The Omaha Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY . MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1917.
Comb Honey
By EDWARD BLACK.
Just A'i if You Meant It
We know that some men command
attention and get Tesults with ap
parent ease. It may be noticed that
such men first know" what they want
to say and then they say it as if they
meant it Sometimes we say it Js
personal magnetism, but whatever'it
is. it is the art of saying what is
meant in a manner which indicates
that the speaker really means what
lie savs.
We sav "He is a man of very few
words," or "He gets to the point
without beating around the bush, or
without mincing words.
Men of large business affairs find
demands upon their hours so great
they must, conserve their energies
and time, - but this proposition of
speaking with earnestness may be
applied to all. .
To make a lasting impression t in
any activity of life, it is necessary' to
peak and act as if we had faith in
our cause. If we are selling goods
we should first know we are selling
something which has merit and then
be prepared to present our case as if
we meant it. The successful teacher
and lawyer know the value of speak
ing with conviction.
It is a gratifying commentary of
our times to note that our ethics of
he use of language in advancing by
leaps and bounds. This tendency
may be noted in many directions,
Note the science of advertising of
today; it is more frank, more suo
cint, more honest than it was in for
mer years. We are enacting laws for
tne protection 01 nonest aavertisers
and for the suppression or the dis
honest class. We are growing more
emphatic in our diction. We are
calling things by their right names,
We are working under a new na
tional conscience.
In business, as well as in social
and ordinary relations it is well to
act and speak as if we meant it
The day of buncombe has gone by. If
you greet a man, greet him as it you
meant it.
We should have our heart in our
words and -actions, or we may be
dilettantes. If we say it as if we
meant it we. can get a hearing any
where and any time.
"Be.1 sure you are right and then
go ahead," and it will become a habit
to go through life just as if you
meant it.
There are good places waiting for
those who say things and do things
is if they meant them.
Try it It will pay well.
Home Life of the Lefnngwells.
, "What are you doing out theri?"
asked Mrs. Leffingwell of her lord
and master, Josephus Leffingwell, who
was industriously swatting flies on the
rear porch of his domicile.
"I am delivering ' mortal thrusts
upon myriads of flies. Didn't you read
what Doc Connell. said about the
house-fly and the evils thereof?"
responded the, chief of the Leffingwell
luanor. '
"Well, I am a-thinking that if you
Nvould repair the screen door you
would be doing some practical service
in the, fly campaign, t suppose you
want the neighbors to see how in
dustrious you are. What is the use
of trying to swat all of the flies out
side of the house? It can't be done.
You just fix that screen and then come
in the house and do your fly-swatting,"
was the, admonition of Mrs.
Leffingwell. ,
"I will." was the bird-like response
of the war lord of the Leffingwell
manor. -
A white-clad summer girl was
standing with her companion at Six-
Were You Right or Wrong in Your Guess? Here's the Key to
the Puzzle. Who Would Suppose the Earlier Photos Pres
ented the Judge, the Marshal, the Clerk of the Federal
Court, Our Postmaster and Assistant Attorney General?
How they looked then.
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All flie huttt and unlrulh lliafs fit to know
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CHAPTER XXV-Bands.
Primitive, indeed, were the banks
in Omaha. The first bank was started
in the spring of 1855, but didn't
amount to much. Another was started
in 1856 and lasted until 1859.
Kountze brothers started their
bank irf 1857 in a one-story frame
building on Farnam between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets. Little did they
think that their bank would some day
occupy a fourteen-story building with
four elevators and marble stairs and
Olbiertx CBaxAer
such things. But such is the case to
day. This first bank of theirs had a safe
in the rear part The door of the
safe was fastened shut by means of a
rude hasp, staple and padlock. A
shelf extended along two sides of the
room and this was usually filled with
pans of gold which the bank bought
from the miners who returned from
Colorado. Luther Kountze slept in the
bank to protect it from robbers. This
was not the present Omaha banker,
but his uncle. A sign on the window
stid: "Gold Dust and Government
Vouchers Bought and Sold."
Mr. Millard decided to start a bank
in 1866 and this also continues to the
present day, very good bank. He
started in a one-story frame building
at Fourteenth and Douglas streets. J.
H. Millard was appointed cashier and
rose irom tins position until today
he is president of the Omaha Nation
al, which occupies one of the of the
largest buildings in the city. He was
also United States senator for six
teenth and Farnam streets, observing
an occurrence which had attracted
crowd.
"Don't blockade the sidewalk, was
the command of a policeman.
l he girl looked resentfully at the
policeman, and then turned to her
companion and said: rercy, guess
we hadn't better block the sidewalk
or the city of Omaha will be peeved."
Scrapbooks the Big
Hobby of Robert Smith
Of course, Robert Smith has a
hobby, and it is not politics. Nor is
it playing pinochle with Bill Ure. His
hobby is scrapbooks. He keeps a set
of, scrapbooks and spends many
happy hours perusing these precious
tomes. In these books he keeps all
sort of statistical information, facts
and figures relating to public men,
and one scranhook has to do with a
certain official in the court house, his
first name being Robert, ,
These books of reference nil quite
niche in the life of "Bob" Smith.
He avers that one need never be lone
some if he has a lot of scrapbooks to
play with. And for practical pur
poses he declares these volumes fre
quently stand him in hand.
He contends his hobby Is one of
the best that has been invented up to
date.
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years and is a great lover of dogs,
of which he has a very fine specimen.
The bank started out wth a large
fireproof safe, marked "burglar
proof." It was not used very much,
however, because the bank officials
didn't think it was a "safe safe." They
used to leave their money in the safe
of another bank over night and the
cashier would call and get it in the
morning on his way to open the bank.
When they did business of $1,000 a
day they thought they were "hitting
the high, places," as the fellow said.
Banks continued to increase and
multiply as Omaha grew bigger and
bigger. Today the city has a large
number of banks. All have fine fix
tures of polished wood and cages
made of wire and adding machines
and machines to make change quickly
and many other devices that were to
tally unknown to the pioneer banks.
Their safes are also of the very
latest designs, made of the hardest
kind of steel, with ponderous doors
that lock with time locks, and nobody
can open them until the time for
which they are set They are built in
concrete and any burglar who would
try to open one of them with burglar
tools would be up against the hardest
job he ever tried. In fact, it would
be impossible to do it and besides
the watchman would catch him at it.
Thus the march of progress has com
pelled the bank robbers to find some
other occupation, a thing that is
Jafety (first)
gratifying to all honest and law-abid
ing citizens.
Tire ladies' department is a modern
improvement of banks. It is found in
several Omaha banks. It is a pretty
room, fixed up with mirrors ana wash
basjns and even face powder for the
fair patrons of the bank. These
ladies' departments give out only new
money that is perfectly clean and
hasn't any germs on it Naturally
this feature draws business to the
bank.
We may point with pride to our
banks, even those among Us who sel
dom have business to transact of a
financial nature. The present his
torian, while not numbered among
the bloated plutocrats and not by any
means a member of the money power,
sometimes has business to transact at
the banks and has always found them
adequately equipped for all his de
mands upon them. He once even
started a bank account and kept it for.
several weeks.
Questions on Chapter XXV.
1. Where was Mr. Kountze's first
bank located?
2. When did Mr. Millard start his
bank? '
3. Have banks of today fine fix
tures? . 4. What would you think of t bur
glar who would try to crack a bank
safe today? Why?
5. With what may we point to our
banks today?
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Everybody Has a Hobby!
Tell Us What's Yours?
Going to circuses is the hobbv of
Howard fcaxton, assistant United
States attorney at Omaha. For sev
eral years Mr. Saxton was county at
torney out at Pender, Neb., and he
used to get all kinds of circus pass
es.
"Of course, I went principally to
take the children," he said. "They
liked to go so much and it was great
fun to hear them talking about it aft
erwards." "Oh, of course," friends respond,
winking the left eye, "we understand
that you went to take the children.
You wouldn't care to go if it weren't
for the children. Oh, no, of course
not That's the old foxy grandpa
Stunt
"Oh, well, I do enjoy it, too," Mr.
Saxton admits. "We used 'to have
good circuses come to Pender and I
very rarely if ever missed one. But
I wasn't able to get out to the Bar
nura & Bailey circus Monday. One
thing is that I'd be afraid to leave my
car standing out there in that crowd.
Out at Pender we'd leave the car out
in the ample field around the circus
tent. Nobody would think of taking
it out there. Maybe I'll get to go to
f the next one that comes along."
To forget is the hobby of Henry
Payne. He does not like his hobby,
but it has forced itself upon him. He
has what Mark Twain called a "better
forgettery than a memory." When
the memory expert was before the Ad
club in Omaha many months ago to
organize a memory club in Omaha,
Henry Payne joined. He wanted to
cultivate his memory, as this expert
demonstrated he had cultivated his.
Then, Payne, knowing his weakness,
SiattttOKS SAores
sent his dues in advance to the club,
that he might be sure not to forget
to pay them, and that he might im
mediately have credentials and miss
none of the memory meetings. Cards
were sent to his office by the club
every week, two days before the meet
ing, announcing the time and place of i
meetings, rayne got the cards reg
ularly, and as regularly forgot about
the meetings. He never attended a
memory meeting. He even forgot to
ask for his money back.'
Sales, and lots of them, efficiency in
management and cost accounting, all
taken together, constitue the hobby
of J. W. Gamble. Gamble is a bear
on cost finding. When others in
Omaha had scarcely heard of cost
finding systems, Gamble was studying
them as a cat studies sweet cream.
Gamble saw that here is one of the
big things in manufacture, the finding
of costs in the various departments,
and then the cutting down of costs
where they appear unnecessarily
large. The result is, now that con
servation has become the rage every
whereon the farm, in the store and
in the manufacturing plant Gamble
in his Standard Chemical company
plant has his cost system already
worked down to a smoothly running
machine.
The hobby of A. C. Scott at present
is making balloons, tents, kits and
many other accessories in the shape
of canvass equipment for the army.
He has army orders that will keep
him busy in his tent and awning plant
for manj days and nights. So if
Scott ever had a pastime hobby, that
has long since given place to the seri
ous hobby of getting out these orders
The Weekly Bumble Bee
OMAHA,
THE BUMBLE BEE.
A. STINGER, EDITOR.
Communication en any topic
received, without postage or
signature. Nona returned.
NO ADS AT ANT PRICB.
"Patsy" Havey tarted In to
tell th folk the other 'day
about how It was when he first
commenced to walk a beat in
Omaha thirty years ago. Them
were th days, all right. About
that time Chief Seavey barred
the reporters from the police
station and Judge Berka took
pity on the newshounds and let
them roost In his court room.
Patsy Havey pretty soon got In
as night desk sergeant and old
Pat Cusack was patrol conduc
tor. Patsy used to take his
Job In bis hand three or four
times a night to slip the boys a
little Information as to what
was going on, but It had to be
done when Pat was away, for,
while Havey liked the report
ers, ' Cusack didn't, and the
PCRITT,
The Bumble Be doean't Ilka
to refer to the habit of. any of
It contemporarlea . aava In
kindly comment, but thia time
tt must depart from lta rule
and express some wonderment
at the course of at least one.
What puxzlea ye editor la to
know why the publication of an
advertisement In the Evening
Snooze la Unmoral, while the
same aort becomea virtuous
when It appeara In the Whlrld
Hlrld. Is that much differ
ence to be noted between oil
stocks and oil lands, or la tt
the difference between the pa
pars that makes- the difference
In the publication T As Mlk
Dempsey saya, "People who live
In (lass houses should puU down
the blinds."
BOOSTER.
. Tb state of Nebraska picked
the right man for th place
when It hired "Bill" Maupln as
press agent. If evsr booster
lived tt la Maupln and boost
ing Nebraska is his specialty.
Ha has been at It for almost
thirty years and Is Just now
going to get a bit of real
money for doing It The Bum
ble Be congratulates both.
STATE NEWS.
Stanton Picket: Stanton has
a man named Watts employed
at the electric light plant. Per
haps that Is the reason elec
trio light bills are so high.
Norfolk Press: A South Sioux
City lady lays claim to a place
In the hall of fame because
he used to sit on the roof and
eat turnips with Norrls Huse
at th old home up at Ponca.
Next
Hastings Tribune: Bar rails
are being put In front -of soda
fountains to make a lot of fel
lows feel at horns In Nebraska.
SQUABBLE.
The Bumblev Be Is Inclined
to allow Its two afternoon con
temporaries to wrangle to their
heart's content over which
mad the worse mess of print
ing ths draft numbers. So far
It looks Ilk a standoff between
them and any unprejudiced ob
server will admit that either
Is bad enough.
DRIVER,
"Bill" Burgess ha qualified
as a driver. He mad a 1,600
mil trip In his machine without
even a punctured tire. He tells
a good story about It, too.
Grading St. Mary' avenue
and Dodge street to bring more
business property into reach
may be all right, but we'd like
to suggest that a lot of un
occupied territory may be found
between 'Sixteenth street and
th river.
Having gone through last
Sunday and Monday without
th solace or support of beer,
Omaha folks may eonalder
themselves proof now against
anything.
A Nebraska farmer will get
$40,000 for wheat raised on a
single section of his farm. Tat
some folks insist farming
doesn't pay.
ADMITTED.
We haven't heard of anybody
rising up to dispute what George
Parka and Dan Butler said about
each other In the council meet
ing. Folks take It for granted
they know what they are talking
about, and will let It go at
that
TICKETS.
No report has yet been made
as to who got the tickets to
the circus over at thev city
hall, but Dan Butler and Walt
Jardlne were noticed sitting in
the front row at the evening
performance. And Dan seemed
to be giving the party.
Speeding and spooning make
a bad combination, but a lot
of fools wUl Uy to mix them.
Farnam street look natural
again. It's pavement la dug
MANAGER.
Pa Rourk should have tak
en over th Job of manager
som time ago. Not criticising
Marty Krug at all, but Bill's
th boy to give that bunch; what
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By A. EDWIN LONG.
He chased mud turtles and angled
for eels in the River Shannon, did
Joseph Hayden. He was born in
Ireland, but his ather soon sailed for
America with, his family of boys, Joe
and Ed and William.
At Columbus, Wis., the father began
to farm. After a while he opened a
little general store at Columbus,
where he traded with the farmers.
Joseph Hayden pitched hay, urged
lazy mules through the cornfields, and
hoed potatoes on the Wisconsin farm
until he felt there must be better ways
of making a living than the drudgery
of a Wisconsin farm in the early days.
In the University of Wisconsin at
Madison, he obtained his education.
He bade goodbye to the little farm,
and waved adieu to his father's little
store. He next found himself teach
ing reading, writing and arithmetic,
to the young rusticity of upper Wis
consin, and emphasising his discipline
with hickory rods.
But while he was "school-dadding"
around in Wisconsin, his good old
father was steadily building up the
business of the little store which
Joseph had so scornfully left behind.
Soon the father began to buy produce
at this store and ship it to Chicago.
and doing it right. It has become
more than a hobby, almost a mania
a mania that is nevertheless pleasing
to Scott For he wesks days at the
plant and nights at home planning
the next da' j work. Then he w rks
all day Sundays mapping out the pro
gram of tent, balloon and kit-making
for the next week.
SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST
Them Were the Days for Omaha. Police
Reporters When Patsy Havey Was
Night Desk Sergean at the Old
strategy employed to circum
vent, him was equal at times
to winning a war. If Wes
Gregory, Sam Pettlgrew, Carl
Smith, Lee Helsley, Charley
Cressey, Jack Pennington, Bert
Simpson and one or two more
good fellows who have an
swered the last roll call could
be brought back to mingle with
Charlie Fenwlck, "Doc" Tanner,
Harry Hunter, "Barney" Shan
non, Wash Perclval, Gene May
field and T Editor, we'll bet
the first thing the meeting
would do would be to pass a
vote of thanks to Patsy Havey
for the help he gave us in those
days when chasing the fugitive
Item around Omaha didn't
mean riding on trolley cars or
taxicabs, but long walks taken
in all kinds of weather.
FRONT END PHILOSOPHT.
"One thing is beyond my un
derstanding," said the philo
sophical motorman, "and that
is why folks stick to the back
end so closely when plenty of
room is open up in front
"One morning we Just had an
average load, but the back end
was full. Big crowd at Twenty-fourth
to get on, none to
get off. I watched. The con
asked 'em to please move for
ward, but nary a one stirred
Hung to their straps and let all
that mob climb over 'em and go
up front
"No; they wasn't nons of
them nailed down, but you
might have thought so. 8ay,
the end-seat hog wasn't the
worst thing In the world."
SIAM.
Our most constant reader (he's
the proof reader) furnishes us
with the following, as apropos
to Slam's declaration of war on
the kaiser. He says it Is the
national hymn of Slam:
Ovt tannas Slam!
Geeva tannas Slam
Ova tannas!
Sucha tammas Siam,
Inocan gift tarn
Osucha nas Siam,
Osucha nas!
The tune, he says, is "America,"
thrown into high, and to get
the best results this should be
executed In a olosed room, with
no one present but yourself and
the song.
STREETS.
Omaha's streets are doing
pretty well, in spite of all the
dirt that has been thrown at
them. But If rain doesn't come
pretty soon, Uncle George Parks
will have to send his wagons
around again.
CINCH.
When a man' employer In
sure hi life for a million dol
lars, tt looks like he had.
einoh m bla job, at' least.
The produce came so fast that it be
came necessary to send one of the
boys to Chicago to handle the stuff
as it came in. Edward was chosen
for this job, and when he took charge
of the receiving in Chicago, the
produce shipping business grew still
taster.
Joe Ha-den now 'stuck his teach
er's certificate down deep in the bot
tom of an old trunk, walked out of
the school room, and entered the
growing business with his father and
two brothers, William and Edward.
They opened a grocery and meat
market in Chicago and this grew un
til they could scarcely handle it.
Still they had nerve to try larger
fields, and they put in a stock of dry
goods and groceries in their Chicago
store, near where the Hub clothing
store now stands. 1
Coming from a race of pioneers,
however, they longed to plunge ever
westward. They longed to get into
the fertile belt of the west and do
business where the agricultural pros
perity is greatest. They tried South
Dakota and got along for a time.
Ever they looked around for new
fields. Someone told them of Grand
Island, so they passed Omaha by and
opened a store in Graird Island.
There they flourished for a time, but
suddenly realized that nothing but
the metropolis pf the state was of
proper caliber for them.
They sold out and plunged into the
heart of Omaha thirty years ago.
Here the store became known as
Hayden Brothers, and here it has
grown and developed until Hayden
Brothers' store is a landmark in the
Nebraska metropolis.
5, 1917.
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. IN OUR TOWN.
General Harries Wednesdays!
in town. ,
Ballard Dunn is going to look
after a little railroad work for
the rest of the summer.
Carl Herring says If he can
find time he wants to write a
letter to one of the newspa
pers. Abe, Block la home from a
run over to Davenport. No.
he says he didn't cross the Mis
sissippi. Judge Smyth is getting thing
shaped up to move to Wash
ington. What is our loss will
be the capital's gain, and we
wish the Judge as good a time
there as he has had here.
Rev. Larry Denlse will also
be recalled as a one-time ten
nis champion of Omaha in the
days when Con Toung,, Charlie
Culllngham, Frank Haskell and
similar heroes swung the rac
quets. ADVERTISING.
One effect of the police In
quiry was to print several name
and addresses that might not
otherwise have gotten Into print
seeing they are excluded from
the advertising columns.
TAXES.
Judge Leslie say th wheel
taxes must be paid. And Walt
Jardine sitting right ther la
th council 1 Ow-wowl
POEM.
It gladdened my sool
When I heard from home,
And the news I beard
Inspired thia pome;
That th O. School Board
Went deeper In th hole
To give a nice boost
To the teachers' pay roll.
For I know a teaoher
Not ten mile away
Who ha rented a cabin
And works by th day,
A-rustlln' her fuel
And eookln' her grub
And washln' her clothe
In Y galvanised tub.
In Nrusty old stov
She baketh her spuds
And tote her own water
And wears her old duds;
No high-priced hotel
Gets her well-earned cash.
For she cooks her own prunes
And chops her own hash.
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And I hope, Mr. Stinger,
That you will not grudge '
A salary boost
To this same Pro Tem drudge
Who is absorbing strength
In this spot high and airy ,
To expend In behalf
Ot Johnny and Mary.
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