The Omaha Sunday Bee
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1918.
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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
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The Dancers Represent the Mine, de Pompadour Period.
The Two Lovely Dancing Girls at the Pool Represent Egyptian Women.
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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
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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,
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