TTTE OMAHA SUNDAY BrTK: MATCCH m, WIS.
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DOORS CLOSE THEMSELVES
Oueiti in a Hurry tt the Hotel Ctitle
Do Not Hare to Remember on
Leaving Room.
MiTERENT FROM OTHER DATS
What man dos not roTttPmhrr as ona
of tha worries of his Juv.ntle carper the
continual rail of his pMors to him to
clou th door
T. my. It HMtnPd that life was on
hmj sarins nf rlosln doors, thnt life
vai only onp flnrn door nftor another.
Ws h lato to mot't Tommy Jones to
no flsliln' and wasaiip rushtmc out of the
house with his porkrts f, f,f fish hooks
and lines and sinkers fund worms ner
hapsi, whs he rushlnj? out thus eiulpppl
at anjr tlrr In " j ranee of memory
when he did not ,rar tlie uinternal voice
In solemn and sepulchral, and alaa, per
haps threatening accents pronounce those
fateful and fatal words, "Johnny, close
the door," or, usbi the accusative In
stead of the Imperative form, "Johnny,
you haven't closed the door."
Oh, alas! Oh, what a waste of time.
What a bother to stop tho body going
at full apeed, at extra full speed such
as la only put on when there la prospeot
of a day by the "crick" with a fishing
rod and perhaps a swim In the oil
wtmmln' bole.
What a waste of energy to atop the
young human engine In full flight, re
verse, retrace the steps at snail's paoa,
place a proper scowl upon the physi
ognomy, grumble something about "that
old door" and then got up speed again
to the waiting Tommy Jonea.
Don't Have to Remember
But such was life In the days before
men turned their attention to making
doors that wouldn't have to be remem
bered for closing.
It seems soma of these little "Johnnies"
grew up with the determination to make
taelr life work that of overcoming this
defect In doors. And they sucoeeded.
Nowadays doors close themselves. That
Is, a great many of them do. And when
ordinary doors had been thus trained to
the good habit of closing themselves,
"Johnny" was so pleased with the re
sult of his work that he turned his at
tention to' other doors. He decided to
make elevator doors close themselves.
And he succeeded there, too.
The Castle hotel Is equipped with these
self closing elevator doors. Of course. It
Is easy to see that It Is more Important
to have an elevator door that will close
Itself than an ordinary door that will
close itself.
If the ordinary door remains open It
does no more harm than letting In a
cold draught or a couple of hundred file.
Hut if an elevator door remains open
after tha elevator has gone, someone
mlKht step through that door aad ba
killed In an Instant.
The elevator doors Jt the Castla horel
close themselves as aoon as th elevator
operator', hand Is taken off of them.
They close up tight avid they can net b
opened again until the elevator has re
turned again to that floor and tha
elevator operator's hand la strain planed
upon the door to open It. There ta no
dnnger of any guest In tha Castle hotel
falling down an elevator shaft even If
tho elevator man should forget to close
the door.
"It Is Just another Instance of the
watchword of th's hotel," said Manager
Trrd Castle. "And that watchword is
Safety.' We think of safety here not
only first, hut first, last and ail the time
In between."
Lunch Room and Cafe at Hotel Castle
Blue Taxis Ready
For the Hotel Guests
The Blue Taxi company's taricabs will
be on the job at the Castla hotel, ready
at any minute of the day or night to
convey guests to or from any place
with tha traditional "neatness and dis
patch" which are two feature for which
this company ta famous.
A "blue streak" was long ago coined
aa a phrase Indicating tremendous speed.
An express train, they used to say,
"went Hk a blue streak." There must
be soma conectton between tha blue
streak and the blue taxis, both being
noted for speed.
The service given by the Blue Taxi
oompany baa been commented on for Its
perfection and promptness. A blue taxi
la the famous "Johnny on tha spot" when
and where lta wanted, and the careful
drivers and reliable up-to-date car have
made for this oompany an enviable rec
ord of safety first. The polloy of the
Castle la to be Vssfety first," and In tho
selection of Its taxlcab company It has
added to the sureness ot attaining Its
Ideal In this respect.
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far.' 'him 3If "1 u - j , - . k ,
reaohed here today from th Wwt In
dies Passengers and offloera of the Parama
j assumed, in view of the departure of the
two captured vessels, that tney nan neen
sold by order of the prlte court, although
positive Information was lacking on tills
point.
Th two steamers, It was said. ere
to be taken first to TrinMnd for over
hauling The Iorenio ami Tlior nailed !
rolyes of tha Hamburg-American line
here, charging conspiracy to defraud the
T'nlted States In clearing from this jwrt
fMM C T t,..ln !.,... lL.,., I - .( I . 1. I .4 111.
by the ortiler which enptured them supplies to he delivered to German war- I
The I,orenzo Is one of four vessels 1 ships at sea. j
named in un Imltttmriil nnniiv (ounil 1 .
In this city against offi.-lnls and cm- j Rnt room Quick with a Pee Want Ad.
OF COURSE
"The Old Reliable"
Will be used ex
clusivly at the
Hotel Castle
Also Motz Boor in Bottlos
Captured American
Steamship is Sent
to Great Britain
NEW YORK, March 20. The American
steamer Lorenzo and the Norwegian
stetuner Tlior, captured last September
by a British cruiser In West Indian
waters while they were delivering sup
plies to the German raider Karlsruhe,
pailed March 8 and 6 for England with
British crews aboard, according to pas
sengers of the steamer Parama, whlrh
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