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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, APRIL 22. 1006.
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OLD-TIME OMAHA OPERATORS
Recollections of Pioneer Masters of th
Telrrrsph Kej.
DOCTOR FMEEM tNUVENS THE SUBJECT
W hat They DI4 ! Hew TXer Did It
Wk Ther f ame, Whither
Ther Ht Drifted Tricks
f the Trade.
A reminiscent article on old-time trie
graphic days In Omaha, contributed to the
Telegraph Age by J. . W. Hayes of Port
land, Ore., ant reprinted In The Bee of the
th Inst., hog awakened similar memories
tinder the, "squar gray dome" of Dr. L M.
Rheem of Omaha and Minneapolis. The
genial operator, transmitted Into a doctor,
contributes his recollections to the current
number of the Age and materially en
larges and enlivens the literature of the
subject. Dr. Rh"mseaks In the language
of the tribe, discarding for the moment the
Norsk dialect. In which he has become an
adept. He says:
"When you suddenly ask a respectable
and respected grandfather like myself
to turn a flip-flop back through the ever
areen aisles of thirty years, there to paint
a picture of how we ued to do It, you roust
remember that there Is a limit to the Hid
man's strength, and you must make allewV
anoe for the Inroads of senility, and the
magnifying power of a lens thirty year
thick. In retrbspect there come to ma
shades, shadsws, spirits, faces, accidents
and names In much profusion.
A row of Tfcesa Loft.
"In addition to ihose named by Mr. Hayes
a working In the Western Union office at
Omaha, I recall the two W. H. Murphy,
who, on account of the color of their hair,
were known, respectively, as "Full" and
"Half rate" Murphy; Mcmeans, who was
In Indians somewhere the last I heard of
him about twenty years ago; R. S. ("Bob")
Hayes, now In the freight department of
the Burlington road at Omaha; "Rod'
Tyler, now In the milling business at Coun
ell Bluffs, Iowa George Nail, who pre
ceded Prank Br Knight as chief operator.
and who Is now working In the Omaha
office; Ewlng I ("Dad") Armstrong, also
nor In the Omaha office; Charles B.
Ilorton, bookkeeper, now superintendent of
the third district at Omaha; Frank J
Burkley, check boy, who afterwards be
came one of the most finished operators In
the west, later leaving the business to
establish with his father and brother The
Burkley Printing company, which he Is
still successfully conducting. Then there
were W, L. Reed, Barker and Linton,
Later on In this decade, 1876 to 18S0, cam
Luka risher, Tom Curry, chief operator,
both of whom I believe have passed sway
"Con" Dwyer, also dead; W. B. Hibbard,
superintendent, who moved the office from
Salt Lake City, dead; Charley Moore, up
ertntendont'a clerk, now In Superintendent
Horton's offlcei Frank Crlttenton, night
chief, who Is flow division chief in the
Western Union office. Chicago; Perry
Chamberlain, now In the Postal service,
New York City; Edgar Allen, now a prom
Inent and wealthy wholesale grocer of
Omaha, and others whose names do not
come to me.
Welcome Relief.
. "Leaving the Western Union and taking
up the Atlantio ft Pacific, and Its twin
brother, the Union Paclflo, at Omaha,
remember that a few years previous to
Mr. Hayes' advent In Omaha the repeat
Ing orace was In the Union Pacific head
quarters, where Superintendent J. J. DiuXey,
U H. Korty, ".fake" Tallman, who died
recently In New York, and the writer made
up the day force, "Jake" working the
Chicago wire, I the Ogden wire west, while
Korty looked after No. 1 Union Pacific, In
addition to Ms clerical work and teeing
that Jake and I get to the office on time
In the morning, and kept our wlret clear
If either of us wanted to go out 'Junt
minute,' which more often than other
wise meant 'Just an hour,' Korty was the
relief. ' I knew then and know now that
we used to Impose on him In this way, and
I want to say right hero that I am truly
sorry for my part In the Imposition.
"This publlo acknowledgment ought to
make Korty feel good, and I hope It will,
for there never was and never will be
more accommodating, a more patient,
better friend, counsolor and advisor to the
operators than L. II. Korty, who deserves
more than a simple acknowledgment.
The Right Force.
"The night force a I remember it, con'
stated of 'Ed' Dlokinaon, assistant die
patcher. whoee 'commercial' duty consisted
of 'tending' a' Woods button repeater, for
late press report. He is another good man
for other things besides tending button
repeaters; as everyone knows he afterward
worked his way by sheer merit to the head
of the Greater Union TactAc railroad sys
, tern, retiring recently from the road as It
general manager. He is now the vice
president and general manager of the Kan
saa City, Mexico ft Oriental railroad, and
Is today just, the same 'Ed' to bis old
friends as ha was thirty-five years age.
I remember his telling me one night when
we were speculating on what the future
held In store for ua, that If he could only
get enough of a strangle hold on Fate to
induce her to place him In a position where
the salary would be 1130 per month, that
he would consider himself 'fixed.' S am
satisfied now that he used the choke lock
on Mrs hn wfiuM wnrlt tnat Shu, lit
four to wx minutes for that amount of I An American woman! Joipenencos in ins
money now, and from what people tell me
e would be cheao at that.
The Dream of Tiles.
Then there was "Ed" Tttus. another dis
patcher. Who used to help out on At'antlo
Paclflo business; he Is now the proprietor
a large patent medicine business In
Minneapolis. Just to illustrate the strict
ness with which lines of authority were
rawn In those days, I want to tell you
about Titus' dream. We had a sort of a
pllt trick in the office that paid t3 per
month. I forget who worked It, but who
ever It was decided to make a move, and
left the place vacant. As Mrs. Korty and
Mrs. Dickinson were both away on a visit.
Korty proposed to Mr. Dickey that himself.
Dickinson and I work the tricW every third
night, dividing the " pay equally between
us. Mr. Dickey, with his usual good na
urc, agreed to this, and we started In. I
want td say that while this arrangement
lasted, that old repeater wns the best
tended repeater on record; It had what you
might call a supersaturatlon of tending, as
will be seen later. I, as the youngest and
handsomest member of the triumvirate.
took the trick the first night. Along about
o'clock in the morning I was sitting at the
repeater table listening to- the Chicago
man paste San Francisco, and ruminating
on the uncertainties of human life and
whether marriage really was a failure or
not (I was not married then, but I know
bow that It Is not a failure), when my at
tention waa attracted by a big clod of earth
striking me between the shoulders with
force enough to nearly knock the wind out
of me. The clod had come through the
BRITISH SOLON'S IN SESSION
HonM of Commons.
FEATURES Of THE NEW PARLIAMENT
v 1
War Wants Bateetatere Are Obliged
te Ge Away Back est Sit Dow
Behind rafrleadly Iron
Lattice.
Writing from London under date of
March 80, Eleanor Franklin, a noted cor
respondent and globe-glrdler, contributes
to Leslie's Weekly an illuminative pen
picture of the British House of Commons
in session and the difficulties women ex
perience in securing admission to the
ohamber. The letter follows:
Never before, perhaps. In the history of
this country has the public eye been so
resolutely and expectantly fixed upon Its
body of legislators as It Is just now. Never
before has such a parliament been housed
In the proud, old beautiful building nigh
the river Thames as that which now by
turns horrifies, amuses, astounds, annoys,
and gratifies the British public. In Amer
ica our lawmakers are so far removed from
the general publlo that we are Infrequently
drawn Into their strifes and difficulties.
Wo read reportorial version of their do
ings in Washington, but, as a rule, these
make only the haslest ssrt of an impres
sion and w are satisfied to let them go
their own way, however bungltngly, so
long as nothing blatantly disgraceful Is
attempted and nothing of particular na-
47,000 PEOPLE 1(1
OMAHA TOO THIN
The Latent from Battle Crt-jk.
Forty-five per cent of the peorln of
Omaha are too thin for their height. Thirty
per cent hsve more fleh than they can
carry comiortaniy. uniy twenty-nvo per
cent are normal neither too thin or too
fleshy.
The latest news from Battle Creek will
Interest the 47.010 residentts of Omaha who
wish to arid flesh. A iwnt anouncement
tates that a new food IViuol increases
the weight from ( to 10 pounus in less than
wo weeks.
Some remarkable results have been re
ported. A proiessor ot international fame
an eastern university increased b't
urids In six days. A t nicaao man. who
ad been refused by insurance companies
on the ground of under weight, is gaining
t the rate of two pounds a ween.
A Chicaco lady wno has weighed V-V
Pounds for ten years has put on two sod
liree-quarter pounds or nesh in a few onys
nd reports steady gains.
These few Incidents are mentioned from
hundred esses where the new food h
pou
had
open door at my back, but I could not find tlonal Interest la under discussion. But not
the party who threw It, although I mad
an exjr-nded search. I sat down again, and
in a minute alter i got anotner ion. i
then found that the throwers wero the
other two-thirds of the aggregation, who
had Just dropped round to help me out.
They came in and assisted me until 'clear.
The precedent thus established demanded
that on subsequent nights the unoccupied
members of the trio should tend the man
who tended the repeater. This precedent
waa never violated during the life of the
arrangement.
A Practical Joke.
One night after wo had turned the
efflc over to Titus in our usual formal
way about 1 o'c'.ock we started home.
Seme on of us had forgotten something.
so we went back to get It. we rouna
everything quiet, including Titus, who
was sound asleep on one of the tables. It
only took a minute and a little careful
work to tie him fast to the table without
waking him, which we-did. Korty, who
could Imitate the sending of every oper
ator on the dispatcher's wire, went into
th battery room and opening the local
circuit began to call "X," th despatohefe
signal, in a most frantio manner. Wo
made a little noise, which awakened Titus,
who made every effort to get loose, with
out succeeding. Korty then held a con
versation between two offices, one of which
was telling the other that a passenger
train had gotten away from him and that
a collision was inevitable unless he could
catch 'X,' whom he had been after for
over an hour. Titus began to yell for
'Pete,' the nlghtwatchman, who ' finally
came In and released him. He made on
Jump across the room, answering 'I I X'
before he sat down. As the wire was
quiet be, after waiting a moment, called
up th calling office, which did not answer,
immediately. When ho got the office he
asked about the train, and was told that
it bad left on time and that there was
nothing wrong. He asked why the oper
ator had told the other office that he could
not raise 'X ' and what about th threat
ened collision. Th Operator stoutly de
nied having said anything of th kind, and
further that the wire had been entirely
o in England. The house of parliament
Is the nation's heart. It Is situated In the
very midst of th nation's greatest activity.
It Is "sermons In atone" to th busy
throngs that daily pass and repass within
Its many towered shadows. It is the dear
and eloquent representative of th spirit
of Britain, a spirit so Insistently alive that
only Its Insistence Is necessary to make
and unmake laws. Bo, whstever la done
by the legislators sent by the nation to de
liberate within Its honored chambers Is of
paramount Importance to the public and is
more freely and more frequently discussed
than any other topic of th hour.
laterest la Politics.
Women show almost a greater interest
In English politics than men do, and not
to be "up" on th latest debate before "the
house" I to be quite disqualified for social
existence. Is it an "at home," where
women gather to drink? tea and gossip, or
discus things purely feminine? Th sub'
Ject Invariably turns upon soma Conspicu
ous member ot Parliament or upon some
Issue before the house. Mousy little Eng
lish women, w hose look bell their pos
session of any mentality beyond that which
is proverbially sufficient to keep tnem in
out of the wet, will alt up and discuss fiscal
reform, free trade, colonial administration,
home rule and such -things by the hour,
and with such refined astuteness, indeed,
would make the oldest parliamentarian's
head ache. It may be a dinner party, 'and
things may be moving along in th usual
poky, old, restful dinner-party style (I refer
to English dinner parties, not American)
when somebody carelessly observes that
Winston Churchill make him tired, and
that Great Britain has com to a pretty
pass when its government must be la
trusted to the tender mercies of such an
assembly aa the present House of Com
mons. Blng! "Winston Churchill is one
of the cleverest men in England! Grant
you he Is a little raw on colonial admlnls
tratlon, but he is young yet. And Just you
wait. He can't pass measures by him
self, any way, and hla clever speeches are
certainly entertaining." Bom woman says
this who has spent afternoons in th worn
euiel. Tltus a-ot uo from the table, rubbed ' eaJlery and knows. Then th dlscua-
hls eyes, scratched his head, looked at the loa toones iesi ana iunous, ana some oi
clock and then called tip th other office, tho ilttl Impromptu and unreported
which h questioned on the same linos, speeches. that issue from amlllng, carmlned
with the same result. Hpa would do much execution l.f they were
x "We were watching him through the thundered from a bench in th House of
window. Th expression of his face was Commons. Too bad English women cannot
alone worth th prlc of admission. Wo
left him to flgur it out himself. The
next day he came round to the office quit
a while ahead of his usual time. Ho
seemed to, have something on his mind,
which turned out to be a dream he had
had during hla dally siesta. He told us
the dream, which was the occurrence of
the previous night suitably toned to fit
th occasion. W agreed with him thaMt
waa truly wonderful. It did not take long
to publish th dream and Tltus finally got
th straight of it, which he took good
naturedly. Ha Is now a great student of folks,
psychological phenomena, and I believe
that w gave htm his first lesson.
"It Is needless to say thit you could not
hire either Korty, Dickinson or myself to
perpetrat a trick of that sort now for
less than $7 dollars, to be divided equally.
have a voice In English politics; they are
such clever little politicians. They doubt
teas have, In fact, but it Is this same still.
small voice that is heard across dinner
tables or through th vapors of a fragrant
cup of tea. From th great, beautiful
Gothic palace In .Westminster, so alluring
because so exclusive, woman is barred like
an alien criminal, and red Indeed is the
tape which must be unwound In reel be
for sh can be admitted to even a screened
and wholly unsatisfactory view of the au
gust body composed of her unherolo men
A Coveted Honor,
On day recently I received a note from
a friend who has been for year a member
of this same "august body," saying he in'
closed a seat for the ladles' gallery for the
following Wednesday,, and hoped I could
come, as there would b an Interestln
debate. The "ticket" waa only a card ad
dressed to th honorable member himself,
saying that his ballot for seats in the
ladles' gallery had been drawn on a certain
date, and that ha would be entitled to one
on the following Wednesday. This I was
County Attorney filabauch was author- 10 Prownt to the guard at th cntrano and
lied by the commissioners Saturday to pro- 1 wou!(1 conducted to my plac. I dldn
BOARD BACK OF SLABAUGH
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Ceaaty Commissioners Bay Ahead
with Preseeatlea of Ballet
Fran 4.
A Heavy Load to Carry.
Along wfU dyspepsia come nervous
Boa aud general Ill-health. Vnj T B
cause a dTaorure4 stomach does not per
mit tho food to be Broporly d(estei. and
Its product assimilated by th system.
Th blood la eharge4 with yolsoi. which
com from this disordered utgnytion, and
In turn tho nerves an not M on good,
red blood, and wa sne symptom ot nerv
ouanesa, leeplestne and general break
down. It la not held work, nor over phy
aioal iertian that doe it, but poor stom
ach work, with poor, thin blood th
body ta not prettied against the attack
of germs of grip, troncLlus and consump
tion. Fortify the body at one with Dr.
Flore' Golden Medical Discovery a
rar combination of native medicinal
root without a particle of alcohol of
daogeroai habit-forming drugs,
A little book of extracts, from promi
nent mdlcal authorities extolling every
Ingredient contained la Dr. Plorop'a
Golden Medical Discovery will be mailed
JVee to any address on request by postal
Vard or letter. Addreea Dr. K. V. Fierce,
buffalo, N. Y.
Many year of actlv practice convinced
Dr. I'terc ot th valu ot many native
root aa medicinal agents and he went ta
great expense, both fn time and in money,
to part oct hi own peculiar proce ror
rendering them both efficient and eaf tot
tonic, altera live and rebuilding ageuta.
Th eneroaous popularity ot "Uoldea
Medical Discovery 1 due both to It
clenttoo compounding and to th actual
medlclual value ot It Ingredient. Th
publication ot th riAma of th4 li(rmil
mirs on th wrapper of every bottt told,
glvea full assurance of Its noii-alcoholle
r liar enter and rvmovoa all objection to
th use of an unknown or secret remedy.
It la net a patent medicine nor a secret
one either, Tina fact put It n o ciit
oii hy Utif. bearing as It doe upon every
bottl wrapper I t BUof Honesty, to
the full list of lu Ingredients.
Th "Golden Medical Discovery cures,
Weak llomsch. Inoigreiiou, or dytpepsia.
torpid lives and biiiomnes, ulnrrat'.oti of
stomach aod bow lea and ail catarrhal af
fection no matter what part or organ
'pay be affected with Ik Dr. Plerce'i
I Waaant I'elloU are th original littU
liver piUa, Mm put up 0 year ago- They
regulate and Invigorate, stomach, llvet
aud bowels. -Much imitated but never
equaled, bur ar-ooafd aud easy to take
as oeadf. Uu to three a oe
ceed to Investigate the primary ballot
frauds and to incur the necessary expense
In tli Inquiry. He waa authorised at th
same time to make an inquiry Into th
alleged use of money by corporations In
political cainpaimia. Judge Slabaugh asked
fur funds In a letter to the board and the
request was granted unanimously.
know anything about th House of Com
mons then. I knew mora or leu about
what waa going on there, because on that
subject information I being constantly
thrust upon one, but I had never aeen th
lnsid of th house, so I accepted the Invita
tloa with great glee. I hadn't even beard
what the ladle' gallery wa Ilk. But
Tl at th sentiment of th people of Val- Ignorance was bliss, and I fondly Imagined
ley townrd th county commissioners had aiyself enjoying a long afternoon In a com
beort tii'sr:resnted in an Omaha paper fortable seat In a beautiful, big, airy gal
waj Indicated In a communication from lry overlooking, to the best possible ad
the commcrc lul club of that town to th I vantage, a spirited cn beneath. I put
beard. The newspaper articles referred to 1 on pretty clothes and strutted down to my
declared much dissatisfaction existed there I club in Piccadilly for luncheon, ao I would
over the delay in the work on the bridge
acres ths river. The communication to
th board said th criticisms were unjust
and unauthorised and expressed the thsnks
of th people ef Valley for the work the
commissioners had done for the town.
The board allowed John P. Vendengren
1300 for Injuries sustained by hlmsolf aid
team In the collapse of a bridge near Ben
son while he wa driving over it.
Commissioner ITre was appointed a dele
gate to the national charities meeting to be i wanted to go
be sure to arrive at the house later than
the appointed hour. It was a glorious day,
th first I had seen since last November
in, New Tork, and I wtfnted to stay out In
It, but I wanted more to go Into th House
Of Commons. I felt profoundly gratified
when my cabby drove at last through th
great iron gat which leads Into the in
ciosur oehiua Westminster hall, upon
which I had gated so often from the bridge
above. He didn't seem quite certain where
held in Philadelphia and he was allowed
fTB to defray his expenses. In case he does
not care to go he Is allowed to appoint an
alternate.
MOTHEh SENT FROM COURT
Wemaa Refwsea te Take Children Be
fore Javeall Jadg-e ait
tnsi wllk Mim.
Mrs. Dove, the mother of two truant chil
dren, was Inclined to dispute the authority
of ths juvenile court Saturday morning and
waa escorted out of the court room by the
bailiff under orders from Judge Sutton.
Mrs. Dove's children had been up before
th court for truancy and sh wss ordered
to bring them with her Saturday morning.
She appeared heraclf. but did not bring the
children. When the judge aaked why she
had not brought her ofrnpriug she declared
It was hot necessary as she had kept them
In school all week. When the court In
sisted the children would have to b pro
duced In court sh started to argue th
matter. Bh was ordered te go home and
come back with th children or they would
be taken to th detention home
"To th 'ouse, ma'am T"
"Yes, to th ladies' entrance."
Dreams fhattered.
He looked at me doubtfully and then
stopped to ask a policeman at th gat
if it was all right. It was; ao h drove
on under th archway into a great, dark
court, Thar wasn't any broad doorway
leading Into a marble corridor ' through
which I could I weep to an "alabaatar atal
case." as I rosily Imagined there would
be. There was just an ordinary little
wooden door set 1 1 a solid, smileless, blank
atone wall and guarded by just an ordinary
little wooden "bobby This bobby helped
me down and led the way for m Into th
reception-room. Th house hadn't gon in
yet and th ladies' gallery wouldn't
open until quarter past two. I had a full
half-hour In which te lose my enthusiasm
In a "reception-room" which might have
led into som dark and noisome dungeon,
to which I had been condemned. It was
about eight fet by ten, I should aay, wit
only a single window, through which ao
light came. One dim little gas jet or else
trio light, which was it t accentuated the
gloom that looked a thousand year old
and te add te the general creepiaeee
couple of dear, old Irish ladiee sat close
been tried. 1'eptol resembles honey in ap
pearance and taste. 11 can either I eaten
as honey is eaten or mixed with water and
taken aa a drink. It cannot be purchased
through the regular sources of traue at
present, l ne oemana nas oeen so great
that th maker are unable to supply th
trade.
Anv th n person in Omaha can get a sup
ply of Feptol from Battle Creek direct.
pena one aonar ana iwg pounao win
ahtnoed. transportation prepaid, with the
understanding that If you do not gain In
weight the money win do retunuea at
once your word suffices.
Start today to increase your weignt.
Every ounce of flesh added la health in
surance. Booklet on reauest. Address,
THE PEPTOb COMPANY. Dept. A 28, Set
tle Creek, Mien.
together on a wooden bench In a corner
talking about "home rule" In stage whis
pers. Th house of parliament tnat naa
looked so airy and light to me from th
outside suddenly became a darksome place
full of whisperings and mystery. I sat in
silence, waiting. There was a promising-
looking little elevator out In the narrow
passage and I kept my ey on that for
company. I knew that it would carry me
up stars presently and that I should sit in
my comfortable seat in th big, airy gallery.
Th ladle's Cage.
"Presently" cam around in due time and
the bobby sauntered to the door and indl.
cated that we might now go up. There
waa something about the place that made
me want to tlptee about and I felt as If I
were In duty bound to look solemn. In the
urper corridor we had to do another little
wait, ao I amused myself by making ,the
most of a splendid view of the great tower,
than which there Is no more beautiful piece
of architecture In the whole world. This
la a bread statement, but It la my belief.
think the British house of parliament
the most beautiful and the most satlsfac,
tory building tnat I have seen in the world
and I never grow tired of gasing at It from
Westminster bridge, where It looks, at
hlah tide, like a palsce of dreams, lace
like, light and perfectly symmterlcal, an
chored upon .the blue-gray, caressing
stream. Its details blend themselves Into
perfect whole from a distance, but from
where I stood, at a corridor window at the
very top of the building,' all the delicate
tracery of the sculptor's chisel was re
vested to me and I was thoroughly enjoy
ing It, when I heard a door open noisily and
a voice say, "This wsy, ladles." I save my
host's name and received the number of
my seat from an Irtensely uniformed usher
and then tlptoeTl up a narrow atalrway and
Into the ladles' gallery. Dear me, what
shock! I felt as If I had suddely stepped
Into a Turkish sfragllo, and my Incline
tlon to keep qnlet Immediately left me.
although the only visible ornament waa a
big white card bearing the notice In big
black letters, "Silence Is requested."
I'alnvltlna- larresadlnga
The ladles' gallery la only a little room.
large enough, perhaps, to hold twenty-five
or thirty women, at the very tip-top of the
house, and it has four walls. Verily, four
walla, although the one next the housa is
compusc3 of a aerlea of heavy Iron grilles,
through which one may look upon the as
sembly below; that Is, if one is fortunate
enough to have secured a front seat. Other
wise I fall to see how a visit to the House
of Commons can be In the least entertain
Ing. Luckily I was assigned to a seat in
the front row of stiff wooden chairs, and
could, by leaning against the grille, see and
hear something of what was going on. Of
course the first question which presents
itself to one's mind Is How came the ladles'
gallery so? What are English women that
they should be shut up here Ilk a danger
ous element T, The fact of the matter Is
th grille represents a great concession on
th part of th men of England. They have
been opposing the efforts of women to get
Into their midst ever sine government by
the peeple waa Instituted, and befor that,
Indeed. In the old House ot Commons there
waa no ladles' gallery. Ther waa only the
stranger' gallery, Into which all manner
ef people might gain admittance If they
could bring th tight sort of Influence to
bear upon th right sort of person. Women
were traditionally barred. It seems, but
they began to come into the strangers' gal
lery just the same, and to make them,
selves altogether conspicuous during th
seventeenth century.
On day, th first day of June, 167G, ther
wa a very Important debate coming before
th hous. and it wa necessary, that each
member should be wholly concerned with
his business. They all filed Into their places
In the usual way, and the speaker took his
seat, remarking significantly aa he did so
"I'm sure I saw petticoats!" And sure
enough he did. There were a number of
women half concealed on the upper benches
In the gallery, and they were politely but
firmly requested to leave. But they refused
to move. Again and again they were asked
to go home because they were not wanted
at this particular debate, but they aat tight
and tittered. It must have been exasperat
ing to those worthy old lawmakers, who
thought they knew so well what a woman'
plac was, but it was no use; the women
stayed for two solid hours. After thia tt
was decided that they must not be al
lowed in th strangera' gallery at all, and
a proposition was set forth to partition off
a w bit of a corner away around at the
aide and screen Tt oft with Iron lattice
work, through which the ladles might see
without being seen. That was in the old
house, end the gallery In the new house
Is the direct mult of this old ruling. The
"gnue" stands today an eloquent bit of
testimony to the fact that "man has not
yet rounded Csp Turk." as George Mere
dith says.
Dress of the Coaautn,
The house waa just filling up aa I took
my seat, and I had aa opportunity te get
a fairly good idea as to the sort of nutn
who 'predominates in thia moat liberal
parliament. To begin with. It Is hot a well
dressed parliament, and that Is something
very new In parliaments. The British
House of Commons has been culled the
best dressed body ot men In the world,
and a number of the old members, so con
spicuous In their scarcity, gave ample evi
dence that thia might have once been true.
In England a man must put on a frock
coat and a silk hat after luncheon. Inrteod,
time has tK-n when this was ss necessary
as It Is to pat on full dress at dinner time.
But times are changing. The man who
cannot afford frock coats and silk hats Is
coming forward In England and demanding
that time shall change. If is a fact eon
ceded by everybody that' the Englishman
le the best dressed man in thr world, and
that the English womsn I the worst
dressed womnn In the world, and It ta
rather gratifying to see a gradual exchange
aklng plac between them. No Englishman
would admit that in this America has set
the admirable example, but I think thia la
the truth Just the same. The silk hat and
the frock coat, or th "cutaway" coat, ere
still predominant in the house, even though
there Is an overwhelming liberal mnjnrlty;
but they are so closely In touch with th
flannel shirt, sack suit, red tie and nonde
script soft hat that they may not take
upon themselves any special airs; so the
erstwhile dandyism of the hous Is con
spicuous by Its entire disappearance. If I
may be allowed an Irishism. It is a labor
parliament, and there are men In It who
never wore a frock coat or an evening itilt
In their lives, and who would rather wear
a "dune cap" than a silk hat. Much mny
be expected from such an unusual assembly
In conservative, aristocratic old England,
and that Is why all English eyes are fast
ened upon St. Stephen's.
Yaaasr Men te the Fore.
The new 'parliament Is young In every
way young in opportunity, in ambition. In
beliefs and in years. That Is the first
thing to impress Itself upon the visitor.
England is essentially a country of the
aged and the ndddle aged. It haa been aald
that in a land ao old yeuth haa no place,
and youth baa been advised te emigrate
to the colonies. But aruontf th STO mem
bers of Parliament who flicd Into their
placea under my eyes that day I saw many
mor than half of them. Indeed who were
yet many years on the morning side ot
their prime, and who looked as if they had
but a abort tlm ago quitted th irresponsi
bilities of school days. And th atmospher
of th plac fairly aparklee with electrlo
life, and vigor. There ia little spectacular
speech making. Oratory seems to b un
popular, and theman who does not confine
himself atrictly to the subject In hand and
say what he haa to aay In a straightfor
ward, simple manner, meets with slight
courtesy or encouragement from his colleagues.
That the house is young in parliamentary
lite is proved, to the vast amusement of
everybody, by the frequent calls of "Order,
order!" rom the benches and from the
speaker. Ther are a thousand and on
llttl rules, unwritten but time-honored.
that each new member must learn after
he haa taken hla seat, and a good many
sittings must be punctuated with cries of
Order, order!" before anything Ilk order
can be arrived at. To a atranger the fun
niest thing, next to the "maiden speeches,"
is the applause.
Charaetertstla Applaate,
There Is only on way to apniaud In the
Britjsh Hous ef Parliament. To clap th
hands or -stamp the feet would be consid
ered In the highest degree unparliamentary,
and would ba howled down in a manner
aa parliamentary aa possible. In fact, par
liamentary applause consists ot nothing but
"Hear, hear!" and these two littl words
may be made to express any degree of
pleasure or approval, from the mildest
acquiescence to the wildest enthusiasm. And
then, too. It may sometimes express dis
approval, which It Is frequently made to do
by members who do not care to descend to
the "jeers" and "ironical laughter" so often
reported parenthetically by the London
press.
It ia said that the late Mr. Gladstone
had a peculiar way of uttering an ironical
'Hear, hear!" that waa ao startling and ao
funny that the member at whom it waa
aimed never knew whether to laugh or to
cry, Mr. Chamberlain, the elder, aeldom
indulgea in any sort of expression. He
listen very attentively and then geta upon
hla feet to make his answer, and it ia
usually effective for the moment, at any
rate. To an American the English "Hear,
heart" la often very funny, even when it
la supposed to be most serious, and one
finds one'a aelf listening more attentively
for the ataccato "H'yah, h'yah!" from the
benches than for telling sentence from the
member who for th tlm being haa th
floor. It ia a strenuous life theae tollers
lead, but It la Interesting. I aat in th
women' gallery from 2:15 until exactly 12,
midnight, with an intermission only just
long enough for a hurried dinner In th
"green room" down below, and I waa sorry
to hear the motion for adjournment, even
if I bad quite flattened my poor face
against the unfriendly Iron lattice of the
cage in which I waa confined.
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Week Starting
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ANNUAL
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CLEARANCE SAL
OUR ENTIRE GTOCK OF
Suits, Goats, Skirts, Crav
enattos and Patticoats
"Will be offered to Omaha money savers at 40 to 50 per
cent of the regular value. These are bona fide reductiona
that will long be remembered as the greatest cuts in the
prices of ladies garments ever offered in this city.
Come early-Monday and investigate for yourself.
"We must have room for our wash goods, and posi
tively nothing will be reserved.
A few $ .WOO
Knits will
pell at
A few $2.00
Suits will
sell at
A few fir.oo
Suitg will
aoll at
A few 120.00
Skirts will
sell at
110.00 Sklrta
will
sell tt
I17.R0 Oorert
Ooatg will
ell at
25.00
14.90
7.50
13.50
6.90
12.50
tfl.OS Covert
Conts will
ell at
$25.00 Crat
enette will
ell at
$15.00 Cray
enettes will
sell at
I1S.00 Tettl
conta Will
sell at
$10.00 retti
conta wlU
' sell at
$7.50 rettl
coata will
sell at
7.50
15.00
9.90
9.90
7.90
3.90
INCENDIARY BLAZE SPREADS
Fire Starts in Bara and Catches Sev
eral Strnctares, bat Does So
Exteaslve Damage.
A fire, supposed to be of Incendiary ori
gin, broke out In the barn on the premises
of Frank P. Moore, 2015 Miami street, about
10 o'clock Friday night. Th barn and
adjacent tool shed wer badly damaged.
The fire communicated to the barn on th
premises of O. Stevenson In rear of 2011
Miami street and damaged both structures
to the amount of about 160, on which ther
wa an Insurance of t22S.
The same fire communicated with th
bam in rear of the premises of Douglaa A.
Davis, 1011 Ohio street, and the wagon
shed In rear of 2niQ Ohio street on th
premises of George Redman, entailing a
losa of about J260 on both structures.
At 2:10 Saturday v morning another fir
broke out in rear of the premise at 18
Ohio- street, eauslng a loss of about 1100.
There waa tl .000 Insurance on the house
and barn. At the same time a shed In rear
of 2010 Ohio street waa burned.
S. Fredrick Berger & Co.
Authorities on Gtyle,
The New Cloak Shop. 1517 Farnam St.
WANTED 50 Girls on coats and skirts for Alteration Department
i r -i r
THREE CR00KSARE TAKEN IN
Trio of Robbers Who Confess ta
Breaking; In Car Landed
by Detectives.
Detectives Ferris, Dunn, lloltfeldt and
Donahue arretted three crooks about 8:30
Friday night and locked tbsm up for ex
amination. It has since developed that the
men are professional burglar and had just
completed a Job of car robbery at Missouri
Valley. They took a quantity of clothing
and ahoea from the car and left their old
clothes, having outfitted themselves with
their plunder. Then they went over to the
No; th western shed house at Missouri Val
ley, stole a handcar and, loading up with a
quantity of clothing and ahoes, came down
to Council Bluffs. Making their way to j
Omaha they were finally taken In by the :
Omaha detectives and considerable of the
plunder waa xecovered. They give their
name as Frank Stalph of Dea Molnea,
Oeorg Youngers, colored, of Texas, and
Jamts Smith of Dea Moines. They con
fewsed to th burglary. The officer are
looking for th remainder of the plunder.
The "Friedman Shoe Maker"
LECTURE No. 6
After cutting out n joining; the dozen or more Parts of
each Shoe and selecting the proper Last the Shoe is reidy for
the "Laster." Most of this Work on the "ATLANTIC
Shoe is done by Hand assisted by a Machine that grips the
Vamp (lining and all) and pulls it "tightly" over the Last,
after which it is temporarly tacked until the Sole is ready to
be attached. Net a wrinkle in the Lining, not a wrinkle
across the Foot, not a wrinkle under the Arch that's the
result of the conscientious Work done by my Men and the
modern Machines and Methods in use.
Bs the new Spring and Summer Styles of "ATLANTIC" Shoes
ahewra by leading Retail Dealers la ersry town. Take no etaer.
ried man
MAf&R ONLY I MOUSE IN IQO00 HAS SUCH A frtCOKO. OA LUUfdj
POWER TO GIVE GOOD DEED
Might mt First C hristian hnrrh ta
Be Tested In Legal
Salt.
A suK was filed in district court Saturday
which will test the right of the First Chris
tian church to give a deed to Its property
at Nineteenth and Farnam streets. The
suit wss brought by Wilson T. Graham on
a contract he claims to havs had to buy
the property of the cfiijrcb. Owing to the
fact the church is not incorporated, he saya
It waa unable to give a legal title, lit
want the court to direct the organisation
to tak such steps a will enable It t glv
hint a valid title,
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