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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1902)
Jllly f?, VMY2. The Illustrated Bee. Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Company, Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. Price, So per copy per year, $2.00. Entered at the Omaha Postofflce aa Second Class Mall Matter. For advertising rates address publisher. Communications relating to photographs or artlclea for publication should be ad dressed, "Editor The Illustrated U-e, Omaha." THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. f u (f fJ J i. V i, J i -V A l- 4. lcn and Picture Pointers rEF" all the charitable work of Omaha j prubnbly none It better known HIIIOIIK '"t" l'lliei Ml'll''" rn-, the placm where want nnd trou ble nro most often felt than thai of the Visiting Nurses' association. It Is also probable that there Is no other work of which so little Is known among the people generally or that Is brought before them Ices frequently for assistance. The association was organized In 1 by one of Omaha's best known and best loved young women, who. In devoting her skilled professional knowledge of nursing to a wide personal charity, realized the neces sity of somo systematic provision for pro fessional earn for the city's poor aside from that provided by the city and county physicians, and determined to secure It. Accordingly a meeting was railed of women from among her personal friends, all the denominations of the city b'lng represented that no feeling of sectarianism might hinder th" usefulness of the organization she Jiimnd they might effect. Twelve women responded to her call nnd so successful has become the organization that He membership now numbers between 300 and 400. "Inasmuch na ye have done It unto thn least of these ye have done It unto me" Is the spirit which aetuntcB the organiza tion and which maintains It and every patient is treated as a friend, confidence Is respected and no red tape required or al lowed. Realizing that to few Is given the talent of ministering to the needy the main effort of the membership has been devoted to centring funds necessary for the proper maintenance of the work and to providing the necessary clothing, food nnd other essentials to supplement the work of the professional nurses. So quietly and systematically has the work been done that ft w even of the association have known the identity of those for whom they have worked. The funds have been raised largely through securing II memberships In the association and by the many other means employed by women In the main tenance of such work. Necessarlly tho expense has been con siderable, but the responsibility has been greater, and for the first two years the best effort of the women was taxed ti continue It. It was about this time that a name was added to the membership list THOMAS BARRY, a Boston lawyer, was recently examining a Celtic ii ii, witness In the Boston munlrlpa! Vi'V ccurt In a suit having to do with nil Hcciueiu on me street cars. Here Is a fragment of the information elicited by Lawyer narry'a advice that the witness tell the story In his own words: "Well, the man fell In th' str-reet as the rar-r passed: thin th' car-r stopped, an' we all ran out. The cr-rowd gathered ar-round th' man and shouted, 'He's kilt! He's kilt. Thin Ol Jumped In, pulled a don n of the spalpeens nut uv th" way. and yells at "em, 'Yez thick heads, yez! If th" man's kilt, why In hlvvln's name don't yet stand to wan side nn" let him have a breath of alr-r!' " During the trial of a afreet railway dam age suit in one of the circuit branches of the supreme court of the District of Columbia a few days ago, relates the Washington Star, an Important eyewitness of the accident took the stand In the per son of an elderly colored man. The plain tiff bad been Injured while the car was at a street crossing, and one of the attorneys was endeavoring to elicit from the witness Just where the latter was standing at the moment the plaintiff was struck by the sar. "As I understand you." remarked the at torney, after a number of questions had been asked, "you were standing at the street corner diagonally opposite the point where the accident occurred." "No, sir. I wasn't," declared the witness. "I guess I was stand ng kinder sort er on the bias from the spot." It was while Judge Cclora E. Martin of the New York state court of appeals was on the supreme court bench that a self important young lawyer was arguing a mo tion before him. Tiring of the attorney's Krandlloquenre. reports the New York Times, Justice Martin Interrupted him and started to render an adverse decision. "But ycur honor does not understand the rase." still urged the attorney, who saw that things were not coming his way. "Permit me to explain the law, Tiave M Its. V. It. ADAMS. WHO HAS M A N A I E D THE OMAHA VIS1T IN(i .M USES' ASSOCIATION. that has since become synonymous with the name of the organization ami Is known throughout tho poorer district; that of Mrs. W. It. Adams. Being so situated as to make It possible. Mrs. Adams assumed the position as superintendent of nurses, in which capacity she has for th' last five years devoted her entire time to visiting and Investigating wherever a needy case has been reported, doing inestimable good nnd winning the gratitude ami confidence of scores who through misfortune, tem porary or otherwise, have been reduced to thn necessity of aid. During these years Mrs. Adams has refused all remuneration for her efforts, which Bhe gives for the love of humanity alone anil so made It pos sible for the association to accomplish what It has with the small resources that have been at Its command. Early in May Mrs. Adams gave up her chosen work to return to her former home In Ireland for an In definite visit, thi report she submitted for tho April work showing the greatest re sults that have yet been accomplished. Seventy-two patients were cared for, 597 visits made, five patients sent to the hospi tal and three to friends and burial pro vided in four cases. During Mrs. Adams' absence the work will be continued by mem bers of the association and an effort will also be made to Increase the- membership to 1.000, thd women believing that with this annual Income the work could lie made entirely self-supporting. Miss Ionise Ormsby of Central City, Neb., who Is studying music In Paris, is making a most enviable name for herself In thn French capital. The June number of tho Pnrls World, an Illustrated English maga zine published In Paris, has this to say of Miss Ormsby and her attainments: An American girl who has surely a bril liant larerr before her Ik Miss T.oulsc Ormsby. dramatic soprano, who has (list Mirthful Moods of Bench and Bar here some of the latest decisions of the court of appeals, In which It is held" "Motion Is denied with costs," nga' l In terrupted the Justice. "Have y; u any later decision thnn that?" In a Texas case two men went to a house, where one of them was Introduced under a false name, and succeeded In get ting up a difficulty with some of the family. One of them said he came for a fuss and, hy . he was going to have It. and that he could kill four or five people be fore they could stop him. In the row which followed he drew his gun upon a son of the family, and. as the mother partly opened a door at that moment, he tiirmil It upon her and fired. He wns charged with assault with Intent to kill. The dr fonse was that the shooting was accidental. In addition to the above facts. It was proved that the accused was at the time armed with a Winchester gun. a Rem ngton six-shooter and a box of cartridges, while bis companion was armed with a Smith A Wesson 32-callber pistol and a Colt six shooter, and was also wearing a breast plate of Iron made of an old plowshare and tied on his body with ropes. By rea son of this very unusual combination of circumstances the theory of accident was urged unsuccessfully. Justice Marean of the supreme court, Second district, Is a tall man with a tender heart, relates the New York Tribune. Not long ago he caught an Impostor Just as the fellow was performing the last act of a swindling trick on him. The Brooklyn Judges tell the story as follows: One day a shabby and loquacious Indi vidual walked into the office of Judge Marean and said: "Judge, I'm in hard luck. I want a couple of dollars to get a Turkish bath, a meal and a shave, and then I'll be In decent condition to visit my friends." The money was handed over at once, with the courtesy that distlngulFhes the Judge In his dealings with hU fellow men. Then It occurred to the Judge that per haps he had been a bit hasty In giving the visitor money. He looked out of the win EDWARD S. LORI.MER OK DROOK INtiS, S. D., GRAND COMMANDER SOUTH DAKOTA KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. completed her three years' course In Paris. Miss Ormsliy has everything in her favor, youth, n line ligure, lire and enthusiasm. Her voice Is harmoniously developed, Is of line timbre und quality, and her French is perfect. She came from Nebraska three years ago anil went at once to live In u private French family, with the advantage that th l.nly of tin- house was also her diction trui her. Miss Ormsliy has plenty of good common sense, which, it is beginning to be understood, is of immense value even to a prima donna. She has never allowed her self to become enamored of social life In the gay American colony In Paris, and so has lived entirely among French people, A-lth the magnificent result that she speaks French without accent, an accomplishment m necessary to a successful career In opera, and one very seldom attained by American students. MI.js Ormsby is n hard worker. She has a repertoire of fifteen operas. In any of which she can appear within twenty-four hours' notice. She sings Marguerite in Faust." Elsa In "Ijohenirrin," Elizabeth In Tannhnuser" and I .a Kelne In "Ham let." Itefore coming abroad she was a graduate of the New Englnnd conservatcry of Hoston. so that the basis of her musical education Is laid on a good solid founda tion. She has been a populaf drawing-room singer In exclusive French circles during the past winter, one of her recent suc cesses being chez la Haronne Decazes. Miss ormsby has received special praise and encouragement from Massenet salnt Saens nnd from Fa tire of the Opera. Hap pily, she has not caught the American mania to sing at the Opera or the Opera Comlque. nnd die artistically, what hap pens for so many. Miss Ormsbv very sen sibly plans to go to Kouen, to Brussels, or some of the other provincial cities, or else to America, where real talent Is appre ciated nnd npplnuded. She will certainly be some day a great and well known artiste nnd I predict for her a success attained only by the few. The celebration by the five Ingwersen brothers at Clinton, la.,' of the fiftieth an niversary of their arrival In America was a notable occasion. They have been not merely thn witnesses but active partici pants In the developments and aehlew- dow and saw the man heading for Court street. Crabbing his hat. he followed him straight into a saloon and heard the fellow say with a wave of the hand: "Come on, men. Drink with me." Down went the two-dollar bill on the counter. Forward surged eight or ten loungers. Just as the h ibo's words of In vitation were getting cold a long arm circled over the shoulders of the thirsty, and Judge Marean said quietly but firmly, as he picked up the bill: "Not with my money." Senator Drh ie of Kentucky tells a story of an episode in Bourbon county, in his state. A worthless, drunktn fellow, who was a com mon nuisance, was arrested and brought into court. He demanded a trial by Jury, and the court ordered that a Jury be Im paneled. On the next day. when the court met. there were gathered In the Jury box twelve of the hardest, most disreputable characters In the county. "What does this mean?" asked the Judge. "Well." said the sheriff, "I knew that the prisoner was ent iled to be tried by a a : U1KLS WHO TlKJK PART IN THE if ! l" THREE GRADUATES FROM ST. Staff Artist. ments of the most wonderful half century in history. From the day they first crossed the Father of Waters In lS.ri2 until now, they have seen the expansion of a na tion, then almest ready to be embroiled In n struggle fcr cxisti nre, Into the most magnificent the world ever knew; they have seen the opening up of a wilderness nnd its growth Into an agricultural empire the like of which is nowhere else to be fcund; they have seen Industry In all Its branches take the impetus of the vigorous life on nil sides nnd expand with wonder ful results. Millions of people have made their homes west of the Mississippi river since the five Ingwersen brothers came, young and lusty emigrants from Germany, to make their homes In a new world. In the prosperity of all these brothers have shared, and their old age. which Is 1 ke Macbf th'a winter, "frosty but kindly," finds them surrounded by all the Scottish thane mlssrd In true friends and loving de scendants. Their celebration at Clinton was an affair entirely unique In Its way. but one that serves to point a useful moral, as showing the great reward which comes to crown a well spent, useful life. Jury of his peers. It was pretty hard work to get them, but in case any of these won't do, I have a few more hovering around a whisky barrel outside." The court looked at the prisoner and at the lury. "The case Is dismissed," was all he said. Whin Lord Chief Justice Holt presided In the court of the King's Bench, relates the Mirror, a poor, decrepit old creaturj was brought before him, charged as a criminal, on whom the full severity of the law ought to be visited with exemplary effect. "What Is her crime?" asked his lord ship. "Witchcraft." "How is It proved?" "She has a powerful spell." "I-et me see It." The spell was handed to the bench. It appeared a small ball of variously col ored rags of silk, bound with threads of as many different hues. These were unwound and unfolded, until there appeared a scrap of parchment, on which were written cer FLOWER PLAY AT ST. CATHERINE'S ACADEMY Photo by a CATHERINE'S ACADEMY Photo by a MISS LOUSE ORMSBY OF CENTRAL CITY, Neb., WHO HAS WON DIS TINCTION IN PARIS. tain characters now nearly illegible from much use. The Judge, after looking at th s paper charm a few minutes, addressed himself to th terrified prisoner. "Prisoner, how came you by this?" "A young gentleman, nsfr lr.rd. gave It to me. to cure mv child' (,,,.. "How long since?" ' in i i y years, my lord. "And did It cure her?" "O, yes, and many others." The Judge paused a few moments, and then addressed himself to the jury. "Gen tlemen of the Jury, thirty years ago I and some companions, as thoughtless as my self, went to this woman's dwelling, then a public house, and, after enjoying our selves, found we had no means to dis charge the reckoning. Observing a child ill of an ague, I pretended I had a spell to cure her. I wrote the classic line you see on a scrap of parchment, and was discharged of the demand on me by the gratitude of the poor woman before us, for the sup posed benefit." -s "TSas -.i Staff Artist.
