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History tells us of the fall of Julius Ceasar, and the fall of the Roman Empire. But ah, we shall tell you of the Fall of the year; (meaning the great rains. All of de studds are buzzie with their home studies, ‘bense there is little time for any other recreation ’cept on weak-ends; so dudes, plus studds, clukes, plus duchesses, lad ies and gents, we greet you once a gain this week with some of the highlights of the past weeks, at home and abroad. DUSTIN’ UP ON THE JIVE WE SPOT: — Master Willard Wright, stroll ing down the Main drag hands ■lushed in pockets, walking idley along and modelling a beige sport jacket and a white draped hat: If you don’t think he ain’t ‘‘On” it ain’t our fault. WELL? WELL? WELL? But no water. Estelle Little john must be awful happy cause (her sweety is back from Chicago. We are talking about that fine character Joe Fagin. Strange thing, Joe says he’s goin’ back to Chicago. SURE LUCKY! Grover Marshall left this city to go to college in the Brown Bom ber’s hometown, which is Detroit, Michigan. We are knowing that she will have a fine time while she is there. NO FOOLIN’ Wendell Jenkins who has a hearty appetite lays away approx imately fifty cents worth of lunch on the level at school daily and then declares that he ain’t full. SCALP ITCHERS You Gotta Scratch for ’Em (a) wo certain chicks, while on their way to school one day, had nerve enough to argue which one of their heart crashers lushed (kissed) with them the most in the show. Neither one could com plain as you know, kettle can’t talk about de pot. M. G. M. D. I plus D. S. A. M. (b) Jus’ wondering why Jack H. lost interest in school all of a sudden when he used to be a bright student. SCALP ITCHERS (c) More amusin’ than confus in’ why C. E. always lams a rook ie that has’ a car. Could you blame her? (f) Here’s the Reel Dope. When BULL MUSE" (L. W.) and a couple of other shorties pull ed quite a blitzkreig in the show Sunday nite Shrotie should have called SHAZAN!!! G. 0. R. must have sprinkled a little woofle dust on J. L. M. for they are always together body and soul. (h> M. S. mind changes like the w’eather. Whatta man! He must think that he is Gable’s bro ther. Although you’d have to ad mit it, his resemblance is same as Gables. (r) the bad D. G. must have lost J. M. address. Or maybe he giv es less for her, but we can’t read ily say. (k) Wonder why Cowboy didn’t show up at W. B. party the other RITZ Shoe REPAIR SERVICE —2021 NORTH 24th ST. SHOE REPAIR, Frank Pomidoro SHOE SHINE,—Buddy McCrea —(Delivered by Lewis)— OMAHA OUTFITTING Furnish Your Entire House hold at the ‘Omaha Outfitting They carry Furniture, Washing Machines, Radios, Travelling Bags, Jewelry and All Kinds of Coal. 2122 North 24th St. Phone AT. 5652 vwwwwwwwwwwvw night ? TRUE AND BLUE IS Percy Roundtree these days. Wonder if Marian could be the cause of Percy’s feeling that way. HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE Must be love if Charlotte and Melvin can afford to be together in the heat, in the rain, storm and even when the therometer reports zero. SCHOOL CHUM HURT We were sorry to hear of Roy Givens accident last Sunday night and we wish him a speedy recov ery. TENSHUN’ TO ALL THE BOY FRIENDS! Be sure to put your application in with some chic for a date at the Erskine Hawkins’ dance at the Dreamland Hall, October 9, so get you a bank and try the lay away plan. Cost $1.80. WATTA PAL Art Davis has a frosty face since Uncle Sam has called his buddy to serve in the army. Buck up Art we know how1 t’is. TWINS Roberta Longmire and Bernice Murdock were seen styling college red sport jackets. Johnny Lee and Pauline T. were styling light and dark blue school outfits. WENDELL CHAMBERS is stealing something from the “kids” in Katie Allen. Mabe Kat ie doesn’t know, but Wendell sign ed up for the drift lasc June S5 he must be 21. Let the youngst ers alone, Wendell ,and try and get one your own age. GRACIE TURNER MUST be foxy for after pract ically taking Harry Rutledge from Evelyn Stewart she is succeeding in fooling Larry Buther, one of Harry’s running buddies, that there is nothing between Harry and her. Maybe Butler is dumb. DOG MACK And Charles Washington were seen with three women in Mack:s car. Dog, don’t teach Charles any bad habits. CHARLOTTE HAYES Must love Joe Brooks for since ihis return she really has cooled down. Have you forgoten that night with Boxer Joe so soon, Charlotte. ELOISE FRAMPTON And Jasper Cole w’ere seen to gether two nights in a row. What is going to happen? NATE MILLS Has been seen with Charlotte Jamerison quite a lots of late. Where does Elizabeth Riley come in at, Nate or does she? DUFFY MONTGOMERY Is the Drag of Six Licks and a Drag. Who are the Six Licks? That’s what I can’t figure out. DON STANLEY Seems very lonely since Gwen Davis has gone to Oklahoma. Cheer up Don ole boy for there are plenty of girls who would just adore loving you. JIMMY ALLEN WAS SEEN RIDING with Charlotte Ellis in his car Sunday. Don’t worry Jimmy, you will have plenty of girl friends now since you have your car again. G. O. T. S. EXTENDS their sincerest sym pathy to the family relatives, and friends, of one of our former friend and classmate—Vernon. ANOTHER GEORGIA No her name isn’t “Miss Geor gia Brown” but its close to it and she really does resemble “Miss Georgia Brown”. The G. 0. T. S. had the pleasure of being among the first to meet a fine chic frim San Antonia, Texas. Having all of the qualifications of a hep chic, we din’t need to say more. She’s here to visit this city and her name is “Miss Georgia Jackson”. Let’s show her how fine this town can really be. LOST BUT FOUND. < Master Wendell Jenkins, a pdo minent citizen and pianist of Oma PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. OF OMAHA i ha, Nebraska, while in the Ritz ' Theatre Sunday night two weeks ago, of all the things to lose, lost his hat. He has put up a rare re ward of “$1” for anyone who will return it. There will be no ques tions asked but the dollar will be yours, hersi, his or whomever the person might be. His name is en graved in gild in the band of this fine draped maroon brown hat. The identity is very rare toi. It sa has a green border and band and a few feathers on the side. So look one and all for this is the last call. TAKE IT SLOW HOSS Was Slam’s remarks to a certain chic Sunday nite when she was with the girls boyfriend. CASUAL FRIENDS? Could there be any close con nections in this affair between Ciara A. and Gene H. (meaning of course, love.) The definition of fovc in five words. “The root of all evil” the washline Girls, have you met Max Mar tin, he’s a solid cat from Parson, Kansas—can he seen with Thomas Dyson. Peter Lorrie was seen sportin’ with his dame in the Weiner shop Sunday-nite. You think he ain’t on. Wonder WHY does Lloyd Gray insist on taking the cooking course at school. What’s the matter Lloyd, don’t you think G. G. can cook? George Station, who is by the way styling a beautiful Bui ova watch, claims that he don’t really love Jean Dunn—just a friend. MUT SMITH is yet carrying the torch for a certain young chic A. H.) Who was the Studd Juanita A gee was with Friday? AND now last of all we’ll tell you about the hold up—two clothes pins held up a pair of pants. (On the washline), .your week to week -Girls On the Streets. all seeing eyes head Well Hi! Everybody, the reas on I didn’t write a column last week was because I was so very busy registering at the fine pal ace or rather school. I have two assistants now who are going to assist writing this column. DRUG STORE Robbin Drug Store is a regular baby station on Sunday afternoon. We realize proud mothers that the babies are pretty and cute, but why start bringing them to the drug store at such an early age. They will be hanging around there soon enough on their own ac cord. WE WONDER: Why a certain cat will pass by a group of chicks and his own girl friend in the bunch. He speaks to one of the girls, but he doesn’t speak to his girl friend. When this chick calls his attention to his girl friend he tries to come on rather cool. That is strictly frone to our estimation. We wish to in .form this cat that his girl can get someone else just as quickly as he can. She can pass you like a train passing a tramp. GLAMOUR GIRL WORKS Miss Frieda Laurie one of Om aha’s glamour girls was seen cutt ing the grass. We thought she was to delicate to work. We ad mire her because these lazy boys won’t do it or will they? Since she can get anyone she wants it shouldn’t be difficult for her to get someone to cut her grass. SUCCESS, We understand that Urios Smith is doing fine in California. I ad mire a boys who tries to succeed. DRAPED: ; Wendell Jenkins trying to fall out in some drapes the front view is O. K. but the rear view is ob noxious. ROMANCES: The summer romances are still blooming. David Hughes has giv en an account of his actions in Rozella Thomas’ absence, so they are still together. Frieda Laurie is still on strong with Bobby Me Mellon. Roy Givens is still string ing along with Betty Shepard. We aren’t so sure of a certain rom ance that was on strong up until about two weeks ago-those two aren’t hitting it off so well. We hope they come to a climax soon and begin getting along better. I shall not reveal their names. ADVICE: To girls I hope you head this ad vise. 1. Don’t ever think you are the only girl a boy has because he will sneak and twb time you every time. 2. Don’t become to possessive —remember you both are free, single, disengaged. 3. Act just as cool as he does. Don’t fill your pretty little heads, full of jive that these boys might give you. 4. Come on just as strong as he does, defeat him at his own game. If this is your buggy ride in it. LOOKING GOOD Miss Edmondson has brought a fine and complete wonderful of clothes back from Chicago with her. FASHION PARADE Rozella Thomas wearing brown dress, brown hat, gold costume jewelry, black shoes and carrying a black purse and gloves. Mi3S Audrey Forrest has some fine, clo thes for school. Miss Eva Dorris wearing a brown and white dress and hat. Velma Murrel looking good in her yellow and brown dress. TEACHING: Miss Florence James and Miss Bertha Davis are teaching music in Miss Pinkston’s studio. Miss James specializes in finger tech nique also Culture. CULTURE: I am sure you well educated, refined, cultured Cats attended the recital of Bertha Young and Syl vester Stroud. The technique w’as invincible, their reputation was superb, their interpretations of th eclassics were very fine. These two people are to be commended Maybe if some of the rest of you girls and boys would seek elevat ion, there wouldn’t be so much ig norance. Most of you sit, or stand around and make fun of someone who is trying to be a success. While you are making fun of them they’re progressing. We commend Bertha Young and Sylvester Stroud for striving to reach a goal— much success to you. TITLE: The “Grand Duchess” does not appreciate this name that has been bestowed upon her. It ceases to be funny and you tried to drag me and I drug you back as far as I’m concerned the incident is closed. See you fine Cats and Chicks with the latest Platter Chatter of the week.” “The CYCLOPS and ASSTS.” i -—— Pecple Must Wake Up To I Trend of Government (Continued from page 1) glad to give it our support. We hope it will be a real step in the direction of a better fiscal policy. These are a few of the great is sues to which the American peo ple must give their immediate at tention. Unless they do, the Am erican way of life will soon be as dead as a dodo. The people and the country can be rescued from these dangers by the election of a Republican House of Representatives in 1942. There can be no hope from the New Deal. They have had their chance and failed. With complete control of every branch of Government, unlimited power and money, they have failed to rescue the country from emerg ency. Their answer to every new crisis is a request for more pow er and more money until they havw bought us to the brink of bank ruptcy and possibly the loss of our form of government. There is a good deal of propa ganda about adjournment of poli tics. Well, I want to tell you there have been no signs in Wash ington of the New Deal adjourn ing politics. Nearly every job with real au thority and a salary is placed in the hands of a New Dealer. There are a few exceptions but if you will look closely you will find these exceptions are carefully checked. The New Deal continues to use the emergency as a means of fasten ing its control upon the American people. When they talk of ad joining politics, they mean to elim inate the opposition. They want a one party system in America. If this day ever arrives it will be the end of Constitutional Govern ment and we will find many of our rights and liberties will be in jeo pardy. Men and women of America, wake up before it is too late: wake up while a chance remains to res cue America. Elect a Republican House and the two party system of govern ment Will continue. Elect a Rep lican House, an dthe powers Con gress has delegated to the Presi dent will be sure to be returned to the representatives of the people. Elect a Republican House, and the threat of either Fascism or Com munism wil lbe removed. Elect a Republican House, and we will once more have sanity and effic iency in Government. Note:—You* Question Viu Be Answered ~Frer“ os The Column. Fee ■ "Privete Reply" . . . Send only 25c for my new Astsoloct Aeadom It Lucky Day Chart snd receive by return mail a confidential letter of Free Advice analys ing three (3) Questions privately. Sign your full name, address, and bktbdaee ED all letters, snd please include a self-addressed, ttemped envelope for your reply. Send all letters to ABBE’ WALLACE, P. O. Box, 11, Atlanta, Georgia M. C. C.—My friend says she has a gentleman she wants me to meet and he has expressed his desire to meet me. Should I put myself in his way? Ans: Why not....you should meet as many different people as you can. Go ahead and meet the man.... he is keenly interested in you from just seeing you. W. R. —Recently I took out an insurance policy on my husband and he thinks that I should let it go. Now I am paying it and I feel that I should hold to it. Let me know if I am right? Ans: I for one, am a firm be liever in insurance and it is an investment. • • .you don’t have any-« thing to lose. Keep the insurance and say nothing more about it. E. R.—My wife got so she likes to go car riding, she goes and stays out real late and sometimes don’t come home all night. What is the trouble with her? She tells stories to me all the time and I want her to tell the truth. I told her I didn’t care if she went out if she would tell me the truth. What is she going to doi Ans: Well she thinks she wants to leave and make her home in some other town for she doesn’t care for married life. There is very little that you can do in a stuation of this kind-talk things over with her and try to come to a decision, but she seems to have definitely made up her mind about leaving. Let her go.. it won’t take many months to get this idea out of her head for she isn’t too fond of work and no other man is going to provide the good living that you have. The change will straighten her out quicker than anything else. A. S. M.—This home my mother left me is heavily mortgaged and I just don’t know whether I should pay off all this money or move, now let me know how to go about finding out about this place Ans: Consult with some good attorney there in your city and let him check up on the property thoroughly;, .he can nut the whole business before your eyes and let you see what must be paid out in order to hold the place. If the indebtness is too great-let it slide and make the change that you are contemplating right now. M. L. T.—I am 21 years old liv ing with my mother, a brother, and a step-father who is very cruel to us. There is a family quarrel every week and I would like to know if things will improve? Ans: Find a good job for your self and try boarding out if you cannot possibly get along. When your brother can become located himself then your mother and her husband will learn to understand one another. Your step father is in a rather embarrassing position and so are you two young folks but a change will take place when you both get out and get on your own. S. L. D.—The boy that I am in love with wants me to marry him and I wish to know if I should? e is very nice to me on all occas ions. Does he have any funds saved up for this purpose? Ans: He is like numerous other young men his age-desperate ly in love but no money to take the final step. The boy is quite sin cere in wanting to marry and will be perfectly willing to begin sav ing for this purpose. You too should save your money to get sorted housleUc^eepjng when you marry. AWP.—I would like to know will I ever be able to start housekeep ing and what’s the matter with my husband he won’t work? Ans, Take your husband m hand and get out and find him a job. Run ads in the paper. also go with him to register at the various agencies and it seems to me that he will get a job in a few weeks time. 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