Fat Men Regarded
as Better Surety
Risks Than Lean
Women More Honest Than
Male Sex in Most Cases,
Harry S. Byrne Tells Tri
angle Club Members.
Fat men are better risks than thin
men, according to Harry S. Byrne,
addressing members of the Triangle
club Tuesday noon at Hotel Fontenelle
on "Surety Bonds."
"The average American, of ordinary
intelligence, regular mode of living
and with a wife and family is. gener- j
ally speaking, the best risk," Mr. ]
Byrne said. "As among orientals the
('hinaman is generally considered a :
better risk than the Japanese, but this
is only speaking generally and not In j
specific cases.”
Mr. Byrne stated that tlie surely
business Is of comparatively recent
origin, explaining that even tn Its re
mote beginnings it is not more than
"00 years old. The first company was j
organized In London in 1840. The
first surety company admitted to this
state began operations here in 1805.
Business Expands.
"The original intention in the or
ganization of a surety company," Mr.
Byrne continued, "was to issue bonds
for persons in poslfions of trust, and
while this purpose is still followed, the
business lias expanded until almost
every kind of a risk not protected or
^ insured by some other kind of an in
surance company. Is comprehended in
the business of surety companies.
“Of course, everyone is familiar
with the case of the bank cashier who
either leaves the country, or when
checked up Is found short In his ac
counts. This to th" average surety
man is a comparatively simple case,
hut It is not so simple when a big
contractor is erecting a courthouse
or an irrigation dam, which work is
up to the surety company on his bond.
Every big surety company has In its
service experts in the legal, engineer
ing, contract and other lines, for it
may be called upon on the shortest no
tice to complete a Job which one of
its principals has failed to finish.
Women Better Risks.
Mr. Byrne stated that In most cases
women are preferred to men as surety
risks, because the former are not or
dinarily susceptible to the same kind
of temptations that befall men. He
said this general rule seems to be
undergoing a modification as an in
creasing number of women get into
business and attain more authority.
"While the average man is perhaps
not aware of it, the use of surety
bonds has greatly improved the char
acter of public officials occupying im
portant positions today.” the speaker
added. "This is particularly true of
city, county and state treasurers.
Time was when any man if he were
popular could obtain a sufficient per
sonal bond after his election to an
office. There were accordingly many
losses on such bonds. Nowadays, even
before a political party nominates a
man to such an Important office, in
g^quiry is generally made as to-whether
he can furnish a bond in case of his
election.”
Israel Gluck Leaves Estate
of $1215,000; No Will Found
Israel Gluck, pioneer Omahan. who
{lied Friday, left an estate esimated at
more than $125,000. areording to At
torney Martin Sugarman, who filed
a petition for administrator in county
court.
Mr. Gluck left no will. P. M. New
man, Kdward Gliok and Max Som
mers are joint administrators.
Births and Deaths.
Birth*.
Olena and Jensena Kronberg. R. F. D
No. 6. girl.
George and Louis* Rowe, 2021 Bancroft
• treet, girl.
Carl and Lillian Otto, 1108 Jack*on
■tieet. girl.
„ 'Vilbur and Verda Bruner, 4317 South
i w enty-seventh atretf, girl.
Gail and Myrtle Mayfield, hospital, hoy.
Burgess and Margery Manchester, hos
pital, boy. /
H^nry and Sophia Kieser, Ft. Crook
boulevard, boy.
• ’hark* and Ada Turner, hospital, girl.
John and Lila James, hospital, girl.
Mike and Teresa Furinaro, Ralston.
K»rl.
James and Lillian Lyons, hospital, girl.
Newton and Lillian Whli*»e). South
Seventeenth street, twins, boys
Alfred and Kva Berh’ard, 2228 North
twentieth street, girl.
Les'-e and L*Marie Hall, hospital, boy
W illiam and Zeima Fehrs, hospital, girl.
Charles and Linma Lamb. hospital
girl.
Warren and Mary Donald. 4862 Pacific
•treet, girl.
Harvey and Dorothy Graves, 6622 South
Twenty-fourth street, boy.
George and Hazel Wins ott. hospital,
" illiam and Gold!* Crichton, hospital.
boy.
Layton and Margaret Cook, hospital,
btt".
Raymond and Frankie Dungan. hospital,
girl.
S.’ephen and Mary Krefler, 1220 Do
minion street, boy.
Harry and Coia Davia, 2201 North
Twenty-first street, girl.
Roy and Mary Humphrey, 3202 North
Fifty-socond street, girl
Georg* and Mary Abboud, 1812 South
Tw enty-fifth *tr**i. bo>.
Frances and Angelo Kenealy, 1412
North Thirty-fifth street, boy.
Liner and Adelina Olson, 3411 South
Forty-flrat street, boy.
Oliver and Mario Rutter, hospital, girl.
Charles and Mauilna Hamilton, hos
pital. girl.
Frank and Jenni* Rrazda, 6414 South
Thirteenth street. boy.
W.liner and Helen Almquist. 4504 South
S.xte*nth street, girl.
John and Angolia Kaluaa, 4117 South
Twenty'-eighth street, boy.
Deaths.
Fr da Keiaer. 4*. hospital.
'Vflliam tfpellerberg. 75. hoapltal.
• leveland Sprat t. 26, hoapltal.
Orant Thomas. HO, hospital.
Mary E Stebblna, 66, J214 South Fifty*
f -*t atteot
Israel OtU'k. 42, 614 Park avenue.
Norrnan D. Hubbaid. 2 months. 1501 A
at rest
Vfayme Harts. SO, hoapltal
Emma Cottrell, 26," hoapltal.
Minnie Hollis, 63, 620 South Sittaanth
%' r wet.
June Merln, 76. 4222 Blnney street.*
Eela Tlndell, 29. 1312 Douglas street.
Andrew Oustsve t'erlton, 60, hoapltal.
Hilda Walborg Hwenson. 19, hoapltal.
Celrata Du Mom. a. l month, hospital.
Mary Anderson, tl. hospital,
will* Jones, 26. >66 North Twenty-fifth
a venue.
As* Clamant, 27, hospital
Marriage Licenses.
ilia following couple* have bean iaauad
lo <*neea to wad
Ffiocla A. O'Neill, 21. Omaha. end
Josephine Derrick son, 14, Council Bluff*,
la
Edgar Collins, 63. Ainsworth, and
Eula C. French, 42, Merriman. Nab.
Ntela W. Nielsen, over 21, Omaha, and
J'ustna Anderson, ovar 21 Omaha
Frank Straus* 26. Omaha, and tiladya
Aw I.sinb, 16, Omaha
Henry C. Van Dyke, ??, Belieplalna. Is.,
and Reaal* A Morgan, 21. Halleplaine, la
Jeremiah J. KUley, 27. Omaha, and
Leona J. Chaddock, if, Omaha.
Eloyd F Mr Elroy, ovar 21, time ha, and
torethy K. Nltrmtn, over 21, Omaha.
Frank H Sullivan, 27, Omaha, and
6f*ry f« 9< hull a. 23, Omaha
Frank Barqulat. 2*. Mlnltaro. N«b.,
And Alba *Dna%n. 27, Omahk
a
ONE OF OURS
. By W1LLA FATHER. \
I •
Famous Nebraska Author.
(Continued from Inltrilar.)
NYXOPfriP.
t?*,*r* ,,vln* «« * Nebraska
ranch with hi* parents, i* forced 10 quit
school, a small college in Lincoln, in hi*
third year. In order to care for the ranch
whUe hi* younger feather, Ralph, and
father. Nat, spend most of their time on
the Colorado ranch. Ilnjli**, an older
brother, operates an Implement store in
umuii i ' Jbe *eene of the story to date.
While In Lincoln Claude made staunch
friend* of the Erlich family, » motherly
widow and five *ons. Ernest llavel and
Leonard Dawson are young farmer friend*
of Claude. Claude and Ills mother are
deeply interested in the German advance
Into Belgium during the early stage* of
the world war. Claude weds Enid Rover,
religiou* daughter of tfu*on Boyce. Frank
fort miller. They live in their new home
on the tVheeler property near the Daw
son*. Enid is indifferent to Claude. When
they wre married u year and a half she
foes to China to her younger sister, who
I* III. Ernest llavel becomes offended with
Claude during the di*cti*sion of prohibi
tion. He leave* in a huff.
Ernest was offended and did not
come bark for nearly a month—not, in
deed. until the announcement that
Germany would resume unrestricted
submarine warfare made every one
look quest ioningly at his neighbor.
He walked into the Wheelers’
kitchen the night after this news
reached the farming country, and
found Claude and his mother sitting
at the table, reading the papers aloud
to each other in snatches. Ernest
had scarcely taken a seat when the
telephone bell ran. Claude answered
the call.
"It’s the telegraph operator at
Frankfort,” he said, as he bring up
the receiver. "He repeated a message
from father, sent from Wray: ‘Will
be home day after tomorrow. Read
the papers.’ What does he mean?
What does he suppose we are doing?”
"It means ho considers our situation
very series. It’s not like him to
te’egranh except in case of illness.”
Mrs. Wheeler rose and walked dis
tractedly to the telephone box, as if
it might further disclose her husband’^
state of mind.
"But what a queer message! It was
addressed to you, too, mother, not to
me.”
"He would know how I feel about
it. Some of your father's people were
sea going men, out of Portsmouth.
He knows what it means when our
shipping is told where it can go on
the ocean, and where it cannot. It
isn't possible lhat Washington can
take suph an affront for us. To think
that at this tifne, of all tiroes, we
should have a democratic administra
tion.!”
Claude laughed.- "Sit down, mother.
Watt a day or two. (live them time.''
"The war will tie over before Wash
ington can do anything. Mrs. Wheel
er,” Ernest declared gloomily ' Eng
land will tie starved out. a> d France
will he beaten to a standstill. The
whole German army will Iw on the
western front now. What could this
country do? How long do you sup
pose it takes to make an army?”
Mrs. Wheeler stopped short in her
restless pacing and met his moody
glance. "I don't know anything,
Ernest, hut I believe the Bible. I
believe that in the twinkling of an
eye we shall be changed!”
Ernest looked at the floor. He re
spected faith. As he said, you must
leaped it or despise it, for there was
nothing else to do.
Claude sat leaning his elbows on
the table. “It always comes back
to the same thing, mother. Even if a
raw army eould do anything, how
1 would we get tt over there? Here's
[ one naval authority who savs the
I Germans are turning out submarines
at the rate of three a day. They prob
ably didn't spring this on us until
they had enough built to keep the
ocean clean."
“1 don't pretend to say wfiat we
could accomplish, son But we must
stand somewhere, morally. They
have told us all along that w'e could
be more helpful to the allies out of
the war than in it, because we cottld
send munitions and supplies. If we
agree to withdraw that aid, where
are we? Helping Germany, all the
time we are pretending to mind our
own business! If our only alternative
is to be at the bottom of tlie sea, we
had netter bp there!”
“Mother, do sit down We .can't
settle it tonight. 1 never saw you so
worked up. '
“Your father is worked up. too. or
he would never have sent that tele
I gram.” Mrs. Wheeler reluctantly took
! up her worktasket. and the hoys
talked with their old, easy friendli
1 ness.
When Ernest left, Claude walked as
1 far as the Yoeders' place with him,
and ian:e back across the snow-drifted
fields, under the frosty brilliance of
the winter stars. As he looked tip
at them he felt more than ever that
i they must have something to do with
the fate at nations, and with the in
corn prehefisihlo things that were hap
pening in the world. In the ordered
1 universe there must lie some mind
that read the riddle of this one un
happy planet, that knew what was
forming In the dark eclipse of this
hour. A question hung In the air;
over all this quiet land about him,
over hiir^ ov'Pr his mother, even. He
was afraid for his country, as he
had been that night on the state
j house steps in Denver, when this war
| was undreamed of, hidden in the
wo ib of time.
Maude and his mother had not long
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to wait. Three days later they knew
that the German ambassador had
been dismissed and.thp American am
bassador recalled from Berlin To
older men these events were subjects
to think and converse about: but to
hoys like Claude they were life and
death, predestination.
CHAPTER VII.
One stormy morning Claude was
driving the big wagon to town to get
a load of lumber. The roads were
beginning to thaw out, and the coun
try was black and dirty looking. Here
and there on the dark mud gray snow
crusts lingered, perforated like honey
comb. with wet weed-stalks sticking
ui) through them. As the wagon
creaked over the high ground just
above Frankfort Claude noticed a
brilliant new flag flying from the
school house cupola. lie had never
seen the flag before when it meant
anything but the Fourth of July, or
a political rally. Today It was as if
lie saw it for the first time; no bands,
no noise, no orators; a spot of restless
color against the sodden March sky.
He turned out of his way in order
to pass the high school, drew up his
team, and waited a few minutes until
the noon bell rang. The older boys
and girls came out first, with a flurry
of raincoats and umbrellas. Presently
he saw Gladys Farmer, in a yellow
"slicker" and an oilskin hat, and
waved to her. She came up to the
wagon.
"I like your decoration,” he said,
glancing towards the cupola.
"It's a silk one that the senior boy*
bought with their athletic money. I
advised them not to run it up in this
rain, hut the class president told me
they bought that flag for storms."
"Get in. ahd I'll take you home.”
.She took his extended hand, put her
foot on the hub of the wheel and
climbed to'the seat beside him. He
clucked to his team.
“So your high school hoys are feel
ing warlike these days'.’"
“Very. What do you think?”
“I think they'll have a chance to
express their feelings.”
"Ho you, Claucje? it seems awfully
unreal.”
“Nothing e!-.e seems \ery real,
either. I'm going to haul out a loud
of lumber, hut 1 never expect to
drive a nail in it. These things don't
matter now. There is only one thing
we ought to do, and only one thing
that infitters: we all know it."
"You feel it's coming nearer every
day?"
"Every day ”
Gladys made no reply. She only
looked at him gravely with her calm,
generous brown eyes. They stopped
before the low house where the win
dows were full of flowers. She took
his hand and swung herself to the
ground, holding It for a moment while
she said good-bye. Claude drove hack
to the lumber yard In a place like
Frankfort a boy whose wife wrs in
China could hardly go to see Gladys
without making talk.
It ontlnued in Tim Morning Bee t
Our Children
By ANGELO PATH I.
To Hie In-Law*.
.If you belong to the great host of
In-laws, ami who doesn't, won't you
take to heart and practice (hat fine
old American maxim, "Mind your
own business," where the children
of your families are concerned? That
sounds harsh but it doesn't sound
any woraa than its disregard sounds
in the nnmls of the parents whose
children you attempt to tiring up.
Suppose you were working anti at
the most nlTtaul time in your job
one of the firm's relations came along
nnd begun firing advice and sugges
tions at yott until you were dizzy?
And suppose as you sweated over a
bit of the machinery that didn't seem
In fit into place although it was
plainly intended to do so, as yon
juggled it about on your finger tips,
coaxing and balancing and adjusting
and hoping that three more of the
telief's relations came along and
made speeches. Speech"* about the
good old days when workmen were
workmen and a job was a job.
Pleasant?
That's about what happens In
thousands of homes daily. The moth
er is struggling wind her unruly
brood ami the aunts and uncles nnd
removed in-laws *pour out a stream
of advice, and censure that would
drown a fish.
Says mother, "Pete, look where
your books are. You know! I've spok
en to you about that more than a
few times. Put them where they be
long and try to remember." Her voice
is low because she does not want
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Dick hears it.
Me rustles out of his newspapers,
anii chides: "I should think that by
this time you would have learned to
do that simple thing. Dy now you
i tight to have learned to obey your
mother. When 1 turn your age ! did;
what I was told to do or I wished
I had. .My mother spoke to me
once. The second time she handed the
something that made me remember
the next time she spoke.
'Thai's wliat ought to happen to
you. Talking to you doesn't do a bit
of good. The Idea, A l.»lg boy like
you-”
Vnele Dick continues to help dis
ci pline the boy until he himself is
out of breath and the buy is out of
sight. The mother, of .course, can
not say what she thinks which is
something like this: “Oh. dear! If
• only you would keep still and not add
to my troubles with tlm sound "f
your voire. If only you would leave
Die children to me my life would lie
easier and my borne a thousand times
happier.”
The only way a family ran live
together In peace is for each branch
of it to mind its own business, make
a>eligious practice of It. The
rearing of children is the duty and
the privilege of the parents, llarely
are they willing to delegate It to any
one else. If they want help or ad
vice they will ask for It and then i*
the time to give it. Then is the time
it will come with good grace.
And if you really intend to mind
your own business do it with cheer
fulness and kind spirit. Keep your
eyebrow* 1ri order and don I eapreas
your opinions with your double chin
or your tilted shoulifer or your fa
vorite dreary humming dirge .lust
beep still and the harraisetl parent*
of this land will rise in a body and
chant you paean of praise.
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Barcarolle .Hoffman
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