THE BEE: r OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1919.
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FIELD IS READY
FOR ARRIVAL OF
GIANT AIRLINER
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Large Force of Men Puts
Grounds In Condition for
Plane Due Next
Week.
v Preparation of the Ak-Sar-Ben
aerial landing at Sixty-third and
Center street!, it being rushed in
anticipation of the arrival of the
giant Lawson transcontinenal air
liner. A larger force of men was
put to work yesterday as the great
plane is expected to arrive in the
course of the next three days.
Harley G. Con'ant and J. E.
George of the Omaha aerial navi
gation committe of the Chamber of
Commerce; and Assistant Commis
sioner Ellis, also of the Chamber of
Commerce, made a careful inspec
tion of the landing field yesterday
afternoon.
Mr. Ellis expects a telegram soon
telling the exact time the huge
passenger plane is to arrive. Ac
cording to information received at
the Chamber of Commerce the
?ilan left Washington late Thursday
or Dayton, O. From there it is to
fly to Cleveland, then Chicago and
then Omaha.
That the plane will arrive in
Omaha during Ak-Sar-Ben week is
regarded as a certainty, barring ac
cidents, and members of the board
of governors are elated at the addi
tion of such an attraction for the
fall festival. f
Bogus Circular at
Central High School
Closes Day Early
Central High school was dismissal
ed one hour earlier than usual yes
terday as a result of a fake circular
printed and distributed by some pu
pils whose identity has not" been
discovered. The circular read:
"School will be dismissed imme
diately after sixth period today to
allow th pupils to attend the indus
trial parade, to be held downtown
today."
The circular was printed on a
mimeograph and hundreds were dis
tributed among the class rooms. Be
fore this nobody had heard of any
"industrial parade." But at 3 the pu
pils flocked away from sctfool and
no effort was made to hold them
until the usual hour.
Omaha Woman Defies "Gentleman Burglar"
To Visit Her Home and Ghat Ridicules His
Fear of Women -Says He Is Too Lazy to Work
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Sends Her Name to The Bee In Case Predatory Person Wishes to Accept Invita
tionExpresses Belief That He Possesses Ability to Become a Better
Citizen, and Will Tell Him Some More If He'll Only Make Her a Call.
Announcing defiance to the "Gen
tleman Burglar" and inviting him
to visit her home, have a chat in
order that she may confirm her im
pressions as to his character, and
incidentally enjoy himself by at
tempting to find the valuables which
she says are hidden about the house,
a woman, signing herself "Merely
a Woman'' writes a letter to "The
Bee." The writer sends her name
to the editor, but requests that it
be withheld, unless the burglar ex
presses a desire to accept her in
vitation, in which case arrange
ments will be made for the meet
ing. Dresses Him Down.
Pending this, however, she
handles ihe predatory person with
out gloves in the comment in her
letter as follows:
"Omaha. Neb., Sept. 24.
"Good Morning, Mr. Gentleman
Burglar:
"If the editor of The Bee will
kindly give my letter a little pub
licity, there are several items in
your letter that interested me very
much, and some to which I take
exception, as follows:
"As an American woman, through
and through, I thank you for the
splendid record that you made in
the service; but why counter-balance
that with your present vocation?
Did it occur to you that any one
reading your letter might view with
doubt any former soldier who re
sides here now, and who also lived
here in Omaha prior to the war?
Although I have not lived here long,
there are two soldiers, now resi
dents of this city, that I could name.
Both lived here when war broke out.
Neither cares, apparently, for femi
nine sdciety and both are members
of several Omaha clubs, and there
is not one chance in a thousand that
either of them aie the 'gentleman
burglar.' but some one might cause
a great deal of annoyance by doubt
ing an innocent person.
"You say you are wise to worft
alone. Tell the truth 1 Aren't you,
instead, afraid that a woman's in
tuition rnigh tell her what you
were endeavoring to hide? And,
perchance, were she in love with
you, there is no doubt but that she
would know, instinctively if your's
were real love, and by that I do not
mean a temporary infatuation. She
would lose her right hand before
she would tell or dojthe least thing
that might harm you, and would
protect the man she loved at no
matter how great the cost to her
self. Being a woman, I know.
"The time will come, however,
when story book love will not suf
fice. You will crave what every
normal man wishes to have, i and
that is a happy home and children.
You love children, but will you
want them to follow your footsteps?
"You ask why you have the so
briquet "gentleman burglar." Web
ster defines gentleman as one of
good birth and breeding, of much
learning, so you see some woman's
keen gaze (or call it instinct) has
penetrated your disguise and she
knows that you are in every way a
gentleman except one, and that is
your vocation.
"Too Lazy to Work."
"You also ask why you steal. Be
cause you are a wee bit lazy too
lazy to put forth every bit of will
you possess and earn your living in
an honest way. Instead you follow
the path of the least resistance.
"Scientists claim that individuals
who show a criminal trend of mind
are either atavistic or possess a
few normal brain cells. Personally,
I think it neither of these cases with
you, but, instead, that when you
first became a thief you wanted lux
uries that were beyond your means.
A certain amount of reckless daring
and nerve made you escape without
detection and so each time it became
easier, or perhaps (though you may
be older than myself) it is a youth
ful exuberance which finds an out
let in this way; but remember that:
unless you mend your ways, sooner
or later that same .impetuosity and
self-confidence will be your undoing.
"Right about face, Mr. Burglar,
for (I'm using a woman's privilege
and reading between the iines) use
your abundant personal magnetism,
wit, humor and education and you
then can acc6mplish anything in
the line of honest dealings with
your fellow men.
'"Thou shalt not steal' is not a
man-made law; and any of us wlio
break God's law pay a thousand
fold sooner or later and you will
not escape, m
"Become a Traffic Cop."
'.'If you must do something that
requires nerve and daring, become
a traffic cop or a member of the
morals sqnad. You can do most
anything then and 'get by' with it
If Mr. Ringer would only make me
a police-woman very soon, I'm sure
I'd have the pleasure of meeting
you. As that is doubtful I shall have
to live in hopes that you will pay
our home a visit, and when you do,
I defy you to find what valuables
(and we , have enough to make it
pay) we have hidden. When you
do, we'll have a nice chat, and I'll
tell you a lot of things about your
self and way of living that I've
omitted this time. Until I have that
pleasure, remember me as,
"MERELY A WOMAN."
A letter was received by The Bee
yesterday morning signed "The Gen
tleman Burglar," in which he states
that he did not write the letter pub
lished in The Bee Thursday and
that hereafter he will mark his let
ters with a "key." As all the let
ters have been typewritten, there
was nothing apparent about the
Thursday letter to indicate it might
not be genuine.
David City Junk
Dealer Asks Damages
for Slander Letters
Max Rosenbloom, a junk dealer in
David City, filed suit in Douglas
county district court yesterday
against Henry Marcus, a competing
junk dealer in David City, alleging
that Mr. Marcus had defamed his
reputation. He says that Mr. Marcus
wrote letters to banks and business
houses calling him a "dead beat,"
and that because of these .letters the
Ulysses Implement company refus
ed to deliver a carload of junk to
him and he lost $100 profit. He asks
for $20,000, damages from Marcus.
The designer of a small automo
bile propelled by a motor wheel has
placed the latter under a hood to
make it more closely resemble full
sized cars.
THOTO Pyy OFFERING J FOR TOPAV
"NE can do even worse than
I I marry In haste and repent aN
w leisure. sometimes one mis
judges in haste and then repents at
leisure. In "Hoodman Blind," the
famous William Farnum success,
which will be shown at the Empress
for the last times today, the hero be
lieves his wife is unfaithful and
learns almost too late that he has
made a mistake. Starting Sunday,
Peggy Hyland, the popular star, will
be seen in "Merry-Go-Round," a ro
mance of circus life.
Rialto "The Hoodlum," with
everybody's favorite, Mary Pickford,
in the guise of a tenement girl. The
way she has of fixing enemies and
getting them to make up is most
amusing. She soon masters the an
cient and national game of "crap
shooting" and it is easy to see she is
an adept. The picture will have its
last showing today. Thousands have
seen it, and if you miss it it will be
your loss. ,
Brandeis "Whom the Gods
Would Destroy," which will be seen
at the Brandeis theater the last two
times tonight, is a picturization of
the startling events which led a girl
and a youth through an earthly hell
in their quest of happiness. The
world cataclysm just ended is the
background, but the picture is by no
means a war feature. - At the Bran
deis tonight at 7 and 9 p. m.
Sun and Muse Douglas Fair
banks in "His Majesty the Ameri
can" will be shown today for the
last time. It has been a huge suc
cess, so much so, that both theaters
havetbeen busy, attending to pa
trons. One of the interesting things
about this picture is that it was pro
duced by is Omaha man, "Joe"
Henaberry, who has became quite
an authority on pictures. Before
getting his present position, he was
an assistant, director with the Par
amount pictures, and it is hard work
Police Chief to Ask
for More Money to
Run His Department
Chief of Police Eberstein. said yes
terday that he will ask for $400,000
to run his department next year. He
has $314,000 this year.
"The police force of Omaha is
only half big enough," he said. "We
need more men in every line of po
lice work. Omaha is a metropolitan
city and simply can't be policed
properly with the force we have at
present. Every man is doing two
men's work."
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That suit essential, the blouse, was never prettier nor more practical than
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A t Neighborhood Houses
APOl.i.0 19th and Leavenworth.
JUNE ELV1DOK In "COAX ME."
IAVTHROr 24th and Lothrop.
NORMA TALMADOE In "THE WAT
OP A WOMAN." ALSO SMIMNO
BILL PARSONS In "WANTED X
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OBAJTO Hth and Blnney.'
ALICE BRADT In "MARIE. LTD."
DIAMOND 54th and Laka.
CARMEN MBUERS In "WHO WILL
MARRT MS." ALSO "THE MASKED
RIDERS," CHAPTER NO. 7.
HAMILTON 40th and Hamilton.
f ANNIE WARD In "THE NARROW
PATH."
COMFORT 14th and Vinton.
ALICE J3RADY In "HIS BRIDAL
NIGHT,and A BIO V TWO-REEL
COMEDY.
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that has brought him up to such an
exalted position as director for a
star like Douglas Fairbanks.
1 Moon- They always introduced
him as Dalion Pemberton, this woman-hater,
established as the esV
sence of timidity. But after he got
sight of "the beautiful lady" every
body called him "Bill." Meaning, ob
viously that he was now "A Regu
lar Fellow." See Taylor Holmes in
his latest comedy by that name at
the Moon Theater.
Strand Bessie Love in "Over the
Garden Wall." Compelled to dis
card a finance who has fallen short,
this really and truly girl goes at life
with her sleeves rolled up. The
picture is pretty much filled with
fine contrast in settings and char
acterizations. It has the breath of
country air pervading its episodes
from start to finish. . -
Bee Want Ads offer rare bargains
to persistent readers.
Formal Invitation
to Visit Omaha Sent
to Belgian Rulers
Mayor Smith yesterday telegraph
ed a foimal invitation to Washing
ton to the king and queen of the
Belgians to visit Omaha.
Their majesties were assured of
a heartfelt welcome from Omaha in
the invitation, which also assured
them that their preference in the
nature of the reception extended
them would be followed carefully.
The mayor was unable to get in
communication with Governor Mc
Kelvie Thursday, as was advised by
the State department, but it is re
garded as certain that the governor
will join in the reception of the king
and queen.
A list of the personnel of the royal
party is expected to arrive from
Washington in a day or so. When
a reply to the mayor's formal in
vitation is received from the State
department, another meeting will be
held at the Chamber of Commerce
to complete arrangements for the re
ception of the royal party.
ou vagrants Arresiea
Detectives yesterday arrested 44
men for vagrancy as the result of
the numerous complaints of house
prowling and sneak thievery per
trated throughout the city during thsj
past week.
Mexico City, St Louis, Chlhun
hua City, Mexico, and Kansas City
were among the addresses of the
alleged vagrants.
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In addition to this sensational price on Kirk's famous Jap Rope Soap, the
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