Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 10, 1910, NEWS SECTION, Page 7, Image 7

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    TIIK liTO: OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1010.
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joistfloLD worries 00';,,;
i .null home-like conditl
Joyfal Features of a Co-Operative
Kitchen that Works.
MISS0UE.IAN3 SHOW THE WAY
law Fifty People
tared the Cotit
la tart has Re
ef Sylvias; ul
Troanle from
1 Maar Hhk
Kairer a Mlssourlsns I
V
F,aer a Mlssourlsns ere to be "ahown,"
they are even more Mirer to ahow the reat
of the country when they have aometning
worth ahowlng. Among the latent ex
hibit la a co-operative kitchen In active
operation at Carthasre, which la detailed
by a writer In World'a Work as follows;
The woman called a. meeting of the In
tereeted people and organised a Co-opera
tive Kitchen. The men took charge. The
kitchen was atarted with a memberahlp
of alxty people.
The houae we rented la nearly a mile
from the bualneaa aectlon, but street cara
run within a couple of blocks. The bouae
la a fine old residence, with wide porchea
and a big lawn. The first floor had a
long munlo room on one aide of a deep hall,
while on the other aide the library and
dinning room could be thrown together,
thua giving two large dining rooma. The
table I pot for each family was determined
by lot Sufficient apace waa left between
. tablea to Inaure privacy.
V In the bearlnnlnc. each family provided
and eaulDPed Its own table. Dlnhee and
silver were brought aa needed, each woman
attending to her own table linen. It waa
agreed that eztraa canned fruit. Jelll
eta should be provided by each table for
its own uae, and that occasional assess
menta of five cents per capita ahould be
itaade for breakage of glassware.
Baalaess Methods.
Our manager has entire charge and re
reives 135 per month, plus rooma and
board for her family. The aecond floor la
, jthe family home, though two extra rooma
.are rented and the Income la added to the
.1 finances of the kitchen. The third floor
i provides rooms for the servants.
' An advisory committee of three audita
the books and determines all matters of
general Interest. In case a member wishes
to withdraw during the period for which
he has pledged himself. It is expected that
he will fill the vacancy he creates. HI
substitute must be approved by this com
mittee.
Two cooks, two waitresses, and a rtlnh
waaner constitute the . working force, but
an extra waltreaa la necessary In serving
dinner. Oddly enough, the dlah washer la
tlia moat difficult to keep. Our dlah wash-
era, with most discouraging unanimity
"gave notice" on the second day. A sub
stantial Increase In wages finally solved
the problem. All the aervanta have two
hcura off every afternoon, and this goes
far toward reconciling them to long days.
They aay, too, that It Is much pleaaanter
to work In the Kitchen than In a kitchen,
There are enough of them together to
prevent the isolation necessary In a one
family home. Their relations with the
members are more nearly those of a alen
ngrapher with her employer. One absolute
rule ot the Kitchen la, no tips. On alter
nate Sunday nights the waltreasea are off
duty. The children of the Kitchen help
serve that night, and It la an evening
looked forward to by th-sm.
Coat Fla-nrea.
The Kitchen started aa a three months
experiment at a per adult member per
week. After the flrat quarter It waa de
cided that by Increasing the price and re
during the memberahlp to fifty, a reading
room could be provided. The co-operative
aplrit atill held. The room waa artistically
furnlahed by voluntary contributions; books
and magaslnea appeared without waiting to
be called for, and a apot waa ready for the
guest of any member awaiting a hostess.
The Initiation fee la now 3.60 per adult,
and half-price for children under 7 and and
. over I yeara of age. Servants or nurae
AnaJds are on a two-third rate, If they
not served by the waitresses. Guests
for alngle meala, ordinarily 26 cents. On
Wednesday night, "guest night," tht charge
la IS cents per guest. The Initiation fe
A-arrlee with It a life membership. Come
back when you will, your place la there
- if there Is a vacancy! When a member
has a guest for tha period of one full week
or more, the rate Is that of a member. The
hostess sees, too, that the table la fitted
for an extra.
The Htaas.
The menus planned by the manager are
aurprlalng for the price. She buys In
quantities, of courae, ao la able to command
wholesale rates. Even that fact, thought,
In this rslgn of high prices hardly explains
the Kitchen bllla-of-fare. For Inatance,
Mils la what we had yesterday:
Break fa at-Cereala, tea, cocoa, coffee, hot
cakea, dellciota broiled ham, lyonnaisa po
tatoes. (Children may have egga. milk or
r tresis at any meal. Eggs and bacon are
frequently aerved for breakfast.)
Luncheon Chicken salad, macaroni and
cheese hot blaouita, apple aauce and ginger
biml, tea, chocolate, coltee. (Aa a rule,
luncheon Is planned with particular thm,h,
for the children. Dessert la rarely aerveu
. imiinfvil.l
Pinner broiled porterhouse ateak. stuffed
baked potatoes, home-madt Boston baked
beuna, home-made Boston brown bread
lettuce. French dressing, blano-mange. or
ange aauoe, coffee. '
We have, of course, the southern, habit
of warm bread three tlmea a day. Light
bread, raisin bread, nut bread, and rolls
are made at the kitchen, and salt-rising
I f ta maoo lor me xitohen twice each, week
v uur nuHr nee maae a atudy of the
nutritive quality and combinations of m.ii.
to be aerved. economical managing of
what might otherwise be food-waste has
had full consideration.
Fiaaaelal R remits.
Tha financial side of the kitchen Is, of
course, the vital one lor those who would
go and do llkewlae. January waa our hard
eat month!
INCOME AND EXPENSES. JANUARY
bergenia tUi.vb
Manager salary ,, js.ov
;nl ).
Ugtit. heat, loe . Sjj.tio
To telephones j
fl,eat lta.ou
Milk and cream , 64 0
(irorerlre M.bQ
Incidentals 5
iw uu uaua seoruaxy 1st .j6
1796.00
are regarded to an extent
hla except under tha
ona.
One perplexing problem waa that of the
man whose bualneaa takea him away from
home periodically, and for a week or more.
Ms pays hla Initiation fee, then paya a
slightly increased rata for the meala he
takea In the Kltohen. The problem haa not
yet found a satisfactory aolutlon. It la
bigger than the flrat glance auggesta. We
prefer the atay-at-home members.
Our social evenings are Impromptu, as a
rule. A dance for the children of the
Kitchen and their little friends wss one of
our record events. Birthday dlrners are
celebrated, and evenlnge for friends prom
lee to grow more frequent In tho future. 1
One Carthaginian turned fli light of hla
wit and hla keen power of sarcasm on the
Kitchen while It was a more toddling,
stumbling thing In Ita Infancy. With sin
emphaala quite indescribable, he christened
It 'The Home ot the Help-less." But at
tha beginning of the last quarter thia gen
tleman applied for memberships far him
self and wife. I-sst night he was hea-d
to say, with a depth of moaning i.ot to be
limited:
"Think of It. Think of It I haven't
heard a word about the aervants-wo-couldn't-get
for three, long, 1-o-v-e-l-y
monfha." He tipped back on the wide
veranda and bit off a cigar emphatically:
"I'm down as a life member, lot me tell
you right now. The meala may be plain,
but they are balanced. The quality makea
up for any amount of frills and trimming.
Besides, they keep a man In shape. Ha
forgets what- he haa eaten when It leaves
him comfortable. Tou couldn't get me
out of this thing. No more caressing the
stomach for mine."
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD A LINGUIST
California Girt with Tea I.engnagea
Jostllas; at Her Toogae'a
Bad.
"Cherle can apeak only English, French
Spanish, Latin and Esperanto," aald the
mother of 8-year-old Winifred Sackvllle
Stoner, Jr.. "that la, aha can apeak only
thoae languagea fluently and think In them,
She can also speak Japanese, Russian, Qer
man, Polish' and Italian to the extent that
she can carry on a conservation in them,
but she can't think In them."
While Mrs. Stoner was talking the child
played about her home at 466 Melville
street, Palo Alto, Cal., talking to her dolla,
frisking from room to porch and from
porch to room, Uke any healthy child of
t with but one language to Ita credit
Little "Cherle" Stoner la William Jamea
Bldls' only rival in Infantile precocity, and
the sole reason that her fame Is not yet
so great as his la that she is but 8 years
old, while he la 12. The girl progldy la
now living with her mother In Palo Alto
and will be to Stanford university what
William Jamea Bldls Is to Harvard.
Not only Is the child a linguist with
a stock' of tongues In her head that aur
paasea the vocabulary of the most as
siduous savants, but she is a poet and haa
published a book of her verses. She is a
reader of the classlca and would be per
pectly at home at Dr. Elliot's five-foot
shelf of books If she were tall enough to
reach up to the row.
The father of little "Cherle," as her
mother calls little Winifred, is Col. J. B.
Stoner, - of the United States marine hos
pital service, at present In oommand of the
United States marine hospital at Port
Townsend, Wash. It was from Port Town
send that the mother and child came to
Palo Alto, In aearch of a better climate.
The 'mother la a daughter of Lord Sack
vllle- West, British ambassador to the
United Statea during one of Cleveland's
administrations. , Mrs. Stoner Is president
of the Women's Esperanto association of
North America and is an authority on Es
peranto. She also has trained her small
daughter to speak the linguistic panacea.
and little "Cherle" not only speaks the
language but writes poems In It. The
gift of verse Is one of the child's moat re
markable charms.
It was aa a recitt of her own verses
that the child first appealed to a re
porter today at her mother' a home In
Palo Alto. Winifred Is a sturdy little girl,
with the baahfulnesa of a child. She came
Into the room half concealed behind her
mother's skirts. She appeared to be a bit
larger than children of 8 usually are. Her
eyes shone big and brown. She wore a
simple checked pinafore and a dainty gold
chain and locket about her throat. She
had white stockings and sandals on her
substantial little feet, and she was not
still for a moment. The book of "Jingles,
hlch Miss Winifred Sackvllle Stoner pub
lished at the age of C la a book of fifty
two pagea and nearly 100 selections. San
Francisco Bulletin.
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Membership duea ....
r.ant for two rooma.
Guests
....1700.00
.... 15.01
80.0(1
I795.0f
tne ito cooks are paid 7.M per week
earn. The waitress receives 13 per week
Under the Item ot incidentals are Included
- he extra waltreaa. work of a woman acrub-
lleg the verandas, and laundry for (ha
a, rented rooma.
Much of the suceeaa of our Co-operative
Klu-hen la, due to our manager, a lady of
personal cnarm. bualneaa ability and
trained mind to bear on the problema of
(he Kltrhon. Many dutlea fall to her that
were not nominated in the bond for In
stance, the oversight of the, bachelors
tablea. Tlia extra bills are gladly paid by
the bacneipra
Spirit ef re-Oserallsa.
rother large factor of our aucceas tr
the true spirit of co-operation that prevails.
If a light or a grate fire la burning use
lessly, a member turna It off with never
thought that such lesks should ba watched
by somebody. In the matter of meala It Is
accepted that the food requlremenla ot the
We Announce Our Opening Display
mi
chaffner
Tailor Made Clothes for Men
greatest number must control; yet the per-1 inglon Herald
LURE OF THE GOLD BRICK
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Publicity, Experience aad Age Pane.
tar the Game la
Vain.
Tha great aecret of the gold brick bust
nesa, ao far aa the selling ot that article la
concerned, la that It must be sold in a man
ner Invariably suggesting to the purchaser
that he la getting something for nothing.
At least, that Is what a government official
who has looked into the matter says.
For Inatance, It la well-nUit Impossible to
sell near-gold mining stock at $100 per
share well, vary extensively, any way
But if It be offered In shares ot tfi each at
a price ot U per ahare, "to be advanced to
par within ninety days," it Is generally ac
cepted among near-gold mine experts that a
sufficient quantity will be aold to make the
venture a suceeaa from the near-gold mine
expert's peculiar point of view. A great
many ot the subacrlptiona to thia aoon-to-
be-advanced stock come from small Invest
ors, of course perhapa the bulk of them.
Nevertheleaa, enough of them come from
comparatively well-to-do persona to warran
the aaumptlon that not a small part ot the
eaay money reaching the promoters of
near-gold mines cornea from people of
means.
The entire Idea upon which this swindle
rests, therefore. Is the promise to give tt
value tor a fl bill to give aomethlng for
nothing. It matters very little. It seems,
that history bulges with recorded failures
of attempts to get something for nothing
whereas It is all but silent with respect
to ventures of that kind that have proved
to be worth while. Men gortght alon
buying gold bricits now, just as they did
thousands of, years ago; and Just as they
may be buying them thouaands of yeara
hence. Specific 'Methods of separating the
eaay mark from his wherewithal may differ
with the paaalng ages, hut always and in
evitably the basic principle la approximately
the earns! '
It may be, perhapa, that through the In
fluence of the press and the platform the
gold brick bualneaa will be eventually
iemollahed In all ot Ita possible phaaea. Wc
are optimistic enough to believe that way
during tha laat few yeara We ean remem
ber when the Louisiana lottery flourished
and dispensed gold brlcka by the millions,
and without legal hindrance or restraint.
That baa pasaed away, at least, to come no
more. And tt waa no worse, morally, than
soma of our near-gold mine enterprises.
Constant hammering killed the Louisiana
lottery In time. It may yet become Impos
sible to exploit a near-gold mine in this land
of the trve home of the brave." Wash-
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The clothes that have ihaken the world of fashion from
center to circumference. We do not insult your intelli
gence when we say: Buy no fall clothes until you see
what we have to offer. Every man with a spark of thrift
in him invariable trades where he can do best. That's
why we invite your inspection of our line of new Fall H.,
S. MVf. Suits, Top Coats and Raincoats, prices $18 to
$35, other makes as low as $10.00.
The Mayden "Wonder Spits" at
"iMbBsVstteasS
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In presenting our "Wonder Suit" to the buying publio of the city and vicinity, it is with a mingled feeling
of pride and satisfaction that we announce our "Wonder Suit" as being all that the name implies.
Nearly twenty-five years we have merchandised in your midst and yet this offering signals our greatest
achievement in the way of clothes value-giving. ; .,
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The untarnished reputation of this "big store" is back of this assertion: "That our 'Wonder Suit' takes
its place as the biggest money's worth ever offered in Omaha in the regular retail way."
These clothes are manufactured under our own direction, from cloth we buy direct from the New England
Mills, and our contract with the makers means an output of several thousand suits per year thus you save the
middleman's profit.
First of all we say pure wool and worsteds always; strictly hand-made buttonholes; hand-padded collars,
hand-padded open shoulders and up-to-the-tick-of-the-clock styles.
For every garment that does not turn out as represented, a new one in exchange, or your money back.
Standard models for conservative dressers. University models for young men.
The utmost in suit or overcoat for $14.50. They are lionest $18.00 values. Watch our windows. It pays.
Send in orders by mail.
Guaranteed
Clothes
srv v"! yi
Best TT-JT XvTnTTT'FsJ TFRTkPfTT
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Lawmakers Have
: Opportunities .
to Speculate
Books of New York Brokerage Firm
Show Numerous Dealings with
Members of Assembly.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9. The banking and
speculating facllltlea extended to lawmak
era by the brokerage firm ot Elllngwood
& Cunningham during the period extend
ing from April, 1900, to February, 1906, were
brought out at today's hearing of the legls
latlve graft Investigation.
Former Assemblyman Louis Bedell, who,
during the period in question was chair
man of assembly's committee on railroads,
was shown by the evidence to have been
apparently particularly favored.
The books of Elllngwood & Cunningham
allowed that while hla stock operatlona dur
ing the seven years consisted aolely In the
purchaae of 300 ahares of New York Trans
Donation stock, the money for this stock,
together with some 120.000 additional, had
been advanced by Elllngwood & Cunning'
ham.
Moat of these advances had, according to
testimony, been made by II. H. Vreeland,
president of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way company; H. A. Robinson, general so
licitor of the company and Q. Tracy
Rogers, president of the New York Railway
association.
Maiithly Clearing Sale
We have placed on sale 20 magnificent bargains magnificent because few of
them have not been used to any extent They were received in exchange from peo
ple who purchased Piayer Pianos because of their inability to play the ordinary pi
anos. Therefore,' they are almost new. We have other bargains in pianos that
have come back from rentals. These have 'a)) gone through our factory and are as
good as new. These pianos are now taking up the space needed for the display of a
shipment of new 1911 models and must and will be sold at once. The unusually low
price marked on each one removes all doubt as to their bargain quality. This is not
a big sale, but shrewd, economical and careful buyers will find this the real piano op
portunity. of the season. Dont fail to call and investigate. A partial list as follows:
A Viper la the Stomach
Is dyspepsia complicated with liver and
kidney troubles. Electric Bitters help all
such cases or no pay. 60c " For' sale by
Beaton lrug Co.
Stop
Diarrhoea
No case of DIARRHOEA. DYSENTERY,
CHOLERA INFANTUM or Summer Com
plaint Is ao serous that WAKEFluiLLi'S
BLACKBERRY BALSAM will not quick
ly relieve It. For yeara WAKEFIELD'S
BLACKBERRY BALSAM has cured these
bowel troubles in their worst forma, and
In many eases after other re me d lea and
doctors had failed. If every wife and
mother had a supply of this time-tested
medicine la the ..suae ready for sudden
attacks (which very often come at night)
she would have absolute - protection
against these diseases which claim the
lives of tf.000 babies and more than
SO, 000 grown people each year. WAKE
FIELD'S BLACKBERRY BALSAM la a
grand, good me.. cine that la free from
tha dangerous drugs that other diarrhoea
remedies contain.
It Is safe for the baby, and In larger
doses Is the beat remedy In the world for
grown people.
It Is the favorite with all classes and
all ages because It Is delicious to the taate
and never falls to cure.
Aak your druggist for WAKEFIELD'S
BLACKBERRY BALSAM and be sure you
get . tha original, genuine Wakefield
Full sis tie or S bottles for tl 00.
W. W. Kimball, $350 ebony $75
Pease & Co., $350 ebony $85
Emerson, $400 ebony $85
Harrington, $400 "ebony $100
Mansfield, $400 mahogany $115
Vose & Son, $400 ebony $125
Kohler & Chase, mahogany $125
Laffargue, mahogany $140
Steger & Son, mahogany .$145
Smith & Barnes, oak ....... ......$150
Lester, mahogany ;,
Chickering & Son, rosewood
Schaef f er, oak
Price & Teeple, mahogany ,
Price & Teeple, oak
Ebersole, mahogany ..... .
Knabe, mahogany ...... . .' ... .
Weber Grand
Weber Grand
Knabe Grand
$165
$175
.$175
$185
.......$200
$225
.......$250
.......$300
:. $325
.......$400
Every piano we sell is sold under an absolute guarantee. We believe a satisfied
customer to be the best salesman we can have. All pianos sold on easy payments.
Free stool: free scarfs.
HAYDEN BROTHERS
THE OMAHA LOAN & BUILDING ASSOCIATION cred
ited to its members on July 1st $89,000 Dividends. It has never
paid to its members less than six per cent per
syf I annum lor 21 years, baving accounts calling
ft O I toT a montllly payment of $1.00 to $25.00 may
I Via rTknts anv lav e-t In m rt on ma tisvfr rtrA
S V V Sw-e Vtu J WU W UUi D iiVb V V V
$5,000 received. Ask for Booklet "A" and
other information. Assets $3,600,000. Ueserve
fund $G7,O0O. Address, S. E. Corner 16th and Dodge Streets.
The Thing
To Do
If you lose your pocketbook, imbreUa.
watch, er gome other article of value, tha thing
to do ! to follow the example ot many other
people and advertise without delay In the Lost
and Found column of The Bee.
That ! what most people do when they log
articles of value. Telephone us aud tell your
loaa to aU Omaha la a single afternoon.
Pat It In
The Bee
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To Promote our Irrigation Pro
ject Containing 16,000 Acres
CAREY ACT AND STATE LAND
Thia In On of tho Best Irrigation Projects; In Southern Idaho
See F. H. DROWNING,
Rome Hotel City
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FISTULA Pay When CURED
All Kecul Diseases cured without a surgical
operation. No Chloroform, Ether or other gen
eral aneasthetic used. CURB GUARANTEED
to last a LIFE-TIME. K"kxmimatioh rn.
WRITS FOR BOOK ON PILES AND RECTAL DISEASES WtTH TESTIMONIALS
PH. K. n. TAKRV. 224 Isa Building. Omaha. Wefcraska .
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