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TBE'OMAIIA ILI.rSTRATED HEE.
KoTmbr 19. IOCS.
Teaching
VYS when the honest lad out .f
work, hearing there n thmt
age (if motormen on the strict
railway, could hustle down to th"
superintendent, strike lilm fur i
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Job, unrl bo reasonably sure of swinging a
controller the next day. have passed. A
thick and prickly hedge now grows thickly
nrotitnl the motorman' root, and the
needle's rye tes not hold a cnndle as to tho
dlfllcutilea of this hedge.
To run n street car nowadays and street
car to pvcry oup hut a C'hlcagoan mem
overhead trolleys requires considerably
more than a mcged physique and a steady
eye ahead. The person who turns the
"Juice" on and off in response to the bell
tap must know a lot, his past sffid present
record must he clean and It Is preferable to
the company that he he married and settled
Into the furrow of home-making and bring
ing up a family on the Roosevelt pattern.
Thoacht for Public Safety.
Terhapg the public may not think so, pnr
tlcolarly after having been Joltrd Into the
lap of tho large scornful woman who Is
carrying home a doxen eggs, but It Is true
.lust the same that the Omaha A Council
Illuffs Street Railway company uses up
much thought and time In selecting train
man and seeing that they perform their
duties somewhat In accord with the rules.
There are rules and plenty of them, but It
la safe to say If every motorman and con
ductor carried them out explicitly there
would be complaints still. Doubtless It will
be a long time before street railroading is
reduced to an exact science; perhaps about
the same year that science Is able to control
sex and the size and shape of one's nose.
Until then superintendents can only try.
Long before the days ot the electric car.
In the ages when the horse-drawn con
veyance and the grip car were sources of
popular amusement and profanity, traction
companies had trouble In getting competent
trainmen who would stick. It has been
recognized by such authority as the I'nlted
States government that the street car serv
ice In the larger cities lias for a long time
been a refuge for broken down profes
sional men of all grades and sorts; the
college graduate who has failed at every.
thing else; the business man whose doctor
has declared he cannot live unless he gets
active employment In the open air, and so
on sweeplngly along the list of fellows
down on their luck. As a rule tho refugees
stay only long enough ts move on to bet
ter fortune. The time the cempany has
spent In making motormen and conductors
out of them, not to mention expense bills,
has been thrown away.
Tread for the Better.
Of course, the traction companies do not
like this for reasons that are obvious. It
Is decidedly to the corporation's Interest
m.n in ,1. . o k . w
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to follow It as an occupation. In Omaha,
as In the other cities, the trend has been
for the better steadily, both for the com-
panics and In the higher character and
ability of the trainmen. Everything pos-
Bible is done to Increase tue self-respect
Growing Old with Bad Habits
HE late Daniel Kelleher of Wll-
mlngton, Del., an Irishman by
nativity, but an American In his
habits, aspirations and Ideals, was
another Of our centenarians
who -seemed to take particular pleasure
toward the end In upsetting the health and
longevity theories of those who. as a rule,
do not live half as long. v
We are not prepared to say that we ap-
prove of the growing practice among our
centenarians of having themselves quoted
as saying that they owe the good health
ana long lire tney nave enjoyed to ths
observance of rules of Using which are
generally condemned by people who. If
they never become centenarians, have the
satisfaction of knowing, at least, that they
have lived, as they believe, correctly.
A man who had reached the very re-
spectable age of 110 died ln Missouri the
other day, leaving behind him a written
statement whose purpose was to show
mai lie naa overcome dyspepsia when 23
by eating raw turnips and drinking black
coffee. It was this man's custom for
seventy-nine years previous to his death
to smoke a cob dIdo almost constantly,
and the belief prevails In his neighborhood
that he smoked the same cob pipe he
begin on to the end.
Down In Kentucky a man aged lit died has figured out that in the course of his
the other day who was fond of saying life he had smoked no less than 17,883 feet
that he attributed the good health with of the pernicious weed. Another deplor
whlch he had always been blessed to wet able feature of his statement ls his asser
feet and moonshine whisky. It was his tion that he never swore off.
apparently honest opinion that we would Something should be done to prevent
all be sounder In body and mind If we our centenarians from talking or writing
would make it a practice to get wet feet for publication. They are doing more than
dally. Cold feet vlthout moisture, he any other class to create a lack of confl
belleved. were carrying many of us away dence In the opinions of the Intelligent but
yearly. delicate people who are striving to teach
A centenarian la West Virginia, In an- us how to live. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dedication of New
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N INSTITUTION but little known wld. h is a large and exceedingly well built
generally In Omaha has been 'he hrk k houtc. A force of workmen, l urpcn
Swedish hospital, situated on tci. plasterers, plur.the.iH und mt-HiMhUevI
Twenty-seventh avenue, about a
Hock and a half north of Cuming
This has been due purily to U re-
street.
tired situation, partly to Its it-cent estab
lishment and partly to the plan on whkh
until lately It has been londu. trd. The
hospital was Incorporated In Januury, I!i3,
and Is now under the managninent of tho
Swedish Hospital association, which at-no- it i Mart ure u untied that they are going to
elation Is made up principally from umo-ig have a well titled und comfortable a hos
tile member of the Swtdlnh Mission church, pitul a there U in the ciiy. Although the
alt ha occupied a building at K-S North memlx-i of the stuff will have their special
Twenty-seventh avenue, remodeled to suit duties lo perform, particularly in conncc
It to hospital purposes, and duihig It two tion with the instruction of the nurses, etc,
and a half years of exist, nee ha proved U- their aelection doe not mean that the use
self to be self-sustaining. Encouraged by of the hospital will be restricted only to
the success of their venture In a small w:ty such as are on the staff. On the contrary,
the association has concluded to purchase a It will be a general hospital and any reput
bullding of It own and bring the hospital able physician In the city la at liberty and
bofore the people a a permanent and sub- Is Invited to send hi patients there, with
stantlal undertaking and one worthy the the assurance that they will receive the
support of every member of the community, very best of care. There 1 also a training
It ba within the last few months pur- school for nurse in connection with th
chase4 property at 7X North Twenty- hospital. The hospital will be dedicated
fourth street, consisting of a plat of ground this afternoon at I o'clock. Hon. John I
131x350 feet oo the northwest corner of Kennedy will be the principal speaker (or
Tweaty-fuurto and Pratt atrueU, upon th ocvaaluu.
New Motormen How to Handle the Omaha Trolley Cars
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and sense of responsibility n the employes
and the standard today Ik littler than ever
before.
Motormen and Wages.
Tn the OniBhn and Pound! RlnfTR afreet
mr Rro about m motormen. 0f
these two-thirds ars what may be called
permanent employes. Many have been In
in service since me grip cars were aoan-
doned, and Some Of them USed tO drive
the horse cars. These are the backbone
of the motormen, In the mass, and as
seniority- governs as to choices In runs
and hours of service, the old hands come
pretty close to getting what they want,
within reason. Tho officers estimate that
from seventy-five to 100 new motormen are
hired every year, so a third of the body
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ahead of most other towns.
utiicu aiiiung aireei cur men; mora re
To a certain extent wages are ad lusted ... wi . .
permanent service desirable. The
motorman draw 20 cent n
I'onr. the second year 21 cent, and the third
year . ine lasi is me maximum, rne
choices In runs amount to sen-Ice during
daylight; late to work In the morning or
off early In the evening; longer or shorter
hours, enabling greater compensation, and
the particular line on which the car Is
operated. Motormen usually are assigned
ewer to a question, stated that he had
never known what It was to have a sick
headache, and yet he was passionately
fond of buckwheat cakes and ham and
cabbage. "There la nothing" la aoM
"that will hmea un man-a .(nm..i,
destroy all tendency to headaches like a
boiled sunner lust hfnr hatima wi.h
some crabapple Jelly, plum pudding and
pumpkin pie thrown ln. Personally, I
think that most of our troubles are due
to regular habits. There ls nothing that
wears so much upon the nerves of the
masses or our people as the knowledge
that they must be at a certain place at
a certain time to get their meals. I have
never lived regularly, although I ought
to say, perhaps, that I have never voted
any but the straight republican ticket. The
principles of that party have helped me
to attain my present venerable age anil
to pay all of my Just debts."
And now. as we have said, the testimony
ot ine late Daniel Kelleher is the latest,
and by no means the least discouraging,
to the modern health uplift. He parsed
away at 106, but before doing so he de-
clared that he had used tnhaecn nH iimm.
all his life, the latter in moderate quantl-
ties, but regularly. He smoked three plugs
of tobacco a week, and a local statlstlcan
Swedish Hospital
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haa within tlio last clx week suci eeded in
traiixfortning tUH place into a mo:it con
venient and auractivti lupilul building.
Altogether the liuu-o has been found most
admirably adapted lor a hospital on ac
count of lis substantial build and of the
large si?e of its rooma, and both the 1kv.ii 1
of manager and tne doctors who make up
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to the line to suit thou- own !n it' .
after a conference with the superintendent,
In all but one of the car barns the com-
pany has provided rooms, heat and light
for the -trainmen In which libraries and
card tables have been established. The
rooms are used for lounging places for
extra men ana a social meaia tor an ine
trainmen, where they may meet, smoke,
readi piay canjs anij eVen sleep on bunks
provdcd for the comfort of chaps coming
l ntt lute nma or hn hv. ween rialnveri
at the barns.
Source of the Sapply.
Assistant Superintendent Nash says that
the majority of greenhorns who apply for
Jobs as motormen come from the farms
and small towns. Many are rural-raised
young men who are tired of the plow and
jvut.Bj iiitiii m.u MB .11 tU vi fciifj I'l U T .! 1U
live stock and want to break Into the city.
Tears ago men of Irish ancestry oredoml-
Tears ago men of Irish ancestry predoml
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very few experienced men apply for work.
Some of the applicants have been common
tahurer-i teamsters, etc. Not a few are
attracted by the apparently simple duties
of the motorman and the species of au
thority he wields In running bis car. It ls
to be remembered that motormen are al
ways dressed in neat uniforms and caps.
They keep clean; In fact, the rules of the
company require them to do so. These
points are not of minor Importance to fel
lows who have followed occupations that
leave their stain.
The local traction company would rather
tokt the greenest hand who ever applied
and attempt to teach him the work of a
motorman than hire an expert who knows
every city In the country and ls not afraid
to start out oh the heaviest run on the
avaium Men nhn h
men elsewhere are viewed with slightly
nr-.inHi,.eri i-nm the vei-v at rt Tf
they were good motormen and could hold
their Jobs, why didn't they keep them ls
the question that ls Immediately pro-
pounded by the superintendent. Rather
than run the chances of taking on a man
who has failed at the work some place
else for an unknown or vague reason the
corooration Inclines to training its own
men. teaching them the business slowly and
carefullv, reasoning that st-.;h employes are
ukeiy to be more stable and dependable
Selecting m Candidate.
No matter what the applicant has done or
who he Is, his past Is looked Into and good
recommendations from former employers
and others are demanded. This, after he
has satisfied the eye of the, superintendent
or assistant and been deemed worthy of
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havlor are the principal points that count
m the initial Interview. If men are not
Diamond Wedding Celebration in Omaha
R. AND MRS. F. C. SEIDLER,
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living at 6614 Lincoln avenue,
Omaha, celebrated the sixtieth
anniversary of their marriage
Saturday, November 11, 1906, at
the home of their daughter, Mrs. Emma
Denker, living Just across the street from
the Seldler home.
Frederick C. Seldler and Miss Frederick
Relchter were united in marriage at Itze
hoe, Holsteln, Oerniany, November 11. 1845.
The marriage day was also the twentieth
anniversary of Mrs. Seldler's birth, her
husband being six years her senior. Fifty
four years ago Mr. and Mrs. Seldler came
to America, settling first at Davenport,
la., living there about twenty years, when
they moved to Omaha. They have lived
MB. AND MRU r. C. ffETDT-ER AND STOrE Of THETB DESCENDANTS ON
THUS tVaCCDIKQ, KOVLBSB. U, .
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HIS FIRST SWITCH.
i.ocded, or the officer Is not pleased with
him, the applicant gets an icjr dlscourape-
mcnt that does not Incite a second visit.
Should the applicant prove satisfactory on
visual Inspection, he Is handed a blank and
told to fill It out. Unless he wears glasses
or appears physically defective In some
way ne is. not given any special pnysicai
examination. Men with glasses are rejected
Instantly as candidates for motormen. The
age limit Is not under 21 nor more than 40,
thollirh excentlons are mode on the innxl.
mum. If other conditions are more than
equal.
Promises on Application,
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In making out his application on the
Riant. h,n,.M. .v.. , . . . ... ... - " exienus liejUUU uib lUUIIIIPIlin. ll liaci 111- umiiwii, i-.'nwua, MO IMTTII V w niuiHil,
I. . ,Ph?t fr Can,llda,e ,eU8 rm- "w to the man giving him his lnstruc- tle or nothIn(r t0 do with electricity. The will contribute SI a day for bis malnten
pany that If his services are accepted he tlon, for on tn. instructor s irood nininn .. . . ... v.. v .1. - fc
MffMi rt eomr.lv atrlntlv wltli all rnlaa
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to keep sober and temperate and abstain
wholly from the use, while on dutj. of in-
toxlcating liquors to at all times conduct
himself tn an orderly and gentlemanly man
ner, and work to the best Interest of his
employers."
Besides this he gives his full name, date
and place of birth; whether married or
single; present and length of residence;
former residence; trade or occupation; how
long out of employment; by whom and
where last employed; prior service on any pany concerns stopping and starting cars,
steam or street railway; causa of leaving This Is one of three points by which motor
such service; whether he was ever engaged men are judged. The first ls the ability to
In a strike or riot; to what secret societies
or organizations he belongs; If be Is sober
and temperate and has always been so.
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Mast Have flood Record.
After doing this the applicant's refer-
ences are looked up, and, It found to be
a:itlfetorv. he la aiven a nrlnted con-
not forthcoming the man's chance to be-
enma a mntnrman la lost Knonith men
waet the Jobs to give the company a wide
latitude ln discriminating. In the con-
tract the motorman agrees to "use the
utmost care und skill ln the performance
of his duties; he will become responsible
for all property ln his charge; will keep
a sharp lookout for persons or vehicles
upon or approaching the company's tracks;
will exercise a general surveillance over
pa-ngers getting on or off the motor
car and will use all means tn his power
to avoid accidents from any cause what-
ever."
This contract must be backed by the
personal surety of some man of substance,
a resident freeholder of the city acceptable
t0 the officers of tho company.'
Learnlne the Business.
im,... nrmniiii.i enmr,iie,i n-in. ik.
greenhorn ls ready to learn his thrilling
future duties. Ho Is given an order to
for the last twenty-five years at their
present home 011 Lincoln avenue.
Prlor to coming to America Mr. Seldler
was an "anchor smith." being engaged ln
the hand-welding of ships' anchors. Arriv
ing ln America he at once engaged in the
trade of blacksmlthlng, which he continued
up to about ten years ago, when his ad-
vanclng years compelled him to relinquish children and grand-children living ln her mince pies, and at supper the bishop, charlotte McCarthy, Is his constant coin
that arduous work. He ls yet In excellent Omaha. It was merely a family gathering, wno weighed 310 pounds, at first declined a panion.
health, though 86 years of age. though, as
he said on his anniversary: "Today I am
only 45 and can wrestle any of you men of
that age." Mrs. Seidler bears her Jo years
with the vigor of
arAmnti nf 3il 1'HfB her
Junior.
Twelve children were born of this union.
four of whom are yet living. They are
Mrs. Sophie Schmidt of Idaho, Albert Held-
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fie il.vifini forenm-i. directing that func-
tionary to pluce the bearer with a certain
motorman in regular service for lnstruc-
tlon In the duties of the place. Tho can-
dldate takes his position on the front plat-
form and for the first day Is permitted
to watch the regular motorman In ths
periormance or nis work and to a5K ones-
nons. un me second oay. u ne nas snown u wl be from the certificate that physicians shatter this view. Since the
a fair degree of Intelligence, the old hand the nitrllctor nas nad t0 interpret the legislature passed the law requiring en
gives him a few minutes with the con- ruIeg which the candidate has had to closures on tho front end of cars ths old
troller, usually In some quiet suburban memorlze. Resides this, the Instructor Is time vicissitudes in rigorous winters have
district. Thus theory and practice is .ppO.0(i t0 impart a lot of information been avoided and, while a motorman has to
driven Into the greenhorn's head at the about the mechanism of the car nnd the bundle up warmly, he does not have to
same time. Some of the learners are verlt- prinCpi, upon which It Is operated. This face cutting winds, snow, rain and sleet,
able trials to the exnerieneed nnpritlvAi . . -1 . i . i ... - i .i.b - ... i .
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Dut 1? th tmnilnrn i. h .(li l.,..
apPcna8 great ueau
fTom eignteen to
thirty days of such
tratnlnff is given the beginner. Meanwhile
ne drawa no pay. He ls servlng h ap
prentlceshIP and it behooves him to learn
fast. At the same time at least eighteen
days' training Is required before he is
put In charge of a car.
Points of Expertness.
It may not generally be believed, but one
Of the-most Important rules of the com-
avoid and' prevent accidents, or briefly,
never to have them. The second ls to keen
on time, whether the travel be llaht or
heavy, and the third Is stopping the car
gently and at the right place and "tartlng
It gradually so there is no preccptlble Jolt,
Be assured that If the motorman Jerks
uhead with force enough tn IrnneU ran
ing rules, provided the apparatus of the
ear la in rm.ri ennHitinn pm ahnni.i ho
stopped and accelerated gradually In order
to save electric wear and tear.
Oettlng the habit of responding Instantly
and properly to the bell signals and stop-
ping and starting light are the hard things
for the greenhorn to got pat. He usually
has an irresistible impulse to handle the
controller on. the principle of a broadaxe
and to Jam the brake Into the emergency
on a belated stop tdgnal or the sight of a
tardy patron speeding from the distance.
The regular motorman does not lot his
PUP do much real work until these Ideas
have been eliminated. Kven a motorman's
conscience wouldn't let the student do that.
After a while. If the greenhorn shows a
fair degree of Intelligence and capacity to
grasp the salient points of the work he Is
turned back to the foreman, and by the
rnm. tn i.a annarintenHent with a eer.
tiflcate that the candidate ls familiar With
the rules and regulations, the streets along
ler of Idaho, Mrs. Emma Denker of Lin
coin avenue and Mrs. Ida Rice of 60 Popp-
leton avenue, Omaha. There are sixteen
grandchildren and four grout-grand clnl-
dren.
The celebration of the sixtieth wedding
anniversary of the venerable and -halo
couple was attended by only those of their
with a few near friends and neighbor
from Omaha and 1-apilllon. Dinner was
served at noon, and the afternoon and
evening were given over to a reception to
f.l.nH. aul.h ntn.ln ani4 pofru.hm.nl. tn
the evening. A number of valuable pres-
ents suitable to the occasion were given
.Mr. and Mrs. Seldler by their children and
friends.
THE BU.iJJ.lU ATvXBSAP.T OF
AT 0FFICT5.
th route, and knows 'he location of
switches, curves, turnouts and about the
car houses. Further, that the motormen
who have been his mentors and the fore-
man think he Is competent to go to
work,
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pari oi ine inoioriiiao euuciuun actirceiy
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VOIIlJliy Ulll. nub auciiii lu Iiibbo mi
electrician out of motormen. But It does
try to have them roughly understand the
mechanical parts of the car and to be In a
Qn tQ make .ma n an, ..-
untoward Injury to themselves or other
Injury to themselves or other
persons. To further these Intentions the
candidate ls sent to the master mechanic
for a talk on the subject and a general
qulzztng along these lines.
After all this the pupil Is sent cut In
charge of a car while a road officer watches
his work. The officer gives no Instruction;
merely observes the efficiency or Ineffi-
clency of the student. As a rule. If the
greenhorn wants to run Into an open switch
Gossip and Stories
jILLIAM H. BERRY, treasurer-
W
eieci 01 t-ennsyivania, me man
chosen as the Instrument for re-
buklng graft, ls U years af age.
He Is a child of the prairies, hav-
iD b" bo" ln 'lllnol- His father was an
"lnveniur. The Pompsiian bricks, now so
raml'lar building construction and tho
machines for their manufacture, were the
Produul" ot ora" "d Industry. Wll-
llam H- liurrv followed ln the footsteps of
flher. nd became a mechanical en-
' jum.... ui i..c on,
Engineering company of Chester. Pa, The
w ...... .. num ui ... n.iv.o
fuo of life. He belongs to no secret
organizations, to no genealogical societies.
118 never Joined a club until within the
I"" year. wh811 h became a member of
tho Penn club of Chester, a social orgaiU-
nation.
Vor nearly twenty years this gray-eyed.
gray-nairea, iau. puispuKen Dusiness man,
who has the cares of large enterprises on
bis shoulders, has been a local preacher
In the Methodist Kplscopal church. There
has been scarcely a Sunday ln that time
that he has not preached somewhere, al-
most always in some poor church or to
ome congregation of the colorea race.
He is a man of strong personality and
vigorous expression. He believes ln the
gospel of work Ho never drank, and If he
has any dissipation that the sterner sects
might catalogue against him It ls his fond-
ncss for a good cigar. He Is rugged ln
health and bolleves In the strenuously
physical.
Too Mneh of a Good Thin.
The late Bishop Peck of the Methodist
Eeleonal church, while presiding at a New
Hampshire conference, was entertained by
a jj,-,. Rrown, who had a high reputation
a( a cook. She was especially famous for
second helD of mince pie. "I know some
nilnce pies are Indigestible, but mine are
quite harmless." said Mrs. Brown. 80 the
bishop yielded and had a second and then
. 1. 1 . 1 .. 1 I 1.' ...... 1 a na an1 O A
Iare church was packed with people. The
choir sang and the preliminary services
were w ell starti d. but no bishop. Then
two or three went out to look for the
absent gentleman. They found him at
Mrs. brown's, writhing In the agonies of
Indigestion. One of the ministers said:
"Why, llittliop Peek, you are not afraid to
die, are you?" "No." replied the bishop,
between groans. "I am not afraid to die,
but I am ashamed to."
(,renl Irishman t omliitf.
Douglas Hyde, il.e president of the Oaelic
league, w ho will visit An erica this month.
St. Mary's Avenue
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conies to St. Mary's Avenue Con
gregational c!,urh today us pu
tor. last Hund.iy closed a very suc
cessful jUMiorate of moie than ten
year at tmuw. III., where he was recog
nized s a leader In church work and wa
one of th most popular men in the min
istry. Ho bus held a very prominent place
In Congregationalism in Illl'iol, bel'iK
registrar ami treasurer of tin I'ox River
association for ten years und preildent of
the Illinois Home Mission m,c! ty for two
term. Itotii of these organization ac
cepted his resigr aclon from office with very
deep regret and lt-."tltltil to the strength
and high julity of his work. Rev. 1
Baird is an native of Illinois, hi parents
being some of tlir strongest members of the
N(W England Congregational church of
ClitC'ign. H- was graduated from Yale in
1m5 and preared for the practice of law,
finishing with several months In Kurope.
He then returned to the Yale divinity col
lege and took his degree In divinity In 190.
With others he organized the "Tal Band"
and went to the frontiers of thf state of
Washington, doing valiant missionary work.
Mr. Salrd Is aeokA ef as a valuable as-
eo-B BI M Tataarie aa-
jR
or get behind time, the offWr lets him do
It and then explains afterwards.
I nst of Ilia Trlnla.
I'liinllv, having pnssi-d through these
onleiils the student conies bark to the
superintendent's office, presumably nnu-ii
r iser than when h" went aw.iy. Fornn rlv
l.e was put through a long and searching
verbal examination by the superintendent
or nspistnnt superlrtrndent as a final test.
Noiv this verbal examination Is to be sup
plemented by a twiltrn one, which will be
carefully devised and calculated to bllnc
out nil the candidate knows nhoul the
practical work of a motorman. the mechan
ism of the car nud the rules and regula
tions and what generally Is expected ef
him.
Presuming that the man who wants to
run a car receives the required percentage
(rot yet determined) he Is given a badge,
adjudged tit and put on the extra list. The
extra, list Is Arranged so that every man
on Its gets a fair show at whatever work
Is In sight by reason of other men belns
relieved for various causes, suspended or
dismissed. The man who stands the Mist
chanco one day will he shifted to the bot
tom the next and so on In rotation. Nn
man gets a monopoly on a run because the
man belonging to It has laid off for a week
or two. This practice was found unjust
because the man laying off frequently
would wait until his friend on the extra
list stood to take the place and then ask
for relief. Usually it requires a year or
so for a man to work from ths extra list
on to a regular run.
Back to the Farm.
It Is thus that a motorman, an Omaha
motorman. gets his start In life In this
decade. Wbat more barriers may b
erected for him In the future no one knows.
The ofPeers say that most of the men who
quit during the year do so to go back to
the farm. The theory Is that being on th
street In the dirt and hurry all the time,
they get enough of the city In a year or
two to last them all their lives.
The old motormen have a belief that
standing so much, combined with the strain
and nerve wear they are under, or at any
rate something Incidental to their calling.
Induces kidney trouble. Some assert that
u ibpc or in bu b o. uiuiuti iw-nem. iir..ip-
., . . ...
mi.r oitir-i iir i" 1 1 111 a. "rriv. ..n-r-i.
of tha men belong to this organization.
which Is fostered and encouraged by the
company,
A. for an
doubtless It
ny romance In ths occupation-
doubtless It could be found If one searched
for It. No way that man earns his bread .
Is without It. It Is noted that one motor-
man was penallr.ed tho other day for al-
lowing women to rldo In the vestibule.
which Is against the rules. Nevertheless
there Is always the chance of a hold-up and
robbery of the conductor's money bags
some dark night and this happens alto-
gether too frequently to please either the
men or their employers.
About Noted People
is one of the greatest of the men of action
m Ireland who began the work of their
lives n the nineteenth century, and who
are, with the Irish people, facing the work
that Is to be done ln the twentieth with
heart as resolute as ever and with courage
growing stronger as each nasslng day adds
t0 tll, certainty of final success. Most
Irishmen could readily name a doxen of
th. mo.t prominent, popular and well
known men who are now factors In the
national life of the country. High ln the
roll or nonor would be the name of Dr.
TjOUglas Hyde, and In many respects he
Btnnd8 apart and above them all, because.
,f he wa8 not the orlKlnai aullor f a
fTeat ,dea germination and develop-
ment wcre delayc(1 untll he sct hlm.elf
the taak of mir.inB the -seedling gem"
,nt(( fe and vigor Je . not only a
leader and a source of Insplratlon-he is a
teallUB worker In the ranks of the lan-
guuee movement.
Tears Ural t.eutly With Ilira.
Since retiring from politics some seven or
l"l,t year" Just'n "McCarthy has mado
hie home at Weetgate-on-Bea. on tne Ki-n-
"".
tlful home called Herdholt, he has finished
bis great "HiBtory of Our Own Times." A
friend who has recently Been him says of
the gifted historian: "Where can you llnd
so charming a talker, one who has seen to
much, knows so much, met so many famous
people ana wno by a wora or a pnrase can
make the past live, laugh and cry again?"
The years since he left politics hare been
kind to Mr. McCarthy. His outlook Is the
bright outlook of youth and his health In
perfect. His single burden Is a weakened
eyesight which does not permit him to read.
but, as he says, means the pleasure of be-
ing read to by others. His daughter. Miss
Family Characteristic.
Rudyard Kipling haunted magazine of
fices a good while before he succeeded In
breaking Into print with the sketches which
have madu him famous. He persisted.
however, and the result everybody knows.
This dogged characteristic was prominent
In his childhood. Tho elder Kipling was
bringing hlin home from India to an Eng
lish school. A steward rushed to Mr. Kip
ling one afternoon in the smoking room
and announced that the boy was out on
tho yardtrm handling by his hands. "If
he U'tsi gu." talil the steward, "he'll fall
and oe drowned. ' Mr. Kipling smiled
quietly an J s ltd as he turned tho next
pa.; of his book. "Oil. never fear; he won't
let go."
Congregational Pastor
sistant to her husband and a charming
woman. I hey have two children.
UICV. t B-IB.B, NEW PASTOR OF ST,
f AKY H AVKNt'E CU.N'iKt'i.V.rioN Als
tuUKCU OMAHA.