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THE OMAHA 6UIDE Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant St. Omaha, Nebraska Phone WEbster 1617 Entered as Second Class Matter March 16, 1927, at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebr., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR All News Copy of Chrurches and add Organi zations must be in our office not later than 6:00 p. m. Monday for curren issue. All Adver tising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, preceeding date of issue, to insure publication. Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhoad of God and the Brotherhood of Man must prevail. These are the only principles whil will stand the acid teat of good. James H. Williams & James E. Seay—Linotype operators and Pressmen. Paul Barnett—Foreman. EDITORIALS PEACE—THE FIRST OF GLORIES . Memorial Day, instituted in the teeming times of the reconstruction, to honor the brave men who died in the Civil War, has come to be a day of tri bute to the dead of all wars, and, in ad dition, serves to center public interest more intently upon the little band of aged men who survive as the final human links between the present day and a trigic, but heroic, past. Few who fought at Appomatox, at Gettysburg, te Wilderness or Bull Run are now alive. Few indeed, are now alive who have any personal recollec tion of those years. It will not be long before all of the survivors of that tra gic era are gone — soldiers of the North, soldiers of the South,, ‘Copper heads*” politicians, army contractors, camp followers, stay at homes, and all. And in time, all who remember the Spanish War will go, and those who remember the World War will follow. Death finally comes to heal all wounds and the cowardlly, the fighters and the peacemakers, the victorious and tho defeated. Meanwhile, there is inspiration to be gained from the sacrifices of the past and there are lessons to be learned from the futility of these sacrifices. While honoring the men who died three quarters of a ce»tury a^o on the soil of our own land and whose blood soaked the earth of France more than a score of years ago, we will profit by keeping in mind the words of the vic torious Wellington: “Take my word for it, if you had seen but one day of war, you would pray to Almighty God that you would never see such a thing again.” And from the lips of the vanquished Napo leon came his final judgment: “Peace is the first of necessities and the first of glories.” — . - _ WEDDING CELEBRATORS Weddings are supposed to present a stately and beautiful picture. Taste and refinement and culture make them lovely. The more elaborate ones become brilliant spectacles, which would draw hearty applause on the stage of thea ters. U ' 1 The bride and her attendants are dressed with all the fashion and taste that costume artists can devise. Flow ers create a b?/ckgr*uwd of colorful beauty. The masterpieces of the world’s music library lead their Couch of (‘motion and romance. The move ments of the bridal party ar-e so prac ticed as to add the suggestion ef drama and every motion is significant toward the general effect. Even a very quiet and simple home wedding has its own distinct charm. But what say some hilarious friends of such wedding pairs? They are sometimes not so much concerned whether this or that detail is perfect, as to whether the bride and groom aro given the proper hazing. The right kind to them may be comparable to the initiations once im posed on the supposedly fresh college students. Some couples are subjected to all the embarrassments and difficul ties that inventive wits can devise. A certain amount of mild horse play may be tolerated, but if the bride gets a grain of rice in her eye, and has to go to an oculist the first day of her honeymoon, it is an unfortunate anti climax. If the pursuers tear through the streets too fast, an accident may happen, with tragic results. The celebrators had better go a little slow. A wedding should not be turned into a roughhouse. -0O0--— ONE AND A HALF MILLIONS . With high schools and colleges of the nation graduating 1,500,000 stu dents this year, the great majority of this mighty £^rmy are or have been looking for work. With 10,000,000 Americans still unable bo find jobs, the prospect for these anxious young folk does not look as good as it ought to be. A considerable portion of these young people keep on in some school or college, because they see no other way to occupy their time. That at least is better than sitting around and knocking the world because it giyes them nothing to do. A good part of the 1,500,000 have already found work. Some of them probably had influential friends who gave them a lift. Many attracted notice by the earnest work they have done on their studies, indicating that they stick to their tasks and are not afraid of work. Such traits are refreshing in a world where many are trying to get something for nothing. -oOo N0T-S0-6000 OLD DAYS Summer wind and electric storms are the best known cure for the back wardlookitis. The most chronic case of wishing for the good old times seldom survives one good blow or bolt that lays the wires low or gets the light and power on the two party line. An appetite for old fashioned ways and customs finds little to feed upon in the up to date world, which explains the unkind comparisons between pre sent an)d past with the past getting the worst of it One can easily get all sentimental and sobby reminiscing about the good old candle light days when the family gathered around the open fireplace in stead of scattering among the beer joints. But let the electric light go out for one night at the behest of that boisterous fellow, Thor, and these reveries about the soft glow of the candle flame are forgotten in the heat of indignant conversations with the light company. Failure of the electric service for a few hours is a major disaster in the modern home. So seldom does it occur thafe few homes prepare for the emer gency. Nor can they meet it com pletely. * «•! There are no candles or oil lamps to replace the darkened bulbs. The old fashioned flatiron went for junk years ago. Cooking, heating, and re frigeration all depend upon electricity in countless homes. Even toasts and eOffee are dependent on poles, wires and generators in most households. Yes, the good old days and the good old fashioned ways would be nice again if we could have them with all moden improvements. -0O0 THE GIRL WITH BRAINS The educated girl of former years was pictured as a bespectacled miss, whose thoughts had been so concen trated on the acquisition of learning, that she neglected her personal ap pearance. The boys were supposed to be more likely to marry some red cheeked peach. Many boys are plain and practical interested in spoils and money making but they don’t know much about books. If the fair graduate should begin talk ing about evolution or Tennyson, they wouldn’t know what to say. Hence, it has often been said that the educated girl must carefully conceal the fact that she knows something , if she wishes masculine attention. But the pictures of the scenes about the schools and colleges, the photographs of the girl graduates, do not suggest that education and beauty are necessarily opposed to each other. In fact, the looks of these diploma win ners would be hard to beat. It would appear their minds have not been ex clusively fixed upon the lines of the poets, nor on the theorems of geome try. Apparently they have paid their share of visits to the beauty shop. Some boys had better give their sluggish minds a bit of a prod, and find out about the things going on in the w'orld. Then they will not be ab solutely speechless w'hen they find a girl who knows somethng. Such a girl will make a better showing when you step out writh her into a quizzical world. -0O0-1 SIMPLE FARE . The White House menu for the dinner the Roosevelts will serve the King and Queen of England was made up after a study of typical royal bills of fare served them in England. It was found the King and Queen prefer rather simple foods. So the main course will consist of such standard American groceries as fried chicken, sliced tomatoes, peas, beets and sweet potatoes. It sounds like a good enough menu for next Sundhy and we doubt not that, suitable appoached, the little woman might manage it. What we like about those royal visits is to find that, on Sundays any way, we live like kings. We live better, because the White House chicken will be boned in honor of their majesties, which means there will be no drum stick. __ WE ARE OFF With the Memorial Day automobile casualty lists almost all in and more and more drownings, appearing in the public prints as the sun gets hotter and hotter, we’re off! Good old sum mer is here, regardless of what the calendar says, and while some 50,000 will no(t live through its thrills, the vacation season will be enjoyed by all while they last. Americans are a fatalistic lot and many of them meet a violent, but withal more pleasant, end than Euro peans who give up their lives, volun tarily or otherwise, for wKacky man iacs like Mussolini and Hitler. -0O0 It takes two to make life misera ble; One to have a sense of duty, and the other to impose upon it. If you don’t tell the doctor about a sore place, it is stupid neglect. If you do, you’re a neurotic. Manufacturers should advertise regularly. It’s such a comfort to read every week that the dne we have is the best. -0O0-— EXPERTS RUIN A GAME . Now that horseshoe pitching has been taken from the alley and the barnyard to a position second only to golf among the sports patronized by all men, and summer resort hotels with access to golf courses also possess horseshoe pitches, or whatever they are called, a great wrong is being done this fine pastime. As it was in golf, so it is it in the gaw of ringers and leaners—the amateur is being discour aged. The federal census does not record how many Sunday golfers have broken or given away their clubs and retired from the game with a lifetime average of 112 because they have read too much about the feats of Bobby Jones or Lawson Little. It would make an in teresting investigation. Now the occassional pitcher of horseshoes is treated to the perfor mances of Ted Allen, of Alhambra, Calif., world champion. Mr. Allen, who uses a one and a quarter turn, allows a man to sit on the stake, and without disturbing him, proceeds to throw one ringer after another. He stands a man with a paper bag on his head in front of the stage and pitches a shoe which removes the bag and pins it to the peg. He allows two men to inter pose a blanket between himself and the stake and tosses an infallible succes sion of ringers over it. Since reading about Mr. Allen, we have for sworn horseshoes. -.- 0O0 HAPPINESS m WEALTH In all societies man feeds more up on abstractions than upon facts. He is most content who finds his kingdom in his mind. Sucn was the teaching of the days when the right to the pursuit of happiness was written into the De claration of Independence, and the doc trine is not yet dead. Yet the tangible and negotiable things are what appeal to most people in this age of utility and comfort. There are any number of men and women both young and old, in whom is happily blended theoretical and practical factors in the securing of happiness. The right to happiness can well be viewed through the bestowments which have come through an era of prosperity and progress. The ratio of happiness may not be higher than when the dictum of the Declaration was written, but it is certainly just as high in some people. Not all Americans find happiness in the accumulation of money, in in creasing their business profits or ini acquiring material possession. It is not uncommon for young men and women of this severely criticized and depreciated age to choose that path in life which gives them the most mental satisfaction though less opportunity toi amass a fortune. They are the truu creators. -0O0- rj » THE EXPENSE OF SPEED ■ . ‘ I One of the interesting discoveries with regard to automobile motors is that when you step on the gasoline your gasoline expenditure mounts with your speed. Thirteen makes of automobiles were tested to find out if it applied to them all. The result was uniform, disclosing that oil as well as gasoline consumption mounts. The following is the tabulation of tests an nounced by the American Automobile association1 30 miles an hour, 18 miles per gal. 60 miles an hoi*-, 12.6 miles per gal. 80 miles an hour, 8.6 miles per gal. This iS, wTe suppose no concern of a person who starts out on a trip at eighty miles or more per hour. Doubt less he never worries about the bill— his widow can take care of ft out of tho insurance money. —-oOo V Even in the fish W'orld it isn’t pro bable that the best swimmers have the best figures. Backward region: Any place where the people on relief were equally hard up when times wrere good. :