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The Omaha Sunday Bee OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1917. Comb Honey By EDWARD BLACK. Songt of Other Diy. - When Elsie returned from her jrisit to Indiana with the old folks, she brought a lot of songs and bal lads of other davs. trom twenty to forrr rears aeo. Let us cet out the old rnelodeon from the attic and hear what we shall hear. Mother says she believes she could play the real old tunes, with a little practice. The first song which happens to come to our notice is "Only a Pansy Blossom,'' a waltz song written by Frank Howard of Thatcher, Primrose and West's minstrels. Do you recall the words of the old favorite? The next one which brings back memories-of other days is "Sweef Marie," words by Cy Warman and music by Raymon Moore. It is spelled "Raymon," by the way. "Come to me, sweet Marie; sweet Marie, come to me," etc. We all remember that old tune and how we did enjoy hearing Moore sing! Wc have particular re . i u:. : Tutus. IlirillUI AIll-C CI' HUM III A IIAILIKI "Tuxedo," which was rehearsed in Omaha at the old Grand theater on Capitol avenues , - What is the next one? Guess I "Lit tle Annie Rooney," by Michael Nolan. "She's my sweetheart, she's my beau; die's my Annie, I'm her Joe." An other old song in the collection is "He Cert'ny was Good to Me," sung by May Irwin in "TheSwell Miss Fitz well," twenty years ago. ;"Tlie Girl I T M C rr , juovea in ounny xennessee was in troduced eighteen years ago by "the peerless Lottie Gilson." "The Fatal Wedding" was offered twenty-four I years ago by Howard Powers of Bar low, Dolson and Powers' minstrels. "-Do you recall the words, "The wed ding bells were ringing, on a moon light winter's -night; the church was decorated; all within was gay and bright?" " " . "Comrades" was written and com posed by Felix .McGlciinon and made a great hit. It is just twenty years since Charles K. Harris offered "After the Ball" and'Break- the News to Mother." How time flies 1 "I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby" was sung by the Rays twenty years ago. It was written by George M. Cohan and was among his early efforts. "When Summer Comes Again, by James Thornton, appeared twenty-four years ago. 'It was sung by Harry J. Howard of Al G. Fields' minstrels and by Bonnie Thornton. Many Omahans remember "Jim" Thornton, the droll monologist of Orpheum fame. Thornton also gave to the world "M Sweetheart' the Man in the Moon." Who sung "The Bogie Man?" Ed win Foy in "Sinbad." "Hush, hush, hush, here 'comes the bogie man." "I Whistle-and Wait for Katie" was written by Michael Nolan as a com panion piece to "Ljttle Annie Kooney." , Twenty-one years ago "A Hot Time in the Old Town" took the country by storm. Josephine Sabel was one of the first singers to give popularity to that song. Joe Hayden wrote the words and Theo 'A. Met was the composer. "Take Your Clothes and Go" was offered twenty years ago by Irving Jones, -who also sang it with success. It was also sung by George Wilson, Lew Dockstadcr, Billy Far rell and others. A few of the words ire: "Leave this house when you get vour trunk packed; I don't want you :o never come back." Another twenty-year-old song Is "She Was Bred in Old Kentucky?' "a charming ballad of sentiment, intro duced by the famous American con tralto. ImoKene ' Comer." and written by Harry Braisted and Stanley Car ter, author and i composer of "You're (Jfote Hia W of Omalia All Ate truttt and untruth Ihafe fit o Wfa By A. R. GROH. Chapter XXIII Fire Department, One of the beauties of my great history is the conveniencec of its ar rangement. The last chapter dealt with the police. This chapter tells of the fire department. In 1857 the people of Omaha first began to, talk about starting a fire department They had a proposition from a firm to sell them a fire engine for $1,500 on two years' time. But thib was considered !( targe a sum for the city to spend. So they didn't do it. In 1860 the Pioneer Hook and Lad der company was formed and Omaha had its first "fire laddies," as they were called. They notified the coun cil that they were building a truck r ; Tor Tttlc See Ttxt and hooks and ladders and asked the council to provide them with a fire house. After much debate about spending the city's money the city bought a lot at Twelfth and Douglas streets with a small building on ,it for $215 cash. For - a fire alarm they used the bell of the Lutheran church at Thir teenth -and .Douglas streets. When there was a fire people would go to Rev. H. W. Kuhns' home and notify him and he would go over and un lock the church and ring the bell, and' then the fire laddies would as semble in their fire house and get out their truck and go to the fire. Sometimes the fire laddies would be not the Only Pebble on the Beach." "My Mary Green"' was written and composed by Henry Lamb twenty-six years ago. It was a pretty number and was popular in its day. "Back Among the Old Folks Once Again" was pre sented twenty-four years ago by Ju lius T. Whitmark in Hoyt's "Trip to Chinatown." "He Stand Between Love and Duty" was published twenty-five years ago. "Daddy Wouldn't Buy . Me a Bow-Wow" was another 1892 song offered by Vesta Victoria and others. "Pass Us Not By," by George M. Vickers and Alice Hawthorne was published thirty-five years ago. It rep resented the pathetic . ballad of its period. The cover illustration shows a young woman carrying her small sister. - Both , appear barefooted and ragged. The words convey the infor mation that the sisters are bereft of mother, father and home; they are hungry and dark night is falling fast, with clouds gathering over them; that the small sister is so weak from want of food she cannot walk. The passer by is importuned in the song to take heed of their plight. Of still an earlier period is "Drift ing With the Tide," ''song and chorus by Will L. Thompson, author of "Gathering Shells by the Seashore," "Break the News Gently to Mother," "My Home on the Old Ohio" and other songs, which were in public favor forty years ago. at the scene of the fire in less than an hour after it was discovered. The city grew rapidly and soon it was decided that Omaha needed a still better fire department. Some even wanted to have automobile fire engines. In 1862 they held a special election on the proposition of wheth er the city should float a loan of $800 to buy a regular fire engine. .Thirty four votes were cast in favor of the proposition and one against it. This was all very good and satis factory, but when the city tried to float the loan they found that the big money interests of New York were not willing to risk $800 on the credit of Omaha. So the city had to get along with out a fire engine for the time and it was not till 1864 that they took up the proposition again. Then it was decided to appoint a committee to find out how much a good fire en gine would cost, together with a num ber of cisterns in various parts of the town to keep (filled with water for fire extinguishing. Apparently this committee's findings were not encour aging, for the records show nothing ot what tney did. Eighteen months later a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions to purchase a fire engine. But they didn't meet with any success. A week later the mayor was given the power to contract with an eastern firm for an up-to-date fire engine costing $5, 000. ; But the council got cold feet a few days later and telegraphed to the eastern company rescinding the order. The telegraph tolls amounted to $14.92, which madea serious hole in the city treasury. It was not until 1866 that the first real fire engine arrived in Omaha and this was only a hand-power engine. They called it the "Fire King" and a special building was built to keep it in. There was considerable disap pointment among the fire laddies be- . 1 n-rr, J IP - (jxctrea Jittrsr mar uniu Coul4x Q Pi cause there wasn't any fire in Omaha for months after the "Fire King" was received.., The first fire was a great occasion. It was put, out by neighbors with buckets before the "Fire King" ar rived on the scent. The fire laddies criticized the misdirected efforts of these neighbors in strong language, stating that they should have let the fire burn until the fire engine arrived 6n the scene. The neighbors con tended that it was their duty to put out a fire as soon as they could whether the fire laddies were there or not. Questions on Chapter XXIII. 1. What re one of the beauties of this history? 2. How was the fire alarm sounded in early days? 3. What did the people call the firemen in the early days? HoW Omalia GojLHim I iKiitsi M lit ft . .ri" v x By A. EDWIN LONG, As a small boy he played with the silkworms on the mulberry trees of Bohemia, and licked the sweet syrups around the beet sugar factories of that land. He watched the men blow glass in the ' great glass factories; he watched the weaving of silks in the textile mills, and never supposed he would one day be a noted critic of silk values. He saw tle famous beer brewed in Pilsen, not knowing he would one day live in a common' wealth that would make the drinking of that precious fluid a crime. Whether he. was climbing trees after birds nests or playing around the mines, hurling chunks ot copper ore at chip munks. the thought ot being a mer chant prince was far from his mind. That was George Brandeis. - Then there came a change. J. L. Brandeis. founder of the Brandeis stores in Omaha, made a trip back to the old country. He went there to visit his brother, who was the father of George Brandeis. Night after night the big uncle from America sat by the fire and told of the wonders of America, and little George would sit there and listen and blink, and blink and listen, until he fell asleep and had to be carried to bed. Again and again T. L. Brandeis pic tured to his brother and the little son, George, the wonders of America, and of Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America. J. L. insisted that America was a great place to bring up a boy. and give that boy the right Opportun ity to make good.. All Europe was not big enough to hold George after the uncle went back to America. Yearning for the larger futnre that the coming years might yield, he begged to be allowed to go to America. The precious day arrived, and he sailed for the new world. He sped on the fjrst train to Omaha, where he Here They Are! How Many of Them Did You Pick Out? This is a Bunch of Douglas County Officials, v . But Did, They Look Like Future Occupants of the . Court House When They Faced the First Camera? How they looked then. - ZK ' X'N,. l ... ,;i:;.r4 Pl took a job in the Brandeis store checking parcels, grips and umbrellas tor the customers. At night he slept in the attic to keep the Indians from running away with the store, and in the morning he again took his place at the check ing stand. When he had learned all there was to be known about checking, and pro motion? did not come fast enough, he left his uncle's employ and went to Chicago. There he obtained a job in the Bos ton store unpacking goods and doing a "roustabout's" work. Still, Netcher, the owner of the Boston store, grew interested in .the boy and began to move him from one department to another. In each he made good until when lie was still a very young man he became general manager of that great store, one of the largest in Chicago. In the meantime Omaha had had him, had lost him, and knew not its loss. Then the late Arthur D. Brandeis reached out his hand and brought him back to Omaha a second time. Events had moved, fast since his first experience in Omaha. J. L. Bran deis had passed out of this life, and left the Brandeis interests to his sons. In quick succession two of the sons, Emil and Hugo, were called by death. and Arthur was left to manage the great interests alone. It was then that Arthur sat down and wrote . a touching letter to George, who was manager of the Boston store in Chi cago. He desired George Jo come to Omaha, take hold of the management of the Brandeis stores here, and thus relieve him of many of the burdens now weighing too heavily upon him. George studied the letter carefully, and then came. That is how Omaha got one. ot its mercnant princes, a governor of Ak-Sar-Ben, a hunter, a sportsman, and a booster who is ever in the front rank where a phalanx of business men are marching abreast for the advancement of Omaha s in terest and welfare. Got Free Masonry in England; Grand Lodge Activities All Over the World The grand lodge, of English Free j date from that meeting in the al "Snt In Thlt Series How Onwha Ika Miner. Masons just a month ago, or, to be more precise, on June 24, celebrated the 200th anniversary of its founda tion, of which the London Times gives an interesting account with this instructive information about the his tory and growth of Free Masonry: ' On June 24, 1717, the members of four London lodges, three of which are still in existence, met at an ale house in St. Paul's church yard, known as "The Goose and Gridiron," which has long since disappeared, for the purpose of constituting a grand lodge and choosing a grand master to be at their head. The anniversary of the foundation of Free Masonry in England can never be celebrated, because the date of its birth is unknown. There are documents in existence which prove that Free Masonry was practiced in this country at least four centuries earlier than-the occasion now being celebrated. There is still preserved the original record of the initiation into the craft of Sir Robert Moray, one of the founders and the first pres ident of the Royal society, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on May 20, 1641, and Elias Ashmole recorded in his diary on October 16, 1646, his own initiation at Warrington ; but the con tinuous historical narrative of Free Masonry in England may be said to house in St. Paul's church yard. The number of lodges owning di rect allegiance to the grand lodge of England has grown during these 200 years from four to 3,250. Seven hun dred and fifty are known as Londoi lodges, meeting regularly within a ten-mile radius of Free Masons' hall in Great Queen street. Nearly 1,800 are provincial lodges under the sub jurisdiction of forty-five provincial grand masters. The remainder are for the most part oversea", under the subjurisdiction of twenty-nine district grand masters. But apart from the grand lodges of Scotland and Ireland, there are in all parts of the world independent grand lodges, which may be claimed as the offspring of that small assem bly which met in a room twenty-two feet long by fifteen feet broad. These independent grand lodges send representatives to the grand lodge of England, that body being also repre sented in their assemblies. Africa has a grand lodge at Liberia; Australia has six independent grand lodges; the Dominion of Canada, nine, and the West Indies, one. Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, the Nether lands, Norway, the Philippine Islands, Portgugal, Sweden and Switzerland have each one. In the United States of America there are forty-nine granc! lodges and in South America seven. The Weekly & Bumble Bee OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1917. THE BUMBLE BEE. A. STINGER, EDITOR. Communication! on any tople received, without poataf or signature. Nona returned. NO ADS AT ANT PRICE. How they look now. Mmy l&vcz -:Tom O'Connor ELEttdtes- (feoAffi "COME BACK." In making my bow again to my readers, pride mlnglea with pleasure, because of the de llghtful relations that formerly existed, and which I certainly hope to renew with all. The Bumble Be will be an open Torum. barring only discussions of the war and religion. Enough of that may be had elsewhere. In in columns at tention will be paid to politics and personalities, without spite or malice, and simply for the sake of getting at the facts. In erery way The Bumble Bea is to fill a long-felt want; a gap In the social life of Omaha It alone ran satisfy. Once each week It will greet you. and If you do not read It you will mlsa a real treat. It will play no favorites, but will give every man a equars deal. If you do not like It, I will be much disappointed. A. STINGER, Editor. WISE BOY. Postmaser Charles E. Fan ning didn't land the coveted Job Just because . he Is good looking, even If that qualifica tion is strongly in his favor. Chartey knows a hawk from a handsaw, and therefore when Jerry Howard Invited the post master to eject him bodily from the postoffire the invi tation was smilingly declined. When you get to bedrock facta, hers la a pair of wise boys Charley and Jerry both siaing up pretty well when It comes to being foxy. Gus Rente and "Dad" Weaver have raised no objection to anything anyone else haa dona of lata. They are too busy putting ,up Jobs on visitors to notice what others ara doing. "Pa" Rourke says the war haa done for base ball what the sign painter did for Kelly, but It's aomething mora than war that alia that Omaha bunch just now. Tha silence that hangs over "Johnny" Maher's typewriter fheae dava Is mora eloquent than many columns of words. If you're anxious to hear ' a real vacation story, gi't "Bull' Thomas to tell you about his vacation trip. It's a good thing for some of us tha war wt 'jreak out thirty years aoosr Dog Days Are Here With Heat and the Promise of Harvest in Autumn Glory Dog days are upon us again, with a considerable burden of physical discomfort, but a little philosophy ought to bear any of ua through the period. This period, usually the hottest ot the summer, la popularly so called because of the supposed influence of Sirlus, tha dog-star, on the climatic conditions. It Is only a supposition, tracing back to primeval times, when this beautiful red star, that flames In the lovely summer sky at night, was thought to exercise a baleful effect on manSi affairs. It la known now that Sirlus Is no more of a menace than any of the other great auna that float through apace, but the nama clings to the midsummer days. As a matter of fact, these ara the days that tha doctor or dered. Without them there'll be no ripened grain, nor will the great stalks of corn attain that majestic height that gives us cause to boast. Keep this In mind, and try to be content little while ' under the oppres slva heat, for It soon will pass, and after It will come a harvest of good things that will make you glad you live In Nebraska. GARDEN SASS. The Bumble Bee has been much lntereated In watching the course of the gardening cam paign in Omaha, and ventures to suggest that if all the hopes of those who entered into the proceedings have not fully been realised, at least some good has been accomplished. , It is sure that many homes have fresh green atuff on tha tablca this summer that hadn't aeen any thing like It for many years, an If the boys who raised the stuff haven't beenNible to sell aa much as they thought they might, the profit will be found somewhere by close examlna tion. Garden aass Is good stuff, especially when It cornea to tha table direct from the soft ground in which It grew. The move to raise things for home consump tion was a long step back from the artificial life most city folks lead, and in the right direction, too. for It was towards the simpler and better way. Not that The Bumble Bee doesn't appreciate the good things ot civilization, but because It rea lises that man does well to get close to nature now and then and he ian do this In no better way than to dig in tha ground and raise his own food, or a part of it HOfE. South Dakota'a drug and food department chemist, prefacing his report on the analysis of a long list of beverages he has Just had ' to deal with analyt ically, calls i attention to the fact that fermentation la likely to take effect and alcohol de velop aa a result. This may In spire hope In the breast of soma one and lead him to -age" his near beer In expect ancy that it will In time ac quire a "kick" and thua ap proximate the real thing. WAGES. Up to now we have heard no lawyer accusa Hon. J. J. Sui- nvan of working for leea than the union scale. QTJERT. If we go without meat. And do without wheat. What will wo do for Something to eat I FRONT END PHILOSOPHY, "Watch this 'con' ot mine, said the philosophical motor' man. "He can't help arguing with the women folks. . Doesn't make any difference what lt'a about. either. Just seems to be built that way. Woman wants transfer, ho disputes with her wants to get off, he anaps a her; slow getting on. he barks at her. Can't get him at all. "Nope. He never chooses man.- He's for safety first. "Can't say if he's married, but if he Is I'll bet he gets what's coming to him at home. Any how, he deserves all he gets, for a man who la perpetually trying to pick a fuss with someone who can't get back at him never gets all he haa coming." GOATS. The city council, having con cluded its hunt for goats, will take a day off thia week and count up how many It secured, At present It looks as though Al Rugels were the only one captured. Steve " Maloney lost his job, and so did Paul Sutton, but it doesn't seem that either lost his goat. TACATIO.N. : A number ' of - Omaha boys plan on taking a vacation trip a little later In the summer. They . will go from here to Dea .Moines, where they will spend some weeks camping out. Soma of them expect to go as far as Berlin before re turning to Omaha. PAVING. If Omaha could uee the same material as does the Favlor of Perdition our thoroughfares would be In good condition all the time. HARD LICK. The Boy Scouts might have had a nice little ride up the river on a steamboat. If it hadn't been for Uncle Sam. RIVER NEWS. Stage ot water: High. The Elk cleared for Decatur. Condition of water: , Wet and muddy. Tha Julius Silber cleared for St Joo with barges to tow. f- IN OUR TOWN. Al Kinsler expect to go to Chicago shortly on a business trip. : Ev Buckingham says If they want another good general, ho knows where to find one. "Hank" Dunn still finds time to shoot a few billiards each day and aaya the exercise is better than golf for him. Some talk baa been current of Pete Loch's taking an Interest In the local wrestling game, but Peter says there's nothing to it. He has other matters to occupy his time. Bill Musgrave Isn't saying a word, but some of tha fellows think he Is figuring on trading jobs with Pete Boland In case the company has to hlro women to run the trolley car. Gene Duval say it's all right for "Bill" Bock to show hla exuberant patriotism In any way he wants to, so long as he doesn't obstruct traffic by doing ao. LCCKY JIM. It looks aa if Mayor Jim's luck would stick with him to the end. In all the swirl and crash and hubbub that haa overtaken other departments of the ctty government Jim sits serenely looking on at his fel low commissioners trying to keep their jobs on straight and haa not even turned a hair. About the only thing that hit htm was when a bunch of pa triots took his ctty automobile away, and that turned out a blessing in disguise, for hi friends bought him a better one. to be his very own. Yet some folks - say Jim doesn t know anything at all about the game. IN THE HOLE. The Omaha Independent school district faces a deficit of half a million dollars, which would seem a deep enough hoi to satisfy almost anybody. But at the same meeting at which this was announced another 20,000 was tacked on the pay roll. The school - board must bava been taking a tip from congress. HOT WEATHER. We have to have It about thai time each year, so don't worry. POEM. His eye was bright And he grinned In glee; His step was light And his swing was free. And alt the way Down the street he laughed. For his card came Out first In the draft
