OLD PIANOS CHANGE
THEIR TUNES
By ASNJOYCE
The old square piano has long
been a drug on the market, worre
than useless. Tco often it reiused
to be tuned, while its bulk used
space needed tor useful tilings. To
move It cost money and few per
sons would acce, t it as a gift.
Then some bright cabinet maker
ireallzed that here were possibili
ties. Old pianos were often ma e
•of exquisite wood, rosewood or ma
hogany, these woods having been
fa. orltes with piano makers.
In a corner of his own home
•stood one of these derelicts, tune
less and worthless exce t for the
beautiful rosewood ease. So be
went to work dismantling it.
From one large piece of the top
he fashioned a long, narrow tab’#
that was lust the thing to place
back of a divan that faced a fire
place. A sturdy piano leg at each
end supported the table handsome
ly. Plano legs were often wer ;s
of art In themselves. Of course be
finished his handiwork meticulous.y
end polished it until all tie beauty
of the rosewood was revealed.
He used the other two piano legs
*ln different ways. One became a
pedestal for a small table to which
'•be fastened a drop leaf attached by
■brass hinges. The other be made
unto • taooret with a round nat
.piece of the wood on top.
Then the three completed piecee
the placed together in his shop win
-dow. The long table carried a few
books and a lamp on a lacy scarf
that bid none of the beauty of the
polished wood. The small table
had no decoration but a work bask
et and a tiny piece of unfinished
sewing. On the t&boret stood a
plant in a brass jardiniere.
A card in the window read:
A PIANO THAT CAME BACK
Many persons were attracted by
the display and each piece soon
found ,a purchaser in some one who
desired a combination of the beau
tiful and the unusual. The sale of
these pieces paid the cabinet work
er well for the time he had spent
an them and he looked around for
other material to work on.
Dealers in old furniture were
sure to have old square pianos in
their stock. So this ambitious cab
inet maker began to collect a few
•with cases that appealed to him.
Plano after piano he dismantled.
Sometimes he made small desks
which sold quickly. Other times he
used all four legs on a square table
instead of one long and narrow.
1 The delicate lyre-like piece that
connects the pedals fn old pianoa
he disconnected with especial care.
These he used in a variety of ways
as his fancy dictated. Sometimes it
made a charming connecting orna
ment under a small table when
only two piano legs were used, a
suggestion of the old lyres of song
and story. Other times it graced t’ e
top in some artistic way that the
workman designed. Being an ex
pert craftsman ideas came to him
as he • rked and besides the joy
of v/eating exquisite pieces of
furniture he made a large profit
from a small expenditure of money.
Each piano maker's name, all in
the old type gilt letters he kept
religiously until he had a collection
that read like an old musical his
tory. This collection became a
hobby and he kept his treasures in
a cabinet made from one of the o’d
pianos, displaying them proudly to
musicians and music lovers.
As business increased he called
In the help of other capable work
man, glad of the opportunity to gel
congenial work.
So it was that many of the poor
old instruments that had once
thrilled to the music of the masterl
made an artistic comeback in an
other way. They also became a
profitable business venture foi
some enterprising artisans which
In itself was no small accomplish
ment.
Old metal was sold outright and
nnuscd wood crackled musically in
cheerful fireplaces, dispensing
warmth r"d brightness to ail Iq
their pastor.
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.2,000 Expected
With two thousand merchants
expected from half a dozen states
Omaha’s gala merchandising fes
tival—Merchant’s Fall Meek wili
open August 21, according to Jer
ry D. Alexander, chairman of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
committee in charge.
More than fifty Omaha whole
sale firms, jobbers and manufac
turing concerns will be hosts to
the visitors. Special showings of
up-to-dat© minute styles and mer
chandise will be the principal at
traction with a huge “open house”
program for the visiting retailers.
Three nights of outstanding en
tertainment are planned.
A glittering array of the latest
styles modeled by beautiful girls,
will be featured at the Market
Week Style Show at Peony Park
on Tuesday evening. August 22.
An ultra modern floor show will
be staged and guests will dance
to a nationally-known band in
Royal Grove—a colorful Outdoor
dance garden.
Radio will be the keynote of
Wednesday’s Grand Ball at the
Paxton Hotel. A complete radio
revue, featuring Lyle DeMoss and
his WOW troupe has been sche
duled, Included in the show will
be the “Three Maids and Their
Mike;’’ a fourteen voice modern
chorus; the Sophisticated Ran
gers; and a number of feature
acts. Freddy Ebener and his or
chestra will play for dancing later
in the evening.
Several thousand dollars in
prizes and merchandise will bo
distributed to the Market Week
guests at a Fun and (lift Night
program Thursday evening in the
Fontenelle Hotel. Final feature of
the three day entertainment sche
duled will be dancing to the music
of Webb Feierman’s orchestra.
Following the conclusion of the
entertainment, visitors will spend
the rest of the week inspecting
the new stocks for fall and winter.
What Others
Say..;
TELLS OF HER TREATMENT
TRAVELING BY BIS
Mrs. M. Wright of 2520 North
25th reporter! to the Omaha Guide
of her trip to Kansas City, Kan.
Sho left early at 7:15 a. m. and
caught the Burlington Trailway
on July 14. The day was warm
and when the bus stopped at a
restaurant in Iowa she went inside
to be served. They made her a
landwich and asked her to take it
outside to eat. She refused. She
also states that she was treated
the same way in St. Joseph, Mo.
There being no one of her race !
running any business she had to
do without food, water restroom
or any nourishment until she ar
■ rivtvi ir. Kansas City, Kan. at 3:00
P. M. She says she’ll never tra
vel again on a bus as it was very
humiliating. She was going to at
tend the funeral of Chief Bishop
Strictly of Kansas City, Kansas,
who is the Bishop of the Church
of the living God.
Signed by
Mrs. M. Wright
2520 North 25th Street
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Doing the Stroll
On North
24th St. Gossip
- By Richard Stanley
_. •
Mrs. Ruth Sykes, formerly Mrs.
Ruth Killingsworth is here for a
brief stay. Mrs. Sykes is the
guesi of Mrs. Ceeeilia Jewell look
ing like a imilslon dollar* still
retains that beaqtiful smile. lit
seems like aome of the home
towners after they stay a'v ay
from our little town, they forget
the home town. Buit not Mrs.
Sykes. Just the same Ruth, Mrs.
Sykes resides in Chicago.
Another home towner here on
a visit, Mrs. Helen Owens of
Springfield, Mo. visiting with her
nother and father Mr. and Mrs.
). R Wilks. Mrs. Owens has with
her, her 3 beail-iful daughters.
TVvo of Mrs. Owens daughters,
are twins. How long Mrs. Owens
I will stay in our city, I can not
! say. Her many friends can find
her at her Parents residence at
' 29th and Erskine St
Wo regret to announce the seri
| our illness of Mrs. Dana Manley’s
'father Mr. Thomas Henry who re
sides in Topeka, Kan. Mr. and
Mrs. Manley just arrived, hack
in Omaha from a tw-o week3 stay
with her father who doesn’t seem
to be improving according to Mr.
i Manley’s statement- Mrs. Manley
is prepared to depart for Topeka,
Kans., at any moment to be at
the bed side of her beloved father.
Another visitor from Boise,
Idaho. Miss Carrie Manager, sis
ter of Ulysess Manager, known
to all his friends as “Doc” Em
ployee at the Union Station for
15 years. Miss Manager likes
Omaha very much. She was being
ably entertained by her niece
Miss Melba Anderson who is that
cherry and swell waitress at the
Little Diner Cafe in the party.
Also Howard Suelin and Mr. Man
ager hope you stay indefinately in
Omaha. Miss Manager, Omaha
welcomes you.
COTTON CLUB NEWS—
Seen at tlhe Cotton Club
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cole, also
Mrs. Ethel Philips, lovable party
of 3. Seemed to be enjoying the
immense throng and the floor
show table. Well covered waitress
standing by.
Mr. Jos Owens and his beauti
ful girl friend sitting at a table
for two sipping a glass of some- j
jhing with a cherry and a slice 1
of orange and ice. Whatever it
was it must have been good be
cause the order was duplicated.
Tho waitress left the table smil
ing and counting something and
that something wasn’t button.s i
Mr. Fred Saunders, head waiter
at the Cotton Club oughit to be
commended for the way he han
dles those large crowds. At 11
o’clock they had to hang the sign
saying ‘ Standing room only.”
Peace and Order prevail at all
times: how he handles those jit
terbugs, how he seats the peoples
and how he keeps order is a
mystery. Keep it up Fred. You
know your business. I am sure
the manager of the Cotton Club
will retain you as long as you
wish to stay and the patrons talk
about how goad the service is. A
satisfied easterner is the fruit of
success.
Wnonia Harris the master of
ceremonies handles bis job like a
real trouper. He gets plenty of
laughs a«d lots of applause for
his comic antics and for the way
he pubs his acta over brought
down the house and his little jokes
on Gfuniwr Harris and William
White.
The Cotton Club wishes to an
nounce that the floor will be
changed every week. Mew faces,
new jokes, new dances. Come
early Good seerts await you all
the time.
□ y0 urself A Jcb- Drink Omaha Beer
Above is ohown a truck load!
of veteran Omaha brewery work
ers as they rode in the recent O
maha 'brewery workers’ parade,
held in downtown Omaha air'
South Omaha Monday noon, Ju
ly 24. It is estimated nearly three
thousand workers and their fam
ilies took part in the parade.
Omaha-Brewed Beer Week got
off to a flying start Monday whan
nearly three thousand brewery
workers and their families parti
cipated in a huge parade in the
downtown and South Omaha dis
tricts. in an effort to focus public
BLUE ROOM NOTES—
Miss Mildred Skeets wowed the
huge crowd Saturday night with
her new songs and pleasant smile.
As a hostess, Miss Skeets is per
fect, Just what the G'ctor or
dered. Every table was filled with
glass ware. You know what I
mean. Mr. and Mrs. Luther John
son sitting at a duce look like they
were on their honeymoon. The
band was so hot they had to turn
on more fans. The waitress goin^
a, full speed constanly. Atta boy,
McGill, give them something for
their money. They will come back
for more, I noticed you had to hire
an extra bartender. I hope you
hire 3 more extra bartenders and
3 waitresses. I know you will if
business warranted such. Say
McGill how about a small space
for dancing. Think it over. Thank
you.
WHAT I SEEN WITH MY
BLUE EYES—
Mrs. Ethel Philips still riding
a bicycle after that terrific fall
and those bad buuises and you
still love your bike. You got what
it takes. You will be the best lady
bike rider in this man’s town, be
cause you really got nerve and
stamnia. Many of the girls would
have sold their bike for 25 cents
after the spill. Keep up your rid
ing the exercise is great.
Miss Olive Red had a spill on
a bicycle, was hunt slightly, but
she still thinks ^he can master
the dam thing. Maybe Olive if
you get a three wheel bike you
can ride better. I know they don’t
turn over so easy. You know there
is a whole lots of you. Be careful
and turn with the street. Those
buildings can’t move out of your
way. Neither can the telephone
poles.
22X0 AND BURDETTE ST.—
Wednesday, July 19th the Hj3S
beat Woodson Center 3 to 1. A
very excited game before a huge
crowd of spectators. Hezzie stars
beat the 4C 6 to 0. That was the
second time in a row that the 4C
was blanked but weak as 24th Cof
fee at the bat.
Friday July 21, HSS beat the
4C to the tune of 4 to 3. Mose
Ranson was jittery for a while.
His boys were behind most of the
game. They won in the 8th. Hez
zie Stars had a 2 run lead going
into the 9th and the pitcher got
wilder than a March hare. Wood
son Center took advantage of his
wildness and scored 5 runs and
won the game.
Emmett James, star fielder for
the HSS arrived in Omaha from
Chicago where he had been, much
wiser and a wee bit thinner. There
is no place like home. Tuesday
morning’s breakfast doesn’t taste
so good on Thursday. Are you
telling I.
attention upon Omaha’s brewing
industry.
Music filled the air as bands
played whle six hundred brewery
workers, from Storz, Metz, and
Falataff breweries, marched in the
parade, dressed uniformly, wear
ing black caps, white shirts and
dark trousers. They followed a
special truck that carried veter
an brewery w'orkiers. Scores of
automobiles, carrying members of
".he browery workers’ families,
completed the parade.
As entries for the Omaha Bar
ley Queen Content closed the first
of this week, T. B. Baumgardner,
■hnirman of the Brewery Workers
General Committee, announced
that 34 Omaha girls had entered
tho contest. The winner of the
entest will be announoed over ra
dio stations WOW and KOIL next
Saturday night at 10:30, Mr. Baum
gatviner said. Winner of the contest
will receive as her award an all
expense trip to the San Francis
co Exposition. Cash awards will
bo offered for second and third
places.
Keg-rolling contests and tray ra
ces got under way Tuesday evening
at 15th and Douglas, 24th & “M”
and 62nd and Binney. Nightly con
tests from 7 to 8 p.m, will be held
nt the three locations through Fri
day, m a part of the Omaha
Brewed Beer Week celebration.
Mr. Baumgardner announced
that tho judges in the 50-word O
maha-Brewed Beer Week Essay
Contest are: “Bing” Smith, mana
ger of Radio Station KOWH, Mace
Brown, President of the Omaha
Central Labor Union; and Carl Pe
ter, of the Omaha Daily Tribune.
Scores of entries have been re
ceived in the contest, Mr. Baum
gardner said. All entries for the
contest must be received at the
contest headquarters, 412 So. 19th
St., by midnight Thursday, Ju
ly 27th, the chairman pointed
out. Prizes to be awarded are as
follows: First, $100; second $50,
third, $10, and the fourth to sev
enty-eighth winners will receive
a case of Omaha-Brewed beer.
Omaha banks distributed 150,
000 cellophane wrapped dollar
bills during the week, which pre
;'ented the massage of what Oma
ha’s three breweries can mean to
Omaha. This was done in coopera
tion with Omaha-Brewed Beer
Week.
According to figures announced
this weak, the three Omaha brew
eries, Storz, Falsta/f and Metz,
employ 581 persons. A total of
2,224 persons are dependent upon
brewery payrolls, it was stated.
The annual payrolls are $820,907
Omaha’s three breweries pay an
nually to the city of Omaha in
taxes $37,320.68; they pay $200,
910.18 ta the state, and $1,649,
783.77 to the federal government—
a total of $1,888,014.53. The an
nual sperating expenses, less tax
os and payrolls, are $824,928.37.
Entries received for the Barley
Queen contest were announced to
day by Mr. Baumgardner, and are
as follows:
Margaret Adam's, 1515 Williams
St., Lena Aletta, 613 Poppleton
Ave., Batty Applegate, 6008 Pink
ney St., Bernice Biga, 4657 So.
286th St.; Anna Bighia, 2801 Q
St.; Katherine Callaway, 4518 Lar
imore; Thelma Courtney, 626 So.
17th Ave.; Catherine Cuilings,
41.10'*! No. 24th St ; Mariar.n Da
vis, 621 1-2 So. 19th St.; Helen
Dukin, 2518 J St.; Marie Ecker,
3130 So. 18th St.; Lorraine Ek
lund, 1415 Harney St.; Ida Ep
stein, 2020 No. 22nd St.; Ardith
Ford, 633 No. Saddle Creek Blvd.;
Rose Gerjevic, 3707 V St.; Gail
Goscha, 3504 No. 28th St.; Max
ine Hansen, 2406 No. 48th St.;
Helen Janousek, 6107 So. 21st St.;
Virginia Jii ka, 72nd an.l Q St.; Ma
,y Jirsak, 1418 So. 13th St.; Pa
tricia Kirby, 3724 No. 27th St.;
Gertrude Korney, 2304 Cuming St.;
Phyllis Marshall, 2708 No. 20th
Sc.; Helen Micek, 2401 So. 29th St.;
Pearl Payne, 1321 So. 2th Ave.;
| Betty Peterson, 2874 Newport; Jer
ry Rhodes, 3918 Cans St.; Pauline
Rifkin, 1217 So. 25th St.; Lucille
Mao Stewart, 2121 Decatur St.;
Riley, 3215 Ed Creighton Ave.; Eva
Pauline Swengil, 2917 Bristol St.;
Margaret u'ttle, 3311 Reynolds St.;
Mickey Weakland, 3204 No. 24th
St.; Lee White, 2763 Webstar St.
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Hypps Visits N. Y,
New York, July 26 (C)—Among
recent visitors to Harlem and the
World’s Fair was Albert Louis
Hypps, now of 1901 Seventh St.,
N. W., Washington, D. C., who
formerly directed the International
Negro Press here. Shortly before
h# moved to Washington, Mr.
Hypps married Miss Irene Ma’
van former business manager of
The Crisis. Mr. Hypps, looking
fine, said he likes married life and
Washington. He called on all old
friends in Harlem.
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