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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1918.
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Home . Life of the LeffingwehV
" Henry Leffingwell had been read
ing that' JUkraine'is located in .the
southwestern : provinces of Russia,
and that nearly 30,000,000 Ukrainians
have been ruled by the caars of Rus
sia for'263 years. He, was holding a
reverie, in. which Jjp vizualized him
self as leader of the .Ukrainians, blaz
ing a trail to Petrograd where motion
picture men and Ring Lardner were
read to help him take the leap from
obscurity ta prominence, from the
..local brevity column to, the front
page with photographs. Mrs. Lcfling
well was contemplating an eggless
and flourlcss cake recipe which had
been sent to her from La Porte. She
had gone through a , busy day, with
a never-ending succession of activi
ties, the telephone ringing every time
she-was engrossed in something
. isrfriclrtccupied her close attention.
" She thought that her telephone call
ers were gifted with a prescience
which enabled them to call her just
when.it was most. inconvenient for
her to talk to them, for they called
her a't such times and seemed to take
delight in1 hanging on to ; the line
during her busiest moments. Only
that day Mrs. What's-her-name
called up to get an earful of neigh
borhood gossip. She wanted to know
whose trunk was1 seen being taken
into the home of the Joneses and why
the Smiths were keeping their iront
shades drawn. She said she hadn't
seen Mrs. Smith go out for several
weeks and she was curious to know
the reason. She said she suspected
the reason, but inasmuch as she had
not been on speaking terms with the
Smiths since her dog bit the Smith
cat, she did not like to call Mrs.
Smith. And Mrs. Lowder called to
ask what she should do to relieve her
baby who , had swallowed red ink,
having been attracted by the bright
ness Of the fluid. Thus it was, Mrs.
Leffingwclf wa9 weak in mind and
body and believed she had earned a
little surcease from "the cares that
infest the day." She looked toward
her husband as !f to wish him well
in his reverie, hoping against hope
that he would browse on until it was
time to wind the alarm clock and ad
dress himself to sleep.
Leffingwell moved with the sud
deness of a man who had been stung
by a bee, or had been struck by a
brilliant idea. His mental machinery
was put in motion and his whole be
ing vibrated with enthusiasm. He
was winding himself up for another
Sffity vide tvAen
of time to
ttere's plenty
walk
week-end family experience meeting.
He began to chatter.
"Did you ever stop to realize how
wantonly we waste much of our
time?" began the presiding elder of
the Leffingwell domain. "The use of
our leisure time is one of the most
important problems of our day. It
is generally agreed that eight hours
of each day shall be devotfd to sleep
and that eight hours shall constitute
an average day's work, and then we
have the question of what shall be
done with the other eight hours
which, relative'y .speaking, is our
leisure time."
"Say, dad, djf) you ever mark time?"
roguishly inquired Willie, who, up to
that rrfoment, had been as silent as a
clam, but who was beginning to be
as noisy as a whistling buoy.
"Remember the golden hours, to
keep them useful," continued the quar
termaster of the home. "Did you ever
consider what it means to devote IS
minutes each day to mental develop
ment, IS minutes for physical cul-
1IE'Weekl'S
BumbleBee
; OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1918.
TUB WEEKXT. BUMBLB BEE.
A STJNOBH, EDITOR. -Communlmlloni
on any toplo
received, without PMtM,. or
algnature, Nona retumcl, ..
NO ADS AT ANY PRICE.
- ; ABSENT. '"
" Henry Payne, realtor, tin
shaved oft the board and mous
tache which Jiave adorned hla
t rontlapleco from . timo Ira
memorial, : romeone told1 him
it would ttnprovo hla memory.
Henry a the champion torgetter.
Ho parka hla automobile and
than forieta vhere ha parked U
aud goes up and down tha atroot
looking for It . A few yeara ago
a "memory course'' of leseone
wu given In Omaha. Henry waa
enthoxlastle. Ha aimed up and
paid hla tuition fee. Then ha
forgot all about it.
' '"":: ' CAVE. .
These ' enterprising. ' raucone
volced candy merchants who
ooerata In aome of our theaters
are - a cheerful bunch of
swindlers. Tha boaes, of aweetii
which they offer for tha amall
aum of una dime are attractive
in looke and elte. But they
,aro filled chiefly with paper.
And after tha buyer baa been
tuna; he doesn't ear to avail
himaelt of tha offer of "money
mfuaded If you are not Batte
ned." Tha old proverb -warna
to "bemare when tha Oreeka
come, bearing glfta." ' ,
k V V4; COMK1BITKD. . f '
' DmocraU ta the tha city hall
havo bo feara of porkleaa daya
but their insouciance would bo
disturbed If pork barrel-lens
daya ahould ba declared. Black.
"French repulse two German
ralda on Champagne." Newa
Item. Omaha boose hounda rould
never have) been repulsed. Don
ovan. : V ! .
Two thousand of the '- T.000
,eipl who heard John McCor-
maek alng at the ' Auditorium
, name In lata, a muala lover tells
w. And a flock of 'Society"
people trailed In, about half an
-, hour before . the concert was
. over; ,.--
., on: -,,
V Hore'a a pretty pan from
. Ills K--, the . opular musical
i crltle: "1 think It'a too bad
. that Carrie Jacoha Bond didn't
,. have children. Bho cuiild havo
'. named one of them Liberty." "
Comprawney yoof .! -
. "Vha Ruaa-Teut peace pour par
I lera aeetn, to be rather poor
" yantjr. . ... ., t . ..
ARE YOU DOING YOUR
PART EVERY DAY TO
. KELP WIN THE WAR ?
Stern Bepreaalon ot Self-In-
dulgeno la Required of
Every Citlscn ot tho . ,. s
'p , Nation. ,
i You're patrlotlo, aren't youT
Tou want to help your country
to win a ilorloue victory, don't
youT But what are you doing,
day by day, to make your coun
try atrongf '
Tou havo bonptit Liberty
bonds and war aavlnga stamps
ana suoscrtooa to tn itea vroaa
and Young Men's Christian asso
ciation and Young - Women'a
C h r 1 a 1 1 a n association and
Knights of Columbus. You have
shouted at patrlotlo maetlnga.
You have always talked pa-
trlottcaUy. . ... ?
Theao things are good hut
they are not the hlgreat thlnga.
The biggest thlnga are the lit
tlest thlnga. the little, thlnga
that you do every day, which,
multiplied, by tha 100.000,000
Individuals in thla nation, make
up a atupendoua total
Have you "cut out" wheat
and meat? Or ara you one of
the weak-minded, pampering
peta who argue "the little I
eat won't make any differ
ence T" Do you carry home pur
chases? .
) Do you burn up gasoline every
day on usnless pleasure rldea be
cause you "can afford to pay
for It?" Do you take railroad
trips that are unnecessary?
Do you buy every pretty thing
you can afford and thua make
more men work In the luxury-producing
Industries Instead
ot In necessity-producing In
dustries? It you continue to do these
things after seeing the harm In
them, quit trying to kid your
self Into believing that you are
"helping to win tha war" with
your little subscriptions. Recog
nise yourself at once aa a weak
and flabby parson, utterly lack
ing the stern stamina that la
required In the flesh and spirit
of a strong nation at a tlma like
this. (
DON'T. "
If all the paper Wasted In
writing "patriotic aongs" wore
saved It would be sufficient to
wrap up all the pork chopa.
beefsteaks, cabbage and pota
toea purchased In the atores of
tho nation. . - -
SHEBLOCK. i
' Said Tom Flynn to ' Judge
Estelle: ''You had egga for
breakfaat thla morning. There's
some on your chin." Said Judge
Ksteiie. s no- wiped bis chin:
"No, I had eggs yesterday morn.
Ing." .
. HARVEST. ,
Only about four months now
until wheat harveat atarta In tha
south. Let er go it bushels
to tha acre. - .
HERE'S A FREE AD.
FOR MR. CAREY OF
CAREY CLEANING CO.
Tireless Efforts Rewarded When
He Bends la Well-rounded
"Btmior" About Him
self. Frank J. Carey (president of
the Carey Cleaning company)
storms the eolumna of The Bum
ble Bee with the following new
Item on hla' own letter head:
"Frank J. Carey la aald to be
a likely candidate for city com
missioner in the coming eleetton,
Willis Crosby la another Twenty
fourth and Lake atreet business
man mentioned. It la aald If
one of these men enters tha race
the other will withdraw."
Tou will note with what care
Mr. Carey (president of tha
Carey Cleaning company) makes
his statements, "It la aald" that
Frank J. Carey will be a can
didate. Mr. Carey la conserva
tive about these rumored state
ments concerning himself.
We trust that Mr. Carey; win
Interview himself and ascertain
positively whether ho wtll be a
candidate, "likely" or otherwise,
for olty commissioner.
Perhapa. If he approaches Mr.
Carey diplomatically and polnta
out to him that tho publlo la
waiting, anxiously, to know
whether ho will be a likely can
didate for city commissioner, Mr.
Carey may overcome hla aversion
to having his name In the papers
and give out ft statement
' f EXEMPTION.
' Some congressmen are In favor
of cutting themselves out from
the axempted list In tho war In
come tax law. And while they
are at It. let them out the city,
oounty and state offtolals out.
too. Tbero la no good reason
why these men shouldn't pay
Income taxea. ,
t SHADOW. '
The ground hog will havo a
chance next Saturday to ahow
whether he la a patriot Let
him buck up and do hla hit
Even If ho does see bis shadow
ho must not get scared and run
back in hla bole. We need an
early spring this year If we
ever did need one.
JC8TICE.
In view ' of what the sub
merged mllllone in Russia have
suffered for yeara wo don't feel
overwhelmed with aympathy for
the ex-cxarlna. who la reported
to be craxy. Shea been nutty
for yeara. Judging by her carry
ings en with tho crasy monk,
Rasputin, fa- ,' ' t ;
FORGOTTES. '
Theao are' discouraging daya
for our old friend. Villa, .He
used to hoi, forth In the big
tent Then he became only
side -shew. ,'.jd now, with the
world war going on, he'a only a
lemonade stand.
IN OUR TOWN.
Joe Trig Is counting tho days
until April IS.
There are still one or two poll
Helens who have not "con
aented" to run for olty commla
aloner. Eddie Black wrote an article
laat week, using tho word "em
broglio," He could five no rea
son for hla rash act,
Fred Fulton gave an Interest
Ing boxing exhibition In the
Auditorium Friday night Fred
la a Nebraska boy,
A largo and Intelligent audi
once heard Yettle Gilbert, a
noted singer, sing at tha Boyd
theater Thursday.
Tom Allan. United States at
torney, was up from Lincoln
one day laat week. He Is a
brother-in-law of W. J. Bryan,
a Chautauqua lecturer.
"Ti been cold enough f
keep folks away fr'm church
aev'ral Bundaya thla winter, but
not cold enough t" keep 'em
away fr'm the theaters an'
movln' pttchera.-' ooaervea jonas
Mealy,
Fred S. Hunter, the well
known aport writer, will go to
Dea Molnea for the big "resale"
February . when Caddock and
Zbyssko will "raesie." rrea
can apell Zbyasko without look
ing In tha book. ,,
. AHOY!
Charlie Franks, manager ot
the Auditorium, paid war tax
laat week on hla motor boat,
which Ilea at anchor la the
Missouri river. Charlie waa
tinkerl-g at tha good ahtp all
last aummer In hla aparo time.
The paddla wheel waa too big
for the engine or aomethlng.
Though he didn't get It to
running laat aummer, he got It
aunched In time to come un
der the war tax on motor
boats,
INCOME.
After looking over tho war In
come tax blanka It aaema to us
that any bank auditor can mas
ter Its meaning and answer the
queatlona with a fair degree ot
ac u.-acy after studying them lor
two or three weeka.
SANITARY.
A negro "dope" seller, ar
reated laat week, had a number
of dimes concealed in his sock.
Who will bo the next woman to
hold one of theao dimes la her
llpa while sho oloaea her hand
bag? KAISER.
Tho kaiser calls himself "the
champion of peace." Yea, Wit
helm, you are the principal rea-
aon why tho world la fighting
(or permanent peace.
ture, 15 minutei for meditation, 15
minutes for play and so on until
every minute of our leisure time has
been profitably accounted for?"
"Do you think that plate racks are
going out of style?" was the next bit
of irrelevancy from Willie, who
sought to upset his father's equanim
ity. "Why don't you Install a time
clock, daddy?" meekly asked Mary.
"Say, pa, how would you like to be
a sleeping car conductor and hear
what people say when they talk in
their sleep?" was Willie's next in
quisitorial sally.
Leffingwell became mentally inert
He braced himself for the last word
which was to come from "the lady of
the house," as sample packages of
medicine and soap were addressed
when left at homes in the days of
old. On these occasions Leffing
well reminded one of the boy who
had done something naughty and was
submitting himself to the whipping
which he knew was inevitable.
"If I were you, I would use some
of my leisure time cleaning out that
old pipe which is about as repugnant
as a dead rat," waa. the first blast
from Sarah Leffingwell. The hus
bandman of the Leffingwell vineyard
winced. "I suppose you think I am
burdened with leisure time and that
time hangs heavily upon my hands.
I've hardly had time this day to go
over and see the first tooth of Mrs.
Turner's baby. The trouble with me
is that there are not enough hours for
what I want to do. I should think
that you could find enough chores
around this house to keep you from
worrying about your leisure time.
You might take up tatting, Henry
Leffngwell, just to relieve the
ennui." .
Leffingwell then got out the check
erboard and spread it on the dining
room table, whereupon his chief
counselor moved up and proceeded to
beguile a little leisure time at this
ancient and honorable indoor game.
Willie winked at Mary and the family
canine pet rolled over and curled up
in solid contentment.
' And that is what the LefHngwells
called the end of another perfect day.
rVhen This Cruel War Is Over."
As one goes up and down the high"
ways and byways during the day's
work all sorts and conditions of men
and women give expression to all
sorts of opinions on the war. We
were impressed the other day with the
comment of an Omaha undertaker,
who firmly believes that the finis of
the war will have been written before
the last day of this year. He ex
plained that just before the dawn of
1917 he contracted for six carloads of
caskets at a stipulated price, deliveries
to be made during the year according
to his needs. He said he saved $600
per car on that contract. He added
that he entered into no similar con
tract for 1918 because he firmly be
lieves that the war will be finished
this year and that the cost of cas
kets 12 months hence will be less
than they are tt this time.
The Last Resort
Plerpont Morgan, Jr., the young
son or tbe financier, who enlisted in
the) navy and Is now cruising in Eu
ropean waters, said to a reporter be
fore ha left New York:
"Seafaring brlnsrs out a man's faith,
if he's got any, these days. It's as
tonishing how little faith some men
prove to have.
"I heard the other day of, a minis
ter on a torpedoed steamer. The
steamer was in a very bad way, wire
less broken, boats gone and rapidly
sinking. . The captain said grimly to
tne assembled passengers, as he tied
on ms lifebelt:
"Well, friends, we must now put
our trust m Froviaence.'
" 'Good gracious, the . minister
wailed. - "Has It come to - that?.
.New Tork Times,
BY A. EDWIN LONG.
Once John W. Gamble was sched
uled to be a cowboy.
He scheduled himself for this job.
and got fully seven miles away from
home when he was still but nine
year old. A relative talked him out
of the notion, and he found himselt
under his father's roof again that
night, on the farm near Springfield,
Neb.
Once. too. he was scheduled to be
a locomotive engineer. This sched
ule, too, he himselt mapped out.
That ambition didn't last long.
There were too many other glorious
things in the world for a man to be.
So this chap switched to the idea of
being a circus performer.
Nor did this ambition last long.
He pitched alfalfa on a farm, piled
posts in a Washington lumber yard
sold handkerchiefs and socks in a de
partment store, mucked in the mines
of Canada, tramped among the cactus
spines of Mexico, fished herring in
the Atlantic, sailed among the flying
fishes on the Pacific, became a stu
dent in the University of Nebraska,
taught school two years, and then,
like a mad dice somersaulting on the
counter, bobbed up in Omaha, and so
it is that today we have him as the
boss of the Commercial club's exe
cutive committee.
Gamble was born in a log cabin
on a farm near Springfield, Neb. He
soon learned that Abraham Lincoln
also was born in a log cabin, so he
felt pretty good about his chances
in the world. When he was not
breaking wild horses, he was study
ing the famous orations of Lincoln,
Patrick Henry and Robert Emmett,
and reciting them to the cows in the
pasture. Likewise he was a star per
former at the Friday afternoon liter
ary exercises in the country school.
There he made Paul Revere's Ride
echo through the hall, made Patrick
Henry's "Peace, peace, but there is
no peace," ring with patriotic clang
out of the window and over the
prairies, and fairly drove the prairie
dogs to weep aloud with "The Ra
ven's" doleful "Never, Nevermore."
Young Gamble was about the best
wild , horse rider in the community
when he was on the farm. His father
used to ship in lots of bronchos from
the west, and Johnnie mounted the
craziest of them. The neighbors
hired him at $5 apiece to break bron
chos, and once he got $10 for break
ing a yellow mustang, but he earned
it, for the mustang seated the rider
on the hard road with such positive)
firmness that some of his teeth are
said to be still wabbling as a result
It was because he puddled around
the granary and slopped a lot of
wheat out of the bin that his father
approached with the buggy whip and
invited him down out of the bin.
"If you whip me, I'll run away,"
threatened the youthful John.
"Pop, bang, whang," was- the an
swer of the buggy whip about his
legs.
So John ran away. Full two miles
he had run when his sister overtook
him. His sister could run faster
than he could, for he "was only nine
years old.
Still the sister's persuasion could
not move him. He would not re
turn, though he was sent for.
On and on he ran over the hills.
"I wanted to go to Denver, for some
where out there I had a cousin who
was a cowboy," said Gamble. "I
thought I could be a cowboy, too,
though, kidlike, my notion of the
whole plan was vague."
When he had run seven miles he
stopped at the house of a distant rel
ative, and there after supper was per
suaded that home was a better place
than the ranch at Denver. He was
taken home after supper and there
put to bed beneath the snug covers
his mother provided. Thus ended
the cowboy career of J. W. Gamble.
After he was 20 years old he began
to wander. In the course of the wan
derings he wandered into the door
of the state normal school, and later
into the University of Nebraska.
When he had all but three credits to
be graduated he got sick and hft
school. He never went back.
He worked at odd jobs in Omaha,
but Omaha did not hold him at once.
From here he went to Seattle. It was
then that he chased from Canada to
Mexico, and from sea to sea. Soon
he appeared in Nebraska again, where
for two and a half years he was su
perintendent of the Plattsmouth
Everybody Has
a Hobby! Tell
What's Youis
With John Norton, living just in
south of Miller park, fishing has "be
come such a fixed habit that it is al
most a hobby, though he insists that
he is h'obbyless. When summer wraps
itself about this section of the coun
try, with rod and reel and lures ga
lore, Mr. Norton hies himself to the
likely streams and ponds in this
vicinity, and from them he has earned
the reputation of taking out more fish
than any man who is not advertised
as an expert.
When it comes to real fishing and
getting results, Mr. Norton is the
envy of about all the North Oraa
hans, for he possesses the real for
mula for catching bass, pike, sunfish.
crappies, or about any other fish that
attracts his fancy, providing that par
ticular fish swims in the water on
which he has designs. . . ;"
Recently some one told Mr. Norton
that winter fishing was the real sport
and so he tried it... A few days ago,
armed with an ax and all kinds of fish
ing tackle and bait, he started for
Carter lake, from the waters of which -on
summer days he has pulled many
a creel of fine bass. With his ax he
cut a hole through two feet of ice.
The hole was something like four feet
long and two feet wide. This having
been done, Mr. Norton baited a hook
with a choice morsel ana, casting u
into the water and letting out several
feet of line, waited results. He did t
not wait long until there was a strike.
The force of the strike indicated that
a whopper had taken the bait. . At
least Mr. Norton figured that it was
a whopper. Bracing himself for the
fight that he felt would occur during
the landing of the fish, hetgave his
short rod an extra quick jerk, and
that was his undoing, for he slipped
and skidding, his feet went from un
der him and, like a flash, he plunged
into the ice-cold water. He was not
in the water more than a minute, ac
cording to his story, but during thatr
time, while he clawed at the sides
of his ice and water prison, he re
canted and admitted to himself that
more than one-half of the fish stories
that he has told in the past have been
myths.;
By extra exertion Mr. Norton
pulled himself onto solid ice and. as
he walked to his home more than
a mile away, with the mercury close
to zero, he resolved to refrain from
winter fishing, regardless of fishing
hobbies. , '
t :..ct hot vnn a o-nod cicar that
you can't guess what my hobby is,"
was the challenge nuriea Dyf n.aipu
Hayward. We guessed everything but
the right thing and finally gave it up.
"Well, Ralph, what is your hobby?1
we asked. ... -
"Handicraft is my hobby, was the
reply. Upon questioning him further,
loornorl that Vlf 14 a handv Hill
about his home. He can do almost
any kind of repairing ana menaing.
rt 1. HrrVif noerla attention, he
applies his electrial knowledge, and
the same may be said 01 me lunmurc.
One day Dad Weaver broke the arm
of a rocking chair. "Never mind a
little thing like that," said Ralph to
his father-in-law. "Ill fix that." And
so he did. If a valuable piect of china
ware should be broken, he applies
his first aid treatment. With wrench,
saw, file, hammer, solder iron, screw
driver, plane, brace and bit, paint
brush, he is quite at home.
But Ralph had to admit defeat on
one occasion when his alarm clock
became hors du combat. He took the
critter apart and was unable to as
semble the several parts in their prop
er places again, so he gave it up as
a bad job. He can hang a picture, ad
just the burners of the gas stove, set
a mouse trap and once upon a time,,
oiled the floors of his home. He isf
now studying tatting.
The hobbies of Mary-and Hattie Si
monds have to be caged to keep them
fl.Mnrr all nvfr tli anartmrnts
,1 win 11 j 1 1 - tr
at Twenty-ninth and Mason streets.
These hobbies were two canary oiras.
TfM tliAv art t hrptv Knr the hobbv
of caring for canaries was so strong
that, although the gins naa two oirus,
liov rAcpnrlv annnterl an orrjhan Ca
nary, which they have made a full
feathered member of the family. They
have trained these little songsters so
that they will fly all over the rooms
and then come bacK into me cage
when summoned. The two sisters wil!Jev
get up at midnight or 2:30 in the
tti mlrl wave comes
and will warm the birds in the palm
.a a a . a1
ot tne nana ana tnen cover tnc cage
with woolen blankets.
schools. He didn't like this toy bet
ter than he had liked selling life in
surance, nor did he like it any better
than he had liked peddling a patent
clevis among the farmers during one
of his summer vacations, when he
used to have to trade a clevis for a
dinner or a night's lodging. v
Florida was one place he had not
been, so he started for Florida. He
came through Omaha, where he met
the late President Sanborn of the
Standard Chemical company. He
took luncheon with Sanborn at the
Paxton, and after that gave up the
Florida trip and bought an interest,
in the Standard Chemical company.
Secretary Thomas C. Havens of the
company soon died and Gamble be
came secretary. Soon President San
born died and Gamble became presi
dent. Dr. George E. Condra then toftf
him it was ridiculous for him to g
through life without his college de
gree, when he lacked but three hours
credit, so Gamble did some ' in
absentia work in the study of as
tronomy, probing about in the zenith
somewhere between Halley's comet
and the northeast angle of the Great
Dipper, so that he was granted his
decree with the class of I9ll.
Thus it is because cowboy ambi
tions failed, because the circus boss
didn't offer the job at the right mo
ment because peddling the patent
clevis wasnt pleasant, and because
school teaching was not profitable,
that John W. Gamble is today chair
man of the executive committee of
the Commercial club of Omaha, a per
sistent booster for Missouri river nav
igation, an ex-president and a director
of the Omaha Manufacturers' asso
ciation, and a real live booster in the
Athletic club. Field club. University
club and Salesmanship club.
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