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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1907)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1907. V T u m1 1. 1 K 17 , I 5 4 ' H4"-n'''- H'4VfV4i .vtev list- rs0 zrtsfM ! Vj'. 1 I ii iV'uwt .w.m ms Hi ' mil mm in. .111 mil urn """"I ' ' " ' 1 w f Ni;V' - .::ih IssM 1 "v .v-4 'IP$ II j. -jfr t n. iw "i" --J v? M II i T Will HE Keeley Institute building, with interior views of the spacious dub room, and one of the elegant sleep ing rooms. The upper right hand picture shows Mr. Burns, the manager of the Omaha Institute, at his desk. Mr. Burns gives his personal attention to every detail of the institute, as well as answering all correspond ence. The present home of the institute has been fitted up especially for Eeeley Institute purposes, by Mr. Burns, after years of observation and experience as to what is desirable in such an establishment. It contains elegant sleeping rooms, perfectly heated and lighted by the most modern appliances; numerous bath and toilet rooms, with an abundant supply of hot water, etc., supplying as it does all the comforts and privacy of one's home. There are commodious club rooms and offices. .The dining room is very artistic and convenient. The building is perfectly sanitary in the strictest sense, extreme care having been exercised in this most essential par ticular. All patients are cared for in this perfectly appointed building, WEN'TY-SEVEN years of uninterrupted success,' the indorsement of the friends of humanity, and the applause of mor than three hundred and fifty thousand t;radnates. la the record of the Keeley cure lor liquor ana arug aaaicuons. m 1880, when Doctor Keeley declared that drunkenness was a disease, and that he had dlscoTered a remedy for It, the declaration was received much as the news of Oallileo s discovery that the earth was round, or Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. Abuse and ridicule were heaped upon the bold scientist. Even so treat a philosopher as Bacon did not believe in blood circulation. Bmt truth Is ever triumphant, and time and Investigation have confirmed n that Twtnr k1pv rlnlmed for kla twin discoveries disease and the remedy. What Dr. Keeley said then, and what the pioneer institute at Dwight, IU., and its many branches throughout the United States and elsewhere say today is, namely, that if the drink habit be continued long enough, the victim becomes a drunkard. This indicates a diseased condition wherein the nerve cells have become so accustomed to performing their functions under .ue Influence of alcohol that they are dependent upon It, and will no longer perform their functions properly and painlessly except when under alcoholic influence. This condition proves that a craving exists. The craving prove a diseased condition of the nerve cells. As the physician diagnoses a cough aa the symptom of diseased condition, the Keeley physician diagnoses the liquor desire as a symptom of diseased nerve cells. The general practitioner aims to remove the cause; when this la don the symptoms disappear. Tne Keeley treatment restores the cells to a normal condition and the craving for drink disappear. irons but uuraiu non None but the drunkard known the abysm! depths Into which be hi plunged by alcoholic reaction during the "bracing" period. Th most vivid description of Gough, even the graphlo pa of Zola, does not exaggerate the reality. He ha neither hope nor health, neither peace within or calm without. This craving, this desire for illmu limt, ti e Keeley cure removes. In four weeks, self-control Is revived, the will power Is strengthened, and the man Is seat back into the world a self-respecting, normal, sensible person. Alcoliollo tremor of the tortured nerve, delusions of the drunkard, and the outward physical Indications of the hard drinker are also re moved. In their pluce Is a strong moral courage, a self-ounfidenoa that htis not been manifested for years, and renewed energy that meuns hope and contentment. A phllospher once summed up foollshnes thus: "When a man la a fool and knows that he Is a fool, then he Is a wise man: but when he is a fool and doesn't know It, then Indeed ha is a fool." Many men fool themselves in regard to whiskey, but they do not deceive their friends. The "I-oan-take-lt-or-lef-lt-alone" man goea along nlcelv on that policy for a time; then. In the progressiva pro cess, he "takes It" and does not "let It alone." Of course, ha says "I ciin quit," but the whistle seldom blows for his quitting time. He finds that he has a constant desire for alcohol, that the day's work cannot be done without stimulants, and that stimulant is necewaary to his even moderate comfort The craving grows by what It feeds upon: the nerve cells act abnormally, and fail to perform their natu ral functions unless supplied with alcohol. It Is with these canes that the Keeley cure has met its greatest success. The Keeley statistics on the development, progress and cli max of the drink disease on certain temperament sare startling and Illuminating. Drinking men are classified as "constant drinkers," "periodicals," "chronlo alcoholics" and "dipsomaniacs" The Keeley Institute does not treat true dipsomania. There Is no cure for it so far as the Keeley cure is concerned, as It is not claimed that It will cure Insanity. "COSBTAXT SBtirZEB" XV DAHOI. The "constant drinker" outnumbers the others: but however cun nlngly he may plan to outwit alcohol, he Is shunted on the same road and finds the sum finish as tha other victim. He Is the "moderate drinker" at the beginning; then, aa tha dlseasa develops, more whis key is consumed and a tolerance for whiskey Is established until many times the usual amount Is required to produce tha stage of ex hilaration desired. Like the drug habit, the whiskey doaes are con stantly Increased until the disease Is thoroughly established. Though the "constant drinker" drinks dally, It Is not necessarily to tha point of Intoxication; however, a large percentage also Increase excessively at Intervals, which become shorter and shorter. Statistics show thst a large majority of patients received at Keeley Institute have a history of moderate to excessive drinking extending over a period of from five to ten years previous to their arrival. Ex ceptions are limited where the moderate use of liquor was continued for twenty years or mora. The Keeley diagnosis of alcoholism is that it is an acquired disease and not hereditary. Tha beat proof of this Is the disastrous effects of liquor upon the Indians, whose an cestors knew not Its use. It is shown In fnjnlltee where boya fall vio tlms to the habit and glrla do not An English commission of scien tists, who recently Investigated tha subject, decided that drunken ness was not hereditary, but was an acquired disease. Several charac teristics are transmissible, but not acquired hablta or characteristics. There Is a destiny that shapee even the drunkard's end He Is moulded Into the kind of a drunkard he la by circumstances and tem perament. The "periodical" educates himself, one might say, In that fashion of drinking. H swings from strict sobriety to excessive Indulgence and back again. The "constant drinker" haa passed ' through freshman, sophomore and Junior classes until ha graduates a wreck In the senior alcohol class. 8o, too, with tha condition of chronlo alcoholism. Environment has much to do with the acquirement of the disease, but once estab lished, environment has little effect. Tha farmer victim, leading tha simple life, will Indulge In axoesses equal to his brother In the city. Of moderate drinkers, one man In every ten becomes a drunkard. Tha reason he becomes a drunkard Is because he has a nervous tempera ment, peculiarly susceptible to alcohol. It la a fallacy that beer or light wines, taken as a substitute for ' whiskey, will not establish tha disease. It haa been proven that many beer drinkers take Into their systems qulta as much tha alcohol craved as whiskey drinkers. In doing this tha vital organs are over loaded and overworked, flabby muscles and fatty tissues develop from It- the heart Is weakened and lung power diminished. Bear has been put under the ban In tha army of Imperial Germany because It discovered that the beer drinking troops could not stand tha fal of marching as wall as austaluers. obxbjhs-ct rmoossa Tha first "stepping stone" from "hie dead self" Is the 8oberlnk-uj process. This requires a day sometimes two or three. Victims to whom liquor has been a necessity for years are given liquor In such quantities as may be required to prevent suffering and until they are comfortable without it. and tben It is withdrawn completely. This Is Invariably accomplished In a few days, but never before the patient's condition justifies It there Is no nausea as the object Is to remove tha craving or necessity, and not ta create a disgust for liquor If upon arrival the patient ta unable to care for himself, ha Is laced under the supervision of an attendant. Each patient 4s given a thorough examination to determine the condition of his mental and physical health In order that the treatment may be adapted to bis requirements. A clinical record showing the patient's progress from day to day Is kept. Tha hypodermlo remedy la administered four times daily. At tha same time, each patient's pulse la examined, and. If required, auxiliary medicines are prescribed. There is no restraint on patients: they may go about as they please, gentlemanly deportment and regularity as regards the treat ment only being insisted upon. They are required to attend one lec ture a week. These lectures are given In the assembly room In tha laboratory, and their ohjec. la to assist tha patients In their efforts toward a better life. Tha personnel of the patients Is a surprise to tha student of humanity. Tha vulgar and tough element Is not there. No drunkenness or disorder Is visible. Cheerfulness la a feature o the cure. Among the Keeley graduates are senators, congressmen, business men. merchants, laboring men and physicians; of the last named seventeen thousand have taken the cure. While thousands upon thousands of testimonials have been riven by the cured, the Keeley Institute takes much pride In the testi monials and Indorsements of prominent men, who, not requiring treatment themselves, have observed Its wonderful effect The lata Joseph Medlll,, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, after a thorough test, wrote: 'I sent Doctor Keeley five of the worst drinkers and opium eaters I could find. After a month they were sent back cured. The poison had been expelled from their systems. They looked as If a mlreola bad beau performed upon them." . TBSTXXCOirXAX,B "The Keelev treatment for aloohollsm haa won for Itself so many warm friends that I oould not refrain from giving It the credit It has earned. I believe It to be a most efficient remedy aglnat the destroying appetite for strong drink." Uev. J. M. Cieary, Pre, C T A U A mftrlcft. "I am thoroughly In sympathy with tha Keeley Cure." Dr. Park hurst New York. . "I say In conjunction and unison with the mothers who nave been blessed: "Ood bless and prosper tha Keeley Gold Treatment" Mrs. Leonora M. Lake, Third Vice-President C T. A. U. SHOWS GOOD BEBUX.T8 As has been stated, the Keeley work was established In 1880, and consequently It Is In Its twenty-seventh year, long enough to con vince, the most skeptical of the permanent benefits derived from tha Keeley treatment A business can be conducted for a certain length of time on advertising alone, but results must be shown to Insure continued prosperity, and prosperity la observable everywhere In the Keeley work. CATTIOH. The Keeley Cure or Remedies are not given or used In Nebraska by any Sanitarium or Individual outside the OMAHA KEJ3LET IN STITUTE. The only INSTITUTE IN NEBRASKA. The remedies are obtained from tha Laboratory af tha Leslie 20, Keeley Company. Tha only oure endorsed by tha United States government. B1WUZ OV DOTATIONS. To the Publloi Tha Xsalay Institute, corner of tStlk end Case streets, Omaha, Kebraska, la tha only place La the state where the geanlM Baeley Bemedlsa and Treatment la given. Signed THI X.S8X.IH B. XZET.ET CO., Bwlrht, XIL, Curtis J. J odd. Secretary, Write for Fre Booklet. "Facts About the Keeley Cure." to The Keeley Institute. Omaha. Nebraska, Corner Twenty-fifth and Case Streets Scenes Around the Old Den Door Where Knights and Strangers Meet N MONDAY evening, the regular Initiation O nights, the south entrance to the den is invariably the scene of the liveliest ani mation. The interior of the big building Is ablaze with electric light, as is the spa cious lobby and the big covered, air porch extending cut front the main entrance la brilliantly Illuminated with Incandescent lights, making it an Jde&l lounging; place. The prospect of some new stunt or improvement ir the torture of the rookies is sure to draw a big crowd of old, battle-scarred knights, who- have won their spurs In conquering the emerald steed or in suo cesafully overcoming the Intricacies of & muster into the Signal Corps of King Ak-Sar-Ben's army of tha XII Ua dynasty, and who are anxious to see how the latest installment of recruits la likely to endure the lerlla of enlistment into the Knighthood of Qui vera. Prospective recruits are notified to be on hand not later than 8 o'clock each Monday night at the Den, and there under the spacious porch they arc sure to be greeted by sympathizing friends amply supplied with "first aid for the wounded" appliances and are given a cordiality of welcome that In a measure dls liela the anxiety that animates them with varying de grees of suspicion and terror. Chairs and benches are provided and the working team has seen to 'it in the , meanwhile that a number of knights have been de railed to hunt out the stranger visitors end that they are made to feel at home and that their welcome shall be sincere and cordial. The crowd rapidly increases from 8 o'clock with each arriving street car, and many come in automo biles, carriages and afoot. The gathering ia thoroughly democratic and here, on a common level. Ires from any atiffneas or formality, meet men of every class, profession and uge. Clerks, stenographers, college "presidents, college professors, teachers, ministers, priests, rabbis, congressmen, governors, railway mag sates railway agents' conductors' stockmen, motormun. engineers, surveyors, Judges, lawyers, doctors, may ors, counclluien, superintendents, traveling men, hotel ' men, army officers, newspaper men and men of every calling and profeeelon who bear a respectable name. ;from every or anywhere. It is not an unusual thing to discover In any of these gathering representatives not only from every state in the union, but also men from England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portu gal, Hawaii Cuba. Porto Rico, South America, Pan ama. Alaska, Mexico, Canada, South Africa. Japan and China. The social atmosphere surrounding the Den is one of the utmost cordiality and good nature and proba bly nowhere and at no time are the cares of business, politics and domestio life more completely thrown to the winds than at the door of the Den. It is the clear- 1 Ing house of care and business worry. Men become boys again in the enthusiasm of the hour, and amid th'j fragrance of cigars there breathes the-' spirit of the heartiest good will and genuine good fellowship. Friends meet here who may not have met before for years. New faces are constantly arriving and the stranger la invariably sought out and made known to kts old friends and given the assurance that he has found new friends. Old Ak-Sar-Bea days are talked over and the universal agreement is that this thlr- ; tee nth celebration of the great festival Is going to be the e'eatest and best of all of them. Groups assem ble here and there to discuss the best plans for mak- ' taf this rear greater than aU of its predecessor. Oo- JJt .ri ... ' r t i .'.r" V v X 1 a--. T IV- k . . .:.') . . . ' i' ii !i( ulated. They have discovered that the motive spirits of Ak-Sar-Ben are not professional showmen looking only to the advancement of a personal Interest, but that they are the live, virile, energetic and responsible business men of Omaha, who, knowing what Omaha and Nebraska Is capable of doing and being, will spare aat of means, energy and enthusiasm to effect a real ization of those needs. Thus the great doorway to the Den means mors than a mere entrance to a building. It is the welcom ing portal to the hospitality of Omaha, the "Open, Se same" into the great pulsating business heart' of tha metropolis of the Missouri valley and gateway of aa empire of limitless resources. Thirteen and Its History as a Hoodoo AROUND THB CLERK'S DESK AT THE OLD DEN DOOR. timism prevails everywhere and men, enthused with, the prevailing spirit tell of the best happenings of their lcoaJltiee. The grouch, the knocker or the kiuker will find himself In a very uncongenial atmos phere about the door of the Den. Though the legend Is not written over the portal to Samson's castle, yet it does not take a man long to know that "All ye who have abandoned hope will find a brand new install ment of It here." Usually an hour or more is1 spent at the door et the Den in story telling, smoking and visiting. Occasion ally some kodak fiend in order to get a living picture of what a real, live, energetic, enthusiastic bunch of Nebraska boosters looks like will take a snap shot at the crowd. There is an unceasing buza of conversa tion, broken only by some outburst of hearty laughter responsive to a well told story. Every one seems anx ious to tell some good thing of Nebraska and from the visitors come the invariable expression of amazement over the tremendous growth of Omaha during the last year, and all accord to Ak-Sar-Ben the honor and glory of all these good things. The trip of the Com mercial club "boosters" to the northwest is talked about and all unite in ascribing to that trip abounding future good to Nebraska and Omaha. With the appearance of some choice spirit among the visitors who will make a good subject tor the tor ture at the hands of Gus Renze's minions, knowing clances are exchanged among the old standbys who have been through the mill. And so goes the merry hour along until the appearance of several of the work ing team, resplendent la uniforms of yellow, red or green, which is the signal that something will be doing before many more minutes. These uniformed knights are generally out among the crowd for a purpose which is only divulged In the secret work. Friend who have thus (ay cared tor and looked after their special rookies advise them to get ready for business and implicitly follow the Instructions of. the uniformed centurions. The big, cool lobby, with, Its equipment of chairs, is also thronged with knights and their friends. In a farther corner is a huge pile of square cushions which are zealously guarded by the working crew. ' Strangers are 'Introduced to new friends and the scenes outside the big doors are re peated in the lobby, when suddenly Is heard the sten torian voice of the centurion commanding the recruits to get ready. The strains of a band are heard, and tben, as of one Impulse, the old knights crowd through the Den entrance to get a view of the proceedings about to begin on the Inside. The recruits, seldom less than 200 In number, are each provided with one of the cushions and told to follow their file leader and before they know what Is happening they are being marched through another entrance, led by the Ak-Sar-Bea baud into the place of sacrifice to doleful music The bestowal of a cushion upon each of the recruits looks a little suspicious to ihem, but with, a courage . born of confusion and mingled hope and desperation they take the cushion mechanically and disappear with their fellow miserable into the winding passage way and are not seen again outside until they have been invested with all the dlguities of knighthood in the Kingdom of Quivera. With each new installment of knights Is made that many more boosters for Nebraska and Omaha. After the ceremonies the new-made knights as special guests of Ak-Sar-Ben are given additional entertainment, and the season of good fellowship Is resumed. They have discovered thajt they have become Inoculated with a fever of loyalty to all things that can go to the up building of the Ak-Sar-Ben state. They realize that Omaha Is wholly and absolutely tor all of Nebraska, lor with Its growth so is the growth of the state stlm- WLLL the figure "13" after the official name of this year's ruler of the king dom of Quivera prove a Jonah, or a charm? Is It possible that It will come to pass that the Zth year of the reign of bis majesty, King Ak-Sar-Benu will be the most prosperous of all the thriving years since his royal personage took the throne? In spite of 2,000 years, of superstition declaring the contrary, there are over 1,000 loyal knights of the realm who will answer a vigorous "yes" to both of these questions. And If you quiz them further they will point out the well-known tact that It' was in the 13th year of the reign the number of the loyal subjects of the king mounted above the 1,000 mark. They will also point out the broad fields of growing crops, the eoffers of the merchants bursting with cola ot the realm and the streams of people thronging to the capital city ot the kingdom to buy their wares for the coming twelve months. Then still further to give plausibility to their hopes they will point out Instances In which the much-dreaded number proved to be, like the old hag In the fairy story, who turned out to be a beautiful angel la disguise, a mascot Instead of a hoodoo. They may point out a story published a few days ago in the newspapers of the man who served 13 years In the penitentiary. Daring the 13th. year, when the superstitious- would naturally expect the worst luck of his whole term. It was discovered he was Innocent and steps will bo taken to have him released. The tale of the old woman who placed 13 eggs under a hen and at the proper time found fourteen chicks alive and healthy la the seat. And so the hopeful knight will multiply Instances until all but those who are most firmly grounded in their superstitions will bo con vinced. But the old-fashioned man who plants his potatoes in the dark of the moon, picks his picaio days by the use of the goose bone and runs when he sees a black cat coming, will stand his ground and shake his head at the reckleEsnesa of the wearers ot the little button bearing the mystic figures. . To him the 13th day of the month is full of weird and dreadful significance. When that day happens to fall on Friday he walks around town with cat-like tread and refuses to take any part la the activities of life until the next day. Why has all this dark and dreadful significance attached itself to the spooky number 13? The savaut who trails superstitions and other uncanny things to their lairs will say it was because Christ and His twelve disciple sat down to the last supper together, and within a tew days Christ was crucified and Judas, the betrayer, hung himself. But the man who takes his comfort from ghostly beliefs will shake his bead at this explanation. According to his version some thing dreadful bad to happen because the party was made up of the mystlo number, But whatever may have been the origin of the Idea, It ia true that a shudder and a holding of the breath in horror has always gone with the number, and when the knights of the king made It their symbol tor the year's campaign they were overturning the supersti tions of ages. Even among the Turks the number is viewed with alarm and among some of the tribes the word meaning 13 Is not used at all, but another word,, "ztyadeh," is substituted for It. This logical way of getting around a real difficulty Is taken as an indication that the dark-skinned Mohammedan is a shark at breaking hoodoos. Whatever canny doubters may say, there are au thentic instances in which the number 13 has proven to be the most fatal of all hoodoos. In medieval Eng land the wages of the hangman was always 13 pence half penny. According to custom every man had to pay his own hangman unless be was a pauper. This he did just befbre the black cap was drawn over his face. So it came to pass in a large number of well authenticated cases that the payment of 13 coins to the hangman was a sure sign of a sudden death la the Immediate family of the payee. In the superstitious awe of the middle ages, drops of blood were seen oa each one of these 13 coins and naturally there grew up among the cultured classes of the kingdom a great aversion to giving the tainted money to the official rope manipulator. Sometimes-the penurious gentleman went so far as to kick on paying for his own hanging, even if the amount was only 13 pence. In order to administer a rebuke to him and deal out proper punishment for trying to argue the question, the king would send him to the block and charge him as many pounds for the execution as he would have had to pay pence had he been reasonable in his demands. This form of re buke Is said to have been very popular with the great common people, because it enabled them to witness a real bloody decapitation for the price of aa ordinary hanging. It is only natural that the most widespread form ot the 13 superstition should have reference to, that number of nrrsons sitting at the same table. This Is due to the origin of the belief, and many are the din ner parties that have been interfered with because someone refused to sit at the same table with twelve others. The old Dutch proverb, "The 13th maa briags death," is a crystallization of this same table uperstlp tion. The statistician has tried to cry down this belief by relating that statistics will demonstrate that ot 13 people of average ape who may be together at any particular time, one at least is very liable to be called hence within a year, and he will point to Insurance tables to back up his belief. He may talk by the Lour to demonstrate that the number has nothing to do with the calamity, but the loyal members ot the 13 club will still refuse to be convinced that natural (Continued ea Page Tea,,