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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1920)
QUi the Jfr? hi nsintc Extravagance 4? the root of the high cost of living, v So' say those who know, those nu-i who have investigated many foK into the conditions of the Great American Dollar and have found its ". capacity yet wanting. ' -, E'en so.' Extravagance it is. So mote it be I Godspeed thee, rabble, but latest dispatches from Diamond Kings testify that the great masses of working people in the United States are the prime buyers and pur chasers of the valuable stones. And yet these stones are to mount in price, for the authorities posi tively state that the greatest source of the sparklers is rifnning dry. The outh African diamond mines are nigh unto exhaustion. ' J But still, the aiipry mob cries;, ')ovn with the" profiteer. Kill cap ital. 'Slay big industry. " We must have a living wage." 1 It Can't Be Done. ' ; And they turn around and buy diamonds. A4right. . Let 'em buy. But also let 'em take stringent means to make Little Income, which really tipeans the best salaries 'ever paid to humans, stretch far enough to meet ;the necessities of life while dia monds may be .bought without a . himper. Here are a few sug'gestions to aid in the great war for food and cloth ing and diamonds. ; From the eminent police force of he city comes the tiding that if one - f7' Jiii Ffszom . IN THE BALCONY IF Wf mminca?ainorvuiu spOSsMe it yyV Scire fhis ieMecip-yeeF'ttie rc?sex yrt'f Ah ye cvofmr Jlml WvC tlie secit Jn your trous- to ra? on to -trer specie, YYiiie tie sAM mB1RJ JVWNS ers. You never Aedrd of sex x car? eat, c?rr . encore with tAeir oose cAdifa y mWK'y mJik Amsk The Omaha Sunday Bee 10 -B OMAHA, SUNDAY. MORNING, JANUARY 18.. 1920. YYcilM on your fiands, it yy7 save stoe ec?tAe: Not prcictcc or Yfomeft) Lef fingwell Places Spirit Higher Than Value of Gift Brings Coffee Cake Home On Wedding Anniversary Hears Scandalous Story About MrsJTwostep and The Cockroach Lurking. Under the Pie Crust Begins a .New Era. v T?e Aird yo stayed himsef tAree trffes r? one day e?r?d sayed seyefftfyrye cer?ts. cort home with every customer to forestall the possible-mbarrassment of having some economical high OmetAcfr grocery m 'en' ' Acjve ' decided ifo economize &y &ddw:7n tfrmed.'jsctrt frame trMerry customer Md&: .sahnfr jAe customer tfie em&tirrassment of fic7Vr& S6me ec6i7mC?A6A jjacker pluck him on'the' -way home. " ' r a q . With the demise of John Tarheel , 1 T-l - 1 C 1' frj-u 'ft 'S! il y in S, Z-MT illCU J-l fcllCHI IISIVC us w stands up as- much as possible, the seating of the trousers may be ma terially saved, thereby beating the clothier. Again, while loitering about Cupid Stubbendorf's shrine in the c,ourt house the other day, the dis cussion of Leap Year was opened, and freely entered by everyone ''among those present.". "Here is a sure chance for us poor males to save a dime or two," cried one. "How's that?" cried another. They Have Already. "Simple," gloated the one. "Let dinner and then to the theater, and on through the eveningto a little supper where we can shimmie and tango. And then, instead of letting us pay the taxi bill at the end of the evening's jubilee, pray, may the "wild women" step forward and say,. 'Nay, Gerald, 'tis e'en Leap Year. Allow me to stand on my rights and meet the expense.'" But an even better suggestion has been offered. Why not argue the Omaha grocers into a decision' to economize by sending an irmed et Barleycorn, some economy in drinks. thought. Ten years ago one could get a real slug of licker for two bits now he must pay JO years' in terest for one measly souse. Then, too, there is the fellow who, when the barbers decided to boost the pot a bit themselves, and raised the ante for a shave, determined to shave himself. Occasion, one day, forced him to "shave three times, and he saved 75 cents. But the doc tor made up for that in court plas ter, covering over the little mistakes he made with that "safety" rator. The government took a hand to. lower the1 price of shoes and threw army produce on the market. Some got in on it, some didn't' Those who didn't, can rival their leading economists by walking on- their hands, and . saving perfectly ' good shoe leather. Of course, this is hardly a fitting suggestion for wom en, else there might be numerous re currences of the" riot. Here's th Best One. The prize suggestion, however, comes last. The best is ' always saved .until last anyway. And this suggestion, strange as it may seem, came from Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Door, eminent occupants of apartments. It was received with somewhat of a shock. Sh! This mustn't get out Keep it as dark as you can. Tftey will, it s sure. '' t ! Bnt it has been rumored, from apparently authentical sources, too, that Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Door, the aforesaid eminent occupants of apartments, are going to patent their suggestion which is: That patriotic landlords, bless their hearts, there are so many of them, present their enterprising ten ants with one month's rent, free No, it's a fact .That suggestion was really made. And the rumors are busy stating (no, not roomers, ru mors) that some of Omaha's Lead ing Landlords have already taken such action under advisement (just tike Governor McKelvie took the hearing of Cole and Grammer under advisement, and Governor Burn quist took the extradition of the Finn brothers the, same place.) But then, if no one tries out these suggestions they will -be of no use. Some one always must be the. pio neer of any great movement And it may as well be in Omaha. Mrs. Lefflngwell ws busy with' her weekly house-dusting carnival, when Mrs. What's-Her-Name vol planed over with an airy grace and a lot to say. As she dusted along, her mind kept step with reminiscent thoughts suggested by. the objects from which she removed the motes of time. She dusted a framed crayon portrait of Henry Lefflngwell, the primate of the temple. It was a picturization of Henry of the period shortly after their hymeneal negoti ations, showing him as he appeared when he parted his hair with dis criminating care,- waxed his mus tache on Sunday morning and took her to singing school on Monday evening. It was her wedding anni versary and, as she continued her work, she vondered whether Henry Would commemorate the day by bringing home a 1 thick steak 'for the family or a new collar for the dog. She knew there was no tell ing what utilitarian impulses he might display, because she recalled that on their last anniversary he brought home a new clothes line. Henry was practical, if not prodigal. Secret to TelL "Mrs. Lefflngwell, are you there?" was the interrogative announcement of Mrs. What's-Her-Name as she bounded into the Lefflngwell kitchen like Katie of popular song lame, the difference being that the moon was not shining o'er the cowshed in this instance. Mrs. Lefflngwell was forced to admit her presence, so she bid the neighbor enter, occupy a chair and otherwise make herself at home. "I have something to tell you," the neighbor began. Mrs. Lefflng well feigned a mild expression . of surprise, ' just as the democratic party did when W. J. B. galloped up from Miami a few days ago with a monkey-wrench. "Yes, I must tell you, and I know that you won't tell anyone, will you?" she continued. "Mrs. So-And-So told Mrs. Twostep that she believed I had eyes like skimmed milk, and I just know that she is jealous, because I have a new vac uum cleaner. She keeps the blinds down at her yindows on my side of her house and her little girl puts her tongue out when she saw my little girl with a sack of candy. Mrs. Lefflngwell was amazed and amused over her neighbor's refer ences to the pale milk and to the little girl who projected her instru ment of articulation toward the other little girl. "My advice would be to show yourself above such trivial matters, by manifesting a charitable spirit," ' Mrs. Lefiingwell replied. Lifts the Crust "I just felt like throwing dead cat into her yard," the neighbor said, adding: "I know something about Mr. So-And-So. Every titn she eats pie in a restaurant sne ' raises the1 top crust and looks for v a cockroach. Well, goodbye, Mrs. Lefflngwell; you won't say a word about this, will you?" And then came Lefflngwell, the lion-hearted, home from his work, carrying a package under his arm. Mrs. Lcffingwell, Willie and Mary eyed the package with curiosity. "It's only a coffee cake," Lefflng well announced. "It is the spirit, the-thought, rather than the remem brance itself, that counts. It is th same all through life. We should remember the story of the widow's mite. A glass 4f water given with I smile counts for more than the benefaction of the rich man, given grudgingly." "I see that we won't be able to give a glass of cider without being pinched?' Willie chirped. "Sometimes a smile has an ines timable value and a cheery word timely spoken has more power than - money," Lefflngwell continued. ,"A rose to the living is better than cost ly monuments to the dead." "Say it with flowers, dad, say it with flowers," Willie again broke in. Beginning New Era. "Well, Henry Lefflngwell." his wife said, "I trust that the presenta tion of this coffee cake marks the beginning of a new era for you. If you keep this up, you may remem ber us with a chafing dish some of these days." "What I want to know," inquired Willffe, "is when are we going to eat the coffee cake?" "Henry, it looks as if you are be ginning to get some real sense and I hope that yot4 will not go to slip ping again like some of those girls I have been reading about," Mrs. Lefflngwell said in conclusion, as"" she placed spare ribs and kraut be fore her chieftain. Yes, the Check! ' One evening Miss Muffet, alotie in a buffet, Bought drinks that she never could pay for. Along came A. Snider and satdown beside her Now guess what she allowed him to stay for? Cartoons Magazine. : Bouquet of Live, Human Interest Stories About People "Hobbies Is Hobbies" But This, Almost Became Frenzy Union Pacific Official Disillusioned as to Salt Lake I ,: Climate Hunts All Day to No Avail Home With Frozen Physiognomy Lone Rabbit Boldly Darts Through, City Disgusted? Read On ! I. B. Gray, assistant advertising manager o, the Union Pacific," has two hobbies. One is the climate at Salt Lake City, his former home; the other is hunting in general, and rabbit hunting. in, particular. Since he came to Omaha he has taken every opportunity to tell of Salt Lake City's "wonderfuU,' climate and "excellent" rabbit hunting. Two weeks ago he visited Salt Lake, but before leaving he arranged for a rabbit hunt during his visit. He arrived at the Utah capital in a blinding snow storffl. The temperature hovered well below zero. But even these discouraging circumstances failed to cool . his ardor for the rabbit hunt. He procured a team of horses and two trusty friends and set out early the next morning., The snow storm continued and Vision was poor, but his hopes ran high. Rab bits, had been "known to jump into a hunter's wagon and give them selves up in the Salt Lake vicinity. But after traveling half the day without sighting so much as a sin gle "jade," even Mr. Gray became discouraged. His friends complained of frozen feet and noses and even Mr. Gray's "weather-beaten coun tenance" began to smart, he says. After floundering around in snow drifts for a time the party ..succeed ed in getting their, team started tpward the city and finally arrived at their starting point, half frozen and rabbitless. ,; . Two hours later, after absorbing a large quantity of heat and food, Mr. Gray went for a stroll In the suburbs of the city. As h& walked he meditated on the shortage of rabbits and Xhe ichange in climate. Suddenly a small white object scurried between his feet and fled up fKe street. A dog,' barking loud ly and steadily losing ground, fol lo'wed it. It was a rabbit! The life story of General A. Stinger, who has 'announced his candidacy for president of the United States, is concluded with this installment. After his romance had been shat tered byjtheVude conduct of the fa ther of her upon whom his affec tions were ixed, General Stinger de voted himself solely to his work. He took a prominent part in poli tics, always being oq the. side of up rightness. Twice he offered himself as a can- Black Man Makes Big Drstinction Between Fetish and Witchcraft A clear distinction must be made between fetish, and witchcraft, says a writer in the current Wide World. The former is regarded by the black man as perfectly legitimate; the lat ter he looks upon with hatred, and all over Africa summary methods are used, as in olden days in Eng land,, with witches. One or other of the law-god-cult societies those secret' societies bearing such names as Purroh, Oru", Ukukiwe, etc. in tervenes, and a trial by ordeal fol lows. In fact, anyone can claim that right. A say o B: "Y6u're a witdxJ! "I'm not!" ejaculates B, who immediately takes .a calabar bean and swallows it. B dies, or is very sick; therefore he is thev guilty person, and .this long before the elaborate mechanism of the law so ciety has heard of the dispute. If .'B wants to have a bigalaver. and run himself and his accuser into a lot of expense, be has a right to call in the aid of the society; but erneedn't Witchcraft is dan gerous word to utter in an African village. Miss Kingsley relates that you -have only to shout "Hot" at a man or woman in Calabar, or "Ndo tchi" in Fjort-land, and-flie whole population, so good-tempered the moment before, is turned blood thirsty. But, mind you, the ordeal must prove tht guilt first, before the t:. it.. . U(B a iiici mjt. W'tt wj H'twi . J Says Iowa Governor, .-. Is a Real Good Loser, But Mighty Poor Better Governor Harding of Iowa is a good loser, but not a good better, according to W. Lincoln Byrne, who attended a Kiwanis dub banquet in Des Moines -recently. The oc casion was the receiving of a char ter by the Des Moines club. Gover nor Harding was the first speaker and Mr. Byrne followed. , The gov ernor knew that he would be fol lowed by an Omaha 'man named Byrne, but he did not know that his first name was Lincoln. Ed Pettis, secretary of the Lin coln Kiwanis club, said to the gov ernor of Iowa: "I'll bet you $1 that Lincoln fol lows you on the program." The governor looked at his pro gram and observed that Omaha fol lowed him, having in mind , the names of cities' rather than men. When "W, Lincoln Byrne" was introduced as the nextspeaker, Mr. Pettis reached over and claimed the $2 and the governor laughed. Later in the evening, when Gov ernor Harding and Mr. Byrne' at tended a political meeting, the gov ernor related the incident to Wilf Hays, chairman of the republican national committee. Mr. Byrne is secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska-Iowa -district ""of twania ciuofc - - . 2. . : r A. 8TINGBRV j ' n GENERAL STINGER SAYS HIS ARRESTS IN PAST OJILY "FRAME-UPS'' Answers .His .Political .Enemies Who are Trying to Injure His , Candidacy for President. , A Closed Incident didate for justice of the peace in Snaha. Once he polled 87 votes t of a total of only 19,635 cast. The second time he ran, he showed nearly double this strength. - Both times he ran on an independent ticket and the. vote he received shows the universal regard and hon or in which he-is held. ' He has served as clerk of election, acquitting himself with honor. So it will be seen that he is, by nd means, witnoufexperienpe in the political field and can draw on past experience in the great race for the presidency which he is ahout to make. . , 'y His Secrets Tramed." r Scurrulous stories have been Cir culate about the general by his po litical enemies. His arreM some years age on a charge of chicken stealing has been dug" up, her was gothing. to this charge. The general denied it at the time. It is true that he was found guilty and fined $10 and costs and ordered to return the chickens, which he did rather than have any scandal about it. But not a single witness was found who saw him steal , the chickens, not one. The incident js now closed. .Two other times General Stinger was arrested on the same complaint. LODGING The General's Apartments. On one of these occasions he was discharged, absolutely no proof be ing found against him. "There is no evidence here that Mr. Stinger stole these chickens," said the police judge in discharging him. "I see no evidence on which I can hold him. I therefore dis charge you." General Stinger was completely vindicated on this occasion. He at tributed the affair to the efforts of his political' enemies. s Another occasion, when he was arrested for petit larceny has also been revived by political enemies, iealous of the national prominence into which the general has sprung. That is about all there is to it. Gen eral Stinger, who is absent-minded at times, like 'all men of genius, merely picked up a gold watch that was lying on the counter of a jewelry store. The clerk was not looking at the time. - The affair has been given promi nence, altogether out of proportion to its importance. The watch was not a very valuable one, , anyway, being only a gold-filled case. The short term which Mr. Stinget served in jail at that time amounted tp nothing, and there were many who believed that the authorities had been too strict with him. . Home Life. GenerarStinger oday is the only candidate ' for the presidency from Nebraska (unless Mfc JV, L Bryn concludes to run also.) It is be lieved that, even if he does, General Stinger will be favored by the Ne braska delegation. Bryan has been beaten three times for the office and Gneral Stinger has never been beaten for this office. , General Stinger lives in a hotel on East Douglas street. His apart ment there is comfortable without ostentation. In fact, he lives in the simplest manner. Up to a month ago he resided in another East Douglas street hotel. He removed from there after the proprietor had insisted, in a very rude manner, that he pay his rent a week in advance. The general's feelings were hurt and he imme diately removed to another hotel. Such is the high character of the man .who will make he race for president on "the people's ticket." General Stinger will be the work ing mariS friend." His platform is such as every voter will favor, namely cheaper living expenses and higher wages. Oh, to Live in Johnson County! (Johnson, County Joutnftl.) On Saturday night a party cf about 40 friends went to the home of M- G. O'Laughlin, north of Tccumseh, to charivari Mr. and Mrs. John J. McNamee, , , who were married last Thurs day. The crowd was treated to cigars and candy and told to re-j turn Tuesday night. The inviti-' tion was accepted and at the ap- pointed-time all were on hand. They were invited into the houje and treatd to a fine oyster sup per, after which they were en tertained until after midnight. (S The One-Wheeled Car. "Think what the making of 100, 000 axles means, the making of 100, 000 frames, 100,000 engines,- 100,000 clutches and 100,000 transmissions," gushes an advertisement for Max well cars. A Little Thing Like That Wouldn't Keep Lova and Gladys From School. (Stromsburg Headlight.) Lova and Gladys Haneline had a very narrow escape last week when returning home from school. Their horse became 1 frightened at some paper along the road and proceeded to run away, the buggy was over turned in a ditch, dragging the girls beneath the buggy top un til the horse broke loose and ; ran home. .The girls ' were ' bruised, scratched and lame, but still able to attend school. "Bring Back." (Stromsburg Headlight) Twenty-four Years Ago. December S, 1895. . Markets Corn 15; oats 10 to 12, wheat 44, rye 21, barley 21, hogs $2.85, butter 10. eggs 15,. gotatoes S0j onions Cleo Doherty Irish as Dihty Moore; Has New Sign On Film Room Leave it to Cleo Patrick Doherty, official bounder at the Pathe film ex change, to initiate novel schemes. Cleo is as Irish as Dinty Moore, but as yet hasn't reached the $1,000 mark in the purchase of Irish re public bonds, he says. When wallow-eyed movie oper ators call for their pictured scandal at the exchange, it is Cleo, also known as Mickey, who shovels out the films. It is Mickey who oversees the shipping of out-of-town pictures. And it is Mickey who watches with panther-like eye over the film in spectors in the rear of the joint. During his spare time, which is not more than 12 minutes a day, Mickey is scheming for better effi ciency in the general run of affairs in his dpeartmentXAnd he schemes well. Employes worried . him for . a proper name for tlve fire-proof room for the storage of "films. "T'other mawning' " when his un derstudies came to work (shortly before noon"), thev-'doubled in front -of one another in an effort to read the following sign that Cleo had placed above the entrance to the room: "Dohertv's Dog House Keep Out." . , It is well to know that Mickey doesn't bark. - ) "Now they won't call it a gam bling den," he said. (- Etherizing Rabbits A New Danger ' for Saw-Bones Artist "Stenogs" Form Anti-Slang, Pure English Association "Darn," "Darn It," "Gosh," "Jimmy "holy Smoke," "Ye Gods," "Confound It" Are Some of the Choice Words On the Taboo List. a promising saw- in his tunior year Jay Collins, 1.a.. qrfict tinw 11 at Creightori Midica! college, would rather drill holes in the bottom 01 pkit bottles than play with an an aesthetic over the nostrils of a 'Bel gian hare. -'.'''' Not lore' ago when' an experi mental operation was about to be performed on a rabju't. Jay was in duced to put the pet asleep. Hi gang ia the class room advised him against using a wheel spoke or his left heel, so the promising young medical student found some ether.' Jay, himself, doesn't like the es sence of ether, he says. The rabbit was tied to the minia ture operating table and Jay let the essence play about the pet's breath ing apparatus. The stuff played a little farther, however, and Jay lost his vision for a few seconds. Unconsciously, he held a wad of cotton, soaked with the ether, near lvs own nostrils. If it hadn't been for Messrs. KubichA". Broz and a few more of Jay's dancing friends, he would have fallen a victim of somnus. Jay doesn't believe in, deep sleep by ethereal essence any more, rather The County Court AntirSlang and Pure English association was organized last week by five stenog raphers in the office of County Judge Crawford. . " Miss Pearl Sundblad is president, Miss Clara Pakiser, first vice pres ident; Miss Helen Maxwell, seco.td vice president; Miss Helen Peters, secretary, and Miss Ethel Wallin, treasurer. "What is the object of the as sociation?" Miss Sundblad was asked. "O, gee, 'it's " "A penny in the box!" exclaimed Miss Pakiser. "O, darn it " said Miss Sund blad. "Two cents 1" called Miss Max well. And Miss Sundblad went to the treasurer and gave her 2 cents, which was duly deposited in a box. "The object," 'Miss Pakjser ex plained, "is to discourage the use of unladylike words and to en courage as far as possible the use of such forms of lofty diction as have been authorized and endorsed by the best dictionaries." "That's the idea," raid Miss Sund blad. "Etymology and the pro nouncements of such authorities as Holmes, James " "You mean Sherlock Holmes and 11 Have to Believe v Iras btory, Anyway; But Can You Beat It? the J antes Brothers?" was inquired. "Good gracious, no. Oliver Wen population. He said the army m dell Holmes and Henry James we mean, and other good . English Uvritcrs. They are our guides." i uo inc iirst aay 01 operation tile association treasury was enriched to the extent of 56 cents. The second day showed receipts . of 43 cents. Since then the daily receipts have gone down steadily, as the quality of English used has gone up. The words on the taboo list are: "Darn," "darn it," "gee," "O gee," "gosh," "Oigosh," "jimminy," "jim iny crickets," "holy smoke," "ye gods," "confound it." i Such wordsas "good gracious," "dear me," "heavens," "O pshaw," "sugar," "fudge" and "O piffle" are not subjectto fine or imprisonment. ' And there are no words that cost more than 1 cent. Of course, these young ladies don't use any -words that could be subject to a greater fine than 1 cent. Double words are subject to the single fine. For instance, "O gee, O gosh," a favorite expression of one of the girls, is subject to the straight 1-cent fine only. The proceeds of the treasury wll not go to the home for sick mice. On the contrary, they are to be in vested in boxs of chocolates. I "Speaking of the big snow, we've had this fall reminds me of some of the snows of the early days in Oma ha," said John Harberg of the Wright & Wilhelmy company. "We used to get real snows in those days. They would fall earlv m the winter and lie there ail through till spring sometimes. j"I remember one winter when the First Lutheran church stood at Thir teenth and Douglas streets where the Millard hotel now is. Rev. Mr. Kuhns, father of Paul and John and Rev. Luther Kuhns was the pastor. "Several deer came up Douglas street, walking on the crust of the deep snow drifts. Several citizens started chasing them. The deer be gan running and broke through the crust of the snow and the men just ran up and killed them witfl clubs. There was plenty of venison then and no high cost of meat to bother the people. "The climate, certainly "seems to have changed. We don't have the long, cold winters now tfiat we did Bryan Felt Freer to Talk to Republicans Than 6 His Democrats W. J. Bryan, who spoke here last week at the Auditorium, got a laugh when he told a story on the lawyers He, said he understood there were republicans in the audience, which reminded him of a lawyer frienrt who said he had misgivings when defending an innocent man because he assumed an awful responsibility to keep the innocent client from be ing convicted. He had no qualms in defending a guilty man, because if he were convicted, he could dismiss the matter from his mind by think ing that the matf deserved to be con victed. He drew the application by assert ing that he felt freer to talk tore publicans, because he knew that he could not hurt them and might do them some good; whereagtn the other hand. Tie feared that in talking to democrats he might hurt them and he knew he eould not do ihem
