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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1917)
Ella Fleishman. Adelaide Kennerly ASS'T EDITOR- Rouble Dutii SorweJiroes TAe? Mia:, But Often Like rfl Oil and Water -Which Do You Prefer? By ADELAIDE KENNERLY. There was but one trouble to begin with Mrs. Mack didn't know her limitations. She was not exactly conceited, but had rather a splendid opinion of her ability to. "get away with" anything she undertook. Mr. and Mrs. Mack were newspa per folks. Anyone that is familiar with the whirl and hum of a daily newspaper knows that there are no . idle moments in which to decide whether to have pork chops or beef steak for supper, or to worry whether the cook will salt the potatoes or boil the tea. There is a peculiar fascination about the newspaper office that will not per mit of a change from the daily life of exasperations to the placid routine of housekeeping, but all newspaper persons do not, or in this case did not, know it. ' Mrs. Mack thought it high time she was keeping house. This, of 'course, she figured with pencil and paper to be an easy matter. "We won't have to eat our meals just when the bell rings, and we can have exactly what we want to eat when we want it. I can attend to my office duties and with ease annex such a little matter as housekeeping," solilo quized Mrs. Mack, before, mind you, she had tried it. "It is all in the knowing how and the amount of energy one has. I can manage double duty nicely." The Macks Became Peevish. Although they were ideally situated in one of the best places in town, with people that knew exactly how to make their guests comfortable, the Macks became peevish just because the dinner bell would ring, .occasion ally, at the wrong time. After two days of house-hunting, they found an ideal little furnished apartment with private bath, gas range and everything as comfortable as one could expect. Their spirits were way up in the Ca of the octave, i md again with pencil and paper they figured how lovely life would be when they were keeping house, and how they would live so much better with an additional expenditure of, perhaps, $20 per month. Thirty-nine Cooks. Mr. Mack interviewed about 39 cooks, or alleged cooks. Their com bined cooking knowledge would not have been sufficient for one good cook, but she decided to take Sally May, "Sally May, are you a good cook?" asked Mrs. Mack. "Yassum. I kin cook plain vit tules. I ain't jest no first class cook, but I knows how to help. Never have done no cookin' for first class white folks but I is helped a heap o' times." "Can you bake cake? Mr. Mack is fond of good cake and that is one of the first essentials." "No-um, I can't bake cake' unless I has a cook book in front o' me." "Can you read?" Sally May giggled while she tried to say that she could not read. She was, however, the most promising servant that had applied and Mrs. Mack was growing desperate. A cook was a "necessary evil" and per haps this one would turn out all right . after all. "Sally May, conle to my office about 4 o'clock and I will send you home with some 1 groceries and instruc tions." ' Four o'clock, 4:30 and t turned their respective notches, but no Sally May. "Tough Luck." "Pity sake, Mr. Mack, what will we do? The cook hasn't shown up and it is time to go home. We won't have any supper. 'That's tough luck," peevishly re plied Mr. Mack, "but I'll go around to the delicatessen, and buy our sup pers." "No, you'll do no such thing I We are keeping house so that we may have exactly what we want, when we want it I am not going to live on delicatessen stuff. I had my nuff of that when a few of we bachelor girls lived on trash in New York. It's southern cooking for me or none." They reached home about 6 o'clock, having made their trip in silence. No cook, no fire. The weather had turned bitterly cold and instead of a fine gas heater, such as they had while living with the Stantons before their house keeping experiment, there were grate fires to start; no kindling and nothing to eat The place seemed about as much like home as a loft in a hay barn. .Mrs. Mack sat down in utter disgust, almost ready to cry, when Mr. Mack came to her rescue. "Well, this is only the first day and it will take another day to get things straightened out and running smooth ly. We will go to the cafe for sup per." As usual, he picked out the cafe charging the highest prices and Mrs. Mack balked. "I am not dressed for Supper in such a place and besides we are not going to spend all we earn ating at cafes of your choosing." A Compromise. They compromised and only spent &2.50 for their suppers, although Mr. Mack said he had about half enough to eat After retiring in a cold room, and the private bath too cold to wash your hands in, the housekeeping dream of the Macks began to turn to a haluci nation. Not one depree had the weather moderated in the second dav and the house was like an iceberg. The Macks breakfasted in town, hurriedly, on cof fee and" about 7:30. Newspaper folks are busy long before some other oiks are awake. More cooks were Interviewed at To tt tt very Lett rmftt tft Dr. HumphfwjY "SevwityaaivW at th firat ahiver. imm ts.tr Colds that hauij ew CHp. All Drv Store colds Mrs. Mack's office, and finally Ger trude was employed as cook and gen eral servant in the three lovely rooms with private bath. "Can you cook, Gertrude?" Mrs. Mack inquired. "Yassum I ken cook." "Can you clean up nicely?" "Yassum, I ken clean up right smart." "Will you come every morning in time to have breakrast ready at 7 o'clock?" "Yassum." Before the H. C. L. Got Us. "All right," said Mrs. Mack, "go home and prepare supper. Have creamed potatoes, veal chops, gravy, apple and raisin salad, white and rye bread, tomatoes, peas and tapioca pudding. Finish with a large cup of coffee it is cold enough, plenty. ' Gertrude crawled off in the "nig geriest" fashion you ever saw and the busy little woman had some mis givings about the way in which sup per would be prepared. She left the office at 5 o'clock, which was about 30 minutes early, to see that Mr. Mack had a good supper. On a previus occasion, in one of Mr. Mack's tantrums, he has quoted Abe Martin: "Nobudy ever listened to reason on an empty stummick," and Mrs. Mack remembered. Forewarned was forearmed, always, with Mrs. Mack. And, too, she wanted to dis cuss some very important matters with her lord and master during the evening of their second day of house keeping. When she entered the front door a fire was laid in the grate and the light was on. Her hopes began to loom brighter than ever that is since they left the comfortable home of the Stantons to keep house. With jubilant spirit, she entered the kitchen and began an inquiry about supper. "I didn't know jest -exactly how you wanted the other things fixed," said dusky Gertrude, who, for. that day, reigned supreme, in the kitchen, "so I jest cooked the potatoes and tea and thought I could finish when you got home." What could poor Mrs. Mack do? Gertrude had boiled the potatoes fully an hour too early and let them stand in water. She had also boiled the tea for an hour, notwithstanding the fact that Mrs. Mack had speci fically stated coffee. Her soirits dropped to the depths of despair. What's th Use? "What's the use?" flared Mrs. Mack, jumping up as though she had been shot from a 42 centimeter. She threw her hat on the kitchen chair and began to prepare supper. In 25 minutes she had fresh potatoes, salad. ?:rapcfruit with cherries, chops and ine gravy, beside several other tempting little articles of food. "Hello, girlie," said Mr. Mack. "This .looks like a real little home. I got lonesome sitting in there by my self while you were out here giving instructions to the new cook. I have been home 20 minutes. But I sup pose you wanted to get everything started out straight and now that it's over we will enjoy a nice little sup per all by ourselves." "Yes?" "I have nothing more to say about housekeeping," he continued. "We have a splendid cook and she looks faithful. Supper is dandy and tMs is what I call home. Tell the black beauty in the kitchen to make me a pineapple cake tomorrow. If she can make a cake as well as she cooked this supper and arranged this table it will be 'some cake.' " Mrs. Mack didn't know whether to laugh or cry in response to Mr. Mack's compliments. She was so tired after her day in the newspaper office and worrying about whether everything was going right at home, that she did not enjoy the supper. "Now hurry, Gertrude," said Mrs. Mack after supper. "Clean your kitchen and go home. Be sure and arrive in plenty of time to prepare breakfast. Serve it in ou living room on the center table as that will save time for us. We must be down town very early," Gertrude peeked into the living room at 9:30 p. m. to say that she would be on time in the morning. Early, very early indeed, almost iTO - 'fMake Reservations Early for New Years i! SPECIA1- DINNER COMMENCING AT 9 P. M. JB) M Come and Enjoy the New Year's Watch With Your Friends. " DINNER "ZIl- DANCING ff, jyj SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM. W -i-L. Wishing Our Many Patrons and Friends a vN before daybreak, Gertrude appeared upon the scene to prepare toast and coffee and a few slices of bacon, v Just as Mr. Mack was leaving for the office, in came what the cook labeled breakfast, consisting of toast burnt to a crisp, three slices of bacon half cooked and coffee that was no more than cold water and grounds. In rather an apologetic way she said: "I jest never has made coffee like this before. I didn't know whether you would like it this way or not." "You say this is the first time you ever made it just like this?" asked Mr. Mack, so dgusted that he was ready to throw her down stairs. His mean disposition was steadily grow ing more vicious. "Yaas sur." "Please don't punish us by making any more." Then, turning to Mrs. Mack: "I am going to town and get a decent cup of coffee. You may do as you like. I thought that nigger could cook, but she certainly hasn't shown her hand this morning." "Please don't scold so much. You find fault with everything," whim pered Mrs. Mack, who had about reached the end of her rope. "I have tried dreadfully hard to please you ever since we came into this old place and I cannot do it. You are just a miserable old crank and have a dis position worse than the 'pills' that call themselves star reporters at the office." The. very sound of Mrs. Mack's voice gave her courage to proceed more vigorously. "I prepared the supper last night and did not spend a half hour giving instructions to a mutton-headed cook either. She don't understand a thing I say to her and she can't boil water. Go to town and get your breakfast and the rest of your meals. You need never come back here if you don't like it. I am sick and tired of hearing you frrowl. And get out of here quick or I II push you downstairs." This outbreak came rather as a surprise to Mack and his vocabulary of sarcasm left him. He ducked his head and quietly left the "lovely flat with private bath." When Mrs. Mack reached the office, however, he was smiling and had evi dently told a wee bit of their experi ence to the boys, who also smiled as she entered. One at a time they asked her how she liked housekeeping and her cook. Mrs. Mack decided to get another servant when' Effie Lee, who ap peared to be the nearest human of the retinue that called during the day, and who showed several signs of life, was ushered in, and the questioning was begun all over again. After answering every question asked her with "no-uni," Mrs. Mack asked Effie Lee if she could boil water without burning it. To prove that Effie Lee was paying strict attention to the vi tally important question, she said: Strict Attention. "I jest nevah has boiled any, but guess I could try." "Come tomorrow in time to prepare breakfast and don't be late. Have toast and coffee on this little table (pointing to a center table in the liv ing room), at 7 o'clock." "Yassum," answered Effie Lee. Mrs. Mack was afraid to tell her to cook more than toast and coffee for fear she could never accomplish the task in one morning. She did, how ever, and it was a little better than Gertrude had done. The toast was only half burned and Mr. Mack's dis position had reached the boiling po;nt when he finished. He never did like toast and coffee to keep him healthy from breakfast until dinner. "Where is that whisk broom?" he shouted and burst into a rage. The cook flew to the kitchen faster than one would have thought it possible for her to move. "Honey, I don't know, but I'll look," said Mrs. Mack, half crying. "Sit down." and he slammed her into a chair and locked the door. "If anything disgusts me it is to see a little bit of a woman waiting on a great big bluff of a man. You make me sick and I don't appreciate it. Two Interesting Betrothals ' ' ' fieten Van Ditsen Two interesting betrothal nouncements mate this week-end are the engagements of Miss Nan Bar rett and Mr. "Jack" Hughes and Miss What is th matter with you? Have you lost your spirit? You act as though you were scared to death of something." This outburst from the head of the house took all the cry out of Mrs. Mack. She gave back a few that were easily understood. , "I am sick and tired of this house keeping. I simply can't take care of the office and keep house too. I have enough to do on that paper for any one woman and I despise housekeep ing. I'll have to give up one or the other and I want to tell you right now that it will not be the paper. You didn't marry a cook, anyway. I don't know what has happened during this last week any place except in this kitchen. What do you expect of one woman anyway?" "This is rather sudden, Kiddie," smiled Mr. Mack who had taken a new interest in things, "and really I think we had better give up the lovely flat with a private bath. We have only spent about $50 extra experi menting this week, buying new oil stoves and a hundred other things. Considering our future happiness it has been cheap at that. We have awakened from our dream. Let's go back to Stanton's where our gas heater had only to be lighted with a match and where we did not have to worry about cooks, pork chops and private bath. I have had about as much discomfort as one man can stand in this place." The Saturday Night "Stunt." This Saturday night "stunt" as the boys call it is a laughing matter com pared to the burdens of housekeep ing. Mrs. Mack hushed one of the reporters when he complained of I having the "dog," which means the late watch. She advised him to keep house if he really wanted something to grumble about. The strain of Saturday and Satur day night had put Mrs. Mack in a nervous state. She had contracted a case of grippe and could not lie down without choking. The cake had to be baked and the dinner prepared on Sunday morning, so she very quietly dressed and went into the kitchen without disturbing the man of the house. Although the cake was a success, the dinner was a complete failure. The sick woman with the aid of a worthless servant, had made a mess of the dinner with the exception of the cake and chicken soup. Mrs. Mack," shouted a voice from the first floor, after dinner had been taken from the table and the Macks were uncomfortably seated in their lovely flat with a private bath, "Mrs. Stanton wants you on the telephone." Without a voice that could be heard over the telephone, and with Rf PAIRS AND SUPPLIES FOR STOVES, HEATERS, FURNACES AIID BOILERS PROMPT SERVICE "10DERATE PRICES WATER FRONTS AND WATER HEATING ATTACHMENTS 0KAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS, 1206-8 Dous'as St. Phone Ty!er 20 vSs i i 4 t ' ( . Jian Bcurrett an-QHelen Van Dusen and Lieutenant Paul Mueller. The Hughes-Barrett nuptials will be celebrated in Febru ary, but the military wedding will be subject to the army man's orders. out hesitation, Mrs. Mack almost flew down the stairs and through the hall to the telephone. "Hello.". "Hello is that you, Mrs. Mack?" "Yes." "I can't hear you well enough to understand what you are saying, but Mr. Stanton and I want you to have supper with us tonight. We all miss you folks so much and thought per haps you coild come out and have dinner but we were unable to reach you over the 'phone, so come right along for slipper." Mrs. Stanton's - invitation was readily accepted. The Macks dressed post-haste, stopped at the office to send out a little copy for the lino type operators, and proceeded along the route, that a week previous had seemed dull and tiresome, with light step and happy hearts. A Square Meal. After a good square supper, the Stantons and the Macks had a little parlor confab on housekeeping and private baths. Mrs; Mack admitted, in a most repentant fashion, that her dream was over and if Mrs. Stanton could arrange matters, she would be glad to come back. Bashfully Mr. Mack acquiesced and the Stantons laughed. "I knew it all the time," said Mrs. Stanton, "but you would never have been satisfied until you tried it. We Good dentistry is as im portant to good health as a phy sician, in fact most physicians will recommend having your teeth attended to. Stomach dis orders, bad breath, headaches and numerous other ailments of the human body is heir to can be traced directly to the teeth. Examination and advice free. DR. LUDWICK, 606 Bee Bldf . Phone Douglas 1839. i i l v i-i 'a a i I'k i ll V ill If ,V -II l4 1 1 "mmmmmmm - - - have boarded, kept house; we have done light housekeeping and have tried every other way of living. Housekeeping, no matter whether one has two rooms or 10, is a job all by itself, and I know that with the many duties you had at the office, you never could satisfactorily keep house. "But we will be mighty glad to have you back," interrupted Mr. Stanton, addressing Mrs. Mack. "Tomorrow?" "Sure," he replied. That settled it and the Macks went to their housekeeping rooms, with the lovely private bath, happy for the first time. Anticipating three meals a day without any worry, and a comforta-1 ... . , ble home, well ordered with excel- The coming: year wil mark the cen lent servants, the Macks could hardly tennial anniversary of lie to tell where Monday .went. Monday Mary Todd Lincoln, the wite of I re night Mrs. Mack gave the "big boss" lde"l Lincoln. a newspaper ana tola mm to reao i while she and the servant packed j one trunk, the only one that had ; been unpacked. "Now Effie Lee," said Mrs. Mack, "stay here until the express man com is to move tne tnmgs in me morning and tnen go ana neip Mrs. Stanton fix up our room. Help her all day and have my trunks all un packed when we reach home." "Yassum," drolled Effie Lee. And she did. When the Macks reached "Home Sweet Home," Tuesday night, their dispositions had undergone a com plete change. Their ideas were all turned topsy-turvey. Lightly they bounded up the stairs to their room, so clean and orderly, and "dolled up" for supper. "There goes the little bell," laughed Mr. Mack, "and it's ringing 'Home Sweet Home." "Why, honey," said Mrs. Mack, "that is the same bell that sounded your cue to have a fit a week ago." Many women are earn:ng 50 cents an hour doing night clerical work in the federal bureau of mines in Wash ington. The fattest form of food is nuts; al monds contain more than half their weight in easily digestible fat In human bodies the fat is in the bone, marrow and adipose tissue. OMAHA PEOPLE SHOULD EAT PIE DAILY Pie is wholesome, combining both fruit and grain. Those who haw trouble digesting pie should take ONE SPOONFUL simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. This flushes the ENTIRE bowel tract, removes foul matter which poisoned your stomach for months and relieves ANY CASE sour stomach, gas or con stipation and prevents appendicitis. Leaves stomach in condition to di gest ANYTHING. Sherman & Mc Connell Drug Co., 16th and Dodge, opp. S. P. O. Advertisement. Hotel Calves i il Drop work and nm tnd sl rnwhlln tvm "down Texu wtj." Write or wire for t T mem reaerratlon it the Hotel Gtlrei fadf and board 'The Katy Line" for a quick Tnrougn riin to uairenon. Batn lus, fishing, hunting, motoring, golfing anything you want In out-door recre ation; even-thing you could wiab for In the comforts of home furnished by the epachiui. luxurious, fire-proof, million dollar HOTEL GALVEZ Rahnite. Texai Write P. U Banders, Manager, or Galri'Ston Commercial Association. All roads sell lov-rare tourist tickets to Galveston. Ask your agent. It's a thoroughly comfortable and delightful inp. Tot fares, berths and any trarel in formation see or mm Mm If1 sl ''' mnl write 3 I RALSTON Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris have moved to Omaha. Louis Sautter was taken suddenly ill last Tuesday and died before he reached home. m- ,nH fr ?am Bel departed j Wednesday for Ames, la., where Mr. Bell has accepted a position. Mr and Mrs. McKibben of Me chanicsville, la., r.re visiting their daughter, Mrs. Borgenhagen. Mrs. Miiias is in the hospital suf fering from a fractured hip. Marie Mullins. who has been very ill with pneumonia, though improved, is still in the hospital. Light is known to have i.n mju rious effect on bacteria; hence it u ! an iivmnrt.mt hvCieillC tactor. jQ preserve ink add from one and 0rie-ha.lf to two grains of salicylic , acjd t0 a quart 0f jni. (Article No. 7.) Chiropractic Talks Chiropractic for Stomach Trouble. The nerve and blood supply to the stomach perform an important part in the elaboration and secretion of the gastric juice, and a very impor tant part of the nervous system is tho furnishing of energy for the stomach movements during digestion. The nerves leading to the stomach pass out from the spinal cord through lit tle openings in the spinal column, and if they are impinged by a sub-. luxated vertebra it will interfere with the transmission of nerve energy leading to the stomach, which will cause that organ to become diseased. A subluxation may result from very insignificant causes, muscular con tractions caused by the toxins of any of the infectious diseases, a sudden twist, a fall, or a blow, may sublux ate a vertebra in the spinal column. What can the Chiropractor do for gastritis? He will examine the spine and locate the impinged nerve, and will usually find that it is tender at the point where it emerges from the spine. When the nerve is free from the pressure that is causing the trou ble, nature will rush to the afflicted stomach a sufficient amount of vital energy to neutralize the abnormal condition. If the constitutional dis ease is nephritis, then the nerves lead ing to the kidneys will be found im pinged; if it is diabetes, the nerves to the kidneys, liver and pancreas will be given attention; if it arises from heart incompetency, whatever be the secondary cause, the primary cause is always found to be in the spinal column. Many persons who have suffered for years with this dis tressing stomach condition have been entirely relieved through Chiroprac tic Adjustments. The Chiropractors have made a special study of the mechanism of the nervous system and the human spine, and can locate def initely the seat of the trouble aid cm correct and thus remove the obstruc tion to the flow of vital fores to the organs. If you are suffering from any body ailments, call the Chiropractor, and you will soon become an enthu siastic advocate of the Chiropractic principle, that nerve pressure is the cause of disease. Any person who has ever taken the trouble to examine a spinal column clearly sees how the very slightest movements of the verte brae will particularly close the open ing between them, through which the nerves pass from the spinal cord to be distributed to the various parts of ui uuuy. inis prevents the trans mission of the nerve impulse and causes functional derangements of the parts to which they are distribut ed. Ask your Chiropractor to demon strate to you with the spine, which is always at hand for such purposes, how easy it is for nerves to be pinch ed by the slightest deviation of a ver tebra from normal. The Chiroprac tor knows the result of these slight deviations and is able to explain them to you in such a clear way that it is impossible to resist the logic of the Chiropractic Aet'ology or diseased conditions of the human body. If you are suffering with some form of stomach trouble make a thor ough open-minded investigation of the Ch.'ropractic principle and then be guided by your better judgment. ftext Sunday Talk No. 8: "Chiro practic for the Lungs." Soldiers may secure adjustments free of charge from any Chiroprac- i.'mM f t!I? Prominent Chiropractor! in the following listed cities: . OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BWnrtam. S & L., D. C. Creiphton Bid. c2jSFtMS V14 Securities Bide. Bid? ' C- iH Brandei Tbe.ter Fl'88' W" D' C- 24tl d Farnsm. Johnston Dr, u J. P and Minnie F.. 1S26 W. O. W. Bldgr. Don. 6529 Lawrence. J C. D. C, Baird Bid. Pumance, W. E D. C, Paxton Block Cc0UNCIL "LUFFS. IOWA Will?. J Je"n Dn &! eSi' W- B"w.y. ' JV.v.R-. C ' 15 Norh Main St. a . COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. Aerat Clara. D. C. Telegram Bide. FREMONT. NEBRASKA. Embree. J S . D C, 6th and Main Stg. A h ... LiNPLN, NEBRASKA. Aahworth. L . D. C B08 Fraternity Bid. L . WAHOO. NEBRASKA, a J" Dierk5' D- C. Old Post Office Bid. 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