also received prizes.
Mrs. lilanch Scott Lee gave scv-'
crai solo selections. Classical dances
were given by Miss Ade' ride Fopg.
A class of Chinese boys from Cass
school sang songs.
Home in Exclusive
District Is Looted
Dog Hill Parazrafs
Hi Corgt Binhim
1'i te Fa!ey txhy was thawing
bis fnrnri a suit ui chillies ht has
M f.r rar, and they are still
Resilience of C. G. Smith Is
Robbed of $1,000 in Silver
ware and Jewelry.
The home of C. G. Smith, presi
dent of the Northwestern Life In
surance company, 114 South Fifty
first avenue in the West Farnam
district, was ransacked by burglars
yesterday and more than $1,000
worth of silverware, articles of jew
elry and $23 in cash stolen.
Entrance was gained to the home
through a bathroom window, while
Mrs. Smith was away for two hours
during the afternoon.
The banner offered by the Omaha
Christian Endeavor society for the
innior society having 100 per cent
attendance at the junior rally at First
Central Congregational church yes
terday afternoon was won joint
ly by five junior societies. Of al
most 20 societies represented these
five had the necessary 100 per cent:.
Park forest Presbyterian, Lowe
Avenue Presbyterian, First Reform
ed church, Castcllar and First
United Evangelical. The banner will
be held by each society for stated
periods throughout the year.
Nearly 300 youngsters attended
the big rally. The rally closed
Christian Endeavor week in Omaha
churches. Up to yesterday after
noon most of the activities had been
confined to the older endeavor
groups.
it was announced at the rally that
the annual county fair will be held
May 19 and 20. and the district con
vention June 23 to 25. Mrs. J. II.
Ellsherry, junior superintendent.
presided at the rally. .
H
earmgs
in Still:
man
Case Postponed Week
Omalia Bee leaned Wire.
Poughkecpsie, N. Y., Feb. 12.
Hearing on the application of Mrs.
Anne U. Stillman for $6,960 addi
tional' funds with which to continue
her efforts to obtain evidence in the
suit for divorce brought by her hus
band, James A. Stillman, was post
poned for one week by Supreme
Court Justice Morschauscr.
The postponement was granted
counsel for the banker with the posi
tive understanding that the court
would not tolerate further delay.
Outerbridge Horsey, appearing for
Mr. Stillman, said that he had been
served with the affidavits only yes
terday and asked that he be given
time to examine them and make
answer.
Mrs. Stillman was represented by
Tohn F. Brennan and Thillip J.
'O'Brien.
Man, 66, Takes Poison
by Error; Will Recover
Charles Kruger, 66, 420 North
Seventeenth street, narrowly escaped
death vesterday shortly after noon,
when by accident he swallowed
poison instead of medicine he had
been taking.
"oik Surgeon Kinyoun gave
emeigency treatment and said
Kruger would recover.
Deshler Commercial Club
Will Hold Open Meeting
Deshler, Neb.. Feb. 12. (Spe
cial) There will be an open meet
ing of the Deshler Commercial club
in the opera house Tuesday eve
ning, February 4. Members .and
their wives, the Woman's club, and
neighboring farmers are invited, as
well as any others interested in
community "betterment.
Henry Behring, fire chief, will
tell what he lear.ied at the recent
state meeting of volunteer firemen.
Mrs. Albert Caughey will ex
plain the workings of the public
library.
Henry Sittler, the mayor, will
explain the cost of the. sewer
system now nearing completion Mid
give figures of the town's bonded
indebtedness. " .
L. R. Brooks, representing the
civic improvement league of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce, will
give facts and figures on paving.
Music will be furnished by the
Deshler orchestra. Coffee and sand
wiches will be served.
Saturated with a chemical prepara
tion that changes color with the
weather, a lapel button that serves
as a personal barometer has been
patented.
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Eczema Itching Skin,
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Lad Crossing Street
Struck by Motor Car
Solly O.ttn, 5. ti 161 North
Twenty-Mill irrr, suffered evrr
bruise, about lb fia4 a4 fait when
he was muck by an automobile
while troiiieg the trei at Twenty
fourth anj Franklin tmti about 2
yesterday.
F. it. foMn. &iih Twf nty
fifth avenue, driver ei the far,
rilt SrrJlTwo Seized With Fatal
Dr, Thomas 1 Ionium attended him,
Ct'Iviii takr failed pylire and lld
them the la J darted Bcro the street
immediately in front of his far.
Attacks of Epilepsy
Filrpv prnr4 iaul to two jer
on in I'nialu yesterday, death re
uImi4 aliii tiiitatttly in (null
j 4ae.
j Mim Su' IVulirii, M litinii with
Vr. A. I". Daley, .,5?fl lUmry
Hrett, inland 4 nvrif mri'le early
)rtrrday morning, M wa attend
rd by I'uUit ,urgenu Kinyoun, At
I yr.teiday felK-ritooit hf wis Sgiil
btll, Irll, ;4t ill.J t'doie pll) UUI
aiiur-l,
li.il.rrt Pvi, .VI, laborer, IJIJ
itmli fvii'trriitii tiret, died ud
lit illy yntftdav imtiiMlttf in liio home
when ni 1 with an anatk,
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n g'U'd a new. The reason they j
have laotcd o lung is that he only j
wean them when he goes to church. I
Sidney Hocks would like for the
public to join him in a movement
which would do away with the legs
on eating tables, as every time he
goes to a big di.tner he has nowhere
to put his knees, and he cannot eat
without thtni.
Salem Harlow pased through our
vicinity today with a bundle lied t'P
in his handkerchief. Sid Hocks ho!.
lercd and asked him if he was mov
ing.
Junior Endeavor
Groups in Contest
Five Societies Are Joint Win-
iters of Banner for 100
Per Cent Attendance.
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Calendar Pads, Diaries,
Letter Files, Transfer Case.,
Blank Books,
Loose Leaf Books and Binder.
Omaha Stationery Co. .
307-309 South 17th Street
Paxton-Mitchell Co.
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Manufacturers of
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Standard Size Cast Iron Bushing
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Civic Bodies and Civic
Progress
VICTOR S. YARROS, in Th. Sr.y.
One of the most Intprcitinir ancf orii:inal fonturc. of the re
cent Chicago moetlncs of the American National Municipal Iairui'
and of the comparatively younjr but vljtoroui and vital City Man
Biter' annociation and the Civic Secretarie.' aociat!on, waj a
very frank and tiharp dicuion, at s special and "intimhte"
lon, of the question of the present statu, and immediate prohpeel
of tho civic bodies of the country in the light of public morals and
civic progress.
The topic as presented for discussion was rather vaguely formu
lntcd, but it was made quite pbtin by the chairman of the ni'-i'tip
Mr. Dykstra, tho civic secretary of the City club of Chicago, that
the object of tho rather unusual sesaion was to analyze, revie",
criticize, if necessary, the records of the typical civic bodies of the
country and point out their defects, emissions and failures if such
there were. "Let us take stock," was the informal way of dcfin
ing the purpose of the meeting, "and speak out freely and fearless
ly, not caring whose comfortablo prejudices or Bunceptibilities we
may wound in the process."
Of course, there was a general and shrewd suspicion that "the
fur would fly" and that many tonic but unpleasant things would
be said. These conjectures and expectations were fully borne out
by the addresses and discussion. The civic bodies were rot only
criticized, but in some cases virtually advised to dissolve and hand
over the torch to new and more alert and progressive organizations.
Even the more moderate speakers admonished and warned the civic
bodies to mend their ways and deal courageously with certain evils
that time, routine and inertia have developed within them.
One of the speakers, George Sykes of Chicago, a veteran civic
reformer, in a carefully prepared address, argued that the useful
and productive life of the average American civic body is about 25
years, and that any civic organization that has reached that age
needs a thorough overhauling, a searching of heart, a substantial
infusion of new zeal as well as of new understanding and new sym
pathy with the ideas and aspirations of the community it would
serve. He declared that civic bodies, like other institutions, tended
to ossification and petrifaction, or, at any rate, to excessive caution
and conservatism; but. aside from this general proposition, he main
tained that nearly all American civic bodies functioning today
were born under social and economic conditions profoundly dis
similar to presently conditions and were not sufficiently demo
cratic in character. Hence, if they are forward-looking and sincere
they must not only revise their programs, march with the times,
but democratize their membership and their by-laws.
Prof. Augustus R. Hatton, of Western Reserve university, a
well known student of municipal problems and charter reforms,
endorsed what Mr. Sykes and others had said and gave an impres
sive illustration. In the successful campaign for a new charter
for Cleveland, and for a city manager and proportional representa
tion as the most important features of that charter, the "old" civic
bodies of that city did nothing, said Prof. Hatton, to aid and en
courage the new organization that had been called into being to
"put over" the new charter. Neither moral nor financial support
was extended by them. They simply had to be ignored, to be
passed by. They might as well not have been in existence.
And yet, when the result of the Cleveland charter election wn
announced in the press, civic reformers and friends of good ad
ministration all over the country rejoiced. Even the moderate
newspapers praised the Cleveland electorate and joined in the gen
eral congratulations. Why, then, the Cleveland civic bodies turned
a deaf ear and a cold shoulder to the objectives and constructive
innovations of the charter campaign is a mystery. The petrifaction
theory almost imposes itself in this instance, if Prof. Hatton's
affirmations cannot be explained in any other way.
Another Chicago speaker briefly reviewed the activities and
programs of the existing civic bodies in Chicago, commending most
of them. But, as he pointed out, with hardly a single exception
those programs and activities have lacked the "dramatic" quality,
the appeal to the imagination of the average body of voters, th.j
burning and compelling interest which other issues, ripe and im
perative, evidently possess.
Thus it is an admirable thing to fight foHiegislation that docs
away with "interest graft" the pocketing by officials of interest
earned by public funds on deposit in the banks. To a Chicago civic'
body belongs the credit for the legislation that has at last put an
end to a scandal and a species of theft the conversion of public
money to private or machine use by state', county and city treasur
ers. Again, another civic body has fought waste and "legitimate
graft" in the form of payroll padding and duplication, and has
prevented increased taxation at one time or another. Other civic
bodies have defended the merit system, defeated cynical spoils
lgislation designed to wreck that system, and have even instituted
court proceedings to enjoin the payment of public money by negli
gent or contumacious officials. Finally, certain civic bodies in
Chicago are making investigations and surveys, are preparing in
telligent reports on governing agencies and budgets, and strength
ening the public demand for efficiency and economy. One or two
civic bodies have displayed a progressive spirit and have proposed
and elucidated steps toward a more modern and democratic form
of government for Chicago, and for Cook county.
All this is good work. But, unfortunately, it enlists the in
terest of but small groups of citizens if not actually of the same
group under the different names and in different directions. The
public at large may even approve in a passive way of this sort of
civic reform. But there is little thrill in it, little inspiration.
Elections are not determined by it. Cities and counties are not
"swept" by undramatic issues. Spoilsmen and greedy, selfish ma
chines are not overthrown by them.
And yet there is in Chicago, at this time, a vital and burning
issue traction an issue 'which has determined elections and will
continue to determine them: an issue which spoilsmen exploit and
which lend3 itself to chicane and humbug; an issue which over
shadows all others and propepy so.
The Chicago civic bodies areugnoring the essential traction
issue, lhcy dare not take a bold, progressive position concerning
it. They, or most of their members, are opposed to public acquisi
tion, ownership and operation of the elevated and surface trans
portation systems, and this is the solution that the majority of the
voters seek and are resolved to secure. Renewal of the present
traction franchises is out of the question. The choice lies between .
public ownership and operation and a compromise plan trustee
management, with the consent and co-operation of the companies,
and service at cost
A positive, sound, modern traction plan is necessary in Chica
go. Is such a plan to be devised and presented by the civic bodies?
If not, why not? Without a superior plan in opposition to the
machine's plan, the voters will follow the machine in the end. They
want action relief, better service; rapid transit., Why are not the
civic bodies functioning in connection with a pivotal and para
mount civic and moral issue?
This was the challenge the Chicago sneakers addressed to the
civic bodies of Chicago. To repeat, there is nothing exceptional
and anomalous about the Chicago situation. In other communities
like situations exist, or are developing. Privately, active men in
the civic bodies plead guilty to the faithful, well-intentioned in
dictment. The challenge; they say, is timely and wholesome. Civic
bodies must democratize themselves take up knotty issues, face
them boldly even if members mav be lost and make sure that
they live in the present, not in the past.
It would be a splendid thing if every community that is proud
of. the quality and number of its civic bodies should do for itself
what the Chicago meeting did "nationally" but rather superficial
ly, or experimentally; namely, take stock locally, revalue values,
apply the acid test, if there be one, to the existing civic bodies and
declare the result. "Watchman, what of the night?"
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