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lafazire age WAT' HARPY'S liTVORR ST TTT His Honor Loses a Decision - J. w J -- - V.a..W.- - Coovrtirht. 191t Nartonal News Ass'n. Drawn for The Bee by Tad V OWTHeSUPreJ 7 ., f ANGOLA yJJJBJ HEMAiwr ( V C ppw A0 0V FEI-UvWif . J ' ' ' ' ' s 1 1 ... M 1 : ' ' ? ti i r it jmk 2i -r ; ii bv - mm rm m r r Married Life the Third Year Warrea Ain Hk Knowledge of the London Hotels and Helen is 7 ".'v 'Duly Impressed ; a.-'-1-' vi .- , - " - : : J T 1 1 i -- 1 ... I. - - - B MABEL HERBERT URNER. "Oh, Warren, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt -me! I've been In four days now and I've been so careful. Surely, I can go oui iniB evening. , , ' V c-l don't k5w about tht, wJiAt. tHftt'ii fwaB8. Itew d e 9 y" 8 u throat Ue naw?" "It's li e n 8 9 tmigi' . fcettaf tssay. it wa sems i - i J .. ClftMF that eauldn't hurt me,." .'All right. Get ua : ymir things. Bu jntnd new, wrap .hat threat up ltoe4," Half an hour' later, when they ' reached the street Helen took his arm with an eager: VMtla J-AM . . U.. MAAul 1a lu. .nil 10- overao i. ne was rrpwniHBiy muuy In the signs, on the passing buses, and ' now he waved his cane at. one and har ried Helen toward It. : --.rOh, -dear; ran'f-we go . to the topT' as h put her aside. "Not with that throat. I told you we weren't going to take any chances. And don't talk Steep your mouth closed. You want to keep out this night air." V "You haven't told! me yet where we're going," ventured Helen after a few blocks of obedient silence. "Walt and see how you like it. It Isn't a smarf restaurant, but you can get as good food there as anywhere In London. Come, here's where 'we gif off" It was a riiost pretentious looking place. At tfte entrance stood two doormen splendid In their plum-colored, brHuss-but-toned uniforms. - " They entered a foyer elaborately deco rated with palms and statues. Warren led the way up the broad stairway with its velvet-covered balustrade to a bal cony filled with tables. The head waiter seated them at a table by the railing which gave them a sweep ing view of the large dining hall below. "Why, Warren, I thought you said this wasn't a smart restaurant." 'It isn't. - We'd had to dress If It had been." "But it's so elaborate and so beauti fully jjecorated.: An ; very- impressive, too look at those, marble columns." - ''Yei, that's a curious thing about Lon? don. Ar restaurant ; is either amart or it isn't. It's not a question of appoint ments. lvish expenditure never gives a restaurnat prestige here that depends entirely upon its patronage. The smart people don't come here that's ali. So you get good food and good service at a moderate price." .'Moderate! - Why. this looks like a very expensive place." VWeir; It isn't'. There," throwing her a menu- card the waiter had just brought. "There's a dinner for three and six that you couldn't get in New York for twice that." "Three and six!" in amazement. "Why ..that isn't 90 cents." "Eighty-seven and a half." "You don't mean we can get this seven course dinner here for that?" "And a ripping good one, too." Here the waiter placed before them a large flat silver dish, divided into eight partitions and holding various hors 'aoeuVi;es igebaviti radishes, . olives, , sardines, salami and several ;nilxed rel olshfss which were new to Helen. "' They serve, these over here instead of oysters," commented Warren, .: as he helped Helen to a tiny portion of each. t ' f Oh, how delicious and how Interesting. What's this, dear? Theee little green - thlngst" . . ..I . J. ,:" - "I forgot what they call those..' "Consomme or cream or asparagus, sir?" asked the waiter. ' They gave the soup and -the fish and the entree order. Then Warren called for a wine list. . . "What a long wine list" ' exclaimed Helen. "Why, there's pages of it." "Huh, they know something about wine In this country. These are all special vin "tages and back here are the ordinary brands. You can get good wine cheap about half of what we have to pay for ;t. ; And you can get vintages up to any price. TtSi "T think' a nuart nf that No. R2 .; will be pretty' fair. That's only 2 shill- ings. Toi'd pay $1.25 at home for the same brand.". -" , Here th orchestra at the end of the ' great Mining"' hall below broke Into a faittlla American ragtime air. If was "a. large orchestra nine men besides the . i-der. They wore the same plum-colored uniforms as did all the waiters and at tendants. To Helen that dieap American tune seemed curiously out of place In this elaborate dining hail, for in spite of the moderate price the whole place had a dig nity far beyond the exorbitant New York restaurants. "Oh, Warren, what are these?" a the waiter brought on. a large plate of ' tiny fish, smaller than sardines and fried so dry and crisp that there was not a grease mark on the white' paper dolly on Which they, rested. "That's whitebait. Something you can't get at home, . and It's mighty fine, too. No, you eat the whole thing," as Helen with Tier fork carefully cut off a tiny head. "They're too small to separate. How about your throat? Are they too crisp for you?" ' ' '' "Oh, no no, they're delicious. But dear, can't I have some Ice? I simply can't drink this warm water, and I'm almost choked." Warren frowned. "Thought you were going to do without Ice over her. You know It's devilish hard to get." The attentive English waiter seeing something was wanted came up. ".Anything- you'd like, ir?" "Yes, bring this- lady some .ice-cracked ice In a bowf." When the Ice came Helen greedily filled her water' glass and also put' a . piece In her claret. , ' " ,- .".Qon't. .spoil your claret that way!" scolded Warren. "Bad enough to do that at home. They treat wine with respect In this ;country that's why. they have these long vintage lists. In New York, when a man' wants to spread hjmself, he orders champagne the only thing he knows, gut here they liave vintage claret, burgundies and moselles finer than any champagne . Now, for Heaven's sake don't disgrace us when we go to. a smart place by putting ice In your claret," . . "But if one really likes Ice In claret," protested Helen. "I don't Bee why they shouldn't have It." "Because it spoils the flavor and snows you don't know anything about wines. But, of. course, you're so obstinate, you'd" "Oh, Warren, look look at that party down there,' interrupted Helen, adrlotly changing the subject. "They're French, aren't they?" "French or . Spaniards. Everybody comes here. - It's one of the popular places." ."But I don't see. how they keep it up on these prices. Think of the' restaur ants. . that fail in New .York and the prices ' .they charge." '"Well, rent's cheaper here, and so is service. They pay these waiters about half of what they get in New York. Nothing so cheap In England as labor. That accounts for all the socialism here." "But even with the cheaper rent and labor, still they have plenty to pay for the food and all these appointments," persisted Helen. "Well, they have a big luncheon, tea and supper tfade. In London people eat all the time; If you came here at any hour you'd find some of the tables filled. .Isn't this a good chicken?" Helen murmured her appreciation as she nibbled one of the bones. "That's because It's fresh. They don't refrigerate anything in England " "Ttfty don't!. Why?" booking up In amazement ' "Because they haven't any refrigerating plants. That's why all the food you get here Is so . fresh. Our fish and chicken don't taste like this. It's been frosen stiff and may be any old age." There, was , nothing that so pleased Warren as, to be able to air his knowl edge of things in general. " Invariably it put him In a . good humor. Helen knew this, and when he wa? .Irritable one of her. most subtle defenses waa to ask some question that might get him started on "informing" her. And so now because Warren had an opportunity to tell her so much about English cuisine and customs the din ner wat a very pleasant one. Ai they left Helen again broke Into enthusiastic praise of the . restaurant the appointment, the food, the service and the i. moderate prices. "Oh,". Warren, do let's" come here again It's such an exceptional place." "Lotsofothers just as good. London's full of them If you know the ropes. We'll make it a point to eat at a dif ferent Joint every night." "Oh, 'you do know London so well," admiringly. "It's Just as though you'd always lived here." "Yes, I know a thing or two about tills town. It'r been six years since I was here, but guess you won't need any guide book while I'm along eh?" 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AND OO VE INTO THE NHT COINTV AfTCff THE BLOW WAS OVER THEY CAME OUT THE HOUSE WAS FOR fertLE ALRl.&HT.SiO KARL, YOU CAN SEE ITS tAlUEO ALREADY Wipe Your chin Off tVEt FAST reADY FOR THT GUE3T5 DO SOMC BO0tf-KCeP6 THEN I rZT LKrtCM Ar AFTER COUCH i roU THE GKOUtiVS POR ONie hooks rrfK WHICH OurrEK 15 HAW'Nw THClR 5EC0N0 ANNUAL ONvETiON. P?0fi MOOCH.L.L.D., O.K., WAS READING A PAPER ON. THE EVOLUTION OF THE FLEA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHIN G-OODS, PROE ZECZEE SRABBEJ5 AT Ml& SPECTACLES and Hoarsely whispered TO MOOCH, JUST HEARD A.CRYIN& NECESSITY AND EVEN THE CHASM YAwNED. THEN MOOCH PlPED "IF A CARD SHARP MAMlr PWLATCO THE DCCIf WITH A CERTAIN FlNfrER WOduD IT B Ea M lS"t H VEQKt" rHtt R Sarah, Vqu'vc eeen catiwt onions!! tmcn muff A.IWW ODD &OIF STICKS, BAJ5 CTC UNTIL ABOUT 5 AM. THf ti I SwecP UP A HP THEN l RfW FHTHE H-Ay. Gee GUV vep t TO Do net hi The Butterfly By NELL BRINKLEY Coyprliht,' 1912. National Nei Aocltlon. . Courtesy in Business if 4 i lly ELBERT W are ruled by our habits. First we form our habits, and then our habits form us. We are what we are on account of what we nave thought, , , said or done.. After having done a thing once, there is a ten denry li, the brain to do It BKttln. If continued, we get the habit; Unit is, we do the thing without thinking, Just as a matter of course. Thus does habit be come second nature. "What kind of peo ple will we be In Klyslum?" they asked Socrates 400 years before Christ. And his answer was, "You will be the same kind of people ydu are today, because this -life Is a preparation for the next, Just as today Is a preparation for 'tomorrow." Any man with the grouch habit, the "piker" habit, the frown habit, the cigar ette habit, the dope habit, the boose habit. Is on the greased chute, and lie himself U swabbing the slide. Also, there U a.aon Of general disposition on r the part of everybody' to give' him a push down the , road to Davy Jones' locker. In the heart of all of us I the tendency to pass back everything that Is (handed Once there was a man who said, "If I had been around, that day when the creator waa making the world I would have made a few suggestions. And one of the auditors said, "What would you have propoHed?" . 1 "I would have. mn4e good 'health catoh Ing Instead of bad." ,.(," . V That Is Just where the critic lapsed. The fact Is, good health is catching. " All good things are catching.. ' If a man smiles, waves his hand at you as you walk down the street In the morning, you wave your hand back and smile In return unconsciously, and often one little experience like this will key for you the day Joyously. Courtesy, kindness, good-will, gener osity, liberality, are all catching. ,' ' Nothing Is so contagious as a' smile. Try it on the first man you see. Cast thy bread upon the waters and it shall return after many days buttered, and sometimes with Jam on It. The advantage and benefit of telephone courtesy Is beyond computation. HUBBARD. But the use of the telephone requires a certain amount of patience. You must have faith that the man at the other end of the line has something to tell you that Is worth saying. In the big central telephone offices operators are selected with especial ear aa to their voices. A girl may have brains all right, but if she has a voice that screams, screeches or purrs, to that degree she is Incompetent either as a telephone operator or as a salesman. To speak distinctly and pleasantly Is a fine art. A good speaking voice Is not so much a matter of training as it Is of right thinking. A person who thinks well of himself and of other people has a voice that assures. People who are anxious, nervous, irritable, harassed, tired, reveal Impatience In their tones. Any one who uses the telephone, be he operator or patron, aristocrat or plebeian, should practice telephone courtesy. He should speak neither too loud nor too low, but should endeavor to put a smile Into his voire, and not tears, doubt or acc na tion. Many people, on taking down the re ceiver, win shout, "Who's this?" Then, not getting an answer, will say, "Who are you, anyway?" This is followed up with "What do you want?" All of which ts !''- discourteous, absurd and lnop- Any one taking down the receiver should .announce who he Is. If you were a sales man,' and entering an office you would not shout at the first man you met, "Who is this?" or "Who are you?" " When you call on a person you have never before met, you certainly do not demand that he should reveal his Identity until you have first reveuled yours. . You moderate your voice, and you speak pleasantly. On taking down the receivr, either to answer a call or to put one In, when you get your party, say, "This is Mis. Brown who Is speaking." Just assume a pleas ant attitude of mind, and your voice will follow. , " I have noticed that trainmen on certain railroads for the most part have pleasant voices. They call the stations in a way ?o they are understood, and they do not ap pear to be bawling bad names at their entmiles. They are the voices of men who are well nourished, who get eight hours' sleep, who think well of themselves, who are' proud of their Job's and proud of the road for which they work. . Thus are they placed on good terms with their colleagues and with the public. Copyright, 1912, International News Service. Little Bobbie's Pa jDOJJ'T TfliT U1H .YOU- COULD CATCH ONE ? By WILLIAM F. KIRK ''Newspapers Is funny things, ain't thay, sed Ma. One day thay say one thing & the next day thay say the salm thing." "You doan't say so, sed Pa. One day thay say the saim things as thay sed the day befoar. It all must be vary distressing to Mayor Gaynor, sed Pa You see, Pa sed, Mister Gaynor wud be moar In favor of a press that was all the time differing itself, the way be Is. There Is one grand old man, no use talking. Sometimes I think he is moar than human. At leest, sed Pa, thare In sumthln2 about him that a human can't dope out. The letters he rites, 1 mean. etc. What 1 was going to say, speeklng about newspapers, sed Ma, was that I read a peere the other day that sed Mister Burden Junlour was sick of New port beekaus thare was so many com mon people thare. He sed that all the Four Hundred was going to Californy, sed Ma. He did. did he, sed Pa. My goodness! You doan't mean to tell me that all the Four Hundred Is going to the other coast Si leeve the butchers & grocers flat? Three thousand miles is a, long ways, sed Pa & besides thare ain't many good lawyers on the Pacific slope. Thay doant need so many lawyers out thare. By the way, sed Pa, .who, in who Is Mister Burfaen Junlour? Thare is sum thing about the nalm that sounds like a man with a load, sed Pa. I trust that he had a load when he made that Idiotic reemark, sed Pa. You doant need to burn up about it sed Ma. ' I dident mean to start any thing, . I always burn tip, sed Pa, wen I see or hear anything about a bunch of nuts talking about common people. Who are common people anyway? sed Pa. Abraham Lincoln, - Napoleon, Socrates, Aesop, Oliver Cromwell that Is the kind of common peepul that -Mister Burden Junlour Is talking about. Men that had big brains, nig nanas, Dig neans Big i Record, big bodies. Bless them. Pa sed, thay had moar brains under thare finger nails than all the Junlours In the world. The wise guys In this world doant want any advice from Junlours. sed Pa. Tharo are too many Seniors tending bar reglar Seniors at that.' Seniors In brains & manhood. Thay can't help it If thay have to tend bar, sed Pa. Doan't cry about It, sed Ma, & doan't have apoplexy as I have often toald . you beefoar. What in the world do I care about Burden Junlour or any other member of the Four Hundred? ft how do thay know that anybody wants them out In Californy? Them Native Sons is kind of touchy about the kind of folks they reecelve Into thare arms, Ma sed. I think the Four Hundred ought to rite four hundred letters befoar thay pack thare grips & move West. Wife, sed Pa, thare are times that you show sum sense. .labe's Depart are from Gettyabmrsr. . "Jabe Mathis," said General Lpngstreei, of the Thirteenth Georgia, was a good soldier, "but one day, when the confed erates were retreating from the gory field of Gettysburg, Jabe threw his musket on the ground, seated ntmsolf by the toad Blde and exclaimed with vehenie'ic: '111 be doggone If I walk another step! , I caftt do- It.' And Jabe was the picture of despair.'; ' '.-, . ,, " 'Get up, man,' exclaimed the captain, 'don't you know the Yan&es are follow ing us? They'll get you sure.' " 'Can't help it," said Jaber 'I'm done for. I'll not march another step.' "The confederates passed along over the crest of a hill and lost sight of poor, . dejected Jabe. In a moment there was a fresli rattle of musketry and a renewed crash of shells. Suddenly Jabe appeared on the crest of the hill, moving with hur ricane swiftness and followed by a cloud of dust. As he dashed by his captain that officer said: " 'Hello, Jabe! Thought you wasn't go ing to march any more?' -, " 'Thunder!' replied Jabe, as he hit th dust with renewed vigor, you don't cali this marching do you? " Philadelphia.