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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1917)
The Omaha Sunday Bee 1 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 17, 1917. How UmateA WilWar3fepnisceitces H nr .D,y ooa n i-i.v. - The activity in relief work and preparedness that is being acconT- plished by the women of Onialu in anticipation of war, to nie. bring re miniscences of the interest for the ame cause during civil war times. .The preparations were not on such an extensive plan as now. for Omaha's population was not very large in the 60s, and the means of transportation very limited, the merchants of Omaha being dependent wholly upon the boats from St. Joseph for supplies. The work done by the women in the days of civil war time consisted or knitting mittens for the soldiers. And occasionally an enterininent at the nome oi some citizen, witn home talent, to raise a fund lor articles that might be in demand. One tht I re- I "aDenmavJcs 3Dtszert'es and S&eep TPasiures Sent 3is TJiou&lvts -to Me Jesse Lowe, father of F. B. Lowe of A tins city, erected tlte lwiic in the we, the brick work being done by With nell Bros., and the carpentry by James E. Boyd, one of Nebraska's governors. member very well was at the home of J. H. Lacey on the northwest corner of Ninth and Harney (the present lo cation of Fairbanks-Morse.) The house was a, one-story brick cottage with spacious rooms wellarranged to lecommodate quite an assembly. The well on the place was quite deep as the "boys in blue" refreshed them selves after drilling at the "old oaken bucket." Mrs. J. H. Lacy, Miss Sadie Mizcr, Iter sister, and Mrs. John Mc- lonnicK were very cniuusiasiic in planning the entertainment. A tem porary stage was erected and the ever dependable tableau one of the attrac tions. The "hit" of the evening was the song, "They Have Drafted- Him Into the Army, sung by Miss Maggie Ingalls, now Mrs Male Feck, in the costumeXof a widow. Perhaps there are a few living who will recognize the words which I cannot resist send ing: . My 'Johnny hae. ton to the in a tent, They have drariM him Into Mil urrtry; : I fhousht i h irouM epure A Ion widow e nelr, But they've drufted him Into the army. I told them that he wee too youns, alaatl At the rapfaln'a beadquertere They eald he would Daaa. They've drilled him up well to the Infantry claaa, And they've drafted blm Into the army. Oht Johnny, farewell, Tour brother fell , Way down to "Alabamy." X thousht they would apare A loir wldow'e heir, But they've drafted htm Into th array. Vfiei Gussle Estabrook, sister of Hrnry D. Estabrook, costumed as a cflild of poverty, sang one of her com positions, "Nobody's Child." I hard ly think the sum rcalizen would com- While taking a party of friends to the Den lasts 'Monday night, Sam Herzberg's mind was wandering (per 'haps he was thinking of that ill fated trip to Minneapolis) at any rate af ter passmg the pumping station at I lorence lie inquired "where is that daggone Den?" After being told, he muttered something about high Knees gasoMine, rummies, tires, Fords, oulevards, etc, etc. 0. W. Eldridge and spouse Were about to retire the other night, when the lights downstairs were suddenly switched on and off. 0. W. called the police and then yelled in a large round tone "where's my gun" and as he had no gun the burglar leisurely made his exit through the front door. He then had the pleasure of explain ing the get away , to about five big Huskies trom the station. the man of tile hour was soon to be with them, in liia speedy ear. But lo and behold, as the said cloud ap proached there was no car to be seen but just "His Majesty" "hot-footing it" up ine miuuie ot tne roaa racing wiiu time faster than any. Keystone Kops were ever known to run. At that tho, he tries to be a minute man, but he s too fat. Lucky, tsi't it that Wilfred Ledotix's wife is not jealous. He is our trench ally of a local movie shop and they do" say that when he says J in going down to see the Em press, dear", she says "All right, hurry home." And 'So It Goes. ' On Monday morn he's full of go i Ott Tuesday full of neDner I On , Wednesday mom . he's going t , ' atrnntr On Thursday he's a stepper. We cant for tie Kie of us sec why H it. that H(is) Mdjetty) Thomas, head of the "pictureplay ; house of character" of this cily, does not start saving coupons and get himself a vest pocket edition of a timepiece. Not that we have fvet known hint to be very late, but then you-can't tell he might sometime. We know once he wished he had one. It was on the eventful day he promised to "love, honor and obey." Everything was in readiness Jpr the ceremony, the min ister, mourners for the bride, who wat .growing impatient, and other in cidentalt. The hall clock was hastily bidding the various minuter farewell and as the hour of hours approached, no- H. M. T. "The- best man finally looked up the road and saw a cloud ii dust approaching and knew that He has a page or two to get The sunshine helps him fill it On Friday morn it clouds all up The rain then helps him kill it, " - I On Saturday he moans Ii is fate His path is not in clover Then Sunday wshert Monday in And he starts the stunt all over. Dave Schultz says a lady came in to his shop the other day claiming that her machine was out of order; she said that everv time she tried to play it the flerklle seemed to catch a lot of lint, Dave smilingly answered madam, perhaps you have been play ing too much rag-time." And then she broke a record. The time; .1:15 A. M. The Place; local tailoring estab lishment. . Cast of Characters: Jack Nune maker and the "Bee Ad Peddler." Enter the Ad Peddler Jack: "Whv did you close the door? Ad peddler: ','1 am a(cared of the draft.'" Finale. - pare very favorably with what fs be ing sent loaay, dui t am sure the in terest and patriotism ' was just as great. Everyone was willing to do their share for their country. My father was properietor of the "Hcrn don House during the. civil war, and many of the generals and their staff made headquarters at the hotel. Some of the muues I recall are: Generals Craig, Simpson, Curtis, Mitchell and officers of the staff, Northrup-Hamp-ton, Schenck, Eno, Wilcox, Coburn (at one time sheriff of Douglas county), also H. W. Cremer, who was a captatnon the staff. A few of the officers made their headquarters in a uricK uuuning on tne nortnwest cor ner of Ninthnd Douglas streets, using tons, m which meals were served. The second, story of Megcath's store onFarnam street between Tenth and Eleventh streets, was used Jor a hospital The "trained nurses" were men. Drs. George B. McClellen and Peabody were the army surgeons. Barracks were built in the south side of Harney street, the present site of the Young Men's Christian associa tion, and the corral was in the vicin ity of Ninth, Tenth and Dodge streets. The army mule and loag blue wagons with white canvass and " U. S." in large letters are not quite as familiar now, the army auto taking their plaW We witnessed drill every morning west of the Herndon on Ninth afreet The commissary was in the building in a stor room on the first floor and was always plentifully supplied with hard-tack and bacon, which if put up under the same condition to day, I fear would fail to pass the in spection of the board of sanitation. In the basement ft times a few fed eral prisoners were seen. VV hen news of a union victory was received, which was not a nrnmnt. ly as today with telephone, telegraph and wireless, the Herndon was bril liantly illuminated with many candle? put in a frame work at all the win- dows. Great preparations were made when General W. T. Sherman visited Omaha and was an honored guest at the Herndon- New silver and furniture were purchased ant) the best ine mantel onerea was stored away to . await the arrival of this distin guished person. I will always con sider i was quite honored when he neiu me on tits knee torsa few mo- executive and an eternal booster for?) t? Jlf5Vo 'llli fWll Intl f ' lU xil lll) the Danisrv-Brolherhood of America.! I I I I 1 1 17 ,''. uouitt spate heir' buf . They've into m .,m. I nfn I ruj flit ment't conversation. My brother, D. B. Allen, has in his oossession the register of the Herndon with the name of W. T. Sherman inserted on its pages. Among my music I have many old songs published during the Civil war time and sung by the soldiers. One written in memory of Abraham Lin coln, published by Root and Cady of Chicago in 1865, the ' music is by George F. Root. ' It hat the custo mary sign of mourning in the cover. Memorial tervices were held in the capitol, the -present site of Central High school. ' . Nebraska did, not shirk duty in the 60s and today, June 5, thousands are shewing their strength and might to tne worm. . , X By A. EDWIN LONG. When Jorgen " Michaelsen, as a small boy, played arourd the dis tilleries in Denmark, herded -fiis father's sheep and dairy cows, and skated" down the river on his wood en shoes, he" had never heard of Omaha. Likewise the Danish Brotherhood of America' of which he is now su preme secretary, was not yet in ex istence. k Michaelsen longed to be a business man. He stood at hisTather's knee and coaxed to be allowed to enter a dry goods store in northern Den mark as an apprentice. But there was cheese and butter to be made at the Michaelsen home, and conse quently there were a . number of dairy cows that must be herded daily. So young Jorgen was kept busy herding tne cows and also the sheep. He herded the sheep in pairs. That is, he tied two sheep together with a rone from sixto ten feet lonir. Thev were' easier to handle that way. They coma not scamper away ana stam pede so easily. He tied two strong bucks together in this way and when he took the rope to yank them homeward in the evening the bucks were frolicsome. They reared and pitched and ran circles around the vounsr herdsman. Thus they bound him hand and foot and galloped away over the hills with young jorgen a Helpless mass bump ing over the stones at their heels. About the forty-second bump they snapped his thigh bone and so rid themselves of their sheofierd for six weens. i The lad's parents were away from home, visiting in southern Denmark. The boy had to lie all night and part of the next day before he could get nicaicai attention, rrom ine suner ing of that night, he declares today. he has something of an idea what the men are suffering on the battlefields or turope now. Michaelsen never went to school after he was 14. Instead he worked in a distillery at Hjorruig, Denmark. He used to stand over the tpout where the new- ly-distmed spirits How trom the cool ings V coils to the kens. There he sampled the product as it trickled past. Yes, he used to stick his finger into tne spout and tnen lick his tin ger until sometimes he saw two spouts where only one should have oeen, but then such was the life of the boy of his day. At 18 he sailed for America and Omaha. He had a brother already in Omaha. He came to joinhim. Here he found only hard bumps. He shoveled gravel and laid ties for the street car company, and for years wielded " hammer and tongs at the curiuigton repair shops. With horny . hands and fnrnaee- blistered face he took the civil serv ice examination and became a letter carrier. He carried for eleven years. l nen, because he was a live wire, an he was elected supreme secretary of the order. v Today he keeps the records for the 22,000 members throughout the United States and he does it modest ly and quietly in his office on the sec ond, floor of the Paxton block. Next In this Series: "How Omaha Got Tom Try." s -.,', , .: - ; ; : . LVCTboTici5 a Hobjy! IPis Ypure Comb Honey, Drifting off to sleep while the rain Is pattering on the roof'is the hobby of Steve Milledge, of the Smith-Vincent Grain company. (-At least, if It isn't his hobby, it's his greatest de light . Steve says he's going to build t brand new home, and everything about that home is to be "just exactly right" Comfort will be the keynote i the whole plan, and, best of all. sieve it going to enjoy perfect bliss ivhen he jumps into his little trundlc ed; for Steve is to have an automatic ipnnkler to spray , the roof 'every light WhatH he do in'winter, when 'lie water freezes as soon as it comes ui ui ine spnnKicrr vu oteve ii nx :lut. He'll know all the time the ivater is running, so what't the dif erence? ' "' " Jiinmie Conuylly. second lieutenant n .Company. Bof the Fourth regi nent, Nebraska National Guard, has he enviable reputation of being the And that reputation is the immediate outgrowth or jimmie't hobby. Jim mie never asks a favor for himself. That's a peculiarity of his. But he makes up for it when asking favors for others. Congressman. Lobeck is the -i an who received most of Jim mie's requests for help of others, and the congressman is chiefly account able for naming.Jt.1 the biggest hearted man in the guard. Lieutenant Connolly is now guarding the Union Pacific , bridge from, fhe advent of alien invaders and his seen service on the border. Before departure for the border he was practicing law in this oity. It often takes an extra amount of nerve to ask a favor, but anyone who lacks this asset is at liberty to have Jjmmie do it for them. It't not often that a movie'show man will spend his spare time taking in the picture shows of the town. Vet that's the hobby of H. M. Thomas. manager of the Strand. - Ever since aiggest-hearted man in the guard. Tie was school boy the movies bad ) strange fascination for Mr. Thomas. The more he saw of them, the more he liked themv As he grew older he determined that the moving picture game Wat the .only one worth follow ing., .. A'though he hat spent a Krge part of life watching the hlms unravel, Mr. Thomas never tiret of the sight He is t regular patron of the movie shows rrtnitit.'t! Ku 1,ie f.,ntilnra t Along with ins desire to attend l ""-"'a' """' lull"'"1l,w,,"a'5 And this is where her hobby comes in. Evety night, haih rain or-shine, he comes lo tee her. And every night he discards a Tew cigaret . stubs whila he is "seeing her," And every night she collects, those cigaret stubs and keeps them, ' - Another young lady similarly af flicted, (but not tn regard to one par movie shows Mr. Thomas has' a long ing to take in base ball games, lie boasts that he has not missed a home game at Rourke park for two seasons. is a young society belle in Omaha. , Has she a hobby? Yes indeed. ' is inti mately acquainted with a e , a'youngster of the male social set. tn fact she is so i"timately ao qualntr with him that he hopes that slu fair month shall not pass be fore she hears his promise to love, honor mid obey her forever and anon. ers' hats and caps till she deftly slips the little ribbon out ot the inner band. After that it is only a matter of a few minutes to tag and name each and keep them foe future reference. Razor-collecting is the hobby of Charles L. Deuel, tecretary pf the McCord-Brady company. Fotvears he has been purchasing razors rrom any kind friend who offers them for sale. . . j "What does he dowith tbem?" "Keeps 'em."" "Well, what doct he get 'em for?" "Well that's just hit hobby." - i By EDWARD BLACK. At the jwig is Bent. It miglit seem that the last word has been said on the subject of train ing husbands to be tfactable domestic pets. Dorothy Somebody, Winifred Somebody and a- coterie of other writers, from time to time have been heard on this prolific subject. In this merry month of June, the heyday of the June bride, it may not be amiss to offer a few words of advice to these kitchen novitiates. ' It is the wont of the skirted side of the newlywed couple to embark with the thoughUthat when she has landed her quarry there is nothing more to-do but to buy a frying pan, coitee pot. White House cook book and hop to it. . The wise bride just entering upon the profession of wifehood holds the whiphand, but she does not always know it. If she starts out on he clinglngeivy plan of action, she may expect to be treated accordingly; but if she cracks the whip now and thtn, she wili be able to make hubby hold out his Daw. bark, brinir a stick in his mouth and do many little stunts tlKe any good doereie. TVoraen are adept animal trainers. The best lion and leopard trainers in the world are women. The trouble is that so many of these June brides kno so little about training husbands. They have taKen domestic science courses? know dietetic values, balanced ration and such matters, but what they do not know about husbands would till a large book. i - I he successful lune bride win make a diagnosis of her case; make a sur-J v vcic. ii la popular mese days to make a survey of any under taking. Why shouldn't the new bride make a survey of her husband? Why shouldn't she have some plan to work to? If her liege lord begins to com pare her cooking with that-of-his mothers, that is an ominous sign, a domestic weather vane "which indi cates "cloudy and stormy." The first time hubby holds up a specimen of his bride's cookinor and roars nut. "This is not like, mother used to cook!" then is the time to dehorn him. But the bride should use tact Don't tear down the .chandelier orf throw dishes: lust use tact A few well-chosen words, orooerlv aimed. will reach the mark and will serve better than a fusilade of invectives. A man will listen to reason, but will retire under a curtain-fire of words, by grabbing his hat and going down town to have a game of KelTv nool or pinochle with his friends. 1 be June bride should not n ace her husband's slippers as far as she can push them under hit dresser, unless, perchance, she has married a mind reader.. Neither should she cast un everything he said during the prenup ttal period just for the satisfaction of seeing him suffer. She should remem ber that a husband is responsive to kindness. She should not continually keep before his mind the fact that he asked her to marry him; that she re fused offers from-mapy other men, including one who owned a flivver. ' The June bride, if she is wise, will not insist on having everything the sees the first few weeki of her mar ried life. She. should give the man a chance to pay for his wedding suit. Heard En Patsent. . "I notice that the Johones house is all lit up. Guess they are going to have a party." , . . "She has- a pretty arm, don't you think?" ' , 1 "Are you mammy's little coy?" "Have you seen the new feminalls the women are wearing?" 1 "Can yotv. spell the name of the county in which Council Bluffs is lo cated?" - "Will the grocert and butchert have their annual picnic this year?" My Wordl '. In the little town of Millard it Is taid they terve a brand of near-beer which makes a fiddler try to play a slide trombone. Gfofe History of Omalia All Hie bntti cmi unlrufli Hate fit to knowi By A. R. GROH. Chapter XIX Schools. The public school system of Omaha was started November 10, 1859, when Howard Kennedy was brought- out here from New York to take charge, at a salary of $1,000. How wonderful has been the ad vance of our school system! Today we have forty-five schools, presided over by teveral hundred highly trained teachers and janitors, who are. in tne words of the poet, second to none" in the excellence of their work. Instead of teaching only the com mon branches,' they now teach also music and drawing, orthography, physical culture and other subjects too numerout to mention. Many famous men have gone tcMhe Omaha public schools. The present historian was a student at the high School and graduated from that insti tution, some few years ago. Other great names come to mind as pro ducts of or schools, such as George Francis Train, Mr. Estabrook, mayors, statesmen, county commis sioners and officers; of justice. Well may we be proud of such names as these. They show that the public school system turns out some of the finest and brainiest men in the world. In the early davs thev tried to start a university. They called it "Simpson university" and they picked out a site for it in Shutn's addition, Mr. Shinn thinking that this would enhance the value of lots in his addition. Jt was chartered bv the legislature and incorporaterl by a number of men, congress to give Simpson university a lot of land, "not less than 10,000 acres." Nobody know what became of the petition, but congress never gave Simpson university 10,000 acres of land or even one acre of land. This SparetkfJioiiitiSpoiHie Child Did You Ever Lie in bed in an attic and "listen to the patter cf the raindrops on the roof? x .., ZPichre cf SitnpsonVhiiletsiitj including Mark W. Izard. In his mes. sage two year later to the legislature Governor Izard spoke of the halls of learning as being "permanently lo cated" and that "donations of a con siderable amount have been received." He also asked the legislature to ask Monern Venus Gives Her Dad -A Fierce Shock I came upon her unawares. A dainty, uncovered foot touched the water and then withdrew gracefully. Another dainty foot and another with. drawing. Her rounded arms gleamed in tne sunlight and Jier head tilted back with the wanton abandon of some coy, alluring woor nymph. Her beautiful body swayed and her rosy finger tins toved- with therionlefs in front of her. Then she raised her golden head and stood a gleaming statue of glorious marble. Suddenly she turned about and be held me. A smile- half liehted her oval face. Melt the beckoning in- visiuic ana irrcsisiiDie as oi some lovelorn i rmaid, singing her love to the warm winds that fanned her deso late reef. The careless abandon of. her hair the sparkle of her wistful eyes the slight dimpling at her knees the innocence that comes only to tne cnua ot nature all fascinated me; held me motionless. There was no drauerv. no nretense. no fear. Here at last was 'ie perfect type of Eden't offspring rare imita tor of the first woman. Perhaps my gaze' was tw intent; perhaps she saw in me the qualifications of the old Adam. For a tear glided to her vel vet eyes and rolled slowly down a cheek of perfect contour. Then her red lips parted and I heard her speak: "Daddy, I want some soapr" Ros coe G. Stolt in Cartoons Magazine. was in 1855 and congress, no doubt, thought Omaha didn't need a uni versity. So it was never built. Today we have two splendid uni versities, Creighton and the Univer sity of Omaha. In the early days the rod wa plentifully used on pupils. "Spare the rod and spoil the child." Mr. Kellom became principal of the high school and put in a new system, refusing to administer physical pun ishment to bad children. He iJnade them stay after; school and such wings wliicn proved very effective. To the present day corporeal pun ishment it not permitted in our pub lic schools. Mr. Kellom spent the de clining years of his life in California, But his memory is kept fresh ,in Omaha by the naming of a school after Jiim. "It isCcalled the Kellom school and stands on Twenty-third street, between Nicholas and Paul. Miss Effie Reed is DrinciDal. It has three janitors. Wje have also many other institu tions of learning in Omaha tnriav in cluding the theological seminary, Brownell Hall, business colleges, automobile school and a school teach ing the mail order businest at which people can make large sums of money in their spare! time. Truly, this is an age of learning. Questions on Chapter XIX. 1. Name three famous men who" were products of Omaha's schools. 2. Was Simpson university ever built? 3. Name four Omaha institutions of learning aside from the public schools. Shepherding by Airplane on J 'Montana Range V -' A : , , on iuciii.au aucuuern an airplane in looking alter hi nocKt ov sneep. He says cover five times as much terfhf 'tlxr- a day with a flying machine as witTi '' an automobile, and he is famous as an automobile driver, without regard to tough places and speed in ldoking after his business. The change tnr phasizes two important points. An American is the first shepherd to- fly over hit flocks, in contrast with the slow methods of the shepherds of the uid world,, who have afforded much material for the poets and the makers of pictures. ' And it means that shaep keeping pays. The aerial shepherd is J. Stanley Smith of Slartinsdale, Mont, and he has moresheeD than any man has personal use for, nearly 100,000 of them, and he employs many men and dogs to take care of the wool growert. All these need super intending, and the ownini, shepherd has been driving over the hills for some years in Hiis motor car for that purpose. Helena Independent. ' Chestlni aod Thievery. "Tou alniDly cannot truet anvbodv. Rverx one eeerna ao dlehoneEt bowed&ya," declared the woman. "My maid, in whom I had the utmoet confidence, left nie euddenly yester day and took with her my beautiful peart brooch. . "That la too bad," tympathlaod the friend. 'Which one was It?" - . s "That very pretty one 1 pn-uuelcd tlu-aunk laja-sprloff-" FUt&burga CluunJtl. - 1 i