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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1919)
THE OMAHA1: SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 14, 1919. J: 11 ill (? w i -I il Ait li I; 'I s Daily s Ni8ht Week Starting Sunday, September 14th J- HARRY GREEN fir CO in- "GEORGE WASHINGTON COHEN" A Satirical Comedy Playlet By Aaron Hoffman, Author of "Friendly Enemies"; "Nothing But Lies" Eddie JANIS AND CHAPLOW In Their New Oddity "Music Hath Charms" Rene The Original COLLINS AND HART In Their Novelty Surprise I JACK MIRIAM CLIFFORD l WILLS "AT JASPER JUNCTION" f LACHMANN SISTERS Those Two Fascinanting, Versatile Entertainers MARK NELSON In Novel Eccentricities HARRY HINES "WELCOME HOME" The 58th Variety KINOGRAMS TOPICS OF THE DAY Prices Nights, 15c to $1.00; Matinees, 15c to 75c. TZr Next Week "THE RECKLESS EVE" 1 all -V j5E Couldn't Stump Young Pershing; Ke Right on and Crossed Swollen Creek Elected Teacher of Prairie Mdund School Because He Didn't Wear Gloves; Became the Fine Horseman He is Today by Riding to and from School Emo gene Thought Him a Wonderful Teacher. - "John asked my father for a let ter of recommendation to Capt. Samuel A. Henley, head of the Prairie Mound School Board. My father gave' it to him. In fact, fath er had already spoken to Captain Henley about John. "Bright and early next morning John appeared in a buggy. He was ready to drive over; He was dressed in his best clothes and he had on a pair of brand new gloves. " 'Better put those under the seat when you get half a mile from the captain's house,' fatlier said to John, referring to the new gloves. "John asked why, and father told him that the captain was an odd man and loathed kid gloves. Father said the captain so abhorred them that he would not take kindly to any y6ung man who wore them. "All right,' said John. And he suited his action to his words. Another After Job. "Now the funpy part of his story is that another young man, a young pleasantly and invited him into the living room and asked him to be seated. The captain seemed to like John from the outset. They had talked only a few minutes when the captain declared he would like to have John come to the school at Prairie Mound. Other Man Wore Gloves. '"I'll vote for you,' the captain said 'and I'll tell the other members of the board how I feel and that I think you will make an admirable teacher. Another j-oung fellow was over here from Brookfield this morning to see me, but all the time he sat talking he kept fondling a pair of kid gloves he carried. I'm glad to see vou don't wear thein.' "John, as he told me the story, said he thought of the gloves out under the buggy seat and could not help blushing. But he didn't say anything about them, and a few days later he was selected for the position. Mr. Spurgeon secured a teacher's , s . : The Advertising Columns of The Omaha T:'" Offer Most Unusual Bargains Bee Prairie Mound school at Prairie Mound, Mo., where General Persh- ng taught school when a boy about 19. man from Brookfield the town you ! position himself a few days later in are in now was seeding the same ' a school quite near Prairie Mound. position. John of course, he told me all about it afterwards reached Captain Henley's house and found that the Brookfield young man had already called. John was fearful, afraid he had come to late. "But the captain greeted him 1 . it " It t 1 ? BH kl ifi ' ll AS 1G WRE STUNG jl V Idi M 1. , J m I AT- hon Nebraska Thursday Night SEPT. 18th Largest Day of Boone County Fair JOHM PESEIC VS. CM AS. CUTLER CHAS. PETERS AND GUS KERVARAS IN A ONE-FALL BOUT Good Preliminaries Especially Built Stadium Seating 10,000 People Has Been Erected for This Big Event. PRICES: $2.00, $3.00, Ringside Seats, $5.00. WAR TAX ADDITIONAL JOHN PESEK X CHAS. CUTLER SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE le and John ttaught one term be ore going to Kirksville and during I at term they returned over Sun i.ays to their homes in Laclede, leav ing- their schools Friday afternoons and going back on Sunday after- General Pershing as he looked when a student at the normal school at Kirksville. noons. They traveled on horse back and those rides and John's early training on his father's farm, made him the wonderful horseman he was when he entered West Point, and which he is today. A finer rider than Gen. John Joseph Pershing never lived. When he is astride a horse he is a part of the horse. Mr. Spurgeon tells a story of a ride to school with John. "I have always said," he declares, introductory to the anecdote, "there's nothing in the world that would 'stump' John. There isn't. He always had a solution for every problem. How Creek Was Forded. "He and I were riding south from Laclede to school one Sunday after noon. At the fork in the road, where. we always separated, he would turd east to Turkey Creek, while I went west. "Turkey creek had to be forded. This Sunday it had overflowed iti banks, and John's horse would not take to the water. Along came a man John knew pretty well, and whose horse was not afraid to swim. John got the man to go ahead. Then John threw the bridle of his horse to the man, drew his legs up under him, kneeling on the saddle and steadying himself by holding to his horse's neck." The, procession started, the man's horse literally pulling John's horse. So John got across without getting enough water on his shoes to spoil his shine." Captain Henley, alas, is dead. But his widow, Mrs. Levina J. Henley, dear, lovable old woman of 77, is. still alive. "Indeed, I do remember John," she said. "He taught our school i Prairie Mound one winter, and dur ing part of that time he boarded W my house. He made a deep impres sion upon me. He was such a Stu dious young man, always reading or pier rfisnisMiiir in a verv serious way different topics with my hus band. There was nothing frivolous about John. You knew instinctive ly that he had a purpose in life. , Emogene Liked Him. "I was interested in him because of incidents connected with his com-' ing to Prairie Mound. He had taught the negro school here, as you know. Well, one of the mem bers of the school board in Prairie Mound had objected to his coming to our school because of that fact. My husband settled that board member. That pleased me, and I was interested in John anticipated his coming. "I have heard my husband say that John was the best teacher our school ever had. And I have heard Many of the pupils say the same thing. I know my oldest daughter,. Emogene she was a teacher lateri dead now was one of his pupils, and she said it. All the pupils, she told me, learned to respect and love John." Cleaning Up Details for Ak-Sar-Ben Fall Carnival Three Miles of Automobiles Expected, With 20 Floats in Electric Pageant $2,000 in Cash Prizes Of feredKing Calls for Horsemen. Hundreds of Blind, Scorning Charity, Live on $2 a Week London, Sept. J3. Said Mr. Al fred Short, Laborite, in the House of Commons: "Seven hundred blind persons live in London on less than 10 shillings ($2.50) a week." With all of these unfortunates the fear of the workhouse is strong er than the pangs of hunger, and they will content themselves with orie meal a day, consisting of tea, bread and margerine, rather than report themselves as indigents need ing state aid. Nearly all of them are half starved, according to the report of the secretary of the In stitute's After Care Committee to Universal Service. Most of these indigent blind are too old to be trained in the crafts for the sight less. Poor helpless chips on this after-the-vvar tide of restlessness which catches millions in its back wash just helpless chips! Here is a story which is typical of the thing called life these sight less ones lead. It was told by a kind-hearted charity worker who confines her activities to the help less blind: "There were two old people we knew about the husband, 93 and the wife 89. One day we brought them a dozen new-laid eggs. We had to struggle with them to pre vent their sharing an egg between them, so precious did they regard eggs. The man is a helpless invalid, bedridden; the wife is a street singer before theater queues. They live on about eight shillings ($2) a week. Omaha people who will have rooms to rent to visitors during the Ak-Sar-Ben fall festivities, Scptem ber 24th to October 4th, are request ed to advise Samson, Omaha, the number of rooms available, locations and rates per day. During the carnival season an in formation bureau will be maintained by the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, one of the chief objects of the bureau to be the assignment of visitors to lodgings. Prepare For Carnival. Work at the carnival grounds, Fifteenth and. Capitol avenue, has 25 shows and rides will hold forth 10 days "It will be the largest aggregation of carnival shows we ever have had," averred J. D. Weaver, secretary. "Many of the shows will be new to Omaha. The new riding device is known as 'The Frolic,' and I'll say that it is a genuine thrill." Mr. Weaver states that the carni val grounds will be lighted and dee orated better than ever. Merchants are requested to co-operate in lend ing a gala appearance to the city during the Ak-Sar-Ben season. Call For Horsemen. King Ak-Sar-Ben, the 25th of hi line has issued a call for horsemen to ride in the electric parade, Wednes day night, October 1. Volunteer are expected to furnish their own ; mounts, as has been the custom for years. Samson will receive the 1 names of the horsemen. Work is progressing at the den on 20 floats for the electrical pageant. The committee in charge of thd floral parade, to be held Thursday; afternoon, October 2nd, report that there will be three miles of deco rated automobiles, and that this spectacle will eclipse all previous efforts in the west. A total of $2,000 in cash prizes will be award ed to the winners. ji Philanthropic Woman to Sell Property for Orphans' Home Mrs. L .Sabro, Coming From Hussia, 37 Years Ago, to Share Her Success in Life With Poor and . Homeless Children. Bee Want boosters. Ads are business LAIOIEW PARK JOY SPOT OF OMAHA Now Open Saturdays and Sundays Only Thi, DANCING Thi AL. WRIGHT'S JAZZ BAND ROLLER SKATING And a Host of Other High-Class Attractions Through the sale of Omaha pro perty which she has acquired since emigrating from Russia 37 years ago, Mrs. L. Sabro, real estate hold er and philanthropist, 2856 Wayne street, hopes to establish an institu tion for the education of orphans. Plans are under way and construc tion will begin as soon as certain property can be disposed of to' fi nance the project. Fifteen years ago, Mrs. Sabro came to Omaha from New York, where she had first settled upon her arrival from Moscow, Russia, her birthplace . Satisfied With Success. She has succeeded, in spite of high taxes and incidental expendi tures, in holding to tracts of proper ty which she bought upon her set tlement in Omaha, and her life here has been replete with charitable ac tivities. ' "Now, I feel content with my sue cess in life," Mrs. Sabro declared. "A. home for the education of homeless children has appealed to me. I will finance such an institution. I know conditions in the city and have learned that no better work of char ity could be done than for the poor." Chronicled by the Poor. Mrs. Sabro's charitable activities are chronicled among the poor, of the city, particularly homeless girls who have been stranded here. Some- of the first property acquired by her were tracts in the wholesale dis- . trict, some of which she still holds, t V. -mi rrli eh ic ttrtur nlannincr an ar1v. release of her trackage holdings for " the purpose of accomplishing her plans to establish an institution for homeless children. Quarantine 6,000 Acres of Alfalfa Because of Weevils Montrose, Colo., Sept. 13. Six thousand acres of alfalfa have been quarantined by county commission ers because of the alfalfa weevil, found there June 18 by the state entomologist, who stated that un less such action was taken all of the alfalfa district would have to be quarantined. Under the quar antine restrictions no hay or straw can be shipped from the quaran tined acreage. Alfalfa weevils have alarmed the growers, who are keeping a close watch on their crops. Son Incorrigible; Father Enlists Him In Army Clinton, 111., Sept. 13. John Var vil, aged 17, threatened the life of his father. The boy was incorri gible. Punishment and arrest had no terror for him. But his father thinks he has found a way of taming him. He took his sun to a local recruiting station and compelled the boy to enlist in thearmy, where he expects the discipline will correct his faults, , Toledo Will Lose 12,000 Foreign Population' Toledo, O., Sept. 13. This city will lose 12,000 of its present popu lation within three months, accord ing to the manager of the foreign department of a local bank. Lifting of the restrictions on foreigners de siring to return to their homelands'' will cause the exodus. Four thou sand Bulgarians will return to their homes, it is said. Discover Valuable ' Limestone Deposits 1 1 c 3 , r . . v-uioraao opnngs, ,oio., oept. 1J. Valuable limestone deposits have - hem Hiirnvrrrt nn ROD irr.i nt lmJ . - . . w (u. M owned by the city of Colorado Springs. Limestone is- valuable in the manufacture of cement, and th land may be leased for that pur Shaveless Wonder Challenged. Rolla. Mo., Sept. 13. 'Uncle,, John Welch of this city, who boasts that he is not shaved his upper lip since 1864, and who has worn beard since 1869, without shaving, has been challenged by a Kentuck ian, who claims not to havt bad a shave, siase 186J, n -