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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 22. 1911.
A
HOME OF THE SIMPLE LIFE
Section of South Africa When
Stftndpatism is the Bale.
BUBAL PICTURES FROM EOEItDOM
llnlloan Ascension m Mystery to the
tlTr and Letter Writing
n t'namal Orrnpn-tloa.
A tfv dag sro Capt. Rpelterlnl, the fa
mous aeronaut, made the flrHt balloon
ncent ever witnessed In the Transvaal,
liflng lo b height of 7.000 feet above
Johannesburg. As he wan descending
near the Tree Elate border two Doer
farmer noticed tho strange apparition
In the sky. They were much perturbed.
They aeized their Mau'eri and deliber
ated whether it would not be advisable
to shoot the mysterious aerial Intruder,
which seemed to them to be lomo un
known monster of the nlr. Hoppl!y they
hesitated lonK enoiifth to see that there
were human beings In the rurlous Rlobe.
mil the lneiocnt should serve to re
mind those wlut expect exeeedlnKly rapid
development In rural South Africa that
many of the iiiaint Ideas of the simple
Vrvortrekkerr still rllnff to the veld. Tho
old type of Ruer farmer la disappearing
before tho advur.ee of (duration. Hut
lie In going slowly. If you rend the
liutch papera you will sllll find very
arnet and very Indignant correspon
ilenta proteHMng lhat the destruction of
locustw la a Ma.MphrninuB attempt to op
pose the will of the AlmlKbty. who had
sent the srourxe as a punishment fcr
the slnfulneta of the people. You will
find farmers derlarlnfr tlwt the natural
illnesses of atocl: should not be Inter
fered with, and auygt sting that all tho
Kovernment veterinary aurreona should
be turned nut of the country.
Minplfltr of lbs Hoer.
Tlie traders and prospectors In the
Transvaal tell many a delightful story
of the simplicity of these old Voortrek
kers. whose hitsnttaltty unfortunately
was often but lit repaid.
One of the best lenown of these stories
relates bow a well-known mining mag
nate purchased a rtaji gold bearing farm.
It m-na I th lmn lhal Ihn 11 m f I
began to realise thai some of the In
truding strangers Into their country
were unaccountably Tilling to pay large
Hums for land. Prices rotte, not because
the farmers had the faintest Idea of the
value of the sums thee demanded, but
simply . because the. large amounts
hounded well in their ears. ' Ho when
Ibis magnate wished to buy a particular
farm he was met with a demand for
A'lW.flO In gold. The owot would not
hear of anything less. Ho did not know
what 100.000 meant, but the sound of
the globular sum pleased him. At lust
the mining man consented. The trans
fer deeds were drawn up and were to bs
signed on a glvrn night.
When tho evening came the magnate
drove up A the farm with a bag of gold.
All was ready, but the Iloer Insisted tl at
tho mnnry must be counted out before
his eyes. The other agreed. He set out
1,009 sovereigns In lines on one side of
the table.
"There Is a thousand pounds," he said.
Then at right angles he laid out 100
gold coins.
"That l 100 pounds," be explained; "so
you have the hundred thousand pounds."
And the Uoer signed the deeds and
trekked away into tho unknown with tho
gold, happy In the thought that he had
sold his farm for a record price.
It Is not difficult to believe such a
story, when one remembers that tho
chosen legislators of these old l!oers ad
vanced publicly In the Ilaadzaal those
qunlnt Ideas, reprinted in an appendix to
Sir I'crcy FItcpntrlrk's book, "The Trans
vaal From 'Within."
One of thefp old parliamentarians de
nounced a proposal to erect poit boxes
in l'retoiia as extravagant and effeminate.
Letter Writing" n Monstrnslt y,
"IIo could not see." he raid, "why
peoplo always wanted to bo writing letter-.
Ho wrote none himself. In tho
tlnys of his youth he had written a let
ter nnd had not been afraid to travel
fifty miles and more on horseback and
by wagon to poet It, and now people
complained If they had to go a mile."
These old farmers were horrified to
hear thnt godless people In Johannesburg
had Insulted the Almighty by firing
bombs at the sky In time of drought
to endiavor to bring rain. The Itind
railway was only built through tho nub-
terfugo of calling It a "tram." Fierce
discussions arofe on a proposal to de
stroy locusts, and Home members were
so offended at tho ties affected by their
more up-to-date colleagues that they pro
posed that the size and shape of the neck
ties worn by legislators should be defined
by law.
At ouo time In Johannesburg oranges
wero at famine prices, and an oriental
trnder went out with a cart to a farm on
which there were many tree. He offered
6 shillings a 100 for the fruit, and In order
to keep count arranged that for each 100
oranges placed on tho cart he should put
a "tlckey" (a 3-penny piece) In the far
mer's hat. When the hat had become
about half full of "tlckeys" tbe trader
purposely looked away for a few mo
ments. The Hoer did Just what the trader
expected, lie hurriedly plunged a hand
Into tho hat and thrust a handful of
"tlckeys" Into his pocket. And when the
trader paid for the orange according to
the number of "tlckeys" In the het the
Hoer did not realise that lie had robbed
himself of 4 shillings 9 penno for every
"tlckey" ho had put Into IiIm pocket.
Hut the Hoer was never a match for tho
East End dealer. A farmer who hud bud
some transactions with a trader took the
precaution of arming himself with a
ready reckoner. The trader worked out
the account by a form of mental arith
metic peculiarly his own.
Arithmetic: Oat of Date.
"But," objected the Hoer, quisled at the
result, "this is wrong. I have done the
sum with a ready reckoner and It la dif
ferent." The trader paused a moment. "Let me
see it." ho said, taking the book.
"Ah!" he exclaimed. "I thought so
Thl ready reckoner is last year's. It Is
out of date!"
And the Hoer accepted the explanation
without a suspicion of doubt.
And these Incidents, which nave their
parallel today, show that change Is work
ing but slowly In Pouth Africa. Johan
nesburg letter In Chicago Inter Ocean.
FINED FOR , HIS INDUSTRY
Koine ritliy nenmrks of (he Kansas
Drrniil on the Activity of the
Assessor.
LOCHINYARS AT THE WHEEL
Fascinations of Chauffeur Prove Ir
resistible to Heireisei.
SEARCHING FOR SAFEGUARDS
Captain of the Joy Ride gaperreiles
the Matinee Idol as the Mesca
line Hero of the
Hoar.
There are Kome queer things about our
syBtem of lu:,atljn. Here Is an example:
Once upon a time the editor of this paper
became possessed of the laudable ambi
tion to own a home. Having managed to
save up a few dollars, he purchased upon
tin payment plan some 'property which
had been taken In on mortgage by an
eastern Investment company.
The house was In iiurh bad repair that
It was not fit for occupancy. The cellar
was full of stagnant water, weeds grew
rankly about the house, the porches were
rotted ami sagging, tho house unpalnted.
The lot was a couple of feet above the
sidewalk, and the earth had washed and
caved, making It Impassable. The place
was an eyesore and a menace to health;
we wanted a home and saw Its possi
bilities. It was located In a good neighborhood
and from It we had a beautiful view
over a pretty valley. Being rather handy
with tools, we went to work before and
after office hours. We repaired the
porches, painted the house, sodded and
terraced the yard and drained the cellar
and put In curbing and parking. We
worked early and late, until at last we
had, as many people told us, one of the
prettiest homes In the town and then the
assessor came around and doubled our
taxes.
We were fined because we had worked
hard and converted disorder Into order.
ugliness Into beauty, and had wiped out
a plague spot In the neighborhood. It
Is also truo that the owner of a few va-
cunt lots adjoining our place Immediately
advanced them In price, but neglected to
cut the tall weeds that grew on them.
It may be added that his taxes were not
Increased, notwithstanding the fact that
lie held his lots at a higher price.
We have told this story because the
statement Itself ought to cause someone
to do some hard thinking. There, surely
Is something radically wrong with a sys
tem of taxation In which a person la
fined for merely being Industrious
Dclphos (Kan.) Republican.
Koe Ilranslel IDg Ad On
rge 12, News Section.
What Is society going to do about It?
Here are Its young women, members of
lt most exclunlve circles In this country
and connected by marriage with some of
the greatest families of Europe, running
off with handsome young chauffeurs and
declaring they like It and have nothing
to regret. Such a situation Is baffling to
the 'most astute of parents and guardians.
Daughters must exist. Chauffeurs must
exist. One can't, at all times, drive one's
own automobile. Therefore, It Is neces
sary that thee dashing, able mechani
cally Intelligent persons should not be
wholly exterminated from the surface of
tho earth. Then how are our daughters
to be guarded from these strangely dan
gerous things, these creatures gifted with
uncanny powers of fascination, .which
enable them to charm away from our
protecting guardianship glrla who have
been so carefully brought up, that, as
we had supposed, no one of less estate
than a million, save ond except some Im
pacunious foreign noble, has ever gained
the honor of acquaintance?
It Is safe to say that when the disap
pearance of Miss Julia French and her
marriage to Mr. Joseph Geraghty, a
handsome chauffeur, was chronicled,
about ten days ago, 10,000 mothers of at
tractive daughters sat up and gasDed
hard, and straightaway put tho family
chauffeur under a microscope. Here was
a new danger threatening their market
able array of offspring. How were they
going to aolve the problem thus pre
sentedhow guard against the threatened
danger with that easy grace that de
ceives the onlookers by seeming to Ignore
the existence of danger, even while' It
compasses the undoing of the enemy?
All Precautions Taken.
Bo far as human forethought could
go, everything had already been done
to guard the flock from Invasion from
without. The bars were up against all
comers of lesser rank, against all who
could show no long lino of cultivated
ancestors or who were not able to com
pensate for the lack by their superior
financial standing.
Then came the shock of Miss Julia
Fench's marriage to Joseph Qeraghty.
And all of a sudden the structure seemed
to go stumbling down, flattened to earth
by the dashing onslaughts of an In
vincible young knight, who blares his
challenge with a motor horn and conies
on pellmcll over the clattering, falling
wall Into the sacred Inclosure, snatches
his heiress away, while the onlookers
gasp In astonishment, and Is gone at the
rate of seventy miles an hour over the
country Into the great "without" from
which he sprang.
The heiress has deserted the glittering
possibilities, which might have been real
ized for her If she had only been wise
and waited. Hlie has braved the region
beyond the wall, with Its threat of pov
erty, obrcurlty and social obloquy. The
wall has failed to protect her from her
fiery captor, and the reason and logic,
which should have taught her to resist
his pleas have proved equally futile.
The families of young and desirable
debutantes with brilliant futures find
themselves In the midst of social chaos.
They shudder and gather their broods
more closely about them, and appoint
whole bevies of lynx-eyed maiden aunts
to watch their young nieces night and
day, and they look at their chauffeurs
and those of their friends through
loffrncttes and field glasses and micro
scopes and from every possible point of
view, and they wonder how It came
about, and how Innumerable other elope
ments of a like nature came about, and
what is to bo done about it, anyway.
Thrown Into Consternation.
If. they say, It was only the case of the
chauffeur of one's own family It might
be managed. But that Isn't enough to
guard agulnRt, because It seems that the
chauffeurs of one's friends are equally
dangerous. There was Miss French, who
eloped with a chauffeur only occasionally
employed by her family, and whom she
had met at a motor school, where she
hud gone to learn how to run a car her
self. There was Miss Silvey Spcer, the
young daughter of W. A. Speer of At
lanta, Ga., heiress to more than $1,000,000,
and who secretly married young Russell
Thomas, who acted as a chauffeur In the
neighborhood, but who was not especially
employed by her father. Then there was
Miss Madeleine Zlgler, daughter of a
wealthy woman of Pittsburgh, who ran
away with a chauffeur only occasionally
employed by her mother, but whom ah
had found time and opportunity to meet
elsewhere, than at home
It is a question, after all, of looking the
chauffeur over, estimating his attrac
tions, and seeking to arrive at the secret
of his peculiar fascination for women.
There can be no doubt that he has such
fascination. Anyone who reads the news
papers will acknowledge at once that
this Is the day of the girl and the chauf
feur. Where In the matinee Idol of other
years? He nlmply doesn't exist since the
chauffeur camo Into his own. Where
Is the horseman who once dazzled the
young society woman whom he met In
the course of business? He Is too slow
for the girl of today, and the chauffeur
has long since completely supplanted him.
BLACK CAT UNITES LOVERS
tr Aalaaal Looked Ipon as
Mysterloaa Mascot la Penn
sylvania Home.
Mr. and Mr. Albert Carpenter of Read
ing, Fa., who a few days ago announced
their marriage, which occurred last May,
declare lhcy were reunited by means of a
stray black cat. There Is a general be
lief In Berks county that If a homeless
black cat comes to a home and refuses
to leave. Its presence will bring good
fortune, sooner or later.
Last April a black cat came to the
home of Mrs. Mary Bull, a widow. Her
husband, Henry Butz, died a number of
years ago. When a young girl, Mrs.
Buti was courted by Albert Carpenter,
and was engaged to be married, when
the engagement was broken off because
of the Illness of her father. ' Carpenter
then left for the west, and had not been
heard of or seen since.
W'hen the black cat arrived at the home
of Mra Butz she made repeated efforts
to drive It away, but failed. A neighbor
warned her not to do so, as It meant
good luck. Three days later the samo
neighbor noticed In a paper that there
was a letter for Mrs. Butz In the "dead
letter" office at Relnholds station, Mrs.
Butz's former home, and she told her
about It.
Mrs. Butz called for the letter, and to
her great surprise. It was a message from
her old sweetheart. She Immediately
answered, and he came est and their
wedding followed. Carpenter had been in
tho ranch business tn Montana, had mad
a fortune, and came east to hunt his old
sweetheart. While at West Center h
wrote her the letter. The most Important
person In the Carpenter home today Is
the black cat. Neither will part with tho
animal, saying that It was through tho
cot they were reunited.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are both about
60 years old. Carpenter Is a civil war
vet rap.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate cele
brated their golden wedding anniversary
at their home in Stockbridge, Mass., last
Monday. Nearly 600 invited guests ot
tended the reception.
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Am fmt
few '4 vft$A te-Jlc:
Great Lace Curtain Sale
Monday. See Ad On Pane
12 News Section.
Monday A Notable Event
Sale of Women's Sample
Tailored Suits at $25
300 sample tailored suits bought from
a New York maker at half their value
This manufacturer turned out onlv suits of the most fashion
able character and these were his samples. Every correct
style feature of this season is represented and every popular
high grade fabric is here. Every garment is an exclusive
style and has no duplicates. Not a Suit in the lot worth less
than $35.00 most of them worth as high as $55.00; Monday at
Clothes Just Suited to the
Sport-Loving American
Healthy,
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An authority on children once said: "From 10 to 16
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You'll Find Ideal Boys' Clothes Here "Best Ever,"
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So well tailored bo well styled, so well featured that most economical
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N?w Serge Dress ts
New tailored erfects tho most popular gar
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910
917.30 and
New Velveteen Dresses
Pretty tailored and braid trimmed, lace
lars, new sleeve effects; navy,
Drown and black, will go on jIt
rol-
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Great Showing of High Class Furs
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This is a charming
corset, E. & G. model
COS, for figures of
averago proportions.
The bust is of medium height and
the skirt of average length. Strongly
boned throughout, prettily trimmed
with lace and carries supporters front,
side and back.
Though not extreme in style, this
model is admirably adapted to suit
the prevailing fashions in close fit
ting gowns. It displays the figure of
moderate build to excellent advantage.
One of the most popular of the many
R. & G. styles.
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The best location for a lawyer
is in a building close to the Court House and the
City Hall. The lawyer's time is all he has to sell.
Every step and every minute saved means
money to the busy man.
It is a great thing to have only a few steps
to go when the weather is very cold or very hot,
or very stormy. The building nearest to the
Court House is
THE BEE BUILDING
You will find it advantageous to move be
fore cold weather. "While there are not a great
number of the best of them from which to
choose, there are some very choice ones offered
below:
lotmi 300-35 Very attractive suite of rojina directly in front of the
elevators, facing Karuam street, lias been occupied for years by a
prominent physician, anil would make desirable quarters for any
line of work This space containing square feet will be va
cated Oct. iblh superintendent will be pleasei to show this suite
at any time
Kent, per n.onth 9S2.S3
Boom 380 Is a choice corner office having a north and went exposure,
making" this space attractive at any emoo of the year, on account
of good light and ventilation. We will arrange this space, lfxiu.
suitable for tenant, and there being a vault lu the room, it affarU
extra protection for valuables.
Bent, per month 940.00
oosb 68 lias a partition which makes two eood slsed rooms, private
oftioe and reception room. Two large windows furnlali plenty of
light from the north. This space is :6-J.2u. and rental price reasonable.
Kent, per month,
koon 40 Is a sn.sll well arranged room facing 17th street,
aplendld light and ventilation. The size of room is sxlS-S
Kent, per month
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having
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