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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1919)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER T, 1913. Says Bee's Perfect. Lover Contest Elevates : Ideals of Mankind Lowered by Years of War Opinions of Readers Vary ; Some Sayx Stage of ; Love Perfection Can not Be Reached. , Off til letter received by the Movie Contest Editor of The Bee en the subject of the Perfect Lover bo two have attributed him with . the same character, the tame ideals ''. cr the same qualifications. In each . ' case the perfect lover is different and the editor is coming to the con 1 elusion that perfection in love is (dependant in a great degree upon " )he individual who seeks it 1 That some real thought is being given the subject, however, is evi oenced by the communications that art being received. If perfection in lore cannot be attained, it can at least be depicted and imagined, is the tenor in which many of the con- tributors write. ; , Many Prizes Offered. Three cash prizes amounting to 20 are offered to the three indi viduals who best describe their ideal ' lover. These prizes are awarded by ,The Bee. An autographed photo J graph of Eugene O'Brien, the su- preme lover of filmdom, will be giv l en as the fourth prize. Tickets to the Strand theater will be awarded I the last 12 winners. Eugene O'Brien, the perfect lover, will star in a play of the same name at the Strand theater next week. Mr. O'Brien's work on the S acreen has stamped his as the great- st lover filmdom has ever pro- duced. Following is one of the letters re- ceiv'ed by the editor. The author t desires that his name should not be made public. "Movie Contest Editor Since it I It God's will that the perfect be ! not known to man, but of the mind. it is probable that the perfect lover J does not exist. However, it is man's lot to idealize and seek his stars ' and in visioning the perfect lover I should find him to be something of this mixture: "Of stature he is large, with vigor- eus health and generous heart. He tf-'- 7 tv$$rV ,,! r"J L v t N1 . lis: 1 -V sunj is a man of mind, slow of though, ar knight of the righteous and a champion of the truth. He is proud, a mighty worker and a seeker of eternal happiness. He is a man whom any girl of pureness would be proud to call her mate. He is one who craves a home and would be a father to thex children of all the world could he so be. "My lover is one who would trample the burr and pluck tee lily. He is a man of ideals and a doer. He is above all a .man. "This is my perfect lover V. C." Here is another letter: "In your perfect lover contest, is sue of the morning of Saturday the 6th, I notice a very peculiar ques tion. '"Do you believe that our age can produce a perfect lover?' "What a foolish question. You mtjst grant me that no two human beings are alike. Their thoughts and ideals are likewise different. Perfection is a matter of ideals. "The ideals of some are more lofty than those of others. You may hold that our age can produce nc perfect lover, because the qualities and perfections you require are not of this day, yet, even whfle you speak these words, someone, one whom you hold dear, may regard you as the perfect lover. "I approve of this contest, for to all who read, it causes a renovation of ideals. It behooves us to look to our aspirations. Perhaps during the hurry and excitement attendant to the war and the reconstruction pe riod which follows one's ideals be come lowered. This contest affords one an excellent opportunity for re adjustment. 'Optomist.' " Address all letters on this sub ject to the Movie Contest Editor of The Bee. y TRANSACTIONS OF REAL ESTATE UREAKRECORDS Total Amount of Deeds Filed In Last Week Was $1,41 5,- 981 Largest In City's . . , History. The biggest increase in real es tate business in any one week this year was shown by the figures inj the office of the register of deeds -tkisiaat week. The tota1 amount of deeds 'filed was $1,416,981, an increase of more than $l,Z0U,tXK) over the correspond insr one a vear ago. The figure for the week last year Today's Events was $152,907, There were filed during the week 234 deeds, an average of more than 46 for each of the hve working days. On Tuesday alone 27 deeds were filed. Last year during the entire week only 94 deeds were hied. ' Business during August and the first week In September has aver aged mora than $1,000,000 a week. Ordinarily August and the first art ot aeptemDer are poor penoas or the real estate business. Omaha Real Estate Men Sell i Big Ranch for $110,000 ' The Payne Investment company and L. J. Healey yesterday sold the Fred Martens ranch near Emmett in Holt county, consisting of about $2,300 acres, to Edgar Shoebotham of Fairburg, Neb., for' $110,000. Mr. Shoebotham is an extensive breeder of cure bred Scotch Dur ham cattle and will transfer his nerd to his new ranch, of which he will take possesion v about Janu ary 1. i The former owner, Mr. Martens, together with his wife will take a rest in California. Benson Real Estate x Shows Mjich Activity More than 20 pieces of Benson real estate fchanged hands during the 1at few1 davs. Amonar them are the following: William Bennett of Red Oak, la., bought a residence a 6345 Military avenue; Ralph Rich ardson bought the William Flynn home on North Sixty-fourth street; Guy Ostrander bought 2727 North Sixty-fourth street; Helen M. Sno den purchased four houses and lots from Lucile P. Matthews, for invest ment; Fred A. Bailey and H. A. Car rington purchased 1 acres one mile torth of Benson. These sales were made by Fred A. Bailey alone. Morris Levy Sells the J Knickerbocker Flats The H. A. Wolf company last week sold for Morris Levy the Knickerbocker apartments to Er nest Meyer for $100,000. The Knickerbocker is at Thirty eighth and Jones street, and con tains 13 apartments. It was erected five years ago, and is one of the most modern and up-to-date apartment houses in Omaha. - Tukey Back From Lakes. H. A. Tukey has returned from a five weeks' vacation trip spent on the Minnesota lakes. Most of the times was spent fishing. Your Neighbors Are Buying ' - ' Fisk Tires ' at Omaha's New Store H. H. HARPER CO. Flatiroa Bid,, ITA aai Howard Brazil will celebrate today the 97th anniversary of her independ ence. Today is the centenary of the birth of Thomas A. Hendricks, dem ocratic member of congress, United States senator, governor of Indiana and vice president of the United States. f Governor McKelvie Will Speak at College Opening Fremont, Neb., Sept. 6. (Special Telegram.) Governor McKelvie will be the principal speaker at the formal opening of Midland college next Monday. Dr. O. D. Baltzly of K-ountze Memorial church, Omaha, and prominent educators of Ne braska will be in attendance. Reg istration will begin Monday and continue Tuesday. Class work will start Thursday. A large enrollment is looicea tor. from Fremont Oov ernor McKelvie goes to Scribner, where ie speaks atlhe opening ex ercises of the Scribner Stock show Farm Near Fremont Sold to Rancher for $500 an Acre Fremont, Neb., Sept. 6. (Special Telegram.) T. D. Hartstock of Jamison, prominent breeder of pure bred live stock, has purchased a tract of 52 acres adjoining Fremont to the northwest from Mrs. L. H. Rogers, for $500 an acre. Mr. Hart stock will move to Fremont to put his children in Midland college and will devote his time to the pure bred live stock business. His two sons .will remain in charge of his 640-acre ranch near Jamison. This is the highest price paid for farm t'nd in Dodge county. Officials Leave for Chadron for Federal Court Opening United States Marshal Thomas Flynn, his chief deputy, J. B. picker son; Assistant United States Dis trict Attorney F. A. Peterson and Clerk of the District Court fR.' C. Hoyt will leave for Chadron today to attend the opening of the federal court in that city Monday. The presiding judge will be T. C. Munger of Lincoln, Neb War Veteran Dies. Superior, Neb., Sept. 6. (Special Telegram.) Sid Timmerman, who built the Superior hotel and was a charter member of the Old Abe post, G. A. R., died at North Platte and was buried here Friday. New Farm Record. Superior, Neb., Sept 6. (Special Telegram.) Highest priced farm land of Nuckotts- county so far re-, ported was 80 acres Earl Cram mer solif to Mrs. Gavian, eight miles east of here, bringing $266 an acre. It joins her land on the east SUBSCRIPTIONS TO MILK AND ICE FUND ARE $935 Miss McCabe Tells of Benefits Given Poor Babies -of' Omaha During Hot Summer Months. The Bee's Fund for Free Milk and Ice totalled $935.30 this sum mer, surpassing by far all previous records of the fund. The money was expended exclusively to supply pure milk and ice to babies and small children in the families of the very poor in Omaha. There was no expense whatever for administering the fund as this great work was done by the Visiting Nurse association of JDmaha. Thus every case was carefully investi gated and none of the money went to waste. The Bee has" received the following letter) from Miss Flor ence McCabe, superintendent of the Visiting vNurse association of Omaha. The letter speaks eloquently of the jwonderful work which this fund accomplished and it is a tribute and a source of happiness to every person who contributed to the fund: Miss McCabe's Letter. "We take this means of thanking you for your co-operation with the charitable people of Omaha which made available The Bee Milk and Ice Fund. "If you and those who contributed to this fund could see the good that it has done, you would, I am sure, feel amply repaid for the time and money invested. It has been our privilege to see the change wrought in sickly, undernourished babies by giving them needed food. We have MERCHANTS' FALL MARKET WEEK - 1 ' T GEN. PAUL FIRES Omaha Jobbers Ready for Annual Fall Market Week Elaborate Preparations Made to Entertain Largest Assemblage of Retailers Ever Held in City Four- Day Program Will Start Tomorrow Night Elaborate preparations have ben completed by the Merchants' Mar ket Week committee for the enter tainment of more than 1,000 mer chants who are expected in Omaha for the eighth annual fall merchants' week which begins tomorrow. The program for the week will cover four days' entertainment On Monday it is expected that the at tendance will be greater than ever before, owing to the fact that Presi dent Wilson will be here in the morning. In the evening the visiting mer chants will assemble at the Cham ber of Commerce rooms where tick ets admitting the men to the Ak- Sar-Ben entertainment at the Den will be given out. Special cars have been secured, which will leave the corner of Fourteenth and Farnam streets at 7:30 p. m Auto Ride for Womtn. The wives and daughters of the visitors will be entertained by an automobile trip around the orty, starting from the Chamber of Com merce at 7:1 5. After the auto trip they will be taken to the Orpheum theater. The automobiles for the drive will be furnished by the job bers of the city. Tuesday s entertainment will pre sent many uniaue features. The visitors will assemble at the Cham ber of Commerce at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, where special cars will be waiting to take them to Miller park. A complete athletic program has been prepared which will be carried out at the park, including a ball game between the Nebraska merchants and the visiting mer chants from other states. Horse shoe pitching contests are also on the program. Luncheon will be served on tne grounds, after which all the guests will assemDie at ne rreniesi jvine club, adjoining the park, for a dance. Special coupon tickets will be given the guests for this entertainment. Vaudeville and Dance. A vaudeville show and carnival dance are scheduled for Wednesday night at the Ak-Sar-Ben den. Dec orations at the den will be a feature of the evening, as the Ak-Sar-Ben board of governors has loaned Gus Renze, their decorating genius, tor the work Employes of the jobbing houses will attend this dance as well as visiting merchants, and -the' dance is expected to be th largest ever held in Omaha. Special cars, leaving the Chamber of Commerce at 7:15 p. m., will take the visitors tohe den. The Thursday's entertainment will be held at the Omaha Field club, where the annual dinner dance and prixe distribution will take place. New features have been planned for the entertainment, and many valuable prizes will be dis tributed during the evening. The committee announces that every detail of the arrangement for the series of entertainments is com plete and are confident that this week will show the greatest gather-Iponference committee. ing ot merchants trom MeDrasKa ana neighboring cities that has ever been held in Omaha. Jobbers have also, planned to help entertain the visitors during the mornings and afternoons at their business houses. Salesmen have been called in off the road to help enter tain visiting merchants and show them the large and varied stocks of winter and spring goods. A BROADSIDE AT ARMY MEASURE Lincoln, Sept 6. Launching a publicity campaign on the Chamber-laln-Kahn peace-tima conscription bill with the hope of defeating it when it comes to a rote in congress, Adjt Gen. H. J. Paul Friday brand ed the measure as "the most vicious ever proposed for the American people." VI am sure it will be voted down when its full meaning is learned," he declared. According to Adjutant General Paul, who has just received a di gest of the bill from the organiza tion committee of the National Guard Association of the United States, the measure proposes to in crease the standing army in peace times from 125,000 to 576.000. and to do this by drafting the young men of the country, no matter what their profession or calling. The bill is now Dexore tne nouse and senate The bill proposes, he uvi. tn raise 450,000 men each year, to serve three years in the regular army, and w wmiu uiLse men uy i-unscripiion. Boys 19 years old would be required to serve fhree months out of the year. Men between the ages of 18 and 26 are liable to the govern ment's call at any time, under tie provisions of the bill, Colonel Paul said. seen anemic, liteiess, iretiui Damei develop into bright, active, cooing ones, lired. overworked, anxious mothers have been rested and hope ful. If all the contributors to the fund could see these changes, they would indeed feel that their efforts had been worth while. "It is impossible to estimate the value of this kind of an investment in dollars and cents. The financial statement of the Bee Milk and Ice Fund does not begin to tell the tale. Babies' health, smiles and dimples are priceless, and these are the things which your fund has given to Omaha." When the fund was "officially" closed, August 21, there was fund $919.20 in hand. Since then the following contributions have been received: Extra Money Received. Mm. F. V. Bishop, Superior, Jfeb., S 8.00 Ladle' Thimble Clob, Sooth Lex ington, Neb (.SO Mm. Sophie 8. Fleming' S.00 Center Junior Chautauqua Co., Center Neb S.90 Donald Williams, Farracut, la. 1.00 Total H.IO Previously acknowledged S19.10 Grand Total S9SS.40 Ice Houses Burn. Superior, Neb., Sept. 6. (Special Telegram.) 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Vrhen Buying Adveitised Goods Say You Read of Them in The Be- MERCHANTS Don't Fail to See Our Complete Display of FANCY GOODS DOLLS STATIONERY TOYS BOOKS staples: -ALSO- Complete Showing of Vitanola Talking Machines, Emerson Gold Seal Records Carpenter Paper Company 9th and Harney The Paper Supply House of the West. VinnickV Novelty Hou$e Dolls and Novelties of All Descriptions" for the Holicfays Always something Knew. '. Come in and look us over when in town. Vinnjck's Novelty HouseT 120 North 15th St j Omaha, Neb. Phone Doug. 7576. ' FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BEE WANT A