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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
V '...!. Tli Sanfel Tra Mrfumoa wko rirvn. Tfce am that laid It fow Lot Ma, wb bap to b forfivca rwiiw aaa mih ait loo. Mil. o tay boot thouU war oivliw JdrwaZ'' TC D Mawthiai,n-a It aaaa with all thy uttl Aa anla wiaif would draoa If lon at ro.t. Aad Cm Himaalf lnactlv war loitfor Manei. variaa wnwt. I? i. ,1 I just What Do V You Think of You? By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. ' la Arknoninlgnl Auihiirlty on the Frob lrm of Evrryday I. Iff. . He thinks pretty well of himself. In fact he's so stuck on Johnny that he hasn't much love kft to give any one . else,"' remarked my young cousin scornfully. "Of cburse it" you want to let him have a room here vhen he'i"- in town next month, I won't say a word, but you'll get no thanks. He'll think you ought to be grateful to him for gracing your home. An J he'll expect you to do very little thing his way with never a thought for your own comfort."z ; "Selfish? asked his mother. "Just darn conceited," grumbled Ted. "Too conceited to live, or to see that anyone else has a right to live. But he's making good. I. don't see how such a chap can make good if there's such a thing as jus tice in fne world." ; "Don't be so bitter about it dear," proteoted his mother nervously. Bitter!" chuckled Ned with a laugh that wasn't much like his usual boyish cheer. "I suppost you'll be telling me next to admire him or imitate him. That stulf of his seems to work all right. Guess I'll try it Cii Why, last week he bought a car. "Vo you suppose he got a fine touring car with room for his mother and poor old invalid father and the kids Not he! Johnny gets himself a little roadster so he can take out his best girl. He's thirfking of Johnny. Doesn't know his folks are on earth. Might not be a bad stunt to try a little of that stuff my self, seeing you admire it so much." "But I don't" protested his mother end;ng in a wall and a plead ing glance at me. ' A Keen Appraisal. "I'm not so sure that I don't ad mire it," I replied in the face of tfed's wide eyes and his mother's pleading ones. Then I ended my sentence in italics "relatively. I'd rather hear of a self-centered young chap such as you describe than of a sniveling youth who hasn't the gumption to believe in himself." "Meaning me?" demanded Ned combatively. ' "Meaning you, as you sometimes are," I replied. "Last week, lad. when that foreign trade firm ad vertised for a man who had some knowledge of French and Spanish and who could write a good letter, you'd have been better off with Johnny's conceit than with your own humility and doubts. As I re member you said you didn't know much Spanish and your French hadn't been much more than enough to scrape along on when you were across with the Seventh and your typing had never been much account. And, anyway, you didn't think you had the experience to butt into a good firm like that. You hadn't enough faith in yourself to make a try for a position that would have put your mother on Easy street. ,. , 'Oh, then you'l give me credit tor something?" asked Ned, with heavy sarcasm. "Give you credit for the willing ness to look out for your mother if you had anything with which to look out for her?'rI asked. "Surely. But what good does that do her when she's scraping along on her income and wishing you'd get the kind of job your ability merits, rather than the sort your limited faith In yourself lets you go after? "Well, of all the slamsl' pro tested Ned. ''But go on, now, that I see how badly you think of me, I realize more than ever how right I am when I acknowledge that I'm a ub and that an eighteen-a-week job is about my size." ... ."But I don't. You aren tl It isn't!" I protested, wondering if Ned's mother would ever speak to me again. - She spoke right then. "Go on, please. It was for some thing like this I planned to take Johnny in to board. . . . But as long as you're doing it right out this way, maybe Neddy-boy won't need the object lesson I was going to give him." "You, too, mother!" groaned Ned. . But with her backing, I rolled up my sleeves and lit right into our Ned. The Only Way. "Lad, there's a whole world be tween Johnny and you. Nr one has to be so arrogant and se'fish as Johnny in order to succeed In fact, he'll missSome of the greatest re wards of friendship and love and iUvotion unless he changes. But to whatever extent his arrogance makes him tackle big jobs because he has enough faith in himself to try just so far I'm rooting for con ceit and arrogance and vanity and "stiffnecked pride. They force John to constructive action and so they eren't entirely destructive." "Go on, please." murmured Ned. "Well, lad I think you've gone on In your own mind. But I'll say it: Humility like yours is abasing and debasing. You're afraid to start You've so little respect for yourself, and so little belief in yourself,, that you don't try any big things. And you keep people from believing you could, even if you were to try. If you're going to be a happy man, a snccessful man, you'll have to culti vate a little faith in Ned a little self-esteem." "How can I?" "Just try something that looks a size too big. Don't say a word about it, but just plunge in and try. Maybe you'll make it. Maybe you 11 only come near it But anyway you'll find that faith does move mountains. Not arrogance. Not servility, are what I'm recommend ing. But proper self-esteem, faith in yourself. You can't succeed without it, lad." "Faith in myself," repeated Ned. "I wonder. Wouldn't do any harm to answer that ad. Maybe the job isn't filled yet. Maybe I'm not such a dub after all." Cold coffee is excellent for ferns of alb kinds. Use about once a month. To boil eggs, that are cracked wrap in a piece of white mus'in and there will.be no danger of oozing out in the water. CLUBDOM Train School Mother. . The Train School Mothers' club will meet January 2 at 2 p. m. at Train school. Liberty Chapter. Liberty chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet Friday at 8 p. m. at Masonic Temple. Maple Leaf Chapter. Maple Leaf chapter will have a dance and card party at the Rome hotel Friday evening. Minne Lusa Society. The Minne Lusa Woman s society will meet with Mrs. E. L. Powell, 3171 Curtis avenue, Friday at 2 p. m. To Keep Well Simple Lines Ventilate every room you occupy. Wear loose, porous clothing suited to season, weather and occupation. If you are an indoor worker be sure to get recreation outdoors. Sleep in fresh air always; in the open if you can. Hold a handkerchief before your mouth and nose When you cough or sneeze and insist that others do so, too. Always wash your hands before eating. Do not overeat This applies es pecially to meats and eggs. Eat some hard and some bulky foods, some fruits. Eat slowly chew thoroughly. Drink sufficient water daily. Evacuate thoroughly, regularly. . Stand, sit and walk erect. Do not allow poisons and infec tions to enter the' body. Keep the teeth, gums and tongue clean. Work, play, rest and sleep in mod eration. Keep serene. Worry is the foe of health. Cultivate the companionship of your fellow men. Avoid self-drugging. Beware the plausible humbug of the patent med icine faker. Have your doctor examine you carefully once a year. Also consult your dentist at regular intervals. U. S. Pubjic Health Bulletin. When using the gas oven if you open the door wide for a second, two or three minutes after lighting the burner, a quantity of moist air escapes. The oven then heats more quickly as a result of ventilation. It is a very little time saver, but it is a help when getting breakfast, particularly during the winter, when everything counts in helping one's husband start for his office. Si (ml I : Iff Fashion Camera rhoto. This cape has extremely simple lines but style shows in every detail. It is made of light brown ylour. The yoke is of dark brown angora. If a piece of lemon is added to a pan of cold water and the wilted vegetables allowed to stand in the water for an hour or so, they will be as fresh as when gathered. Espe cially good for lettuce, celery, spinach and parsley. G. 0. P.' Women Will Attend the Chicago Meeting One of the four women who will go to Chicago from Nebraska .next week to attend the G. O. P. meet ings will be Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews, assistant secretary to the republican state central committee and director of publicity in Nebraska. Mrs. An drews is the first woman to hold an official position on the state com mittee of any political party in Ne braska. She has a wide acquaintance throughout the state, having been actively identified with the club life of the Fifth district during her many years' residence there. She served as state organizer of the P. E. O. sisterhood for two years. She did 10 months' war work with the woman's committee of the State Council of Defense, giving up this work to enlist as a volunteer canteen worker under Red Cross. Mrs. . Andrews was chosen by the War Relief Board of Nebraska, grand chapter of Eastern Star as their representative in war relief work, and served in the Red Cross canteen at Halifax three months, and on the piers of New York City and Hoboken six months with the Red Cross emergency can teen. Mrs. Andrews also served on the Nebraska welcoming committee in New York. Mr. Devoe, the state chairman, has consistently adhered to the pol icy that the representatives of the republican women shall be chosen by the women themselves. In pursuance of this policy he re cently issued a call for the election of precinct committeewomen in all precincts of the state, who are to be called in convention in the county seats to elect representatives to dis trict conventions where representa tives will be chosen who will com plete a woman's organization from members of their own sex. This plan will result in a complete amal gamation of men and women in the republican party in this state. ' Timely Tips. When crocheted buttons lose their shape by much laundering dip them in cold starch and mold them with your fingers into the shapes you want. Then let them dry and they will look like new. When pressing a suit if you rub it well with a dustless dust cloth you will be surprised to see how much lint and dust come off. It also takes the shine from serge. A few drops of olive oil will work wonders for wings and fancy feath ers that have a bedraggled end of the season appearance. Moisten the fingers slightly with the oil, and, beginning at the quill, rub outward, keeping the barbs close together. The oil will hold the barbs together and restore the brilliancy to the feathers. ;, Light and power are supplied to 166 surrounding villages from a sin gle central station in Germany. The Ever Serviceable Phoenix Hosiery Nothing that people wear represents or determines the individual like hosiery. A well fitting hose, showing quality at a glance as PHOENIX does, determines the individual as a person of neatness, self-respect and intelligence. In buying hosiery, why not buy the best? ; they cost no more and give you the service, the appearance and the lasting satisfaction that you have secured and received exactly what you paid for AND THIS IS THE WAY YOU WILL APPEAR AND FEEL IF YOU. BUY PHOENIX HOSIERY. WE CARRY EVERYTHING PHOENIX MAKES. Wemaa'a, l-35 to $3.65. Men, toe to $1JS. Mai! Order Given Prompt and Careful Attention. 508-510 So. 16th St Berg's Berg't Rem' 1R91 W M-VttM. Farnam St Berg 's 1621 Farnam St. B3 A Word of Thanks! C3 1 ma )WMwrMw I a mm . hi y hit our entire assortment of Winter Coats and Suits in all the materials, colors and styles at ONE HAL $59.50 to $195, NOW Zto$ Remarkable Reductions on Dresses Our Entire Assortment of Dresses Vs to i2 OFF BLOUSE ur Entire Stock of (f Q75 ueorgezie mouses SALE Four Special Prices, Womens Shop MSFffS Women's Shop to 5 VJ The employees and the management of the NEBRASKA TELE PHONE COMPANY wish our patrons a Happy New Year, and take this opportunity to offer a word of appreciation. We are deeply grateful for your spirit of good will and your con siderate attitude during the last twelve months while we have been burdened with unparalleled difficulties in furnishing telephone service. During the war you accented without protest the service those of us who stayed at home were able to furnish. With the same patience you have accepted the only character of service we have been able to sup ply during the last year. We have done our best, and while you could not know the troublesome problems we have had to meet, you have accepted the conditions with a spirit of tolerance which we appreciate. Only with the wonderful co-operation of the public have we been able to furnish the service you received during the last twelve months when we faced almost overwhelming difficulties. During the war construction work was restricted to the most urgent needs, and our forces were badly scattered by the vital requirements of military necessity. And before we had time to reorganize our personnel and add to our plant, there came a tremendous demand for additional service and for additional telephone facilities. The last year telephone materials have been hard to get. Deliveries have been very slow, due to conditions in manufacturing plants through out the country. New employees by the hundreds have had to be trained. This year we plan the largest construction program in our history as an organization. Millions of dollars must be obtained from investors for extensions to our local plants and to our long distance lines. In addition to this, much repair work must be done which could not be kept tip to standard requirements during the distressing last two years. Still more employees must be trained. The expenditures for repairs and for extensions and improvements which are planned will have to be made at a cost for labor and ma terials about double what it would have been three years ago. To obtain from investors the new capital required we must show an ability to earn a reasonable return on the money procured and on that which is invested in the existing property. At this beginning of a New Year the employees and the manage ment of this Company want to express their appreciation for the splen did support our patrons have given us, and we want to assure you that everything is being done and will be done during this new year to re store a pre-war grade of telephone service just as quickly as it is humanly possible. Yours very truly, The Employees and Officers of NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY THE SEASON'S GREETINGS; Health -'Prosperity -'Happiness The Mightiest Servant of AH What makes comfort and lends greater helpfulness to the home than electricity? This, perhaps, is a question you have never considered, even though the home, 7 during the long evening hours, is flooded with a mellow gldw of light, the rooms warmed and the meals prepared by electricity. The Nebraska Power Company Your Electric Service Company' primarily is a servant of the public; your servant, my servant, distributing electrical energy to all warming homes, lighting houses; furnishing power to large manufacturing concerns working day and night to facilitate business and to alleviate suffering. If this servant be a stranger in your place of business or home, open the door and let it enter. - .srz: - r ,- 7 i- . -. Jyfv . ft"