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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1910)
TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 10. 1010. C DOWRIES OF THE EAST SIDE Girli Who ProTide Their Own Mar riage Portions. SAVING UNDER, DIFFICULTIES (trap Mrln on the East Side bltloa On Rruoi tor tht C' torn Little Traedlea Ef fect on the lloahanda. Am- f. T3T. ti NEW YORK, Jan. 13. "Toil will hardly find a girl on the Enst Ride that does not save or at least attempt to Bave money for a dowry. No matter how small her earn ings may be she will manage to cut down her expenses ao a to get together a sum with which to "tart life after marriage. No matteT how hard she may work In the hop she will avail herself of every oppor tunity to work overtime so as to make this Bum an largo as possible. "The East Bide of course la not devoid of romance, and not every young man ex pects the girl he marrlea to have a bank ocoiint." continued the young woman who had lived all her life in Grand street "Nevertheless, every East Side girl feels It Incumbent upon hero save as much as he can. Where a girl In another part of the city says 'All Is well that ends well' the East Side girl reverses the saying to 'All la well that begins welt,' and chooses to begin her married life with some money to her credit. "It Is not the love of money that Impels the East Side girl to skimp and worry long for years In order to provide a dowry; it Is the fear of poverty and the mlnfortunes and domestlo unhapplness which result from It. Where a girl in an other part of the city alngs and dreams of love in a cottage the East Side girl thlnka hard over the Yiddish aaylng that 'When want comes knocking at the door love escapes through the window,' and hence she seeks to make the escape of love im possible by1 fortifying herself aganst want with a bankbook. , . "Ambition In another reason for the East Bide girl saving every cent she can toward a dowry. Her ambition is to marry a busi ness man. The gills hate the shop. and detest work under somebody's orders. As there are not enough business men to go acuunj, a worklngman, which may mean a tailor or an operator In a sweatshop, will do. The girl with ambition who marries uch a tailor or Operator will never gtvo up hope of turning her husband Into a business man, whether the business be that Of owning a garment factory or a little oda water stand on a street corner. "She. saves money, therefore, with a definite object In mind, to start and buy a .little bufiuess of her own, of their own, after mtirrlnt;e. Indeed, so common has It become on the East Side to see a man who had been working in a shop prior to his marriage start some business with tna money his wife brought him as a dowry that many a man begins to look forward to such a marriage as the only way of escaping from the shop. "How can the girls save money when , their earnings are so small that a girl In another part of the city could not even Vd r.long on themT Well, on the East Side ' everything is possible. j "No matter how small your earnings : you will always find that you can live here cheaply enough so as to save a few cents a day. In fact, there is practically no limit as to how cheaply you can live i here. "Elsewhere you can hear of the In-1 creased cost of living. A boarding house keeper In another part of the city will raise the price BO cents or $1 a week for board and again as much perhaps for room. On the East Side you can still get board and room for $2.50 a week, and If you pay W you consider yourself en titled to certain privileges. "The housekeeper or landlady somehow knows how to meet the high prices. In stead of eating meat every day and rais ing the price of board the East Side land- : lady will feed her boarders three times a week on chopped liver, which Is much cheaper than meat. Sometimes she will ; cut out meat altogether and substitute her- j ring Instead. "As for rent It Is the same. Instead of I raising the rent she will rather take In another roomer, and the room where for-' merly two girls slept will be occupied by j three, and thus a crisis In the budget of both the girl and the landlady Is averted, j "Of course, this sort of life baa its ef fects on the constitution of the girl In the end; but the effecta generally are not felt until later In life, and the East Side girl, ager to get out of the ahop. eager to get out of her station, as It were, by becom ing a business woman, the wife of a busi ness man, does not stop to think about ef fects. "The same economy that the East Slda girl resorts to In her board and lodging he also practices In dress. No girl In New York, perhaps, loves finery more than the East Side girl, yet no girl manages to atlafy her taste for finery as cheaply as oe the girl of the Eaat Side. She Is a bargain hunter, and as the East Side Is filled with all kinds of second-hand snd bargain atores she generally managea to cut down her clothing expenses to a little less than what ahe expected to pay. "You will find on the East Side hundreds of glrla who buy their everyday apparel in econd-hand stores, and It Is only their Sunday wear that they buy new. The shoes they wear every day are bought In second-hand store often and are a dollar or a dollar and a half cheaper than !), wculd cost In another store. Their every day dressca they get in a combination econd-hand and Job lot store wjrero the eame aklrt which la marked $j In some show window uptown la aold for 2. Her coat or lacket she buys the same wav. She knowa the place which make a spe cialty of buying jb lota from factories and selling them cheap." Sometlmea this custom of saving up a dowry for the husband-to-be causes trage dies and disappointments. With the growth of the custom to save dowries there has. grown up a class of men who expect to be paid for marrying. When after marrlace the money their wlvei brought them la pent or lost in some 'enterprise, or If It turna out that the woman did not have as much money as the man exacted, either there follows a life of quarrels or the man deserts the woman. The marriage broker or sohatchen profits from thla dowry saving. H generally re ceives from the bridegroom a commission of so much per cent cn what the girl la opposed to have. Immediately after the engagement the marriage broker U paid nd his share In the affair is settled. Oild situations sometime arise. Thua a young man who thlnka that a certain girl tiaa money and who la tired of the shop aeea an excellent chance to become a busi ness man by marrying the girl. Being perhaps more Americanized than soma of bis companiona, ha does not ask her the mount of money aha haa openly. The girl may lead him to believe that she has money nd then after they are engaged aha will tell him the truth, that aha either hps none t all or very little. Then It la up to the young man to put on a pleasant smile and ay that he never really cared whether ahe had money or uot. which he generally doea. When the disappointment la too great or the man doe not car much for the girl Greater Values Than Ever! During Our Clearance Sale. Broken lots of Men's Over coats, $10.00 values, at $5.00 Men's fashionable Pants specially priced at $1.90 . Men's Sweater Coats- Black Sateen Shirts 75c values, for Men's Kersey, leather and Corduroy Caps, with fur in- tj band; very special, at 39c Men's and Boys' heavy fleece lined Underwear,, at J Fancy Cotton Hose; regu lar 15c values, at GUARANTEE CLOTHING CO. "High Quality at a Low Price." TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER One Dollar a. Year. No higher-no lower but exactly the ridiculously low prices yqu see quoted below. ()ur pre-inventory clearance sale is Hearing its inevitable ending. The stock is thinning out, as we desired it should. But still there are many astonishing bargains left'that will pay you an extra trip to town many times over. DIAMONDS PK-.iat Offer Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Only. Carat perfect white diamond, .Ladles' 14k tiffany or fancy mount ing; extra special price $34.50 WATCHES . Ladles' O nlze Watch: caRe warranted to wear twenty-five years; haa solid gold, raised ornamentations; a genuine diamond set In case; Elgln or Waltham movement, at 8517.00 Gentlemen's Watch; case warranted to wear twenty years; fitted with genuine, 17-Jewel, adjusted Waltham movement; regular price of this watch is $21.00; our special price Is . , .$11.75 SOLID GOLD BROOCHES Solid Gold Diamond and Pearl Brooches; regular prices $25.00 to $38.75; extra special price $12.38 FOBS Ladies' and Gents', all gold Fobs; best quality gold filled; warranted to wear fifteen to twenty years; regular price $6.00 to $9.50. your choice now, at $3.08 ladies' and Gents' Black Ribbon Gold Mounted Fobs; regular price $3.00 to $6.00, your choice, at 80 BABIES' BRACELETS Best quality Babies' Bracelets; regular prices $2.50 to $3.25, special sale , price $1.20 Baby Spoons; sterling silver; regular price $2.00 to $2.35, special sale price - 08 BEST QUADRUPLE TEA SETS Four-piece; tea pot, spoon holder, creamer and sugar; satin finish, hand engraved; regular price $12.00, our special price $4.40 We can't promise you unbroken lines in everything, but if you see what you want we will certainly make you a satisfactory price. Our new stock has arrived, we must make room mi shelves and in show cases. Call first at Brodegaard's. AT THE' SIGN OF THE CROWN. i fmtSe f IY S, ""a 115 South 16th St. Opposite Boston Store Tt's seldom Nyou're offered such a chance 1 for real clothes bargain getting as you are offered Monday in HAYDEMs January Clearance TMK KltlAILC STOM.C S v Slatri, Schatffivcr & Marx Hand Tailored Clothes At 33i off Hegular Prices We always have a surplus, must have and always at this season of the year dispose of this surplus by quot ing specially low prices on it. It's bad policy in such a busines iis ours to carry winter goods over till next fall and we' don't do it. But you have here Monday an exceptionally great opportunity, not only in the unusually deep price- cutting, but in the chance to select not only from our regular sur plus, but also a large late shipment of these, the world's best ready-to-wear clothes, which has just been received. 4Eif sit s Hlt. mm: 1 CoprHght 1909 r Hrt IckaSaer Mrs $18.00 $37.50 $20.00 22.50 Suits Overcoats Suits Overcoats Suits Overcoats Suits Overcoats $25.00 $30.00 $35.00 40.00 Suits Overcoats Suits Overcoats Suits Overcoats Suits Overcoats At 33 1-3 Discount Monday It's seldom that such clothes as Hart, Schnffner & Marx are sold at less than regular prices, it isn't necessary, for they're worth the price, but our unusually large surplus, together with this big late shipment, forces us to take drastic measures to reduce stock quickly. Don't miss this matchless opportunity Monday. WATCH TOR BIG SALE OF BOYS' AND YOUTHS,' CLOTHING THURSDAY. DON'T FORGET TRY HAYDEE'S FIRST." PAYS, M HE HOT SPRING 1 OF ARKANSAS - More than a mountain resort, more than a fashionable playground these wonderful springs, with their mysterious health-giving waters, have become world-famous as Nature's Greatest Sanitarium set apart by the United States government for the benefit of humanity. .Where modern medical sci ence joins hands with the wonderful curative agencies of nature a retreat for the careworn or suf fering in the great, beautiful out-of-doors. Wafer Js the greatest elimmaJor of humn ills suid the Hot Springs of Arkansas are the greatest waters known to mankind Patronized every year by more -than 150,000 people from everjr part of the world the recuperating station of our army and navy, the training ground of the world's greatest athletes, the assembling place of statesmen and the rendezvous of society. ere is No iil)sfif ate for ftae Hot Springs BaS The marvelous cures cannot be exaggerated. ' . No one can afford to deprive himself of the quiet, rest, the exhilerating joy and 'the wonderful ton- s ing-up that comes' from a course of these baths, Coupled with the rehabilitating ' influences of the mountain ozone and woodland landscape. Luxurious hotels, medium-priced hotels and high-class boarding houses with every modern conven ience. : ' For information regarding hotels and boarding hrding houses, address Secretary Business Mens League, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Best reached by the ( MISSOURI IPACHiFtC IRON MOUNTAIN OUR MISSES J SHOES 111 IIS The correct Bhoelng of Misses' feet is our speclalry. A few shoe stores do It well. Most Shoei Stores make poor work of It. We've the correct styles In Misses' Shoes and we pride our selves that we do It to perfection. MISSES' SD0ES AT $1.50, $2.09 to' $2.50 The leathers selected for our Misses' Shoes the lasts - over which they are nade the style and many important details in, the making combine to make our Misses' and Children's Shoes perfect Shoes. FRY SHOE CO. THE S HO EUS. 10th end Douglas Streets. FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRL We have (lnally succeeded, after many months of search ' and planning, In securing a shoe built especially, for the grown up girl 8 young women going to high school and colleges. The long walks necessary by these - young women require a shoe spe cially constructed; this we have now secured.- The shoes are made of the very best quality plump and ve lour calf, and will stand the hard usage a girl will give shoes in fall and winter. They are made on foot-form lasts; styles, button and lace, medium heel and toe, and will positively outwear any two pair of shoes at the price. List of sizes is complete THE THICK $3.00 Drexel Shoe Co., H 1419 Farnam Street. Let us tell you more about it and help you plan your trip. For train time and railroad rates, address T. T. GODFREY, Pasncnizer knd Ticket Agent, - 1423 Far 11 am St., Ontah, Neb. jfciiai heraelf aurh an engagement is speedily broken. Indeed it haa happened more than 0110a on the KaHt Side that a young, man haa left the young woman Juat before the wedding, when all aorta of vlanda and fish and w I nea were on the table and the guest were beginning to assemble for the wed ding ceremony and feast; the cause of his derertlun wta his discovery that the bride-to-be had no dowry. Uirla ara often aaslsted In this matter of saving for a dowry by their parents. The mother of the girl will economize In her household expensea, ahe will take In boarders, she will engage in occupations which will enable her to earn something, even If no more than a iuarter a day, so aa to provide or help to provide her daugh ter with a dowry. "Talk about your foreign noblemen look ing for American heiressee to put them on the road to prosperity!" commented , an Kast Hide resident. "Why, weshave plenty of men around here who ara not noblemen and who are looking fur a dowry all the same. J "Of course there la no objection to woman helping her husband-to work up a business. There Is no objection to a woman saving money ao that she may have a few hundred dollara of her own when ahe gets married. But It aeema to me and to a great many people besides me that this encouraging the working girl to save a dowry la doing a great dsal of harm. "In a measure aa the girls save the boys become more and more shiftless. In a measure aa the girl denies herself neces sariea In order to save no luxury Is too grat for the young man. Shlftlessness and recklessness In the boy la tolerated and even encouraged. "If you call the. attention of the parents of such a boy to their sou's uhlftlessness they will only smile at you and tell you that after he Is married and gets a good woman wjth a large dowry he will make a fine businesa man. "More lasting good to both the men and the women on the East Side would reault If the girls were taught to aave less and preserve their health and the boys In turn were taught to spend their money lesa fool ishly, to save and not rely 'upon the dowry and the business sense of their wife-to-be to smooth over all the weaknesses and habits of shlftlessnesa they have acquired before their marriage." ) A medicine need nut e disagreeable to ba effective. ' Chamberlain's Cough Itemtdy ta pleasant to take and always tune. I BAILEY & 1VIACH DENTISTS j Best equipped dental office In the middle west Highest grade dentistry at reasonable prices Porcelain tilling", Just like the tooth. All instru ments carefully sterilized after each patient. TUIHU ILUOIl J'AXTON HLOCK Cor 10th and Farnam Sta. I COCKTAIL MIXERS IN CHINA Klonfrr Kliiailomitea Catching Ou to American Liquid Con fections. When you leave tho train at Nankon, twenty-seven miles from Peking, and make your way toward tfie great wall of China, you proceed along a dusty road In sum mer and a sea of mud during the rains. The journey la on donkeys or in haira carried by coolies. In the middle of the Nankon pasa there Is a Chinese Inn where the caravans halt. The manager offera travelers accommo dations acocrdlng to Chinese customs, but Kuropean beds are placed In the dais in the. compartments, and it Is even pos sible to procure a bottle of champagne or a glass of beer before retiring. In fact, In many ways tho enterprising host has an eye for business. He has learned how to mix a cocktail and traveleia can procure hatha. These Chinese Inns are found beyond the wall on the road to Kalgan, where the railway will run in the near future. Aa you get further Inland Kuropean comforts and ideaa of civilisation depart, but It is possible almost anywhere along the main roads to purchaae soda water. The Inna are Invariably built in the form of a square. At one aide distinguished travelers and Europeans stop, and opposite the coolies and aervanta live. The chairs, carta and wheelbarrows are always placed lu the quadrangle. Wide World Magazine. The Train of Beal Xilfhta, Just a Detail of Service Note the berth light. When you're through with it turn it off. How convenient when reading or retir ing! You'll find them on the Burlington's Nebraska-Chicago Limited From Omaha 6:30 p. m. In Chicago 8:07 a. m. x Sleepers and Diner ready for service at 6:00 p. m. mm TICKET OFFICE. 1502 Farnam Street i 1 -V"S
