Nebraska Newspapers

    Winning Essays
in Home Lighting
Contest Named
15.000 Children Enter Com
petition; Inez McRoberts,
3713 North 24th St.,
Gets First Prize.
Girls won the first five local major
prizes offered by the Omaha Electrical
league and lighting educational com
mittee In the local Better Home light
ing essay contest. The first boy to
win a prize was seventh from the
head of the list,
Inez McRoberts, 3713 North Twen
ty-fourth street, won the first prize, a
1300 scholarship. She is 11 years old
and Is In the seventh grade.
The other four leading prizes
ranged from $100 to $20.
The Judges In deciding the winners
did not know the names of the writ
ers. Each essay turned In was given
a number and graded according to
number.
Tho first boy to win was Cecil
Wlckstrum. 1007 Wirt street. He won
the seventh prize of $5.
The public Is Invited to attend the
awarding of the prizes to the 226
winners at a mass meeting to be held
at 10:30 a. m., Friday, January 2,
at the Brandeis theater. At i^is
time all of the Individual prizes and
school prizes will be awarded. The
prizes total $2,000 In value.
Both tho local and the national es
say contest opened on October 7 and
closed November 14. More than
13.000 school children took part In
the contest, that many primers hav
ing been distributed. The children in
Omaha finished and submitted 6.112
essays. The contest was open to all
school children above 10 years of age.
The Omaha committee has sent to
New York 25 of the best essays in
the Omaha contest. These are to be
submitted in the national essay con
test. The first prize of the national
essay contest Is a $15,000 model elec
tric home.
Model Home Completed.
A model of this home has been con
structed by the Benson & Garrett
company under the supervision of the
Omaha Electrical league here. This
home is located at 661 North Fifty
sixth street. It will be thoroughly
furnished and guides will explain all
the new electrical equipment a^J
lighting in the home. This home will
be open January 3.
The Omaha contest was under the
direction of a sponsoring committee.
This committee consisted of Mayor
James C. Dahlman, C. G. Powell, .T.
H. Beveridge, Rev. James Ahearn, W.
R. Watson, Ballard Dunn, Neal Jones
and A. D. Barber.
The work of carrying on the essay
contest was under the direction of
I', the development committee of the
Omaha Electrical league, with K. P.
Goewey of the Nebraska Power com
pany as chairman. Th# regional
headquarters of the campaign was
also located In Omaha, with Glen A.
Walker as director for the states of
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and
Iowa.
A. D. Barber of the Western Elec
1 trie company, George Johnston of the
Midwest Electric company. City Elec-t
trician Israel Lovett and all execu
tives of the Omaha Electrical league
worked closely with Mr. Goewey In
making the campaign a success.
Schools Get Flags.
Silk flags will he awarded to 14
Omaha schools. When the contest
opened a silk flag was offered to the
school having the largest number of
essays written In proportion to Its
enrollment.
Competition was so keen that 14
schools turned In 100 per cent. A
*50 flag will be presented to each of
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[ cJneZ *Mc%o6ert$ &ermce uVest/e6usk
the following 14 schools: Webster,
Kelloni. St. Wenselas, St. Patrick,
Benson, t r.tral, Sacred Heart, As
sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Jungmunn, Benson Junior High, Cor
rigan, Bancroft, Edward Rosewater,
Casteiar and Lincoln.
Omaha/ was the center of the na
tional essay contest. Special atten
tion was given to it here because the
national campaign was the idea of
J. E. Davidson, general manager and
vice president of the Nebraska Power
company. Mr. Davidson consulted
with leading educators of the country
and received their endorsement and
then launched the national campaign
during the early part of this year,
lie was the directing force In the
campaign from that time until it
closed.
Hotter Vision Is Aim. ,
Mr. Davidson is now first vice
president of the National Electric
Light association, and will he national
president next year. This will he the
first time this office has been held
by an Omahan.
“The purpose of this essay contest
and the better home lighting cam
paign was to interest the American
people In proper and better home
lighting In order to check the spread
ing of poor vision among the youth
of the country.” Mr. Davidson said.
The Omaha committee feels that
Inez McRoberts has an excellent op
portunity of winning the first na
tional prize. Her originality and liter
ary effort shows in a clear manner
the very interesting way In which
she choose the various electric light
fixtures. Pictures of these fixtures
were carefully pasted by her in the
primmer, and she told in her original
way how she surveyed the lighting
situation In the home of her parents
and two neighbors.
Following are the prize-winning
^Ftrat Prise—Insa McRoberts, t71S North
Twenty-fourth etreet.
Second Prize—Bernice Neetlebueh.
Maple etreet.
Third Prize—Mary Fogarty, 111* Wirt
street.
Fourth Prize—Joan Aurelia Pellegrln,
2120 Btnney atraet.
Fifth Prize—-Judith Anne Iwersen. 121s
E slxth'prtze to Twenty-fifth, Incluelve—
Levine Louweree; 1404 South Tenth
etreet: Cecil Wlcketrum. 1907 Win
etreet; Virginia Linder, 1423 North
■ lath atreet; Cecilia Tercra Kelly, 3407
North Kighieenth etreet; Grace hi la
ilacCue Hie North Twenty-fourth
etreet; Jack Thompson Hall, 2435 Man
onrson street; Dorothy Lunette Burner,
2621 North Fortieth street; Lawrence J.
Abte, 4004 Mouth Twejvty-fourth etreet;
Mildred Hrbek. 1820 O etreet; tfophia
Hrugaeman. 4207 Mouth Eleventh etreet;
Susan Hosier, 3723 North Eighteenth
Ntreet- Alice Marcella Hackenberg. 1477
Emmet atreet; Mwrtln Wickett, -4 4*
Browne street; Huchel Beatrice Brown,
1920 Blnney street, Bertha Strieker, 142K
North Forty-first avenue; Helen Marie
i. a Brie, mil Franklin street* Dorothy
Marine Braun. 701 Dorms street- Bernice
Velora Colton. 4725 Mouth Twentieth
street; Ertna Nelson, 2510 Emmett
’street, John Jacob Weber, 8822 North
Thirtieth street , .
Twenty.sixth Prize to Fiftieth, lnclu
«lve—Bernice Burwell, 6508 Wfttt street;
Emily Kubtlius, 3216 North Mixty-ftrst.
street: Eleanor Amelia Needham. 4162
Mason street; Clifford James Wilson, 2615
Binney stre^; Marguerite Couch, 4216
Ersklne street; Mary Lupton, 3142 South
Sixteenth street; Margaret Foral, 1463
Mouth Fifteenth etreet; Agnes Reynek.
1312 Atlas street; Marjorie Sniffer, 3903
North Seventeenth* etreet; Catherine Mor
rissey. 2106 Locust street; Irene Schneider,
3420 North Sixty-seventh avenue- William
Waldo Scott, 2102 Spencer street; Alice
lane Owen. 2027 Spencer etreet- Emily
Hall, 2425 Manderson street; Christine M.
Foral, 1726 Mouth Ninth street; Mary
Eileen M< Kernan, 4320 South Eighteenth
street; Margaret Mary Klausner, 2346
South Thirty-fifth street; Agnes Foral.
1 462 Mouth Fifteenth etreet; Mildred Anna
VanHaven. 3701 South Thirteenth street;
Audrey Jane Mtrayer 8811 North Fifty
third street; Marie Falcone. 2617 North
Twentieth street; Martha Cook, 6339’Mpcifc
'•er atreet; Charles Laverlng. 2664 Man
derson afreet; Eileen Merten. 1616 Wirt
• treat; Clare Kinney, 2629 Cass street.
Honorable Mention—Twenty-five med
als (watch folia) for boys: Paul E.
• histafson. 2624 North Nineteenth
street; Howard Fetereon, 2715 North
Sixty-third street; John Burke.
1811 Evans atreet; Psul Johnson.
1920 Emmet street: Eugene Chtdwelf.
624! Decatur ntreef, Fred Hamilton.
Seventy-eighth street and Keystone
drive; Marrhall Walter fltup. 2870 Evans
strest; Charles Rpalek, 1706 South Elev
enth street; Georg* Frederick Oeat, 6012
Izard street; Eddie Evans. 2919 Douglas
street, Delmer Franklin Campbell. 1909
Mouth Second street; John lloenir 139
North Thirty-eighth street; William
Macksnherr 1 477 Emmet atreat; Carl
WLfisman, Keystona park; Robert Macfle
.Sharp. 2601 Emmet street; Thomas W.
Deakin, 4602 Fontenells boulevard; By
ron Havsr, 2516 North Rlxty-flrst street;
Stanley Prlndl*. 4928 ** Mouth Nine
teenth street; Alfred D*nnell, 4616 South
Twenty-sixth street; BUI ward O'Hearn.
2524 North Sixty-first street Robert Ras
mussen. 2513 North Slxty-alxth ftvanut;
Taylor Waldron. 120 North Forty-third
strest; Edward flwotek. 1510 Willi* ave
nue; Joe Aubrey Neal, 6338 Spencer
styeat; Lester Ptacek. 3016 North Fifty
fourth street.
Honorable Mention—Twenty-five med
als (ribbon pendants) for girls Agnes
Wlnane, 2533 South Seventh atreet. Jean
Murphy, 201 South Thirty-sixth street;
Marie A. Pavlik. 6802 Mouth Nineteenth
street; Mary Diatefano. 1413 Mouth Four
teenth atreet, Marl# Bog aid, 624 North
Thirty-third etreet; Florence Ague* Wra
beta. 3931 North Twenty-first. street;
Adeline Hnwlgy. 2227 Mouth Twenty third
it reel, Cat I <11 manning, 2211
street; Kathleen Spencer. :.*011 Maple
street; Eleanor Morkey, 5410 Mouth .Nine
toenth street; Insrphln* Julia Larsen 1017
Arbor street. Alice H. Krecek. 1706 Mouth
Twelfth street. G**na Marla Vann. 6014
South Twenty third street. Winifred lie
tsv. It 16 Not! h Ts ants mmond 11 ■ el
Ethel Alice Chnrrgn, 5103 North Thlrty
hlxth street, Katharine Mary Kdghlll,
2812 North Nineteenth avenue; Anna
Tlxa, 2612 Pinkney street. Mary Flor
enee Mitchell. 112 North Fortieth street;
Eunice Eleanor Gilbreath, 4215 Patrick
avenue; Marjorie Graves 68 4 7 Bedford
avenue: Cafhrrln Reilly, 2719 Roijfh
Twentieth o‘reet. Bernice Keiaer, 2057
North FHxtlSth avenue, hnii't>« Vondrs,
6221 Mouth Twenty-second a1r«et; Helen
Michelle. 1722 Mouth Seventeenth street;
^.'■Upza W, rjai»)»un, Oil Cmll* «u«rt
‘Bettor Home Lighting Essay,“ pencil
awarded next 140 best essays:
Jennetta McCaffrey', 4325 Binnev
street; Lucile Kutidy. 4700*4 South
Twentieth atreet: Marie Andra 2232
South Twelfth atreet; Mildred Vaska,
1707 South Eleventh street: Ruth Olsen.
2501 South Thirtieth street; Robert
Southard 2301 T street: Gertrude E.
Miller. 203 Haskell street; Marjorie L.
Hecktnan. 1810 Manderson street; Sally
Williams 212 South Thirty-fourth street;
Stazie Chvtil. 5123 South Nineteenth
street: Kathleen Elizabeth Eaton, 2018
Binnev street: Lucile Jensen. 3143 North
Fifty-ninth street: Jane Harmon, 2411
Emmet street: Eileen O’Reilly, 2887
Crown Point avenue: Leo Brennan. 432j
South Twenty-fifth street.; Josephine Ce
ce.Ua Bubon. 2107 North Eighteenth
street: Margaret Sobizyk 3002 Vinton
street; Junior Johndrean. 3025 Webster
street: Eileen Draney, 2919 Pacific
street.
Jack Watherston. 4312 Wakeley street;
Niamoa Flesher. 3619 North Sixty-fourth
street; Bertha Edith Nielson. 3211 N^yth
Eleventh street; Ethel Ingram, 2161
South Thirtv-third street: Mary Norris,
1938 South Tenth street: Georgia Nelson.
233.3 South Twenty-fourth street; JuanJta
Allen. 2621 South Twentv-first street;
Josephine Helen Kelly, 2104 Davenport
street: Edna See. 119 NorLh Fifteenth
street; Wanda Julawlck. 4433 South
Thirty-second street . Edwarda Seller,
;;2ll North Twenty-fifth avenue; Ida
WJenzveg 2222 Miami street: Mary Jane
Mercer. 4220 fuming street; Marion Wa
cek. 2324 North Fiftieth street: Clare M
Fitzgerald. .3806 North Eighteenth street:
Sarah Goodbinder. 2445 Pinkney street.
Marie Wlnans. 2533 804th Seventh
street; Patricia Ellen Buckley. 2509 North
Forty-ninth atreet: Helen Wear, 8424
Dodge street: Leona Charron. 51"2 North
Thirty-sixth street: Ruth Krcal, 1701
South Ninth street: Lillian Lucile Cenk.
5128 Soutl Eighteenth street: Frances
Humphrey. Fifty-second and Bedford
avenue; Marlei Russell. 2562 Fowler ave
nue: Elaine Halbe. 6101 North Thirtieth
street: Mae AveriH Larson 2737 Mere
dith avenu* Neva Pearl Harrow. 3124
North Fifty-fifth street: Georgia Kroupa,
4113 South Ninth street: Marguerite
Price. 2232 Lake atreet; Katherine Bus
nardo. 658.3 Evans street: Delma De
Young. 4910 North Thirty-eighth street;
Elma Margaret Hansen, 4602 Redman
avenue: L**ona Beryls Upcbut'h. 4622
South Twent' -second street: Henrietta M
Timmins. 2920 Fort stteet.
Leola Parcell. 7065 Wirt street; Doris
Monaghan. 2663 Manderson street: Elsie
Foucek. 2861 Cass street; Marie J. 8a
bata. 1960 South Eleventh street; Janice
Miller. Sixtieth and W; Irene 8c heal 969
North Twenty-sixth street; Leer a Culver.
(.140 Bedford avenue. Edith Epstein. 980
North Twenty-sixth street; Marvin Ren
ford. 4832 Farnam street: Elizabeth Rose
McNicJjolas. 1028 North Forty-first
street. Maude Louise Fowler. 4002 Sew
ard street; Catherine Walsh. 722 South
Thirty-eighth avenue: Olga Byba. 2714
F street; Angela Jacoby. 2409 G street:
Eleanor Lvnch. 2302 South Twelfth
street: Carrie Belle Gossard. 6614 Emmet
street; Marjorie Munroe. 2704 North Six
tieth street. Bessie Baker. 3819 North
Twenty-first street: Mary Loraine Laird
4916 North Twentv-aixth avenue; Beatrice
.Martin. 208 North Thirty-fifth avenue.
I’esrl Mtrcus. 2444 Pratt street.
Hazel Molgard. Route 4 South Omaha:
Ruthella Schorle. 4808 North Forty-sec
ond ■ *«eer ; Theophllla Kubillua. 3218
North Sixty-first street: Josephine Ruf
f.no. 1325 South Twenty-second street:
Helen E Clarkson. 1$06 Emmet street*
Ernest Stefan. 4319 Saratoga street:
Kathryn Marsh. 1320 Monroe street; Hel
en Clare Schneider. 2738 Redick avenue;
Beatrice Silverman. 832 South Twenty
first street: Edward Barakat. 214 8oUth
Thirteenth street: Mary Eleanor McCall
4108 Farnam atreet; Irene Johnson. 28»’4
fast street: John Morgan Oepson. 4236
Grant street: Doris Mao Haney. 1823 Jef
ferson street: Ifaz'dle Iverson. 6128 Pink
ney street; Brownie Regleton 2516 Dodge
«*reet. Nora Pat Dugdale. 4033 Seward
street.
Natalie E. White. 70J South Twenty
seventh street. Albert K. Koch. Route 1.
Prairie (tenter; Donald Nelson. 4316 Sew
ard street. June Pennington. 4116 Charles
street; Sophia Olem. 4503 South Thirty
third street. Florence Casey. 3820 Daven
port street; Norman Jvernv Derry 4524
fharle* street: Helen Henshaw. 1808
North Forty-second street; Mary Mai
guerfte Phln*. .3208 oak street; Margaret
Flannerv. 2491 North Forty-seventh «v«
nue Mildred Guggenmo*. 3848 Cass
street: Helen Calhoun. £590 Pratt street:
Ruth Ver Mehren. 2420 Manderson atreet;
Mary Louise Festner. 2691 Manderson
street; Madeline Kdren. 3323 North Thir
tieth street; Mildred Knurskow. 1622
North Fortieth street.
Fern Linder. 4332 Seward street: War
ren Stevens. 3911 North Eighteenth
street; Virginia Allen, 2820 Bristol streat:
Edward Rice. 1904 Lothrop street; Earl
Nelsen 2610 Emmet atreet: Robert Pill
ing. 2207 Pinkney street; Virginia Jones,
Carter Lake club: Lep Joseph Semonee.
3401 North Sixteenth street; Rosenre
Wicker. 400b South Twenty-fourth
street: Helen Cecelia Doll. 3101 Miami
street; Dorothy Loringer. 4110 North
Twenty-fifth street: Ethel Kenny. 1826
Pinkney atreet; Marie Mollner, 2817
North Fifteenth atreet; KathertA" Cerev.
3224 North Nineteenth street: Jack Gra
ham. 1825 Binnev street. Rose Rita
‘•Neill. 3323 Manderson street; Cbarlea
William Merrlrnen. 1202 South Slgth
street: Anna Cerveny. 6201 South Twen
tieth etreet.
Merle Simon 5622 South Forty-eeventh
street: Peter Ifoldorf. 6646 Blnney street.
Evelyn Cos. 1019 North Twenty-ninth
street; Florence Dowd. 1013 Decatur
street: Edward Wachtler. 2115 Webater
street: Marie T. ftoeslng. 1618 Binnev
street; tohn O’Donnell. 2119 Maple
street: Mary Elisabeth Clevenger. 3016
Pinkney atreet; Genevieve Merle
HchneeUenberger 2229 Locuat street;
Alice Wear. 392.1 North Thirty-third
street; Laura Barnes. 3631 North Twenty
fourth atreet: Ronald Barton. 2227 Evana
street: Howard Williams Smith, 2423
Mandtraon street; Pearl Danskv. 2l>0|
Plnknev atreet: Gertrude Bradford 2817
Pratt atreet.
Inez McRobertt' prize winning es
say follows:
THE FAJBY OF GOOD EYESIGHT.
The wind shrieked and the rein beet
wildly on the window pane as I aet be
fore the cheerful fireplace 1n the living
room, reading by 1ta ruddy glow.
I think you are very cruel to abuse
me an." cerae a cross little voice from
the mantel
I was so startled that T jumped to ay
feet, dropping my book, only to see e
fairy scarcely six inches high sitting sn
the clock, looking very angry.
'Where did you com* from 7“’ T gasped.
''I didn't corns," she replied Indig
nantly. "I’ve been with you all your
life
Who are you, then?" I asked In ahaer
astonishment.
"1 am the Fairy of Good Eyesight You
have all but murdered me end I can stand
It no longer '
*1—1-1 beg your pardon, but I do not
understand "
"You have abused me nearly el! your
life by rending In poor light. You have
both of my enemies In your home Mr.
Gloom and Mr Glare the weakening
cousins Moon vou ahull pay Hie penalty
for we.ikening me by wearing glasses. In
to ke< • mi wall and atroni I Ml
mml hevn auffb lent light ami proper
sit ad Ing
"in Gils room your celling fixture baa
thrc* f»o wxtt billon, but there," aald fha
fairy, "la h light which l» not properly
shaded because I ran mm* the bright fila
ment You should hu\e a piano lamp
beside Gi* piano, while bracket fkxturea
with soft rose shade* would make th«
room more beautiful
Come, let us in through the reat *1
the house and I will show you some mors
mistakes ’*
A* 1 stood b/ the mantel the fairy
^yiang lightly in my ehouldsj- aeg wi
Otis Skinner
Tells Own Tale
in His Own Way
y j
Adds Delightful Volume to
the Annals of American
Stage in Form of Au
tobiography.
• FOOTLIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS:
RECOLLECTIONS OF MY LIFE ON
THE STAGE,M by Otia Skinner: the
Bobhs-Merrlll company, Indianapolis,
publishers.
This merriest of mummers, most
wholesome of men, most dependable
of friends, as well as most capable
of actors, has added to the swelling
tide of autobiography a delightful
volume. He has extenuated nothing,
nor set down aught In malice, but
tells In the way his intimntes are
familiar with, some outstanding Inci
dents of a very busy life. Along with
these go kindly commentary on peo
ple of the stage and bits of anecdotes
that make the whole seem like a
chat, with the gifted author, rather
than a more or less formal hook.
As might have been expected, the
work Is dedicated to "M. D. S,” which
means Maude Durbin Skinner, the
one-tirpe charming young actress. \vho
gave up a career on the stage to be
come the wife and mother, the com
panion and homemaker for Otis Skin
ner. And the jacket and the
frontispiece bear the reproduction of
George Luks’ painting of Mr, Skin
ner in the character of Phlllippe
Brideau, In "The Honor of the Fami
ly," a role to which the star has
given so much of his attention, and
which he prizes as one of his most
satisfactory creations.
Skinner’s Lung and Busy Record,
llow many play goers can remem
ber the good old days of the theater
days of Janauscherk, Ix)tta, John Mc
Cullough, Lawrence Barrett, Fanny
Davenport, Edwin Booth, Modjeska,
Margaret Mather, Ada Rehan? Few
of our present-day play goers realize
that the career of Otis Skinner Is
closely and affectionately Interwoven
with the stage lives of these great
players of snother day.
Mr. Skinner made his professional
debut at the Philadelphia museum.
October, 1887. His first character
was that of "Jim,’ 'an old ne#ro, in
the play of "Woodlelgh."
During his first year he had an
unusually vigorous experience as a
stock actor and when the season end
e<j he had appeared In more than 120
parts, among them "Uncle Tom." He
was not 17 years old at the time.
The following season ho was In the
stock company of the Walnut Street
theater, Philadelphia, aupportlng such
stars at Janauschek, Lotta, McCul
lough, Lawrence Barrett, John T.
Raymond. Fanny Davenport and Ada
Cavendish, and gaining vast experi
ence and proficiency.
He then went to New York, making
his metropolitan appearance In ft
spectacular fairy piece called "En
chantment," produced by the Brothers
KIraJfy at Nlblo's Garden theater.
The season of 1880-1 found him a
member of the Boston Theater com
pany. The following three seasons he
supported Lawrence Barrett, under
whoae direction he first rose to the
position of leading man.
Augustin Daly then mad# a con
tract for his services at Daly's the
ater. New York, and from 18*4 to 188!>
hs appeared as a leading member of
the famous Daly company tn the
United State* and Canada, and for
three seasons tn ths capitals of
Europe. •
He then appeared sa the leading
support of Edwin Booth and Helena
Modjeska In their Joint tour, playing
such parts at Laertes, MacDuff, Baa
sanlo, DeM&uprat, etc.
During ths seasons of 18M-1 and
'92 he was the leading man for Mar
garet Mather, and during the second
season Mr. Skinner was manager and
co-star.
For the next two year* hs was as
sctelated with Mm*. Modjeska in a
repertory of Shakespearean and other
classic plays and made his first ap
pearance as Shylock in "The Mer
chant of Venice." Concluding this
engagement, his laet as a stock actor,
he began hla stellar career.
Whs* He Hss Bull(led.
Here Is a chronological record of
Mr. Skinner's activities ss a star,
manager and producer- "His Grace
de Grammont," "The King's Tester,’•
"Hamlet,” "Richard ITT ." "Romeo
and Juliet." 'Lady of Lyons." "Prince
Otto." 'On a Balcony." "Lazarre,"
"Francesco da Rlmlnl," "School for
Scandal." "Taming of ths Shew,"
'The Harvester,’ "The Duel,” "The
Honor of the Family," "Tour Humble
Servant," "Rlre," "Klemet," "The
Silent Voice," "A Celebrated Case,"
’Cock o’ ths Walk," "Mister An
tonio," "Humpty Dumpty," "Pietro,"
"At the Villa Rose.” "Blciod and
Sand." and hla present play. "Sancho
Panzo," In which he appears as the
genial squire of that adventuresome
knight-errant, Don Quixote, hero of
Cervantes' Immortal work, "Don
Quixote da la Mancha."
procaadad. Aa wa antarad tha dltflng
room aha amllad.
•'It la my graataat pltaaura to coma
hara for tha avanlng mill. Tha two 10<>
watt hulha undar that old ahada flood
tha tabla with a aoft glow whila tha
golden randalthra and bra--k*» flttUTM
with Sl-watf hulha maka tha room mora
haautlful.’*
Whan wa raathad tha kltrhan aha
■ Ighad aa though It w*r* a hop*l*aa taak
to proeura propar lighting In our hojn*
"To atart with, you ahould hava
hrarkat fixturaa with lift-watt hulha an
rloaad In danaa mllk whlta ahada# ovar tha
■Ink and atova *o that you won t ha In
your own light. Th#n your railing fix
tura ahould itavo a ion watt rlaar oulb."
N**t waa tha vaatlbula
*Tt la wall llghtad." aha aald. "barauta
your railing flxtura haa thraa ftft-wgtt
hulha and you hava hrarkat fixturaa on
aarh atda of tha mirror "
Aa wa alowlr wound our way up tha
maaalva ataira. aha hagan to alng a lilt.
Ing malady, hut aa wa antarad tha bad
room bar aplrlta fall and aha hagan to
grumbla
* Thar* ahould ha a rtadlng lamp with
a fcO watt bulb naar tha haad tit tha bad.
randlaa on tha draaaar and hrarkat fix
turaa with Si-watt hulha on aarh aid* of
tha draaalng tabla baa'd** »ha eaniral
flxtura with a 100-wait bulb"
in th* bathroom tha fairy aald crlt
Iralty. "Do you *xp#< t to aa# In that
mirror with ona Si-watt bulb at tha aide?
Why. only half of your fara will ha
llghtad That* ahould ha a GO watt bulb
on aarh aid* "
Th*n w« loukad around lb# outalda of
fh* hotiaa.
"TOW hava fnnlrrn* vlth >l> wait bulb*
at th* main rntram* but vmi ahould
hav* a flxtura nt th* r#«r antranra "
With tha*o word# ah# xanlahrd from
my ahouldar Th* n*xi morning ^ hod
an *1*'trtrlan from th* Naluitaku 7’owpi
rumpanv put proper lighting in my horn#
to protart my Talry of timid !• > might.
It run be xlxte.l on tbi> highest suit
absolutely unimpeachable authority
that there will he no wxr between the
notions of Kurope ex to which shell
he the first to pay Its war debts ti*
the United atetee.—Detroit Free
^l’i tea,
Flagship Chicago Forced Down in
Tropical Lagoon Amid Crocodiles;
Gooseflesh on Hungry U. S. Fliers
Told by LOWELL THOMAS.
(Copyright, 1924.)
Owing to the
dead calm on the
river at Haiphong
It took the world
fliers three hours
to get off the
water, and then
they couldn't "get
on their pontoon
step" until they
taxied for 10
miles out to
where a few rip
ples were caused
by the river run
ning Into the
gulf of Tongklng.
Once under way,
they turned Inland and were off for
Tourane, a. seaport of French Indo
china half way down the coast to
the capital city of Saigon. Miles and
miles of flooded rice fields whirled
by beneath them. In some were
Anamese farmers in curious conical
hats. They were plowing, and as the
Douglas cruisers roared low over
them the water buffalo would gallop
across the fields, dragging plow and
plowman right through the paddy.
"The farther south we flew the
denser became th$ jungle," says Low
ell Smith. "After a time we rarely
ever passed a village, merely a few
huts now and tjien along the beach,
where the natives exist on cocoanuts
and fish. AA'e were flying Just off the
water, so we got a fairly Intimate
view of the scenery. One section of
this flight was out over the Gulf of
Tongklng for an hour. Thirty miles
off the coast our motor started to
overheat. I turned west toward the
shore and at 2:28, according to the
log, we landed In a lagoon called
'Kuavictor-palms,' filled the radiator
with salt water while the Boston and
New Orleans circled overhead, and
then took off again. But we kept on
losing water and couldn't make out
just where It was coming from.
Down In the Jungles.
"For another 20 minutes we passed
over wild Jungle where there wasn't a
hope of getting dow’n without crash
ing. Occasionally we would see a
crocodile slide off Into a slimy pond
of ooze. By now the motor was red,
hot again and pounding badly, so we
were obliged to turn out to see, all
the while vainly scanning the coun
try for a sheltered lagoon where we
could make a safe landing. I spotted
one three miles Inland, so we hopped
arrow the jungle and came down.
Nor were we a minute too soon. As
we started to glide toward the lagoon
everything In the motor seemed to he
going to pieces. The original diffi
culty was the breaking of a connect
ing rod, which poked a hole'through
the crank case. Although I knew
what had happened, I couldn't tell
it what moment the ship might catch
fire.’*
As they were landing Smith yelled
to Arnold, but “Les" couldn't make
out what he said. Realizing the
danger of the plan# bursting into
flames, he Jerked loose his safety belt,
grabbed the fire extinguisher, and
the moment they touched the water
he bounded over the side and out on
the wing. Fortunately they were not
on fire. But they were stranded on a
lagoon In a remote corner of tropical
Indo-China, with a wrecked motor and
without food or drinking water—a
romantlo but none too pleasant
situation.
Off for New Motor.
The Boston and New Orleans dove
down past them several times. Smith
and Arnold signaled that their motor
had failed. So the other two cruisers
landed alongside, gave therti the drink
ing water they were carrying, prom
ised to get a new motor for them as
quickly as possible, and return over
land from Tourane. the port SO miles
farther on. Inspection proved that
the lose of water had been due to
a leaky valve In the pipe lines. But
It was hidden under the cowling and
this metal nose of the plane had to
be taken off before the discovery
was made. *
The lagoon In w hich they had come
down was full of native fishing nets
attached to bamboo poles driven Into
the muddy bottom. The landing was
made alongside one of these. "AA'e al
ways carried a rope." said "Les" Ar
nold. when he and Flight Commander
Smith were describing their adven
tures to me "Lassoing one of the
poles we hitched our bucking mus
tang of the sklea to it and then took
a 19ok around to see what the lagoon
wsa like end where the natives were
who owned all the nets For the first
half an hour we never saw- a sign of
a living thing excepting an occasional
bird, or a crocodile slithering Into the
water with an ominous slunk that
brought the gooseflesh out on me In
spite of the tropical heat. The lagoon
was about half a mile wide and twice
that long, formed by the backwater
from a small river, Around the edge
were long, leaning cocoanut palms,
banyan and banana trees and arlca
palms. Evidently the natives, seeing
three huge birds drop down out of
the skies, had heat It for the jungle.
Natives Finally Come Out.
"A half hour later a bamboo raft
put out from ahore. One man's eurl
oslly had overcome his fright. Ho
was followed by another naked native
In a dugout who paddled alongside.
Although he hsd blsck kinky hair,
his Ilpa were not thick like a negro's.
A* he looked us over snd rested on
his paddle h» apaf a atream of crim
son Into the lagoon, and we saw that
his teeth were all black and worn off
almost down to the gums. Whether
they get that way from chewing betel
nut, or whether they file them off,
we didn’t discover. At any rate he
seemed worried shout our being tied
to one of the bamboo stakes holding
up hi* net and tried to take off the
rope, Jabbering excitedly all the time
"AV'hlle he was doing this Lowell
and I had gotten out the anchor and
ropes so that we could moor properly.
To keep this native from untying us
we coaxed him up on the pontoons
Mo was frlettdlv and gullible, so we
gave hint the 75 pound anchor to hold
in his arms Just to Keep hint occupied
so that he couldn't untie us. When
we were all ready we cast off from
the temporary mooting drifted a little
farther out Into the lagoon and threw
the anchor over h<»ard
"Meanwhile the rest of the natives,
reassured by the fart that this one
man had neither been devoured nor
even murdered, came out In more
iugouts. Where they all came from
was a'mystery, because w# could see
no huts. But from our new location
njar the middle of the lagoon In the
palms that looked like a cross be
tween an oriental temple and a
church. Later we discovered that It
was In fact a church. The natives
proved to be very friendly when they
found that no harm was likely • to
befall them. In fact, they became
altogether too chummy.
Wanted to Buy Cigarets.
"They wore no clothing except
breech cloths, so we were not afraid
to let them stand on the pontoons
and Inspect the strange monster that
had dlstrubetl the tranquility of their
remote lagoon. But they swarmed
out from shore In such numbers
that parking spare for their dugout
gondolas was soon at a premium.
Nor was there even standing room
on the pontoons anil they were rapid
ly becoming sumerged. So we shooed
them off and then Lowell policed
one side of the ship while I guarded
the other.
"We hadn't a thing to eat since
daybreak, and we only had three
thermos bottles partially filled. There
was no shade out Biere on the water,
and the heat was intense. As the
hours slipped by our thirst Increased
and we soon used up what water we
had.
While debating whether it would he
safe for one of us to get In a native
dugout and do a bit of exploring
ashore a boat came alongside paddled
by a hollow-cheeked, melancholy look
ing person who appeared to he neither
native nor Kuropean. He had on a
white robe and a soiled sun helmet,
addressed us In French, and turned
out to be a priest, a missionary who
lived all alone out here in the Jungle.
We Imagined that he was a native
from some other section of Indo
china. All he seemed Interested in
was whether we would sell him some
cigarets. He wanted them, but stlpu
lated that he would pay 2 cents a
package for them. Kvldently he
thought we were aerial clgaret sales
men. Or perhaps he was a bit
cracked. Who wouldn't be If he had
to spend his life In this tropical
jungle?
"When we explained In 'doughboy
French' that we had no cigarets for
sale he lost all Interest In us, re
fused to get food and water for ns,
and. mumbling to liimself. paddled
back to the shore in his dugout. So
I got Into the boat belonging to the
first jungle dweller who had ventured
jut to 'have a look see.’ Back of
the little mission church I found a
spring, and In spit* of the loud pro
tests of the priest who had wanted to
buy the cigarets, I filled our bottles.
Our friend who had held the anchor
for u» also brought out a bunch of
bananas, and with a heavy knife split
two cocoanuts In two so that we could
drink the milk.
“About sundown a sampan arrived
with three more priests, who came
from a neighboring village three and
\ half miles away. They were more
friendly than the first missionary,
and when I explained In broken
French that we w-ere hungry they
said tf I would go with them they
would give us a supply. Our conver
sation with them was one of the best !
comedy touches of the whole trip
Smith, whose outward evidence of
mirth Is usually limited to a wry
smile, laughed until I thought he
would wake up all the crocodiles,
tigers and rhinos In the Jungle. But
with a few words of French and a
lot of pantomime I got my Ideas
across to them, and with a plea to
Lowell that he abstain from drinking
the dirty water which the natives
had brought out In the bottoms of
their dugouts I paddled off to the
village.
Finally Secure Food.
"It was dark when we arrived, and
there was something weird and eerie
ibout the thatched huts, flickering
lights and naked natives. The priests
took me to a spring. But I didn't
like the looks of It. We had been
warned before leaving Washington
about drinking water In the tropics
or eating green foods. Finally my
hoats brought out a glass of sarra
mental wine. It tasted great and I
begged them to let me have a supply
to take hack to the lagoon. They
protested and explained that it would
be sacrilegious to allow any one to
drink It excepting In their presence
while they went through some sort of
ritual. We debated this delicate point
for nearly an hour without my win
ning the argument.
"But In glancing around the little
chapel I noticed there wasn't a win
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letting me have the two bottles of
wine. That settled the argument.
Labor Is so cheap In that remote
corner of the tropics that with $50
they could almost build another
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Crowded Oul by Natives.
"Happy over my success and laden
with the bottle? of sacramental wine,
a hunk of stale bread, some boiled
rice wrapped up in leaves, and
several baked yams that turned out
to lie Inedible, two natives paddled
me hack to the plane in their dugnut.
I had been gone three hours and a
half!
"Meanwhile Lowell had been hav
keeplng the aborigines off the plane.
In sheer desperation he unhooked the
In sheer description he unhooked the
Very pistol which each cruiser carried
for signal purposes, and fired over
the heads of the natives. After doing
this a few times he got them trained
so that whenever he turned his
pocket flash on them they thought
he was going to open fire again.
"The evening had been sultry and
nearly as hot as the afternoon. So
thirsty had Lowell become that he
had drunk a fewr swallows of the
water front one of the native dug
outs. And that was what brought
him down with dysentery a few days
later when we got to Rangoon.
"In the meantime the rest of the
boys had flown on to Tourane In
the Boston and New Orleans and
their adventures getting back to us
through the jungle with a new motor
were even more harrowing than
ours.”
Read the next Installment of the
thrilling story of the round-the-world
flight in The Omaha Bee tomorrow.
BRYAN EXPLAINS
SCIENCE INTEREST
Miami, Fla.. Dec. 27.—William J.
Bryan said today he had accepted a
membership in the Association for
the Advancement of Science that h"
might better keep in touch with that
organization's work with relation to
evolution.
He said he did not plan to attend
a meeting of the association at which
an address is to be made on the sub
ject of "Darwin and Bryan.”
Referring to the report of his mem
hershlp check being unsigned, Mr.
Bryan said It was an oversight.
Salvation Army to Give
Christmas Party Monday
Following’ i*r. annual custom, a
Christmas party will be given by the
Salvation Ar*> at 7:30 p. m. Monday.
The distribtltlar. of baskets of food
and toys wa.« C»ipleted Christmas
morning. The sat ;al party, which
has always been one of the outstand
ing events of the season for the army
workers. Is usually attended by more
than 500 people.
It's a wonderful commentary on
something or other that a congress
man has to go to court to find out
what congressmen, meant when they
drew a dry law.—Detroit News.
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