Nebraska Newspapers

    Noted Engineer
Tells Antiquity
'of Profession
First Scientists Appeared 25,
000 Yeari Ago, Dr. Wil
liam Durand Tells
Omaha Audience.
Dr. William Frederick Durand of
Leland Stanford university told an
audience In the eouth room of the
Chamber of Commerce Saturday
night that early civilizations *h,-ul
engineers In the stone age, 25,000
years ago. Hs referred to the men
who fashioned flint arrow heads and
sncarheads as having been skilled In
their line and quite apart from the
rank and file of their time.
The Invention of the bow and ar
row was an engineering achievement,
he explained; It was the genesis of
the Idea of the spring, the storing of
energy In an elastic object. The
slingshot, he added, was the source
of the idea of the flywheel, which
is the application of the principle of
embodying energy In a rotating mass.
Tells of Antiquity.
His subject was “The Engineering
Profession, Its Antiquity and Its
Responsibility.” He appeared under
the auspices of the Engineers’ club
of Omaha and tlie Nebraska section
of the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers. Homer V.
Knouse, president of the Engineers'
club. Introduced the distinguished
speaker. Dr! Durand attended a din
ner at the Athletic club.
"The combination of the engineer
and the industrialist Is the oldest
calling in the history of our civiliza
tion,” said Dr. Durand. “It is the
function of the engineer to adapt the
materials of the earth and the
energies of nature to the require
ments of the day. Through the ages,
each generation has contributed its
quota. We have received this gift or
bequest and its Is our responsibility
to make the most of It and pass it
on improved to the suceeeding gen
eration. This is our duty to civiliza
tion.'' ,
Aviation Developlhg.
In his references to engineering of
25,000 years ego. the speaker stated
that early man fashioned twigs and
rushes into baskets for earriers. He
believes that the origin of rlay
products may be traced to these
baskets into which the housewives
placed clay and then burned away
the outside material. He referred to
the discovery of producing fire at will
and of controlling It, as the turning
of an Important page of civilization.
“The development of air trans
portation,' he said, Is well In hand
In Its engineering and scientific fac
tors. The future of air transporta
tion rests on an economlo basis. If
the government will foster aerial
highways with beacon lights. It would
be a long step toward placing avia
tion on an economic basis.”
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Adventures in a Barber Shop!
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"When she sees her crowning glory despoiled she breaks into fits of weeping.”
By o. o. McIntyre.
I have always thought one of the
best places to study humanity was In
a barber shop until recently. The hair
bobbing craze has dulled that adven
ture. J
Now men must be on their dignity
In barber chairs. They cannot discuss
the things they used to discuss. And
most of us are getting our haircuts
with our collars on.
If we wear suspenders we feel old
fashioned. And It must be a blow to
the tobacco chewers. I was sitting In
my favorite tonsorlal parlor the other
day while the barber was giving me
a singe. .
A sweet young thing came in as
the barber was running the lighted
tape through my locks. She looked
startled and turned pale. I think
she thought he was looking for some
thing in my hair.
I notice, too, men are not perfum
ing themselves tip as they used to
since the invasion of i women. It
doesn’t seem masculine when ladies
are around to have soft, delicious
creams rubbed into the skin and
pomade into the hair.
And those boys who have the end
of their mustaches waxed are doing
It at home in the privacy of the bath
room.
In the old days we went to the bar
ber shop not onfy for a shave and
haircut but for the Saturday night
bath—25 cents extra, towels 5 cents
each. ’I used to feel sporty when I
could have three towele.
I have been Interested in how bar
bers have fared with tips sines the
feminine rush. The bob Is a boon to
them. They vary in price from $1 to
$1.50 and they expect and usually re
ceive a 50-cent tip. But they have
their troubles. The woman Who comes
to have her hair bobbed for the first
time brings a second company set
of nerves with her and at the flret
snip she usually establishes a high,
low and middle hysterical record.
She sees her crowning glory despoil
ed and she breaks Into fits of weeping.
Sometimes they even have to call a
doctor to offer restoratives. The hoys
who really suffer from the female
trade are those brisk lads who flick
imaginary bits of dust off your clothes
when you have been barbered.
They cannot perform this bit of abra
cadabra on the ladles. And incidental
ly I learn that In aome of the big
barbershops in New Tork these deft
brushers make as high as $75 a week
in tips—sometimes more' than the bar
ber. •
Two big executive* In New Tork
have their own barber at their offices.
He has an up-to-date one-chair shop
and his only Job Is to barber hie em
ployer.
One New York barber Is a million
aire, having made his fortune out of
a chain of^ehops. He still wields the
razor and scissors now and then dur
ing a rush.
Being Scotch. I appreciate Scotch
stories. One of the beat I have heard
recently concerns the Scotchman dy
ing alone in his home. His last dying
gasp was so vigorous It blew out the
candle across the room. Thrifty to the
death.
Wall street Is a particular target
for a lot of scorn. When we want to
abuse something we pick on "the
street"—especially in New Tork. Tet
the other day a man who had been
on the Stock Exchange 41 years re
tired. In all those years he aald he
had never known but one Instance of
a member of the Exchange "welch
ing” upon an agreement. When It Is
considered transactions there run
Into the tens of millions dally and
hundreds of millions during a brisk
market, this Is remarkable.
As a matter of fact most of this
business Is transacted by the means
of signs. A member holds up one
finger or two and makes sweeps and
circles with his hands. Sometimes
there Is a nod of the head and a
deal Is closed Involving huge fortunes.
There Is no scrstch of official pa
per or signature to make it a n offi
cial document. The man who noda
may find an hour later he is ruined.
It has happened many times and he
may go out and send a bullet through
his head but he does not "welch.”
It would be difficult to prove he nod
ded. He could perpetrate a fraud and
save himself and others.
In the old days when the curb mar
ket flooded Into Broad street, It was
one of the wonders of the city to
watch the young men who made ihelr
fingers fly in the street to signal to
the men sitting In office windo- * of
various trades. It wns hard work and
required cool Judgment.
Getting the hang of the sloek mar
ket Is something I could never mas
ter. It Is the most difficult of all
business. I used to loaf around the
trading rooms of broker's offices to
watch the chalkee rsce over the
blackboard marking his figures. It
was mysterious and magical. The
customers were nearly always men
with poker fires They never con
verted. Their expressions were like
masks. I have never heard anyone In
a trading room. It seems to me to
have to make money under such taut
pressure is no fun at all. I'd rather
suffer poverty. (Just as though I
don’t, anyway!)
The richest playwright in America
is Harry B. Smith, who has amassed
several millions. He has written near
ly 200 musical plays. He is not the
slap-hang jongleur of Tin Pan Alley.
He Is a scholarly fellow who has
Contributed many fine articles to the
so called high brow magazines, lie
has never rhymed ’’pretty” with
"witty." " ,
One of the metropolitan tricks to
dodge unwelcome telephone calls is to
act »s though you were the Swede
janitor, the Senegamhlan porter or
the nightwatchman.
Over in a Brooklyn newspaper one
man tried them all out and finally
answers the telephone with an
"Ugh! Ugh!" as though he were an
Indian. This has stumped them ail.
The only telephone call I really
fear is the one tvhere a voice tells
me that my name has been given to
them by a prominent financier. They
arp putting over a big deal. It seems,
and want to let me in on the ground
floor. They Intimate my name will
give them prestige.
This'treacle 1* dangerous for me. I
generally ask them to drop around
and when they do—they usually sell
me something that is about as valua
ble as a raccoon coat at Palm Beach.
(Copyright. 39JS >
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A Comhusker in
Washington
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By JACK LEE.
Washington, Feb. 14.—Last week
was Jlke Old Home week, so many of
,the old friends and neighbors from
the home town were In to call. Mr
and Mrs. M. D. Cameron. William
Sehall, attorney: Walter Nelson, past
Exalted ruler of the Omaha Elks
James A. Rodman of the Northwest,
ern Life of Nebraska. W. A. Somer
vllle, McCook, delegate to the demo
cratlc national convention last sum
mer; Carrol Belden of Thompson Bel
den's, and L. W, Schelbel, of the
Omaha National bank.
Mr. and Mrs
Cameron attended
the hearing on
the equal right!
hill before the
house J u d Irlary
committee. Mlsi
Doris Stevens
former Omnhnn
and lender In the
equal right!
movement attend
ed the meeting
and she and Mrs
Jack Lee. Cameron enjoyed
a brief visit.
At the annual meeting of the Ne
bra ska society, held In the National
University Woman's club rooms the
following officers were elected: Mlsi
Edith Lathrope, president; Jack Lee,
vice president: Miss Bertha H»nder
son. secretary and H. A. Harding
treasurer. The society has ahout 200
members. The program consisted ol
a lecture on Africa by rrofessor
Schonts, formerly of the University ol
Nebraska hut now of the Department
of Agriculture, a talk by , former
Chancellor McLean, music snd danc
ing. The next meeting Is being
planned for Inaugural week.
Jack Crary and Cedlck Hornby,
Omaha boys who were appointed to
West Point snd Annapolis, respective
ly, by Congressman Rears, have been
making fine progress at the academies
Both boys come from well known
Omaha families. A. E Spellman, pub
lie accountant of Omaha, and Floyd
L. Mtiagrnve, Shenandoah, la., were
Washington callers last week, and
visited at the office of Congressman
Sears While James A. Alodman wa«
at the capital he had an opportunity
of seeing how the high-powered guns
In the house snd senate work. "Jim"
is a member of the Douglas county
delegation to the state legislature and
was a candidate for the apeakershlp of
ths house. He la now ths republl
can floor leader.
DRY OFFICERS RAID
HOLDREGE FARMS
Holdrege, Neb, Feb. 14 —Sheriff
novel Harmon, accompanied by
County Attorney Hairy II Kills,
Chief of Police Deabcnde and Officer
Lundstrotn, rallied the farm ol
August Whnl southeast of Atlanta,
and* Charles Wahl, hi* brother,
Thursday.
(in the farm or August Wahl a
cache of alleged moonshine was
found In a barn. At the 1191110 of
Charles Wahl, a complete still with
all equipment and about little gallons
of alleged liquor *aa seised by the
offleers.
-August tvahl and Charles Wahl
were brought to Holdrege, ami con
flntd In the county ji
Information Wizard at Postoffice Irons Out Domestic
Jars, Directs Strangers to Good Shows; Always Smiles
L. S. Molo in Omaha Postal
Service 42 Years; Hears
Varied Complaints.
By EDWARD BLACK.
He's the man who knows when th<
mall trains come and go, when to go to
see a show, nnd the way the winds
do blow; lie directs you to any desti
nation. and he is "help to inside infor
mation; lie's read up on the air mail
and the foreign parcel post; he knows
the best lintels from here to eithei
coakt.
We have with us today L. S. Mole,
whose accommodating personality
greets the visitor at the general in
formation window at tlie Omaha post
office. Mole began his service with
the Omaha post office August 23, 1883,
and is the oldest employe from point
of continuous service at the office.
He knows more details of the post
office than any other member of
Postmaster C. K. Black's large or
ganization.
Mole entered the postoffice 42 years
ago as substitute carrier, then he was
made carrier, after which he was
transferred to the Inside mail depart
ment. He Is now in his 10th year
as general information clerk. He lis
tens to all sorts of inquiries, requests
and complaints, some of which have
no bearing on the postal service.
Strangers, seeing the information
sign over the window ask questions
which run the gamut of everyday hu
man activities.
Dives His Secret Ear.
A man called at the window the
other day and made a gesture which
indicated that he wished to speak
confidentially. There was serious
look upon his mien. Mole extended
his right ear out the window.
Looking around to make sure that
no one would Intercept his words,
the stranger inquired: "Where could
I find Klmer Thomas?"
The next caller wa« a pretty miss
Who explained that she was with a
vaudeville act at a local theater an4
was expecting an Important letter
from New Vork city. She added that
the letter would be addressed on a
typewriter and might be held in the
name of the art In which she ap
peared. Tlie information man prom
ised to help the pretty miss.
An Iowan recently wrote a letter,
asking that a package be traced, ex
plaining the careful manner in which
he prepared the package and was sur
prised to learn that It had not reached
its destination.
Package Not Mailed.
Mole started an investigation.
Within a day or so he received an
other letter from the Iowan stating
that Mole should discontinue his
search because the package had not
been mailed. That's all in the day's
work. An Omaha man recently
mailed a letter which bore hie return
address and only the name of the ad
dressee. The letter was returned to
him for street address, which he
added and then remalled. He wrote
the wrong address and the letter was
returned to him again. He Inscribed
the correct address and mailed the
letter again, thinking that the can
celled stamp would earry the letter to
the corrected destination. When the
letter was returned to him for post
age, he called at the Information win
dow and charged the postoffice de
partment with being stingy. The man
was so pleased with the courteous
treatment, of Mole that ho promised
to become a regular patron of the
Omaha poBtoffice.
The telephone bell rang and Mole
applied a listening ear.
"Put on a 16-cent stamp, mark It;
air mail,' have it In the postoffice
before ‘J tonight and your letter will
be in San Francisco at 5 p. m. to
morrow." was the prompt reply.
Adjusts Domestic Jar.
The information man adjusted a
little domestic jar when a man called
to state that while he was In South
Dakota he mailed his wife In Omaha,
a postoffice order for $.15 and when
he returned to his home here, his
wife insisted that she did not receive
the remittance. On his second call he
brought the wife with him and Mole
found the letter here, waiting to be
called for. The husband had ad
dressed the letter to Nicholas street
instead of Izard street.
When letters are sent to the dead
letter office at Washington, and ad
dresses of senders or addressees may
be determined there, they are re
turned here and Mole forwards them
according to instructions. He also re
ceives notices of changes of addresses
of Omabans ami applications , from
persons who wish to rent postoffice
boxes.
Applications for withdrawal of mail
also are filed with him. Occasional
ly someone mails a letter and then
remembers that he forgot an enclos
ure or for other i“ason wishes to re
cover the letter before it leaves
Omaha.
foreign Mail Authority.
Foreign parcel post regulations Is
Mole's particular specialty. Countries
in the international postal union
have various rules with reference to
packages and on this subject the In
formation clerk is the last word st
the Omaha postnfflce Postmaster
Black stated that Mole is an author
ity on this feature of the postal
service.
Mole smiles at all time* and that
Is why he can go through the day's
work without growing sour over the
many questions asked through the
window. He has learned to under
stand human nature and to make ai '
lowances for foolish questions.
Strangers occasionally inquire
about tlie parking and traffic regula
tions, about this and that hotel, or
w here to see a "good" shqw. He
knows the location of every' street,
business block, apartment building,
clut s. hospit.-^s. most of the churches
and schools, and many other placet
of Interest.
College Youths Make Best Bellboys,
Omaha Hotel Service Official Says
A great change haa come over the
bellboy* of today, according to hotel
owners In Omaha.
Where formerly any flyby-night
lad could secure a position as "bell
hop" It takes a youth with diplomacy
to secure a position at the leading
hotels.
Several of the hotels In Omaha for
Instance are making good use of the
• students attending colleges here.
Hotel owners say the youth who
youth talks and his personal conduct
that makes the Impression.
"Whenever a youngster comes Into
the hotel and says. ‘Anything open
In this hotel. Skipper?' I always look
upon him with suspicion. He has to
be watched too much. He Is ths sort
of a lad that will sell liquor and do
other evil things.
Adams said that In many hotels of
the country the bell captains charge
the bell boys for giving them permis
elon to work In hotels.
■
1 does to college and needs money to
pay his way through school makes
the best kind of a bellboy or elevator
boy.
Floyd Adams. In charge of service
tor the Erpley hotel system In Oma
ha, said he prefers the college youth
to any other class for bellboy work
College Boys Honest.
"They are conscientious, most of
them have moderate habits and It la
too low for them to etoop to bootleg
glng," said Adams. Of all the college
boys Adams has hired, none has been
discharged for committing anything
unethical.
"And that Isn't all. They are all
perfect gentlemen," said Adams. Col
lege boys never talk back nor get
sarcastic to patrons."
According to Adams It Is easy to
select a youth for "hopping." He
said It Is the manner In which a
This, he said. Is being done at many
of the largest hotels In the country.
This practice is not In use In any
Omaha hotel, according to the own
ers.
Bellboys' Pay.
Many hotels do not pay their bell
boys any salary, making them de
pend on tips. Omaha hotels however.
P*y the boys a small salary.
The position of bellboy Is lucrative
at many hotels. There are always a
large number of applications at this
hotel. Bellboys at the Hotel Fon
tenelle earn approximately 1150 a
month.
"You can't tell who gives the tire
In a hotel. A prosperous looking man
or woman who you'd think would be
a liberal tipper, may hand you but a
dime, while others who look as If
they hadn t any money tip heavily,"
Adams satd.
WEALTHY FARMER
IS STILL MISSING
Bridgeport, Neb., Feb. 14— Ha use
Frederlckion of Minnesota is In
Bridgeport endeavoring to find some
trace of hie brother. Nelse, and se
cure possession of the ferm which
was taken on mortgage, after the
mysterious disappearance of Nelse.
several weeks ego.
Before leaving hla farm near El
more dam, Where he had been living
for several years, Nelse Frederlckson
withdrew his large raeh bolanre from
an Alliance hank, and mortgaged
the farm to an eastern hanker, lie
leased the farm and left the corn
crop ungnthered when ho dlsap
pcared.
1 There was no financial reason for
mortgaging the place and his brother
believes Noise may have been "or
rled because of 111 health and re
turned to his old home In Denmark
(!on\Pillion I)h!p Sft.
Falls City, Neh, Fell. 14 The
date for the First Distrht conxen
tlon of the American Legion, to he
held here, has been set for May 21
Hanford MacNIder, of Mason Cltt
la., past national commander, Will
lie the principal speaker.
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Teachers* College Notes.
Taachara collaga *» Kaarnav hroadcaat
• radio program from Hailingi Thuradax
afaning. Ona of 1* numbara gixan waa an
addra** on "HttlM." bV Ptaatdant Gaorga !
K Martin.
Proftaanr H O Puttnn. mamhar of tha
axaeutlva commit!#* of th# Nabraaka
Stgta Taarhara’ association attandad a
niaatlng of tha enmmlttaa hald In Lin
coin lart weak Incidantally Profaaaor
•ntton x ta11a<1 lagialat§ In tha Intaraata nf
tha faarhara' tanura bill
Mlaa Alma Hnale haa baan appnlntad a
mamhar of • national eommtttaa of mod
• rtj language whoaa purpoaa la to lirar
tain In what wav tha taarhlnr ran ha Inv
proxed Profoaanr Fueha of tha I’nlvaratty
of Nabraaka la tha othar mamhar of tha
enmmlttaa from Nabraaka.
Jgoob Kanglar. formarlv of Kaarnay.
atopi.ad for a abort vjatt an rout# from
Washington. i> r, to hi* h«m* in Port
lan Or# \|r Kan*|*r attandad thla In
nt.ftitlan tn !!• enrlx- dava and Mr*
Knnalar wna Mtaa Orara Ifamar. at opg
ttina head of tha dapartmant of public
*« honj music.
!*ra*ldant Martin addr*M#d tha chain
ba-‘ of * nt Loup City la*! uaek
Ml"* A'tna \' .fanninga t .Horn lan apuka
hr fora t Ita lt\i*ini'n Woman** olyh »»P
' Art Hha Max# dcart (|Mton* of tha va»t
ml* mottoi place* alto had aaan whtla
t r n x i'itti>r m Muratrn
t*hancal|nr Hchrackangaat nf Waalavan
nnlvarvit). *nuh* hafota Ilia *tud*nt body
at cnnvpcMtlon Motidax.
Tha lllatnrx club tnat t»t • dlnnar S»t
mdiv evening Throe civil war vataran*
l.otrnan Smith chaplain of tha local
• border of th# il A tt Mr Mood and
John Marcar. xx-eta auaat* of honor Facti
of theaa matt told tntaraat tng atnrtaa nf
tha axant* A tha tlmaa thtv had aaan
l'ra»tdant l.lnroln
Tha ‘ 7.tp Club ' aponanrad a "*hnw
down which waa hald In tha Auditorium
Mad ngad ax nlaht Tha rurpn*a nf tha
»h«w.|pwn" waa to rata# gufflctant funds i
to nurehaaa awaarar* for tha honor atu
dantg of th« collaga. [
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“Bill” Paxton Once Played Role
of Pickpocket to Aid His Friend
By WILL M. MAI PIN,
William A. Paxton, known to old
timer* in Omaha a* “Bill," built up
and maintained a reputation for
rugged honesty. It will come a* a dia
tinct surprise to those who cherish
his memory to learn, at this late date,
that "Bill" was a pickpocket.
To make it all the worse, he plrked
the pocket of a friend who trusted
him; the pocket of a man who was
engaged in business with him.
Of course, there were mitigating
circumstances. He didn't commit the
heinous crime because h* was hungry
and needed money, but he committed
It as a favor for another friend. Rich
ard L. Mefcalfe.
And thereby hangs this tale.
‘ M‘-t was reporting the legislature
of 1k!>3 for an Omaha newspaper. Wil
liam X. Babcock, then general man
ager of the I'nion Stockyards corn
pany. had been elected to the senate
as a democrat. For some reason ni
other, Babcock and the publisher of
the newspaper "Met" represented
had a falling out. and Babrock; sought
to plsy even by making things diffi
cult for ' Met."
Selections Written Out.
The pop* and the demorrats had
combined to organize the senate, and
had arranged for a division of the of
fires and committees. It was Bab
cock who headed the democratic corn
mlttee of selection, and he had ail the
democratic selections written out on
the old familiar yellow foolscap paper
“Met" had secured the pop selections,
but try as he did, Babcock absoluteh
refused to "come through '
“I’ll see to it that you don't get the
democratic appointee* until ajl the
other papers have printed the list, !
sneered Babcock, shaking the list un
der “Met'*" nose.
In his extremity “Met" sought the l
aid of "Bill" Paxton, who roomed
with Babcock at the Lincoln hotel
"Bill" promised to do what h» could
to get Babcock to loosen up, but his!
efforts were unavailing.
Midnight came on, and the hour!
for closing the form* drew nigh, and
still "Met" was minus the democratic
end of the list. Again he sought out
Paxton and renewed hi* plea.
“You come up to our room at 1 a.
m. and I II try again,” said Paxton.
Bala nek in Bath.
".Met" knocked promptly at 1 and
was admitted
"Baticock is faking a hath." , said |
Paxton. "As soon as he is through'
I'll ask him again.”
"Met" insisted that he had to have!
the list at once, hut raxton MW no
way of helping him. Just then 'Mat"
spied Rabcork's coat hanging over tho
back of a chair, and protruding from
the inside pocket was a familiar bit
of yellow foolscap paper.
"There's the list sticking out of
Rabcork's pocket," whispered "Met "
"You get it and I’ll copy the list be
fore Babcock finishes his bath."
Paxton swore a man sized oath and
exclaimed:
"I never picked a man's pocket in
my life Met,' and it's too late to be
gin now. "
But "Met insisted, and finally Pax
ton plucked I hr- paper from Babcock »
pocket and handed it over. "Met"
scurried out Into the hall and unickiy
copied tin- list. lie finished before
Babcock was nut of the bathroom,
and Paxton linked the paper hack.
Soon on Wire.
In 10 minutes "Met ' had the list
on the wire The next mornins
"Met" ran up auainst Bain m k In thr
lobby i f ■ lie hotel and again askeL
for the list.
"Not by a blankety-blank sight,'
shouted Babcock. "You don't get It. '
Then "Met'' handed Babcock a
newspaper, carefully folded so ss ’ >
show a marked article, and for the
fi:-»t time In any newspaper Babcnjk
saw, a full and complete list of ail
the seprttp officers and committees
It wa« not until three years later
that Babcock learned lmw the little
trick was turned.
And rha; s ho.v "Bill" Paxton, noted
for his rueged honesty, 'lipped on-e
and played the part of pickpo-ket.
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