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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1925)
The Joy of Not Having ft By o. o. McIntyre. I hav* a friend who spent the weekend with a vary rich man In Westchester. Ho came back to town, lefreihed tdr his Job and glad he had never made a million. He saw what a terrible aort of life Ida host lived. He hod riches but no freedom. Wherever he went he was trailed by bodyguards. When he went motoring, a duplicate motor went first as a decoy. He was afraid to open mall, afraid of his food and otherwise lived the life of a hermit. It Is said r very rich New Yorker In his club one night said: "The best you get out of being rich are gout and lumbago." Oscar Wilds In one of his keen ob servations once said he saw only two tragedies in life. "One of them.” he said, "is not getting what you want. The other Is getting if." Another great philosopher has not ed that the dnly real material joys are anticipatory. When we get what we have long wanted, we don't give a hang for it. I have become more and more Im pressed recently with the happiness you find In people who are working N for some goal and the unhappiness of those who have achieved the goal. A great business man plays his trump cards and then loses his iden tity. He becomes a corporaiion. The man who Is up early trying to put over this business deal or that finds art hourly kirk to life. He comes into simple contect with people. He is blessed with good fellowship. Of course, no matter how much we philosophize we can't reco'melle our selves to poverty. That Isn't peb ble. Nor is it needed. But it does seem to me' that those of us, like myself, who are hitting the middle road are not as appreciative as we should he. I have never talked to a rich man for any length of time th^t lie didn't Invariably hark hack to the "good : old days"—and those days were those of struggling to get ahead. 1 Trying to beat the game seems to them to be a glorious adventure but actually heating It was no fun at all. I am not Inclined to believe this Is a pose. I think It quite sincere. In a certain smart hotel's tea room I often watch those bored young »^ with the light-hearted young women w-ho go to work dally In the big office buildings ami stores. They are able to make an event out of a simple lunch. A box of chocolates and a seat In the balcony at the Saturday matinee finds them flushed with hap piness. And finally t used to find myself pitying people who did not live In Xew York, but after many years here I have come to realize that the people (><SKID01€:vJP-Sk’Zt fc ^ I TJ --- Park How (lobbies take up dance stops and tunes from the Harlein Black Bolt. women who seem to have everything. Their jewels are from the Rue <1e la I’aix, their limousines are crested anti a footman in uniform occupies the front seal with the chauffeur. Their furs are the finest from Russia, and the Russian wolfhound costs the price of a pleasant home in the suburb. And then I contrast their boredom who get the most opt of life are the very people I used to pity. A young man who turned the spot light on Broadway scandals In a zippy monthly magazine has been sen tenced to federal prison for six years for blackmail. Here was a young reporter who had a brilliant career before him when lie left the news paper shops to embark on this quixotic adventure. We happened to know him before he began pandering to low Journalistic tastes. Six years in prison! And Just for a few hundred dollars that might have been honestly gained with fnr less effort. Harold McGrath Is the lightest Weight novelist In the world. He ran not tip the well known beam at 100 pounds. Bide Dudley is the flyweight newspaper man. He weighs 91 pounds. Irvin Cobb once met Dudley in Park Row. "How much do you weigh now, Bide?" he asked. "I have gained two pounds." said Dudley proudly. "I now weigh 91 pounds." "Ninety one pounds.'* said Gobb. ' We u»ed to have a darkey rook In1 Padurah who had a goitre that weigh ed more than thnt." David Belaseo. angling for a little puffery, defends hla exploitation of painted Indies on the stage and says he will give any “lady of the eve nlng" a free ticket If she wdll call for it at the box office. "Dadies of the NEW TRANSMISSION LINING FOR "r* FORDS tea? MARVELOUS INVENTION WgT TRIPLEWEAR ONDER $2.25 j A Frodtat Qraatw Thu latiasa Var Bat Christened Crown of Perfection | NawWnra with OH FaaiaU FROFBM PRODUCT OF 1 ■ mnj I SataaTwalahof C"» ENGINEERING ABILITY I.aata Thraa Ttmaa aa LaaJ ... Tha MAGIC partarmaaea of — WIZARD Traumfaaiaai IJniac ta Far bar and f« I draama In a aranothTNON^CH ATTRR1NC, band, radootrr ■ train or dnaa. nan aaid atlaa. almaaaaaaaa torn andfoei.aariaafpr ■ tnanaawteaL ftoloownara “ YOUFROrfrRYVlMNGTEIFL^PXAR- INSIST THAT TOW GET IT. Tha a^ SEU J-p hOJ. -ad azutb i- -m-dn.: «rta Uto - motor. Thooaaoda of tninnta oil poekeM in «aoh band. An aaanrad ainooth atop. Damaad Trialawaar. Fallow Diraetiua for laa'allind aad Adiaati— TRITI EWeXr SATISFIES WHERE Aid. OTHERS HAVE FAILED. "Gnsrsofte with sssh set.” A Mt installed will prore the diffetssse BOLD BY BEST OF DEALERS PROPORTIONATELY PLACE® Installed hr shops where the pablie enjoy quality with serwiee. Make a«re yoe ere tfettin* TRIPLBWRAR as par yoor daaaad. MAKE IT TRIPLEWEAJL ACCEPT NO OTHER. Dl JRWYLLAN COMPANY. Inc- Mfr*. „ ^ CV-jVth -iomna Ave. Kansas CItv, ABE MARTIN --— ■ —-0 On th’ Weather -. _ --*\ Ther's lota o’ pew fangled things t' discuss, but th’ weather still r# mains th' pop’lar'ole standby, th' one subject that kin be strung out Indef initely, an', best of all, th' ope sub ject almost ever'buddy knows some thin’ about. "I picked up a stranger th' other day an’ hauled him eight or 10 miles, an’ had a most delight ful an' interestin' exchange o' views on th' wijather," said Tell Binkley t'dny. "We never mentioned caves or th’ radio at. all, but started right In on th' weather. I opened up somethin' like this: ‘Ther's a little dash o' winter In th' air t'day,’ an’ then we went on— “Yon certainly said a mouthfful. When I turned in last night It wuz warm an' springlike, but I surely had t’ fire up this mornln’." "Well, this sort o' weather's good for us." "Yes. I don't mind this weather. "Ther's no kick on cold, dry weather.' "I guess It gits purty cold up around Mlnnesoty, but It's th' dry cold.' * "My wife's folks live In Mlnnesoty an' she says they don't think nothin' o* th’ dry cold. You see they know how t’ dress fer It, an' when It gits cold it stays cold an’ In a week or two they don't notice It.’’ ‘‘Yes, It’s th' damned changes that git me. I'd a lot rather It'd git cold In November an’ stay cold, th’ good, dry kind.” "I hate sloppy weather, It’s bad under foot an’ then It's penetratin’, too. Dry cold weather don’t pene trate like damp cold weather.” “It’s t’ be colder t'morrow.” "Well, this Is th’ seasbn fer It.” “Yes, this Is th’ season fer It.” "Ther haln’t nothin' gained In lit tie mild spurts o’ weather at this season.” evening" must get a chuckle out of that. Imagine them clamoring to the box office, shouting “I’m a painted lady. Give me one down front on the aisle.” However, Dauntless Dave Is a first rate press agent and his latest rave was spread eagled throughout the! press. 1 have always thought his' trick clerical collar was one of the best bits of self advertising the Rialto has ever seen. And who, by the way, gets the most publicity of any man in New York? I am inclined to believe It is Irvine Rerlln, the rag time exponent. Berlin Is no shrinking violet, but he does not go out after publicity with a blud geon. The drama of his life makes him a natural target for those who write about New York. From a Chinatown singer for pitched nickels to a mil lionaire with a theater hearing his name is something few have achieved. A very close second In publicity is Flo Zlcgfeld. Rut he goes for it with a gusto. He knows Its value In the I theater world. One month Ziegfield'sj bill for newspaper clippings from a I - I bureau was more than $1,000. Ho stopped the service right off. H. I>. Mencken also had s disas trous experience with newspaper clipping bureaus. It so happened that in one week a dozen syndicate writ ers and two press associatiops men tioned him. Whereas 14 clippings would have sufficed, he received thou | sands. Vagrant negro tunes and dance steps continue to drift to Broadway 'from the cabarets In the black belt of Harlem. The Charleston dance step is now danced by the park avenue debble. Here Is the senseless chrt-us: Skiddle up skat! Skiddle up skat! Oh, skiddle up, skiddle up, Skat! Skat! Skat! And here's still another ditty called the "Scronch": Ron kutta tung, Ron kutts tung, Ron ka tung. Dance big black boy! Hey. hey! (Copyright, 19?S.) "No, we've got t’ keep a fire any how." "If It's jest nice underfoot I’ll not j kick.” • "Well, If It’s a hard, dry snow I don't mind.” "It soon packs an' makes good walkin’.” "Oh, ther's no kick on dry snow. I like t’ hear It squeak under foot, J an' th' walkin’ hain't bad." "Th' wheat, o’ course, needs snow." "Yes, th' wheat kin use all th’ show It kin git.” "A good, cold, crisp day puts some pep In a feller." "Yes. I find I feel better when It's around zero." "Well, I think ever'buddy does." "Well, I think they do too.” "It's when It gits t' meltin’ an's bad under foot, an' feels sort o’ springlike that gits my goat." "Mine, too.” "Take last Sunday, * lot o' folks enjoy a day like that, but give me th’ dry cold." "I'll take dry cold ever’ time." "1 never blow my nose durin' long I cold, dry s)>ells, but jest let it get t' thawin' an' bad under foot." "I'm th’ same way. Slush an' springlike air alius gits my nose t' goln'.” “It's pneumony breedln', too." "I wuz goln' t’ say that a while ago." "But I hate a cold Aprile." "Yes, a feller sort o’ looks fer mild weather In Aprile. I'll take all th' snow an’ cold they kin give me durin' j th' winter mon'hs. but I want spring weather w-hen spring weather's due.” "Well, I think we re all about alike on that, Vept th' mal man. Ha. Ha'" "What car's this’ Th' engine cer tainly sounds good, th' car rides easy, too." "I turn north here." , "That's fire. I’ll git out. A little walk never hurt nobuddy. Much obliged." "Not at all, I assure you." Aurora Churches Leading Central City in Contest Aurora. March 7.—In tha conteat lietween the church#* of Aurora and Central City for March, April and May Aurora 1* ahead with a acor* of 73.1 against 651 for Central City. 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