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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1910)
TITK BKE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. MARHT 2. 1010. i v Some Things You Want to Know Correct Drcsa for IVIcrt and Boys The Circus is Coming. k T "'V" w,th JlngilPf muslo and d ' .'?'$. of mirth and wonder has mad a p;- l itself )n Amnlcu life. The multl-coUfcd poter. hung bo alluringly on the Roadside barn, catch tha y of th small boy aa ha wends hla way home ward from school and make him lata for tha evening chore. It extravagantly worded and elabrately pictured promli of scene of plndor and mystery arouse In hi sanguine mind a rapturous deter mination "to sea that show." It develop in him a spirit of thrift and a propensity for economy that. If maintained through out hi life, would make hlra rich. The tented city, coming In with the ray dawn, rising peclr-llke out of tha mist, revealing It wonder during the day ' and then disappearing In the darkness, la almost like some trick In magic. The sys tm by which all thla 1 accomplished ta quite aa wonderful a tha astonishing things seen in the ring. The ciroua men . have perfected the routine of their calling Jls every possible way. They have the add V machine Id tha ticket wagon, tha cash .register at the door, and they carry with them their own portable telephone ystern and electric light plant. Before the clrcua cornea to town more than 100 men have preceded It to perfect I all arrangements. They are contracting agents, advertiser and Inspectors. One arranges for the railroad transportation, one for the lot where tha exhibition 1 to be given, on for the license, one for the newspaper advertising, one for the blll ' boards, one for the livery teams to take bill poter to the country, etc. The no In advance have a world of detail to look after. They must report on the railroad run coming Into the town, as well aa the one leaving It. The curves and grades must an be Investigated so the propeihtsJlowano for time may be made. If there are tunnels It must be mad cer tain tUat the heavy vans and tall elephant cara will clear them. A careful report also la made on tha haul from the railroad yard to the exhibition grounds. It must ascertained if all bridge and culvert ' strong enough to bear the weight of the heavy van. Contracting for the dally provision constitute another feature of the advance work. There are from 700 to M people with a large circus, and "show day" is an event to be looktd forward to by dealers in the towns along the route. T eie is ho other calling which has such l . day as the circus. It begins early . V morning and runs well Into the . -tliL The dusty engine are hardly un coupled from, the trains until the canvas covered wagon are rolling from the car and trundling through the street toward the lot. The scene at the grounds 1 one which never fall to attract hundred of spectator. There, Is hardly any other in stance where so much work I accomplished in so little time, the morning work being the moat visible evidence of the highly perfectf.1 organization. Order come out of chao while you look. Every man has hi place and every driver know where hi wagon la needed and at Just what time. Everything with the clrcu is on wheel and It is of ttie greatest importance that there be no delay in moving the wagons containing th stuff. If the wagons com promptly on the lot in the order that they com from the car there ia little danger of delay. First the stakea . and chains, then the poles, then the canvas, and a soon as the tents are under way the seats ind apparatus for the performance. At 'the same time the wagons containing the. cook tents, eating tents, stables, side show, the meriaaerie. dsasalnv rOama mtm 'mmii be delivered and their contents rushed Into their respective positions. If there is de lay in gettlqg th wagon from the cara to the lot it means that tha parade must be delayed. The parade Is tha trial of the circus pro y feaston because It comes in the morning during the greatest rush of the day, and If there la th slightest delay It run over Into the business of the afternoon and gives no tlm for rest for either the people or the horses. On a hot morning when there la a long haul from the car to the lot the stock should have an opportunity to rest, but this often Is impossible. More accidents happen during the jam which result frorn the parade than at any other time during the visit of the circus. The ' "jyrolng. "Hold your horse, the elephant are coming," often goes unheeded and serious runaways are frequent. Great 1 RED ROUGH HANDS On Retiring One night treatment for red, rough, chapped and bleeding hands, itching, butaing palms and painful finger ends with CUTICURA Works wonders. Soak them, on retiring, in hot water and Cuti cura Soap, dry, anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, and wear soft bandages or old loose gloves during the night. SOFT WHITE HANDS On Rising anxiety alaays U felt by the msnagement until this feature of th day's program Is over. The proprietors of the Barnum at Pelley show abandoned the parade alto gether while In Europe, and found that Its withdrawal greatly aimpllfled the handling of the show without affecting the attend ance. It could easily be done away with abrosd. because th big clrcua Is a new Institution over there and the people are rot accustomed to all Its features ss they are In this country. Another reason for omitting the parade In Europe waa because a great many people came to see It and then went home satisfied. The ticket wagon I the heart of the circus. The finsnclal branch of the busi ness Is an Improved and highly perfected system in Itself. In th morning th treas urer sends out his agents to pay bills, dictate correspondence to a stenographer and raptdly disposes of the various fea tures of the day business. When the door of th big show la thrown open a busy hour follows for the men in the ticket wgon. A big flv-pole tent will seat 10,000 people, and I the show "play to capa city" all of this number must buy their tickets and pass through the door within an hour and a half. In fact, most of them pass through -within an hour. This does not afford much opportunity for the men In the ticket wagon to be sociable. After the audience Is seated the employee are paid off. Every day I payday with th big show, One day th performer are paid, another the laborers, another the driver and so on. Peopl who eland In front of th wagon while the money Is being taken in often marvel at the amount of It, but they seldom remain long enough to ae most of It go out again. It costs a great deal of money to operate a big clrcua There are no available stat istics of the exact amount because no two hews cost th same, and th expense for no two day I Identical In the same show. The mot concise proof that it 1 an un certain calling la the fact' that there are o few men who ucceed in it. Th big one can be counted on the finger of one hand. The first cost of circus property Is great and it wear out rapidly. The prop erty of a big (how 1 the accumulation of years, with no two pieces the same ago or In the same state of repair. It represents an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars and yet it I only worth to Its owner what he can make It earn in thirty two week of uncertain weather. Expen sive cage will get tuck in the mud and be pulled to piece in the effort to get them out, and great losses are sustained In the death of valuable animals. During the winter the clrcu animal must b oared for, and a force of men kept busy arrange lng for the coming season. The circus proper never pay for Itself, the profits coming from the reserved seat ale, the side-show, th concert and the privilege. If a show, could only have the reserved seat sal left as profit, after all expenses are paid, the season' work would net a big gain. 8om ot th big act coat tl.000 per week. In addition to the board and transportation of the performers. The bill for colored posters and other adver tising matter during th season often run aa high a $110,000, which doe not include the coat of putting it up. The ex pec of transporting th show from ono town to another rarely falls below tUXX The side-show is always a money earner, because It does not cost in proportion to the ring preformanoea. It-will tak la from $250 to lf per day. The side-show per ,ftrmer hav longer' hour than anyone else with th ahow. The familiar cry of the "barker" and tha' hurry-up muslo of th side-show band 1 th first challenge of tha morning and th last rail at night. Th side-show frequently will tak In 139 or HO while the big tent 1 being taken down. The show business has undergone many important change during the past few years. One improvement is the perfection In the system for keeping an absolute check on the advertising. Inspector are sent through the country after the bill poster are up, and others follow to see that they atay up until the day of the show. In the matter of lithographs a con tract Is made with each storekeeper to keep several bills in his window for a considera tion of a number of free tick eta An In spector goea around town just before the show gets In and unless the paper la In position in each place, the contrace it taken up at the door and refused. Another new thing 1 advertising only such features as are actually given. Formerly shows ad vertised without any expectation of living up to their promises, but now If anything happena to one of the acts that Is being featured the special paper la at once ordered "cut out." The bane of clrcua life is rain and mud. When there la fair weather everything goes well. It la like camping out. With the sun shining, the dust flying, and the country folk crowding around th Inexhaustible supply of red lemonade, th clrcu goea Ita merry way with Us people quite aa happy In the life a those in any other. Al together It la not a bad thing, not bad -because Its jingling music and ita atmosphere of mirth and wonder serve to amuse the young and drive away dull car for the old. and anything which doe this even for a day Is not without its excuse for being. BY niDSaiO J. XAaXXBT. Tomorrow BUlbld Prison. CONSTABLE BATTERED WHILEJERVING WRIT H. D. Plereoa Mark Worse for th Eseoaster with Colored Connie Wit Resisted Him. Battered and bruised to such an extent that he had to bo attended by police sur geons. H. XX Plersoo, a constable, bad to call upon the city police to arrest Mrs, Ltiszie Anderson, after he had attempted to serve a writ of replevin on her husband, Doc. Anderson. The Andersons live at 309 North Twenty seventh street and some time ago bought some furniture from the Union Outfitting company. Thursday Plersoo. who Is con stable In Justice of the Peace Cockerell's court, went to the house to servo a writ of replevin. He rang the front door bell, but received no response, so he went to the back door. After receiving no response to his lummoni at the back door he pushed his way Into the house and was grappled by Anderson, who Is a big colored man. The officer attempted to rv hi paper, but th wife Interfered and, according to th tor- of th freer, hit him over th head with a hammer, threw a flat Iron at hlra and then started at him with om dish that war on th table In the room. Plersoo was busily engsged with the man of the bouse and could not defend himself against the assault of the woman. When he wa able to get out of the grasp of An derson he telephoned for the police. When the wagon arrived Anderson had made his getaway, but the woman waa taken Into custody. She Is locked up at the polio statu charged with assault and resisting and officer. The police are looking for the husband. Plerson's Injuria are aot serious. They consist of a scalp wound and a black eye. "Some of the Features' our makes of clothing possess, that make them superior to all other makes, and "features" absolutely unknown to other stores. They are exclusive with the BERG CLOTHING CO. the store that has not one serious competitor and sell more clothing than any other store in Omaha. Come in and try them on and you will fhen realize the difference between these and the ordinary clothes of other stores N $15, $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $28, $30, $32.50 and $35 Coats Now for the Boy's Easter Of course you are going to dress him unusually nice Easter. It's time now to lay aside the old heavy winter suit and dresa him in one of our dainty spring styles. They cost no more than the ord inary kinds you find round town and in many instances from $1.00 to $2.00 less. They represent the same high character of superiority as our men's clothes and we'd be pleased to have' you bring in the boy and try on some of the swell little suits we are offering for Easter at $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $9.00, Etc Every proper style, color and fabric represented. Easter Furnishings The newest and latest nov elties for men and young men ihlrta, underwear, hosiery, neckwear, gloves, etc. -------- i"i".irw-niuija. Extra Watch Pocket In outside breast pocket additional fountain pen pocket In Inside breast pocket Perspiration shield at arm pit to proteot lining match pocket on Inner left eld wav gimp button hoi In lapel. Vests Elastlo Band under right aid to fas ten to trousers button to keep vest in shape. Side buckle to produce smooth fitting back slit In welt seams of lower left pocket for fob or pclal pen cil or pn pocket above upper left pocket. Trousers Permanent crease. keeps trousers pressed and prevent bagging at the knee. Extra cash pocket in right-hand side pocket no confusion with knife and keya guard In watch pocket to pre vent loss pencil pocket In right-hand hip pocket Brsld Belt Loops. Tunnel belt slides hold trousers firm over hips. Loop for Belt Buckle Tongue keeps belt down in front two steel pivot pearl buttons at front of waistband silk braid edging on hip pocket Improved secret money pocket. New design side pocket Big roomy shsped- to follow the shape of the hand b ind catch stitch keep contents from rolling out when in reclining position button anri hnttm v, 1 - i .1 - left hand hip pocket Buy a New Hat for . Easter Th old saying is that good luck will b your all the year If you wear something new on Kaster Day We would sug gest a new hat 1'he very high est type ot elegance in head wear Is represented by th hewing of our various makes nd styles from 18.00, $2.60 IJ.00 and ,3. 10 and up to 18.00, ll00 and SIt.OO We can ahow you about S style to any other store's one. Thi may account for our big Increase in hSt sales for thla season. If you want, what you want, when, you want It, this la the tor where you can get It Just now everyone is asking for th Pearl and New steel shades. Our Imported guarantee. Black Derby at $1.00 is get ting more pvpuiar every aay. CLOTHCS AS : : 1 y .rt. Iv. f :l if I if f li'jf : II i I I J I I !! It., e i'J Th horn of aXappahlar-Rtln-Blook sloolsty Sxand and SobJos roe. Cloth. gverwsar guaranteed Hosiery for Men and Women. , Baparlo aad Tarns Underwear. Oasaart Work Clothes. Uniform of vsry variety. Kaaaattaa Shirts. "' - " ""-"- - -- -- -- -- - .-,-,r..,M-irru.ru i fij " i TTir .,. i.ii.i i.iii;.,.g... I M ' HIGHER AIMS GREAT NEED Palimpsest Club Holds Iti Initial Dinner. CHANCELLOR AVERY HI ADDRESS He and Rev. F. L, Lavelaad Extol Tfcorowa-h Prparatle aa Vital v . k Bet Sao ' .' , u Th PaJImpseat club held its InHIal din ner at th Omaha club Thursday. The event was attended by about forty members and gueau. A cumber of the members were hot present on account of observance of Holy Week. The slogan adopted at the meeting was, "Learning, Development and Culture." To exemplify theee standards, two prominent speakers were called. They were Samuel Avery, chancellor of the Uni versity of Nebraska, and Rev. Prank La fayette Loveland, pastor of the First Meth odist Episcopal church of this city. John L. Webster, president of the club, presided. After a toast had been drunk to the suc cess of the olub the members partook of a banquet which put them In a reoeptiv mood for the Inspiring speeches that fol lowed. . Both speakers took as their themes th advancement and development ot general conditions. President Webster explained the purposes of the organisation as being to advance th general welfare of the commonwealth and to promulgate the doctrines of develop ment, culture and learning. The speaker of the evening was Chan cellor Avery. He spoke of the tendencies of college life that raise the standard of de velopment and took, step by step, the differ ent departments that bear direct Influence upon the public at large. Rev. Mr. Loveland spoke upon the splen did vision that Is dlsoernable to the youth of this generation who will look beyond the ordinary things of life into the future or development Chancellor on Kdaeatlon. "The education of the ordinary college man, nowadays." said Chancellor Avery, "is a great deal like a man ordering a course dinner. He picks out what he wants; his choice of soup, fish, meat veg etables, dessert and beverages. He satis fies himself. To develop properly he should not choose what he most desires but what will stimulate or prepare him for the beat things in life. The elective system in the colleges do not tend to de velop. "Take tor inatance the medical depart ment of the state university. Students should have two years In science, two years In cllnlo and two years In a hospital properly to bring about what Is neces sary to success In the medical profession. "In the agricultural college of our state university I do not believe It necessary to devote four yeara to the course. In th present curriculum there exists a combina tion of the professional school and the trade school, both ot which may b a wast of time for one who want to benefit by either eparately. "Fraternity life In college I viewed dif ferently In the city than it I In tha coun try. In the city it I a clasa distinction, whll in th country It 1 not Th frater nity men of- th colleges are raising the level of school life. They are inclining to a higher scholastic level and are not set ting a a standard a high social level. In speaking of a higher vision. Rev. Mr. Loveland said: "It Is not upon bogs nor land that the future of the great state of Nebraska depends, but upon the. higher vision that the youth of our commonwealth' takes. It Is the vision splendid that they must be able to see; to appreciate tha glorie that ar In tor for them if they attain heights that are above the ordinary levels. "This vision should be backed by brain and brain only grow by a higher develop ment Progress may only b obtained by a high aim." " s-vsr as 4-aa.ayi lug HUROB. V5Jiin, Lord Completes Fifty-Mile Jaunt Chief Paymaster of Department of Missouri Loses Two Pounds by Endurance Test. Major Herbert M. Lord, chief paymaster of the Deportment of the Missouri, has finished his endurance pedestrian tour, completing the hike at 10 o'clock yester day morning, the last day's stretch being ten miles. The test -walk was finished just ss Ma jor Lord and Lieutenant Troup Miller reached the spring In Elmwood park. "And we enjoyed the waters of that spring," raid Major Lord. "I must protest against being called the pacemaker of the endurance walk," said Lieutenant Miller, who accompanied Ma jor Lord on the three day's walk. "Major Lord set the pace for me and carried It to the finish." Neither ot the officers is any the worse for the fifty-mile walk. Major Lord re duced his avoirdupois just two pounds by the walk. t CENSUS HEADQUARTERS BUSY Supplies oa Hand Being Arranged for Enamerators, Appointment and I n Btruetlon of Whom I Proceeding;. Census headquarters In the federal build ing is a busy place Just now. All supplies foe the enumerators have been - received and are being placed In suitable portfolios convenient for carrying. These will be given to the trumerators April 15, whei census taking will begin. The enumerators' badges are metal af fair In the form of the United States shield, surmounted by a metal eagle. The badge bear th words "United States Cen sus. 1910." The appointment of enumerators began yesterday morning, with several momen among them. Announcement of the namea of enumerators a ill not be made until the entire list ia approved at Washington. GOOD FRIDAY IS OBSERVED Day of Christ's Crucifixion Celebrated , ' . by the Churches. SPECIAL SERVICES CONDUCTED Three Hoars Agony" Held for, the First . Time "' ta Omaha In t. -John's Catholle , v. Charch. Good Friday .was celebrated In a num. ber of the Omaha, churches. Th "Three Hours' Agony," a devotion commemorat ing the three hours Christ suffered on th cross, waa held for the first time In this city at St John's Catholic church. Twenty fifth and California streets. , . The devotion consisted of prayer and music with seven short discourses on the "Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross," which were given by Rev. . Father .Joseph L. Davis, S. J., of St Louis university. The musical treatment of the words was by Theodore Dubola and dealt with th fol lowing expressions of Christ as he hung to the cross: First, "Father, forgive them ' for . they know not what they do;" second, "Amen, I say to you, this day thou shalt be with Me In paradise;" third, "Woman, behold thy son behold thy mother;" fourth, "My Ood! My Ood! Why hast Thou forsaken Mer fifth, "I thirst!" sixth, "It is con summated ;"' seventh, "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit" Mass ot the presanctlfled was c:lebratcd In the morning in all of the Catholic churches In the city and the Kpircopallan churches had services fitting to the oc cnslon. "The Story of . the Cross," by Dudley Buck, was given at Trinity Episco pal cathedral at S o'clock in the mornlr.g. and Very Rev. O. A. Beecher, dean, presorted In the evening. . A .mua'.cal serv ice was held from noon until S o'clock lit Koucue Memorial Lutheran church, under the CIrectlon of Jo F. Barton. ' ' OMAHA BEAN, RATE STANDS Roads Ralae Schedule, Only to Get It Promptly Cat Baelc to For mer Fig-are. Rates on beans from the Pacific coast to Omaha must remain as they are for at least two year This is the decision of the Interstate Commerce commission just harded down in the first case which was presented to the commission by the trans portation bureau of the Commercial club when E. J. McVann was placed at the head. - The old rate on beans from several Cali fornia points to Omaha waa' 78 cent si On January 1, 1909, th Southern Pacific and Union Pacific raised that rat to 85 cants per 100 pounds, and on June S the rate wa put back to 7S cent. In a suit filed by th Commercial club against th rail roads reparation ,'was asked for freight paid on the excess rat between the date mentioned. After th case was tried bo fore the commission and before a decision had beon rendered the railroads put th rate back to 85 cents. The commissioners evidently did not like to be jockeyed with In that wsy, so they Issued, an order that for ' two- years the railroads must haul beans at the old rate of ".' cents. ' FEAST OF PURIVf FOR THE JEWS: Festival Observed uy Hebrew Dr. Cob a to Preach oa , Judaism ' . and Christianity. . The Feast of Purim, th annual festival of the Jews celebrating -the delivery of the Jews from the. cruelties of King Haman, the Persian,' the story of which Is so graphically told In the Book of Esther, was observed by the Jews Friday. . Tho festival ordinarily happens on th 14th of the month of Adar, but this year rt fails on March 26, but ha no relation to the' Fcart of the Passover; which wilt, this year, fall on April H. The Feast of Purim is a sacred festival and Is not tordlnar11ly celebrated publicly. Its celebration Is observed by the beatowal of gifts to the poor.- S, rn NEF, 11,800, with Magneto, Lamps and Tools. GOOD FELLOWS FLOCKING IN More Than Threw If a n d re d Accept ances Filed for Commercial Clan's Banqnet. Although Invitation to the Good Fellow ship dinner have been out but one day the secretary of the Commercial club has re ceived over J00 acceptance and th rat at which they ar pouring in Is taken a a sur Indication of the success of the feed. It Is now certain that no building in Omaha, except the Auditorium. Is larae enough to hold all banquetera Each mem ber 1 privileged to bring one friend to the banquet th only proviso In the invitation being that ha must b some Omaha cltlseo who might be eligible for membership to tha Commercial club. Two of th "ninty-nln" course of th banquet ar now assured, as both Mr. Brendele' eggs and Kearney's alfalfa faney hav been accepted VERY advantage of quality in materials, workmanship and efficiency in the new Rambler will be found in Rambler Fifty-three. A reproduction in smaller size of the forty five horsepower Rambler. has such advantages as the offset crank -shaft, straight line drive, Spare Wheel, engine accessibility and 36 inch wheels, besides a neat and durable aluminum front floor. Its convenient size and exceptional power make it an economical cox a car easier to get about with and easier to drive. 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