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The Omaha Sunday Bee OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1918. Comb Honey T fk Aid DllAE- l i- Suit GESk J&h&gy Mrs. 'VMyo Impossible, Sure ! ( rfcfe i r) JfcfW P. mHV' IL VPARVITS t - j j V, Democracy is having its day in Omaha and the day ot democracy is very refreshing, it is creating a genial atmosphere of brotherhood and sisterhood and makine the whole citv feel a sense of llliclllll A Artificial barriers, created of caste of unconscious growth are being lev tied and Judy O'Grady and the col onel's lady, as well a$ master and man, are finding the cultivation of each other's good will and friendship is a matter worth while. ' The great crisis .of the war has dwarfed all the petty distinctions that have heretofore pervaded society and his given birth to a spirit of sacrifice and consecrated sovice that leaves human nature in the primitive condi tion of being naked and unashamed. All Distinctions Fade, In the workrooms of the Red Cross the devoted women foregather from homes of wealth and culture and homes ot humble respectability. As tncy work with , busy . hands over w eaters and socks, surgical bandages and hospital pads the common mis sion of mercy begets individual sym pathy and intimate intercourse.' Dis- 1 linctiou fades and democracy pre vail.s. i U illy had the croup last night," coutidcs Mrs. Rich to her co-worker, Mrs. humble, who has a large family , and a small savings account. "The at- ' tack alarmed me very much aud I am still worried." i ; ' " , "Don't worry," counsels Mrs. Hum ble. "I've raised a large family and my children all have had croup I anoint their chests and throats with melted lard and turpentine and give them a draught of onion syrup anH they come out of it." Onion Syrup and War Bread. - Mrs. Rich is interested and gets from Mrs. Humble a recipe for making the infallible onion syrup. Mrs' Rich also has a vague memory that this old fashioned remedy was in use in her family when she was young. c War bread is another topic of com mon interest and Mrs. Rich says she would like to return to the old fashioned custom of having her own bread baked because much of the 1akcrs bread hard to digest and I the family. She has experimented some but with poor results, there seemed to be something, wrong with the yeast. "I make fine bread," says Mrs Humble. "I use an old-fashioned The Weekly Bumble Bee OMAHA, BUMBLE THIS WEEKLY UIMULK DEE , . bTI.NUEIt, EDITOR. . Communication! on ny topic rwelved, without postal or iig nature. None returned. NO ADS AT ANT PRICB rrTK.SOX.4L. ; WHS. VSHNON na MISS VER NON Uormerly Mrs. Henry Krauss nJ illes Phyllli Mar jorla KmuM) Inform their ' friend end all whom tt may concern that by Ueeda Poll . both dated 6th June, 118, and enrolled In the Central Office of Supreme Court, they Jiave renounced1 the uno ot .the eur tiame of Krauss and have AS m;.MEl and ADOPTED the SURNAME tvVERNON. No tlce baa been duly adver tised In the "London Oa justte.' London Tlmea." RITHMETIC. If SO.OOO Hun prlaonem taken by the allies recently were lined up, fuur abreaat and with ranka ix feet apart they would make the last 'J a line nearly five miles lone. Tb , line would extend front Sixteenth and farnam ' , a treeta north' to Ames avenue, west on Ames ave nue to Twenty-fourth, north to tort, west to Fort Omaha and north to Florence. Quit a nice little benchvto subtract from the ksuier a eucctivea, , PAPER. Speaking of paper shortage and wartime conservation, we purchased a psir of , garters I pardon) 'tne other day. They ft-vre mounted artistically on a tard. The fard was contained n an ornamental box which had a label pasted on the top and on the aides. This waa not suf ficient wrapping and they were aeiiveiea into our hands In a large paper bag of about half a gallon capacity. , AXXOO'CEMENT. In serordaaea with our policy of letting the nubile know any important rhaoros made ta the staff of The Uumble ,B. wo wish to announce' that Shoexa Hummer has been engaged to take charge of., our Woman's- jleimrtment and - Heeca (U letter will write a special sporting rolumn for The Bumble Bee, A. Htlnger continue aa editor- In-chltf . 1 t . DEMOCRACY. A little Item In the weekly paper which we get from eur ild horns town, back east, men Jons that tbs lata Lieutenant ijuentlu Roosevelt was trained 1n the flying ramp In 'France one pound In short, over which Colonel Carl 8pata courageous, i' barge. - Colonel Spats Is thorlty be the sua of the editor f this r k)y psprr and ha la If years Id. 7 Ms la a democratic war. startor. All of my neighbors come Vj me for their starter." ' "Mother used a starter," reminis cently remarks Mrs." Rich, "and if I could get one I believe I would try to bake bread, too. ' My husband finds baker's bread hard to digest and I know he would love to have some pa' atable home made bread and there are so many good war breads being made with substitutes now." , ' "I will gladly furnish you with a starter," volunteers Mrs. Humble, and right there is born an intimacy and friendship that discovers two delight ful and charming persons to each other,' The democratic old-fashioned spirit of neighborly service has been revived. Salvage Department Profits, Fashion, the autocratic dictator of style, the fetich at whose shrine so many unthinkingly worshipped, has been knocked from its high altar. The ostentations display of lavish and t pensive articles of dress and adorn ment is now taboo. There is need for the conservation of woolens for soldiers clothing, of linen for sur gical uses, of cotton for explosives, of silk for aviation purposes, silver uid gold for war financing, platinum for the ignition points of great guns fired by electrical contact, and the person who wastcfully drapes these over his or her form, or wears precious metals SUNDAY MORNING, , AUGUST 4, 1918. BEE BURSTS EDITOR OF BUM8LE BEE PROVES TO BE . A SKILLFUL GOLFER Surprise Those Who See Him Knock the Ball. Make a Higher Score Than Chick Evans. ' W wer recently Inveigled, after weeks of brow-beating, In to playing a gam of golf. We protested that ws had no bse for such a silly gam. We atated emphatically and cate gorically that w could put In our time better than In hitting balla and then walking after them and bitting them some mors. Then, our resistance broken down, In a moment of weak ness, we went out to the links and played a game. D'ye know. It quite fascinat ing. And then there' the ex cellent exercise It givea one. That Is an Important Item. W e are quite expert already, W went around tha course ot II bolea In just 1!, par being 7. We are alas making nice progresa with the language. We know what "bogle'' mean and all those terms. In our latest game we bogled oft. (golf term) and holed out for the next hole with a fine stroke which, unfortunately, landed tn th tall grass, which the ground keeper had neglected to mow. Well, thla didn't atop us. We .took our smaahle atiok and in three strokes wer out ot tb grass and on the green, within 100 yards of the hole. ' Taking our address and stanc. Ing the ball (golf, terms)- we struck It a terrific whack that sent It bounding along the field. There seemed to b-considerable wind blowing as the ball went southwest and landed within about 10 yards ot the hole. - Thus, gradually, by skillful playing and proper selection of clubs, which w have mastered perfectly, we approached th hole, getting closer with every shot until we landed In the hole. After arriving on the green we drove In to the hole in leas than nine shots. "If the opponent' ball lie on the Hp of the hole, th player, after holing out, may knock tbe ball away, claiming th hoi It holing at the like, and th half If holing at the odd." Extract from golf rules. s-Hven our caddie expressed surprise at our thota eometlmes. He la .a quiet fellow, but we could see by his smile that he considered us an extraordinary hand at the game. The raddle told us ha cad died for Chick Evans recently, but said It waa more fun to caddl tor ua. SEWS. The Omaha Arany Nyugat has been consolidated with th Nyu gatt V)nt. a new paper In St. Paul, Minn . FORTH IN AfERMON J ON REAL PATRIOTISM Fertlnent and Practical Advice is tilven by Learned Editor ; by Which All Who Read May Profit. i Don't look with suspicion on a man named Baumgaertnerdorf, Mis mother's maiden name may have been Macintosh, Jones or Uenler. And your mother's maiden nam may have beta Schntgglehausenhelra. Don't get hysterical when wa win a battle and don't get dis couraged when our anemlea win a battle. Just remain calm In the knowledge that we'll win one. ' ion i get -eocKy wnen you lend money to the government or give a few dollars to the T. M. C...A. or K. C. If the kais er were to win he would take all you have and not even thank you. ' Deeds apeak louder than words. Tou can say "Damn them bochea" tilt you're black In tha face and It won't help this country as much as It you buy just one Liberty bond. Even If you give all your money above living expense your "sacrifice" ta as nothing com pared with that of the men who are enduring hardships, ab. sence from horn and danger In tha active aervlce. e So don't brag about yourself. You can help your, country more by Joining the army or navy than by wearing atven Red Crosa . buttons, three - Liberty loan buttons and by refusing to eat Gentian fried potatoea dur ing tha war. It la better to purchase war savings stamps every week (and keep them) than to say "to hell .with the kaiser" f,! times. No natter how loudly you sing the national anthem, It won't make up for the augar you are hoarding. Remember, you can't lick the kaiser by knocking down his sftlgy with baseball! at .the amusement park Go ahead and get married It like to the atraina of Mendels sohn's wedding march. That won't help the Huns any. Then give your bride a good -sued Liberty bond for a present. That won't help, the Huns eith er. - (Besides, Msndokftohn lived most of hit life In England.) Smashing all - tb German steins In America won't help your country as much aa saving or wheat a week. be sensible, calm. do what thoae tn au tell you to do. Don't allly-palrlotlc, hysterical about unimportant things. In) practical and rattle-brained. Rich as lavish ornaments is regarded as an unpatriotic slacker. Dress suits and fine ball gowns worn in peaceful days at many a social function are now going to the old clothes section of the Red Cross sal vage department and the triumphs and joys associated with them are forgotten in the more serious things of this serious moment. And those who were wont to array themselves in fine linen and be as inconsequential, in the scheme of things, as the lilies of the field, which neither toil nor spin, are seeing in a new light. Becomes Real Blessing. They have become humanized by the habit of wearing old clothes and performing useful service in strength ening the nation's will to win the war. The artificial mannerisms which purr" them in an aloof class has gone into the ash, can of discarded things and they have come down to realities and have re-discovered themselves. They are finding the world a more inter esting place m which to live and they would hate to go back to the empty ann frivolous past with us boredom its ennui and its aimlessness. To them democracy is a very real blessing. It is hard to find a real snob in Omaha today. There seems, rather, to be a rivalry In friendliness, a lively spirit of brotherhood. Nearly every home has its service flag in the win dow. Nearly every person has some PIBURK1TY. The kaiser and Mrs. Kaiser pt Berlin teem to be getting Scared. They are coming down off their haughty perchea. Last week their press agent told the dear deluded people how the kaiser viewed the battle from a high tower where he could almost hear the thunder ot the big guns, so close to the battlefront was th brave fel low. Mrs. Kaiser came back from Visiting the hospitals, weeping and In mourning (not however, for any of her own precloua alx sons who have been preserved from wounds and death by the simple expedi ent of "safety first.") The press agency of this "imperial" pair Is getting almost aa good aa that ot ''Dug" Fairbanks. SACRIFICE. Two street car advertisements stood side by aide. "Wa have made our aacrlflces for war," bleated one ad, telling how the conoern had given up 21 per cent of Ita usual augar consump tion at the command of the food administration. The other ad waa a Raemakera cartoon showing a man and child weVp ing beside the bed where lay the dead body of a woman. This picture waa entitled "Kultur." And we had a feeling of revul sion for that other ad and all commodities which try to camouflage behind similar "sac rifices." PAEANS. - When th Geriana started their recent drlrfon the Marne they rniuit have had the reverse lever pushed over. The kaiser waa reported sick and his wife wept aa (he went through the hospitals of the Rhine towna. Also, we had a nice rain here where th food Is growing. And If Hlndenburg Isn't dead, he probably wishes he was. Alto gether, It was a pretty good two weeks, eh, whatT AX'SWER. Editor Bumble Bee, Dear Sir: Last Thursday I put a J-cent stamp on a postcard addressed to my son In Sausage Center, Ky. Not till I had mailed It did I realise that I had put on 1 csnt too much postage. How can I get thla back? (Writ to the Bureau of Overcharge, Postal department, and take up the matter with them. Upon sub mission of proof accompanied by affidavit, refund may be made. Ed.) WATSO. Tou can always tell whether a person Is from a city or a small town by observing how he speak of trains. If he says hs "came up on No. you know he' from a small town. If he says he "got In at l:5" you know he's a city inan. roriLAR. Gingham dresses have become tiulte popular now that th price baa con aoarln mfj Poorm a tr one of kin "over there." This one common interest creates an all per vading bond of sympathy. The uniform of our country, and the uniform of the Red Cross possesses a new significance, uoiir arc tne unr forms of democracy and those who - p fl o ft loMBMlrJIWsWsWsM ' 111 if) 0 ii 1 1 IP f 1 r v i" u n J i ,igw j ivy 'J f f 1 rT i il If tin rnfiAaasa d?TT t&jfe....J&.ioff V m "f-CA aCT aaaaaansaaa The Dancers Represent the Mine, de Pompadour Period. The Two Lovely Dancing Girls at the Pool Represent Egyptian Women. I S there another city itv the whole ! United States producing steadily as many bright stars"5n our celeb rity heaven as Omaha, Neb.? We challenge them to sides a de bateto prove it. We have our doubts, r When Lillian Fitch taught dramatic expression in Omaha she was con ceded to be "fine." When -Lillian Fitch worked with Mrs. Myron Learned and others, her pageants were well attended and giv en local honors. , .. - When Lillian Fitch soread her wings (which were held down by lack of opportunity in Omaha) she flew and descended on welcome soil, amid anxious people. Her aims were high, her vision unbounded, her dreams soaring Some Memory Ed. Wolverton, Omaha insurance man, gets many a thrill from his ability to remember names and faces. He" has sold insurance all over the west. In the last year he sold nearly $2,000,000 of life insurance. - He estimates that he remembers th,; names and faces of 100,000 people. It Is quite thrilling to meet a man whonr- he hasn't sen for five years and only met casually for a few mo ments, and to say to this man: "How do you do, Mr. Squizenbend er. I haven't seen you since that day wear them can be no strangers. That is why Mrs. Rich, in her limousine, stopped at the corner of Sixteenth and Farnam streets the other night, and beckoning to a group of soldiers who were waiting at the corner for a car to, go to Fort Omaha, begged to be permitted to drive them there. It is also the reason why nearly every automobile owner in the city gives the man in khaki a lift when the latter i signifies by a salute his desire to ride. , There is democracy, too, between the young officers and the enlisted men in the service, though regulations and unwritten custom decree it should be subdued in its expression. War is as a refiner's fire. It is burning out the dross of snobbery and uselessness in our social relationships and is replacing it with consecrated, devoted sacrifice aud service, the two greatest handmaidens of democracy, But these visions have become real, her dreams materialized and when she created "Women of the Ages" and staged it in ttie wonderiul gardens of Mrs. J. Ogden Armour's country home at Lake Forest, 111., there was not much left to dream about. This' elaborate pageaftt was so beautiful in concept and in presentation that the guests at this lawn fete felt that it should be given again and made avail able for the general public. Next. Mrs. Armour became chair man of the great Salvation Army drive and immediately wired Lillian Fitch, who was (and now is) teaching a summer normal course in dramatic expression at Creighton University. ''Come immediately," said Mrs. Armour. "It can't be done," wired Miss Fitch. "Pay whatever it costs, but break in May, 1912, in the Brown Palace hotel in Denver. How did that little mining deal come out, that you were telling me about then?" Wolvecton says he makes no spe cial effort to remember the names and faces. He has no system of mnemon ics. It is just a natural gift. In the Dust iLogy Bernstein declares that he 'could relate many thrilling experi ences which have occurred during his Hie, but the most important of these, he explained, was a ride he had on Thursday afternoon ina racing auto mobile on the dirt track at Benson. "They told rhe I made half a mile in 35 seconds, but, I believe it was less than that," he said. "I don't believe that the machine was on the earth half of the time. I don't believe that I would make an automobile racer, but for those who enjoy it, I guess there is nothing like it, except possi bly aerial navigation. An ObsoniiiK Frenchman. Besides being good, fighters, the French are keen-witted and observ Ing. In Normandy there is a sign up at the entrance of a field: "Horses taken to grass. Reasonable rates. Horses with long tails, 1 franc a day. Horses with short tails, 50 centimes a day." On being asked why he made this -strange distinction, the farmer ex plained that a horse with a short tail is so worried by flies that he hasn't time to graze, while a horse with a long tail can flick off the flies and eat grass at the same time. Boston Transcript. MISS LILIAN FITCH. v your contract and come," quickly came the second wire from Mrs. Ar mour. . . A few week-end trips to Chicago and the vacation days before and after July 4th were life-savers. Miss 'Fitch worked both ways and succeeded in teaching her large, class at Creighton and in staging her, pageant in the Auditorium at Chicago. Mr. William Wrigley said it was far more beautiful than anything grand opera had ever produced. Other famous-for-something-or-other folks said equally compliment ary things about the gorgeous affair. The money-box said: $25,000.00 net for the Salvation Army war fund drive. ; . . And Miss Fitch is an Omahan heart and soul with the true spirit of the west back of every undertaking. By EDWARD BLACK. Henry Leffingwell Attends a Stat Convention. " The Leffingwell service station wa aglow with conjugal and filiai iridescence on the day that Henrj Leffingwell, the honyne d'etat of tlu family tree, attended a state conven-, tion as a delegate. Mrs. Leffingwell addressed herself to the getaway with all of the interest that the occasion demanded. She dressed her leader it a lot of sartorial treasures which wer reserved only for red letter events, such as the annual old settlers' picnic the Fourth of July and the anniversary of the day on which she had sanc tioned the use of the name of Leffijrg well as her lawful cognomen. When the last hit of adornment had been properly adjusted to the physiological parts of Delegate Leffingwell, h loolced as if he might have passed foi a party whip or the speaker of the day at a' cornerstone laying, instead of a mere delegate. He was resplendent materially and mentally. xMrs. Leffingwell dropped a tooth brush, a paper of pins, half a dozen bananas, a photograph of herself and a pair of clean socks into a sachel. She placed the handle of the recep tacle into one of Henry's hands, and an umbrella into the other hand and wished that he had another hand to guard his money against pickpockets. She kissed him a fervid good-by and told him to watch his steps. She ob served his leave-taking until his prou1 and pulsating personality disappeared ' into the wide, wide world. His Own Importance. As Leffingwell walked to the street car line near his home, he imagined that the neighbors were pointing with pride to him as their man of th hour, or, perchance, a 4-minute man, He observed Mrs. What's-Her-Namt inhaling the refreshing evening air oa her veranda; and fancy supplied what was lacking inlfact, to the extent that he heard her remark to friend husband: "That's him; doesn't he look grand? What an imposing fig ure he will make as a delegate. He will honor our country and our flag and will return home covered fwith glory." Leffingwell was hoping that he would not return home covered with catsup. The last time he went away from home on the choo-choo can to some doings of a more humble nature than a state convention, he spilled citsup over the front of his new white . shirt. He reached the depot with a strange feeling of mixed emotions on being about to entrain for a town which was 100 miles removed from his bed and board. He telephoned to his wife from the depot to inform her that he had reached the first leg of his journey without losing satchel.or um brella. (. Studies Manuscript. On the train he read and reread and read airain the manuscript of a speech he intended to deliver at the ' . tt- 1- 1 I. - J it.. - ; convention. .e naa rcatucu uic con clusion that it availeth little or nothing unless a delegate make an impression, reach the very heart of the convention, and stir its soul with a few burning scintillations. He did not intend to be a rubber-stamp dele gate. He had resolved to himself that he would either have to address the convention or sneak up the back alley when he returned to his home. He in tended to find his place ill the broad lane of public recognition. ' By assiduous effort on the part of the fireman of the locomotive and the careful attentions of the engineer, the train reached the convention town, with Leffingwell's expectancy mount ing the heights and the satchel and umbrella still safe in his custody. , He reached the convention hall and found that a reservation of seats for his county delegation had been marked with a banner, as nearly 100 other sections had been similarly in dicated to facilitate the seating. He felt a thrill move through his leing when he fully realized that he was oc cupying the seat of a delegate. While waiting for the proceedings to be started, he went over his speech orce more to be sure that he had commit ted it letter-perfect. The call for the convention was read in the formal manner, an invocation was offered, the delegates sang "The Star Span gled Banner," and the resolutions committee was named and directed to retire and prepare its report. Psychological Moment. This was the psychological moment, Leffingwell thought. He arose and, being recognized "by the chair, an nounced himself as Delegate Leffing well of Posey county. It happened that there were 149 other delegates from Posey county and they turned their faces toward Leffingwell as one man. "I have a message which I wish to deliver to this convention," Leffing well began. "The delegate may have a few minutes, if there are no objections," the chairman announced. "We are at warl We are at warl We are at war." Leffingwell continued by way of an emphatic foreword what was to have been a masterpiece of forensic frenzy. "We know that we are at war, Hen ry," whispered one of the ' Posey county delegates. Evidently they had been reading the newspapers before they entered the convention hall. "Desist, Henry, desist," pleaded another nearby delegate. "In this great hour, when our country's honor is being deferided on ' the blood-stained fields of battle and carnage, when our free institutions, and when a war-mad autocrat, crazed by a lust for world-power, has turned his dogs of war upon the immutable, sacredness of democracy, anl when...." Time Fuse Wrong. Then it happehed. LeffingweH's sentiments were all right, but he had not timed his fuse. The convention wanted to hear the keynote address from the chairman. The chairman of the Posey county delegation tactfully whispered a few words to Leffingwell who subsided into his seat. And when it came for Leffingell to deliver his masterpiece toward the close ofVhe convention, there was only a corporal's guard of the dele gates remaining in the hall. "I told you so," was Mrs. What's-Her-Name's comment when Mrs. Leffingwell proudly related the storyN of the great ovation which was ae- "1 corded Delegate Leffingwell whea 3 addressed the convention, I : - V V V