THE BEE: OMAIIA, SATURDAY, DECWMBEK 27, 1013.
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By Nell Brinkley
He Never Takes a Dare
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OrJfUht, Uta, Intcrmtlotul N Prrtlf.
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Did you over do this sit up and- swell your
little chest out and smile sort of off-hand and dare
Danny to take a shot at you. Ho never does,
you know, take a dare. Yousit back 'on your
heels, and you think it's a game just- fini. The
little chap's got such a playful, smile, and he fools
around and fools around and sends his arrow
quivering into the walls but you are dead cer
. tain that ho 'd never loose it into your even-pulsed
heart. And so, in the midst of this mild play and
gentle camaraderie, you put your two fists on
tyour hips and dare young Dan to wing you! And
lie braces his small legs, and rounds out his tummy
and draws tho singing string. to his pink oar (and
still it looks, like play, for his mouth beyond tho
bow is smiling juBt tho same), and ho "shuts one
bright oyo; and you smilo on also and one tiny,
vicious twang time enough to see behind Love's
smilo an icy cruelty and over you topple cljan
gone in love the deadly bittersweet struck
deep in your heart! Did you ever dare Lovo to
wing you and find ho never takes a daro? Don't
do. it,, even if you're tho lastingest old bachelor
ovorwas! NEDL BRINKLEY.
The Pipef
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.
Out of the echoing faraway,
Up from the rushing sea; ' '
Back on the road of Yepterdajr,
A piper came, to mo.
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"Pipe mo a song of Life," I cried, '
, And ho lifted his eyesboye , -,fiv.t. ..,.
While the sweet wild note's drifted far and'wide,
As he piped me;a-ebrig- of 'lord; "
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Then laughing I hurried upon my way,
And I left love far behind;
Till I came on my piper of yesterday; , ' .;
Grown old and crippled and blind.
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"Pipe me a song of Life," I cried,
And'withbllnd eyea lifted aboVe, J :r'
He fingered his cracked .,jld pipe, with pride.
And played me the' song, of love.
Fortunes Built on Tips
The average wago of waiters In New
York City is only 83 cents a day, but
that does not prevent them from being
the most persistent among the small spec
ulators In Wall street They like easy
monoy, but they are shrewd. Just now
they are playing the game with rather
ir.ore vim than usual. Some big tips on
the market have, been passed'around
among, them, and they are keeping atten
tive eyes on the ticker".
Walters who serve In the big hotels or
restaurants that are patronized by the
heavy 'speculators get all sorts of first
hand .Information .from the conversations
they overhear. Sometimes it is in re
gard to stocks and sometimes about real
estate.
The men seated at the table usually pay
llttlo or no 'attention to' the "one wno
waits on them. The more, prompt and
the less obtrusive Ihe.-waHer. Js the bet
ter they like him. Nine times out of ten
they get up and go away without having
the least Idea what he looks like. On
the other hand, It Is the part of every
first-class waiter's business to remember
names and faces and gossip and to store
them away in his memory. Therefore,
by comparing notes with othor waiters,
he gets a fair Idea as to whether the
scraps of information he overhears are
to be felled on or not.
Tips and Tipsters.. '
There Is one illustrious .case of a waiter
at the Holland House, who was given
a running start by Charles M. Schwab.
This happened ten or eleven year ago.
This waiter was solicitous whenever Mr.
Schwab appeared. Mr. Schwab noticed
it and liked it at.d responded liberally.
One day Mr. Schwab gave an entertain
ment and this waiter excelled himself
Mr. Schwab called him over, - compli
mented htm highly and told him he was
-pleased with his attention. He con
cluded by saying he would be glad .to
do anything he could for him at .any
time. The waiter thanked him warmly,
and the matter rested for a week or
irore. Then the waiter, at an opportune
moment, reminded Mr. Schwab of his
offer and said he would like to take ad
vantage of It.' He explained that he had
a little money to Invest and would be
grateful If Mr. Schwab would suggest a
Kood stock In which to deal. Mr. Schwab
was thoughtful a moment and then he
opined that American Bridge was a fine
investment. Ho addod that it was selling
at a low price, and, In his opinion, was
sure to advance soon. Tho waiter ex
pressed thanks for his -advice, saw Mr.
Schwab to the door and bowed him out.
Within a month1 from that time Mr.
8chwab, who,, like all' other large flnan
clers, had an active and efficient staff
to gather information. f,or him, learned
that- some ." one. was - Inlying American
fridge in respectable quantities. Further
inquiry developed that this person was
not a broker, but some one- outside of
the street,
Mr. Schwab's -Investigations- dlscoveerd
that the man Who had'bought botween
10,000 and 80,000 shares of American
Bridge on a margin wasva waiter at the
Holland House. It was the' waiter to
whom Mr. Schwab had given the tip.
This waiter had been making good use
of all his tips, both monetary and market,
in a quiet way, and had accumulated
considerable of a fortune. When he got
Mr. Schwab's advice he played it to' tho
limit and cleaned up many thousands.
Cnttlnsr Coupons. 1
There Is a head waiter at one of tho
big hotels much frequented by heavy
speculators. He Is credited with having a
fortuno of at least $300,000, but ho never
passes up any 20 tips, necently he .was
seen to go to the office desk and ask fox
his strong box from the safe. He opened
It, took out a handful of bonds, went
away and busied himself for a. time out
line coupons.
"How much did you cut off?" he was )
"This Is a bad month, I only cut off
1300," ho replied. "But wait until next
month."
Several of the proprietors, of large and
fashionable- Broadway restaurants started
in life as waiters and there are others,
who arc waiters still who are wealthy,
One of the latter class owns an apart
ment house In West End avenue that Js
assed at 1110,000. He Is a widower, and
his two sons are in the Ecole Poly
technique in Paris. He himself Uvea in
a furnished room on Forty-fourth street
to be near his work. Ho Is reputed to
have accumulated his wealth from the
tips he got from one man, a banker,
whom he served for several years. Of
course, the tips went Into Wall street on
the banker's advice, and increased there
Science
A Geological Aristocrat Who
Has Outlived His Time : :
By GARRETT P. 8ERV1SB.
Hero again is tho war of races tho
play of" the terrible law that life must
llvo upon life.
But tho antagonists confronting ono
another In this picture tho lltttlo hum
ming bird, with Its defending lance, and
tho mouse-like creature seeking the eggs
possess a particular interest, because
one of them Is what a' French naturalist
calls a '"revenat"! 'that Is to say, a
"ghobt," though not In tho ordinary ao-
Thls unumial
picture shows
the caenolestcs
surprised while
raiding a bird's
nest for eggs.
Tho mother bird
is furiously
trying to drive
tho tlilevlng
animal away.
Shaking Down Extra Flesh
Prof. William Howard ..Toft ofYale,
until roccntly ono of tho 'fattest mon In
tlio United State's of which lio was 'presl
dont, Is as liappy as a boy' on Christinas
eve. During his visit to New York City
ho told 'stories and laughed mora heart
ily than hfs listeners. Ha had a smilo
for tho world and everybody in it, . He
walked llko an athlato with a spring
from his. toes and ho came lis near to
capering as you could reasonably expect
an ox-president to do, ,
Why.?- Beoauso -when ho weighed him
self, yesterday morning ho had . to slide
the bnlancer back ajong tho scale -beam
clear to tho little white mark which
meant 271 pounds eight ounces, a little'
drop of stxty-nlno pounds eight ounces
from the 311 at which ho tipped tho bcatn
when he left the White. House:, because
ho Is back to tho weight of twonty
soven years ago, whon ho went on the
federal bench; because he has solved tho
problem that creases tho brows of fat
men and fat woman; because he Is mora
alert mentally and physically than when
ho. was Mr.. President, ,
Ho. felt so good, In fine, that ho wanted
to give a Christmas present to nil na
tions, one worth more than Jewels and
fine goldf-tho. art of successfully re
ducing flesh. If there's .any mun on
oarth who has given more attention to
that problem Prof. Taft would llko to
know who he Is. His burden of flesh
compelled him to lead a monk's life
while other men wero Joying in entlriff
and drinking. But he has found happl
ncss and relief.
At the homo of his brother, Henry W,
Taft, M West Forty-eighth street, the
axrprcsldcnt revealed the secret of suc-
Attacldng a Humming Bird's Nest.
ceptation of thai term. It looks like a
mouso, but is none. It Is a geological
survivor, a left-ovor from the most re
mote antiquity, a representative of- the
inhabitants of this globe v millions of
years ago. During all that tremendous
lapse of time It has retained the characteristics-
of its ancestors, whose tombs
are more ancient than the hills.
If' length of pedlgroe and rarity of
connections are marks of aristocracy,
this animal must rank as one of the
bluest-blooded of the earth's inhabitants.
It dwells in Central America, but is so
seldom seen even by the Indians who
haunt the woods of Colombia and Kcua
dor that It has no generally recognized
popular name. Around Bogota It is
called the "raton runcho," or opossum
rat. Naturalists name It the "caenol
estes." It lives among the upper
branches of trees, raiding the nests of
rmall birds and keeping itself secluded
from observation, as If it felt that It
does not belong to the age In which It
finds itself.
To the unscientific eye there is noth
ing remarkable in its appearance. But
here outside looks go for nothing. The
naturcllst finds that the caenolestcs pos
sesses anatomical characteristics that it
must have retained since Trlassla times.
How long ago that was It Is useless to
try to tell, becauso the geographical
periods cannot be measured in centuries.
But Iff was bofore what Is called the
age of tho great reptiles. Thoao glints,
coming after It, have disappeared, leav
ing their wonderful skeletons In the
rocks, and yet this little creature sur
vives, and shows the same peculiar set
of Jaws that characterized its forefathers
In the beginning of tlmo. It recalls that
famous royal family of Europe whose
representatives still sit upon thrones and
whose facial expression never vurles.
A curious fact In connection with the
caonolestes Is that other animals of a
similar kind have survived in much
greater variety In Australia, a continent
that Is remarkabla for Hb curious ani
mals as for Its singular situation, away
oft by Itself, Otologists believe that be
fore, and partly during Trlassla times,
a great continental arm united Australia
and South America. Then, perhaps, tho
ancestors of the caenolestcs lived In all
portions of the huge continent that was
thus formed, but after tho convulsion
that separated America from Australia
occurred tho descendants of these ani
mals rapidly' died out In. America, leav
ing finally,, only the rare little creature
that we have described to make war
upon tho humming birds of the tropics,
at a tremendous rate.
Qulter a number of tho waiters In the
expensive downtown restaurants own
their own homes, usually handsome
places in the country. Some of them aro
leading citizens and are In the (100,004
class. One of them some months ago
was a waiter In an old and fashionable
restaurant that, has since liown wined out
by fire. He was serving a party at lunch
one day and overheard remarks concern
ing a certain stock that was to be
pounded. He finished serving tho party,
ple&dd illness and was excused. Then
he hurried over to his brokers and went
short of that stock to the extent of 15,000
on a five-point margin.
He had heard a certain figure men
tioned and knew Just whero to close tho
deal. Ho stayed away from work and
watched his Investment tho next three
days, selling more and more stock for
every halt point of decline. He got out
at the psychological moment and Went
back to his Job the following day many
thousands richer. New York Press.
cessfully and ...permanently 'separating
one's self from adlpopo tissue, and of
fered . .to others who have been, as
harassed as ho was tho benefit of his
experience.
"I would ,eay to nny man or woman
who Is too fnt to do his or her best,
mentally and physically, and .who Is
eager tp get down to weighty Da careful
how you go about It. A good doctor, on
who knows his- patient's -strength' and
we'fikfy'BscsJ li everything;
"For heaven's" sako' keep away ,irom
quacks, you - burdened ones) Do not be
lured by attractive advertisements and
promises that your 'fat WlU'be taken off
by somo hokuspokUB and without self
denlftl and effort on your part.
"My doctor Interdicted potatoes and
all starchy .things. Potatoes for mo
hav'o come to be & deadly sin. He' cut
from my bill of fare- all fat meats, abso
lutely forblddli.'g pork and other meats
containing mufih ffaf , ,
"I am ' not allowed to eat fatty fish,
such as salmon. 1 don't touch, pastry of
any kind. 1 must bo very careful .about
my allowance of sugar, I am permitted
to cat lean roast beef -and (eon mutton.
I have a wde rango of vegetables, which
do not contain much starch or sugar. I
nm frlondly with the salads provided
there Is but a ltttlcvotl in the dressings.
"This Is only a baro outline of tho
leglmon. The point Is that ,a. 'capable
doctor who understands his patient
'knows whnt'should bo eaten and What
should bo avoided. Oct a good doctor,
follow his lnsjrucjon with all your will
ind slrcngtlt and you wil be 'benefited.
This Is the' only:" sSorbt of weight reduc
tion." New York- Sun.
Saw Lee Give Up Sword
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H. M. Norton, 1501 Boss street. Is one
of the few residents of Sioux City who
saw the surrender of Lee to Grant at
Appainattox court house In tho spring of
IMS.
At that tlmo Mr. Norton was a mem
ber of the Thirty-second Maine Infantry,
a regiment that saw the shortest and per
haps the most gruelling service of the
entire civil war. It was the only regi
ment so shattered that it had to be mus
tered only and consolidated with another
regiment.
In the spring of when Grant was
raising the army of the Potomao, Mr.
Norton, though only a boy of 17 years,
enlisted as sergant in Company D of the
Ill-fated Maine regiment. He served con
tinuously until several months after the.
surrender of Lee and the signing of the
treaty of peace.
The Maine regiment of which Mr. Nor
ton was a member was assigned to the
Second brigade, Second division, Ninth
army corps, commanded by Major Gen?
eral A, . Burnslde. This corps was. In
tended for the reserve of the grand army
under General Grant inthe great movo
ment that year against Richmond.
When the army of northern Virginia,
under. General Lee, was unexpectedly
encountered in the wilderness bordering
the Jiappahannock and its tributaries, on
May S, 1861, one of the most terrible bat
tles of the war began, und It was nec
essary to call on the "reserves." Six
companies of the Maine regiment were
thrown into the fight and engaged in the
hottest part of the battle. Thousands
were killed, but Mr. Norton escaped
without a wound.
In tho two sanguinary tattles of Spott
sylvnnlo, also, he was unscathed while
thousands of his comrades fell on all
sides.
It was on June 30 that Mr. Norton tools,
an active part in what General 'Grant
later described as "the saddest event of
the war." This was the famous Burn
slde mine explosion. More than 10,000
tons of powder had been exploded under
th rebel works, blowing up a South Car
olina regiment and leaving a pit several
feet deep and an opening sixty feet wide.
Griffin's division, of which tho Thirty
second Maine was a part, promptly
moved forward and passed Into wbat was
called "the crater." Mr. Norton's com
pany was the first to pass through tho
breach. Tho regiment halted inside the
works and awaited reinforcements. But
through some unaccountable delay none
came and the rebel army, rallying from
Us surprise, began the slaughter of the
northern regiment. Three-fourths of tho
Maine regiment was killed and only fifty
men came out of the fight unwounded.
So awful had been tho slaughter that thn
living had"cntrencHed themselves behind
the dead bodies of comrades.
Three thousand men wero killed and
1,000 taken prisoners in this engagement
alone.
In the attack on the Weldon railroad
a month later the Thirty-second Maine
was destroyed as a teglment and was
consolidated with other companies. The
regiment had been composed of untrained
men and they wero under fire almost
every day from the time they were mus
tered In until after the surrender of Lec,
-Sloux City Journal.
