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II THE OMAHA SUNDAY r.EK: DECEMKKIi .". lfX). -V 'I . I - - ,J,I,. ,.t 1 3 i - V 1W " " "1 1 "J r" V f r si w . IML'LATED DEAF MUTES ircntsrei of t Baiket Ball Team of Fakiri. IhlfYLL OF THE SPORTEJG LIFE Hi ilc Profitable Trips Tbraitk oaotry with wlet mm ever Clot (mtkl TalLlau. NEW YORK. Pec. . There used to be a hafket ball team which played all over the country and which might have been ailed the Quiet Wuinl. slthough as a mat ter of fart the name was a little different. Thin team was made up of deaf nmtea, supposedly, from an Institution for those pit affected. At th beginning of their ac tivities the QuIit Quint did really and truly consist entirely of deaf mutes. They weve coached by una of the best men who ever played tha game. These deaf mute players naturally pave signal with their hands, liy dint of nich ing together and studying and playing the game hard tha Quiet Quint, who were physically pretty husky, eventually got to gether a team that was hard to beat. It was a team that was very much tn demand among the regiments and clubs not so very long ago when basket ball was beirut played In every sort of lilt lis bus that might be railed a hall and would give the home team an undeniable advantage. So the Quiet Quint began to travel around, ml what with being novel and moreover a first rate team, they began to make a lot of money. This condition was all right as long as the team was legiti mately one from . the, institution repre ss ted. How the Chaage Came. But after two or three seasons some of tha player had to drop out because of buslneaa or for other reasons and then it becam a question of filling their place with other players who could keep up the reputation of the team for ability so that it would continue to get tha good guarantees and gate receipts. For basket ball, as any one can tell you, Is the most strictly pro fessional amateur game there la. Here, of course, was the Quiet Quint team under pressing necessity of getting some good players. To tha man who is an amateur in spirit It might seem likely that its coach simply went to work and de veloped some mora men out of tha insti tution. But he didn't. He went out and got two or three of the crack amateur nearly) player of the day. At this point the objection naturally Is made. How did these men disguise their presence on the team? Weren't thty known under their true names to many other players, and how could they cover tholr abllity to hear and to speaJt? The answer how bow great la the Influence of sport for aelf-control. To be sure there were player a-plenty who faced these men who knew their true names, but because most of these players had little private eccentricities which oor-adionally took them Into other field , under assumed name too they didn't start anything about their aemt-pros., or rather semi-amateur, that might have been in the nature of a boomerang. Ttny Jut let. It go at that, knowing that they In turn would be safe. But the other thing, the di?gulslnj of the fact that these players could speak and h' ar. was the wonderful part. "I played against Jim for three year on a club team." said a man who after ward played on the same college team as .Tim. "without knowing that he could iltlier spesk or har. Tou know, he isn't much given to talking anyway." Trained 1st Vat Twlklwa?. These young men there were generally at least two on the Quiet Quint team who didn't belong there except one season, the lat of all went to work to learn the daf mute language and learned also to keep a Mrong hold on themselves. They played against some pretty tough plains and made loiig tour with the real def mutes, but always were careful not to show that they spoke or heard that Is when any one u around who might bear tale and so spoil their chances for further profitable engagement In the good town they visited, because these long trip with a team that was a profitable attrac tion meant money, and often lot of It. to these amateur professional. In three or four separate seasons about five different men learned the deaf mute alphabet and went out with the Quiet Quint. Id each case these player after ward played on college team and occa sionally invaded the district where they had been before the district where thy no noise. Occasionally these play era would be oppo site a man who on the previous occasion when it was ciub team against club team had made use of the belief that his oppo nent couldn't hrar to ue outrageous lan guage about him. In many trips did any player get himself Into trouble, and then It was only mo mentarily. HI opponent, vexed at the cleverness Ms roan displayed, called him a rame. In a twinkling this player, always hot tempered, forgot his supposed infirmity and sent the man sprawling with a blow. The player struck got up from the floor yelling: "Thl guy- a fake! He can hear!" The manager of the Quiet Quint had to Jump In and smooth things over by announcing that this player could hear slightly, and be tn the only man of the squad who could. At any event, as It was the fault of the player of t"i opposing lde In using bad language Uiat started all the trouble, the home club was willing to let it go at that and not make too much of a point about this player hearing what his opponent had said. - Throughout the course of their engage ments with this supposed deaf mute team not once did one of the hired players be tray that he could speak, however. With them it was a- case of money doing the talking, for not one of the players failed to do well on the trips. It was a case of a luxurious time In traveling on the tripe, good food, the best hotel and a good bit for the amateur player after It wa all over. And subsequently these players, or most of them, distinguished themselves on leading amateur club teams and In the colleges. The Quiet Quint isn't doing any business nowadays. The rage for basket ball has died down and the coach I In another line of business. Along Auto Row Viw earag for Aato low Sealer TLstt the Oowatry aad aYepert Frospecta a Bright. Fifty Years of Business Success Why the Schiaoller'& Mueller Piano Company is Celebrating Its Present" Position. Fifty years continuity in business Is what tha Schmolier Mueller Piano Co., is now celebrating. In the year liw. the late Mr. Joseph Mueller engaged In the piano business at Council Bluffs, Iowa, which at that time wa larger than Omaha. Mr. Mueller brought with him a thor ough, practical knowledge of the construction of pianos. Being a mu sician, hi business soon sprang into promi nence and became the prime factor in the piano business of the west. Mr. Mueller was a sturdy personage, whose ambition was to found a piano house that would stand as a monument to his effort and successfully survive him. To aid in this project his eldest son, Arthur, was placed in eastern piano fac tories for several years, where he learnod the piano makers' trade. In due time a branch was established at Omaha and shortly afterward there became Identified with the business Mr. William H. Schmolier, a practical piano builder and also an accomplished rhushJa.' Vith. in creased capital and renewed energy the businesa grew- rapidly. On the demise of the elder Mr. Mueller, the former "Mueller llano Co." was absorbed by what Is now the Schmolier Mueller Plana Co., whose success Is accentuated by Its oc cupancy of the fine building at fUl-Uli Karnam .street, Omaha, and by the con tinued increasing volume of it business. With the Incorporation of the Schmolier tt Mueller 1'iano Co., still more capital was available and better facilities furnished with which to meet the growing demands. About thl time the piano factory of the C. Sommer Piano Co., which had been building pianos in Omaha for several years, was purchased, together with It patents, patterns, tonis and machinery, thus placing the Schmolier Mueller Piano Co. in position to manufacture planoa and at the same time providing it with a fully equipped piano repair shop, capable of doing the very finest work. The success of a business house is not due to accident, but to earnest, honest and conscientious effort backed up by a prac tical knowledge of the business. It can be said that the Schmolier & Mueller Piano Co., since its inception up to the presen.1 time, l as been owned, controlled and man aged by mm who had had practical ex perience and who had learned their trade from the ground up. Furthermore, these men were educated musicians. Being practical workmen they could judge the merits ai.d demerits ot pianos, and being musicians they could dUcern the daltcate gradation of tone which has enabled them since the establish ment ot the house, fifty years ago, to gether under Its roof such pianos a are representative of the highest type in the art of piano construction. Ability to judge ability to buy pioperly ability to meet the demands of the public are the factor which bring sucvees to a business concern. The ability to Judge means the best goods, the ability to buy properly mean getting the lowest market prices; thef faculties "mean an increase of sales. It H these points wherein ran be found the lesson why the Schmolier A Mueller Piano company has reached Its In these case there wa revenee. S.,m tine an aghai-t follower of the game wbo!pr"nt h'sh :nl1'1- When it is furthe; perhaps the winter before saw om of the ' considered that this concern has extensive college players as deaf mutes would be!blencl" l Council Bluffs. Sioux City, tie ted to a line of language tha' he knew Atlantic, la.. and at South Omaha didu't roine out of text books from the lips ! and Uncolu. N b., and ninety-seven dis tributing agencies throughout the slates of Nebraska. South Iwkota, Wyoming and luwa. it will be readily tern that the con pany has enjoyed an tnortnous growth. The company expends its entire energies of (he supposed deaf mute. Harel Keep 111. The thing those hearing and speaking 1 deaf mutes endured were nearly beyond belief. They had to tire I end thev didn't ''ear a thing when some opponent cal'ed anj talents on pianos and their adjuncts. such as piano player, linger pianos and organs no other line. With ample capital behind It. It is rap able of entering the market on a cash basis, buying the best instruments at a minimum of price, which in turn enable It to give tts patrons the advantage ot every possible discount, and last, but not leajt, of glv.ng such eaxy terms as will enable every home to have an Instrument without any appreciable Inconveniences. The success of the Schmoiler & Mueller Piano company is d'te tu Its xrsisient endeavors 10 please and its intelligent catering to the public's desires, and the courtesy a tid leniency extended the puMic. Emest Pweet of the Sweet-Edwards Au tomobile company spent several day last week In the western section of the state He wa on business connected with his sgency. "I think the prospect ar bright," he said. "The people are going to have automobiles. They have th money." He went on to say that the country seemed to be tn a flourishing condition. The peo ple had provided for themselves In about every way possible. Before another year passe the country will be the home of new cars and good cars. The Jackson Automobile company of Jackson. Mich., gave a reception Wednes dsy evening which was ttnded by over I.flUl of It employes and their friend. The occasion of the hilarity waa the comple tion of four big new factory building which the company ha been erecting. The largest building, a three-story structure, ICTxWJ, will be used ' entirely In the con struction of automobile bodies; another, liuxti. with three stories and a basement, will give added space to the painting and finishing department; the third, two storte and a basement. ZOtaCo. will be a much needed addition to the motor works. The Jackson company wilt make all Ha own motor thl year. The fourth building, a one-story affair, lOOxStt, will be used a testing room for automobile chassis. The new buildings will give the factory an In creased floor space of t!0.nog square feet. In addition to the large factory already In use. Quy Smith will famish the city the next police patrol and he la receiving the con gratulations of his friend on all side. Smith la one of the cleanest, cleverest au tomobile men In the country. He ha met a large measure of success tn Omaha and he Is destined to be one of the largest automobile dealer In this section of the west. When he undertook to put In a cer a police patrol, he gave Instructions to his salesmen to talk the Franklin, a If there was no other car in th world. He charged them to avoid even the mere men tion of his competitors. Mr. T. M. Bronwell. one of the men who was prominent In the first efforts to make commercially practical the sale of motor cars In Nebraska and w ho has since been extremely successful tn furthering the sale of a number of leading make of automobile In Omaha and Minneapolis, baa signed a contract with Guy L. Smith, wherein he will be identified with the sale of Franklin and Peerless automobile from now on. Mr. Bronwell' record of dean and successful . promotion of motor car sales ha given him a wide acquaintance in the territories In which he has operated and hi friends will be( pleased to hear of his connection with the rapidly growing establishment of Mr. Smith. The Hudson Motor Car company ef De troit ha received from Mr. 8. D. Ladlger, city attorney of Kingman. Kan., a letter and photograph showing the Hudson "29" being put to unusual use for a car of Its horsepower and prior. The local fire chief ot Kingman. Mr. S. F. Mead, own a. Hud son and uses It to cover all fires In the city and vicinity. He has It equipped to carry eight firemen besides hauling the large hose cart, and It is no unusual thing to see the equipment making a speed of twenty-five miles an hour over the city Ftreeta In response to an alarm. While there are a great many automobile con cerns which are building fire fighting ap paratus, the Hudson Is probably the low est priced car which Is performing such unusual service. As an evidence of the prosperity of the country no better Indication can be cited than the steady and ever Increasing sales of automobiles. In Omaha, as In all other sections, the demand each year grows greater for the possession of automobiles, which are regarded as one of the most necessary factors for either business or pleasure In modern life. During, the last week the Ford Motor company of Detroit has established a branch In Omaha, with Charles T. Gould as manager. Mr. Gould was promoted to the position from that of assistant manager of the Chicago branch. It la the Intention of the Ford Motor com pany to begin the construction of their own building for salesroom and office as I soon as negotiations for a site are con summated. Temporary accommodations have been taken at ml Farnam street, where a full line cf model "Ts" are shown comprising the touring car, tourabout, roadster, coupe and town car. W. L. Huppman Automobile company has one of the largest stocks of new cars in this section of west. Ha believes that it becomes -dealers to put In their auto mobile stocks now. "For." said he. 'in the spring things are going to be in a rush and somebody is bound to be left. I look for the largest automobile trade that the country has ever known." Wallace Auto company has received the big seventy-horse power steamer. The car ! . a superb piece of machinery and at- j tracts a great deal of attention. THE OMAHA. BEE'S DIRECTORY OF AUTOMODILES AND ACCESSORIES MITCHELL Hoadter. 4 cyi., 3 passenger Touring Car. 4 cyl., 5 perKer Touring Car, i cyl., 7 passenaer Colt Automobile Co., 2209 Farnam tliSolni.-l rfc j ZJL Thcmu, Hudson, Plerei, It.plJ naimers-ueiruu bf f pa rj TANKS ini PUMPS S) Li j M- p,nkcrto,, ' LZZ2 U va 5g2i BrandtIa QU,n(. j Jn Detroit liiecino Coit Automobile Co, The CHASE AIR COOLED AUTO The car that solves the dedv-ry problem. Call in for demnTiitrst ion. ( COaTKZBClAX AUTOUOUt CO. 801 South Teat a Street. Doogla 1734. Rambler. Mitchell. 2209 Farnam Si. AUTO MO 01 LEO v,aIlace RakaM Zo-m PAXTQIl-MITCHELL CO. X.r,3 KJs motorcar 24th -Kiir Farnam Str.it. Oea. 7281 2318 Harney Street. A-201 1 W Huffman P On K.adquarttr, 4-CyIinder Car Li lllllilllall Ci UUi lnttr.St&t, $1,750; D.TampIs, ,650; Kupmcblli, $7.50. S0Z8 Farnam Straai. BRUSH RUNABOUT' MARVEL OF WORKMANSHIP T. 6. R3RTHWALL CO. 114 Jsbii St. RSI as in MIDLAND MASON FBEELAMD 8X33. & ASHLEY. 118. Fini St. letroit-Electric JACKSON Pioneer Implement Co. Council Bluffs. Iiwa. 9s Electric TiHITE STEiWER DRUMM0ND 2024 Firaia SL II. E.Frodrickson Automobile Co. t044-4-4S FARNAM STREET Thomas, Hudson, Pierce, Rapid, Chalmers-Detroit leright Automobile Co. -g Stoddard-Cayton, Waverly, Lixlngton, 16 Farnam. Honry H. Van Brunt Overlani, Pope Hartford Council Bluffs, Iowa. it MURPHY DID IT" Aub WSf 14TH AND JACKSON Trimming nun PEERLESS GUY L. SMITH, 2207 fl'iMU ST. F ird REO. FORD, PREMIER. ATLANTIC AUTOMOBILE CO.. Atlantic asJ Couacil Bluffs, Iowa RR KIHRfll I Stevens Unre. CacT.Jac. Stanley Steamer, i 111 rUhlUHLL BAQCOCK ELECTRIC OS Para Street. R. R. KIMBALL, 2026 Farnam SL BAUER ELECTRIC cIHS REO, FR3, ati ftiiTip AiiTtiMnnii p nn IllklliailU flW I UlilUUisals UWS PREMIER Atlantic and Council Bluffs, Iowa. The easiest riding car in the world. C. F. LOUK. 1808 Farnam Street, State Agent. SUEET-EDVARDS AUTO CO. K4".?; 2052 FARNAM STREET FABRY .N SI 285 Linnibifle 4S w a v ! mmm mm AUBURN 2 Cylinder 24 M. P. DmCO I CUK ,e'i"fr ' Cylinder jo ri. p. mum kkinu mVim OMAHA AUT0M01LE CO., 216 S. 19. tlALLADAY In its class without a peer. C. F. LOUK, State Agent, , 1808 Farnam St. APPERSON SALES AGENCY 1102-4 Farnam St H. C. WILCOX. Standard Automobile Go. OMAHA, NIB. CHAS. MKRZ Garage and Repairs Standard Sis AV Nttlinl' INTER-STATE - 750 FuH equipped 4 Cyl. 40 H. P. HUFFMAN & CO.. 2025 Farata St. Distributors WHDTE Steamer Wood's Electric DRUMMOND 2024 Firnia SI MOTOR CARS YELIE AUTQKQEILE CI, 1202 Farnam St. John Deera Plow Co.,. DIstrlbutirs. TV 7r3 n n na V' 2. LJ Kemper, Hemphill & BucKingham Aata Lac?s, RHIitirt irim names that didn't sound pretty, and th-y had to clamp down their tongues from making a comeUck. Also It was mighty bard tor a man h ts accustomed to yell ing. "Over here. Krana," nun he wanted the ball merely tu stand and wave his hands or else to signal wildly to hia tem male whn he la ready to tak. a pass. That. too. wlun one nlht a man might e playing with his deaf mute tnbe and the nut night with some other club where free to talk as much as he pleased or rather as the off. dais would lrt him. It get so eventually with this Lam thki one ason It started out with never a mute n It. Thia was the highest test ef all. be cause these felloae all learned the language uf the finger and used It on all public ccawens. They had te do the real finger wora. too. because there always were folks who came to see the games, deaf mutes themselves, who would have detected any fraud and would have made it known that ttese Uds were faking. 8o they had to pretend from the moment they got Into some small town that they wtre deaf mutes until later on when they were on the train leaving; with the mousy. Ostensibly their manager, who was also th tiaiuer spoken of. waa the only one who could speak. Occasionally be, too, gut late the game and became deaf and dumb. Owe early Css St, So complete was the control thee eol lela aerelopcw that on one occasion only PRATTLE OP THE YOUSGSTEES. "flease. teacher!" "Well, Gwendoline "I told my ma I waa In nouns and a says I may learn the proper noun, but she dun t want ree to have anything to do with the cornmoa one." It waa little Eva' first day at school, and upon ber retura borne she was asked bow shs liked ber teacher. "Oh. I Ilk her. all right," replied Eva, "but I don't think she know so very much. She don't do aaytblng but ask question. President Avery of the Omaha Aulo company made a trip throughout the south ern section of Nebraaak last week. "Every thing Is prosperous,-' be said, "and It Is no trouble to sell Auburn to th best people. iUcIntyre Automobile company ha ac quired property on Farnam street and es i pect to erect a garage during the coming I few month. This company handles the j Oakland. The temporary office of Presi dent Uclntyre is at the Her Orand hotel. Tie Parry car was received last week by Kweet-Edwards Auto company. It Is attracting a great deal of attention. Otto Nestman pronounce it one of the beet medium-priced cars that he ever saw. II. E. Wilcox of th Etandard Auto company is spending this week In Bi. Louis and Indianapolis. He will visit the Etan dard Sis factory In St. Louis and the factory of the National la Indiana. "I am going to bring back a big bunch of a!! of th car that w handle," be said. "Ever sine Th F. B. Ptearn company mad public th announcement that the 'season' method of referring to Stearns car bad been swept am ay, congratulations hav poured In th factory," said Wil liam Wallace, agent for th Btaaras. The time win come.' be said, "wbea there will be no 1909. 110. 1SU or lStf-j model. They will be the best cars that ' the manufacturers ran produce for the money at the time they are sold, and the public will not be discommoded through having r wait for the alleged new models, as the majority of the models are the same old models, at least so for the past two or three years. It has come to al most a finality of construction and stand ard equipment, so why should a man be expected to wait for a manufacturer to i produce something for 1910 that he has produced for 1908 to sell in 1910? Further more, It Is a well known fart that the same parts will largely enter Into the construction of the 1H10 as were in the 1H0O cars, and some of these parts were not delivered In time to make many cars In lttv. "Let the manufacturers' associations and the agents and all Influential bodies set to work to atsist The F. B. Stearns com pany In sweeping the deck clear of this more or less fakey new model propo sition. Give It one grand push overbosrd. and don't throw any life preserver to It." That the rear light question is becoming a serious one for motor car owners in this country as it has been for English owners for some time past Is show by the frequent arrests that ate being made In several localities. Careful as he may be to keep his lamps filled with oil and well trimmed the owner finds frequently that the rear lamp has gone out ar.d that he has laid himself liable to arrest. This comes as a particularly annoying incident because In nine caKes out of ten the motor car owner believes himself to be Inno cent, since he has used every care In see- i ing that his rear lamp is in good con dition. Experiments of a wide range have shown that the most immunity from dang.-r of arrest fjr this cause comes with the in stallation of Incandescents for the side and rear lamps, so all Plerce-Arrow tars for the present season are wiied for electric lamps and a separate battery ou'fit Is pro vided. A switco under one of the tool com partments on the dabh turns thre 1. grits on and off. The lamps are also provided with oil burner fur ue should the omr pre- ; fer them. Ouy L Hmith rep nts an increase in the : sale of mo Frankl'.n Automobiles of over sit per cent over the same period of lnt j v a r Th. unii4iil incr.aHi. Ir t.'fif e he I say, that hi 1910 allotment of car would be disposed of by April 1. Already hi allotment sheet covering the balance for the year have more lines filled by the names of the purchasers than remain open. Mr. Smith ha already delivered about one third Of hi ltflt cars. The Best Built Car in America Experience is the best teacher. You ought to choose an automobile that is the result of long experience. Then YOUR experience will be satis factory. And you will not run any risk. The LOCOMOBILE is the result of ELEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE. Eleven years of manufacture. Eleven years of development. Eleven years of co-operation with customers. Our long experience means your in surance against trouble or inconven ience. When you buy a Locomobile you get a thoroughly developed CAR. You do business with a thoroughly developed ORGANIZATION. The car and treatment both will be satisfactory and one is just as import ant as the other. THE "30" LOCOMOBILE, Shaft Drive. " THE "iO" LOCOMOBILE, Chain Drive. Limousines Landaulets . Roadsters Touring Cars The J. J. Deright Co. 1818 Farnam Street OMAHA, ;-; NEBRASKA Manufacturer and Farmer (Continued from Page One acta as a cushion and as th tank fill up th pressure becomes greater. Pumps can be obtained, having auxiliary air cylinder. so that the necessary air can be pumped In from time to time to make up fur what U lot by absorption In the water. Water system of this kind, when prop erly Installed, ar very simple and re quire no experience to operate. The water can be supplied from an ordinary well pump, which will pump the tank up to a pressure cf forty of sixty pounds. Th Alamo Engin and Supply eotnny will exhibit these lighting plant and will make demonstrations of their usefulness and value every day during the exposition. This is the only exhibit of It character iu the show and may be fouud of deep in terest to visitor. Mac la "What bocsjn ot that paper yon were going to start In th Interest of uplifting th poor trmT" asked th Interviewer. "Ail, It fU throufb." aowfeased Lh grat reformer, with mi-eh agitation, "and all on account of the blooming carelessness ef th printer." "Iid he make a grsv error?" "I should say so. You know the paper was to be named the 'Bar of Hops. Well, that Idiot of a printer changed tt to the 'bar of Soap,' and as soon as my constitu ents heard the came they started ruariUig. and they are running- yet." Chicago. X'rwa. Bee want-ads ar busUtawa