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1 V t - ' .i. ' - ' ' ' . " ' .1 -W W . ' '.. r II A mmM One can ei&er: U' jl ' srW pole irault over "WyS sS) The Omaha Sunday Bee OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, " MAY 162 1920. Safety first! , f But are safety zones safe? John Taul Brcen says "No!" And he says he knows. Bewildered by the sample safety, zone in front of the city hall on Farnam street, Mr. Breen stymied .the maze of white lines, poles, and ropes, and shaking his head, decided Mo try it out. ' He did. v White Lines and Poles. But the white lines, poles and ropes had confused him. , He figured it out that the safest place in the safety- zone ' was the roadway inclosure. Calmly, but in doubt, he stood between the ropes, assuming the nochalant attitude of one awaiting a Wattles Electric. ( m . ? But Mr, Ford'had decreed other wise. " v ; . Lizzies, Packards, Buicks, and oilier diarriess gas-wagons bore down on him in a mad onslaught. Knew What 'to Do. . Mr. Breen avers that he has never looked into the muzzl? of a gun when it .was loaded. He says He ' has never rocked a boat. . I He denies ever having asked a woman her age. ." But when he saw this horde -of speed-buggies bearing down on him, it took no previous training to tell him what to do. Unhesitatingly, and forgetful of that-' assumed, nonchalance. he (jashed nadly for the safety of the sidewalk.. ' , And at once therd arose in his mind, huge doubt concerning the safety of alleged " safety zcties. - i Ponders Anew. Froriithe safety of the sidwalk, he pondered anew the maze of poles, white lines aifd ropes, And enlighjened- by his narrowj flitted through his brain scape, lie tigured that tne saiety zone lay heyond the - roped in closure ana within the chalkline strio beside the street car track, j "That space indicated by the chalklines may be a safety zone," he mused. . , : "But how, yes how is one to get1 there in saiety whiles these speed demons have the right of way. be tween' the ropes? v . , Visions Flit Through Mind. N Visions of overhead crossings "Effective,' but impracticable," he decided. On a beeline, he started for,Com missioner Ure.' " .. . " "After considerable, thought en the matter, and-at-the risk of my own lifeI have reached a decision concerning the safety of your safe ty zones," he began. ' "If 'the city has the time and in clination, to say nothing of the money, it would appear more, feasi ble to me to erect overhead cross ings from the sidewalk to the pres ent zone. But, it seem to me, that it would be the best thingjw the city, and much safer for the general public, if motorists were re quired ' to stop when citizens are getting on or off street cars." Are safety' zonrfs safe? ' Safety first! Missing-Childreh and 'Doors' Left Unlocked Prove Spring Is Here "Spring fever is contagious," say the cops at Central station. "Reports cqjiic in here every night with Iflfs of duplication. First mother finds her child has gone the fresh green fields to foam, and busi ness men leave doors unlocked as they start out for home. "More doors were left unlocked last month than any time all year, and ince Nebraska s dry, you see, we cannot blime Bockbeer.' Of all chance thoughts that's left, we must blame spring." ' "Patrolman on the downtown beats, oome face to face with many a door, left open now, but locked before. Again we muse that spring has' come, and hence the cause for all this carelessness of . Omaha busi ness men as they fu&h from their offices to their homs in early eve ning." ' - , At 2:30 A.M. Telephone Rouses UpD&e to Ask "Are You Up-Dike?" It's a long night thaf has no in terruption. . Leave if to Ed Updike, away out yonder in Dundee. The other night he was slumbering-noiselessly. No tomcats were scouting through the tall-grass country ,or tearing down back yardvferrces in Ed's neighbor hood. ' . It was almost 2:30, toward sun rise, when Ed heard a noise like Tom McKay was in his cellar. He shimmied oat of bed and lis tened further. The phone was ting-a-linging for some one to answer. " 'Lo," he growled. ' V "Are you up, Dike?", an adenoid voice inquired. Ed slept little the rest of the night. Fair Con Worker and"Ragus" Trim Thrifty. Omaha MatroYis Housewives Fall Over Each Other to Pay Strange - Salesman $23 "Good Faith" Deposit as Agent for " ' Marvelous Substitute for Sugar That Looks Like V. A Sheet of Fish Food. v ' . . . : - ' The very latest con game which netted the female confidence work er a neat sum, came to light recent ly when one of the victims, the wife of a prominent Omahan, confided in a friend the following story: "I hadgone to the grocery store to get' some sugar and chanced to meet a representative of the swin dlers, a young woman. , "The stranger talked to me in the manner of a.-sellcr of first class gold bricks, then begged to be excused. 'I have to ask you to excuse me,' she said, 'because I have a little ao pointment wtih Mrs. iin re gard to our. "sweet ragus" a substi tute for sugar.' With that the strang er bowed herseJf out. Begs tor More. ''I pricked up my ears, hesitated a moment then followed the Strang r I begged the self-styled repre sentative to tell me more about her substitute, foe sugar. "The stranger . insisted that she was under obligations not to sell anybody but women who would un dertake' to handle a large quantity cf the sugar substitute or club with some neighbor the quantity allowcc an agent. v ' . ."A long argument finally ended in a partial -victory. "I took her to my home where I called in several of my neighbors. She asked me to make some coffee so she could demonstrate the use of 'sweet ragus,' which I gladly did to my sorrow. Comes in Sheets. "She took from her handbag a small box containing the sugar sub- Famous Eden Musee Recalled JBy Death of Andrew Jjawlfer Popular Dime Museum Was One of Show Places of Omaha; Punch and Judy Delighted Young; Jo Jo Startled the Women ; Automaton Chess Player ' Amazed the .Men. . - The death of Andy 'Lawler last week brings back to the" memory of many Omahans the "Eden Musee," which was a popular amuse ment resort at Eleventh and Farnam streets for a decade following its opening in 1887. Mr, Lawler was associated with his brother, William, in its management, and also with a man whose name was Sackettv Live and inanimate curiosities frori . all parts of the world were shown in this hall of wonders. There were life-like figures, some being replicas of famous men of the then current affairs. Occasionally a scries of the wax figures would de pict a scene of horror. Had Punch and Judy. The Punch and Judy show of the Eden Musee was known to every Omaha boy and girl. "Punch" Wil liams was the man behind the scenes of this puppet show and he, would also make the announcements. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you will give your dnd attention to this end of the hall we will present for your consideration Jo-Jo, the dog-faced boy, the strangest living freak that was ever brought to this city. He was captured ii the wHds of Mexi co," and thus' he spoke in clarion tones, v - ,After wandering through the loiig hall of curios and freaks, the visi tor went to"a small theater where a stage performance was given. Usually these" stage shows-were pre sented by marionettes. - - Other Wondrous Exhibits. Oncof the wondrous cx-hibits was a hunchback man who was a .ma thematical wizard. He would give offhand answers to , diTficuIt prob lems' 'and add long columns of figures after 'drawing his hand once over a blackboard. Another mystery was an automaton -Jiess player, be ing the figure of a- person with hand which moved over a chessboard. All contestants were defeated by this strange figure. And it was all for the sum of one dime, 10 cents, or twoTtickels. thick or graceful, round or lean. And Omaha - fashion plates are up in arms. ' ' After all these ' years of short skirts, leaving long, untrammeled steps to the pleasure 'of. the wearer, they say it is no easy thing to again become .swathed in bolts pi sjlks and stuff that sweep the ground. .; But, even so, Dame Fashion says the ankle's bound to go. The day of short and comfy skirts is past, or nearly so. For when the leaves be- crin tn fa!! H lfirt tniint mini day when a woman with sorrowfuljow ltoo; and when the . women hear that call, there s nothing. else to dpi but bow real low and then ad- : . . 1 i i i i - ( j j ilia iiiai uiu Uaijic raMiiun 5 iuuuc a hit with these long skirts. 1 ' Women have been resigned to fashion for so. many years tht this one change should bring Jio tears. So mote it be. ' " Goat Parked 4n Wrong "Yard Yanked Instanter Or Right Off the Bat -A ' goat was part of the day's work 'of the board of public wel fare Jast week. T. H. Weirich, superintendent, had just cleared off his desk and was about to call it a mien entered the office to complain about a neighbor's goat whose trans gressions were worse than original. sin. The complainant1 averred that her neighbor parked the goat without re gard for property lines. ' "Did you say 'parked the goat?' " asked Bessie Wilson, who. was tak ing a record of the case and en deavoring to keep her rallld on her work. "Tell your neighbor to- keep the goat home instanter," was the recom mendation of Mr. Weirich. - ( "What do you mean by instanter?" the woman inquired. : ,' "Instanter means right away right off of the bat." " Miss Wilson ex plafned. While It Js Not Hit x We're Still Agreed v Women must ouomit As a fashion has decreed that ankles shall fall, gowns next autumn must be made to hide the ankles, c; & flt BY A 8T1NQBRV j "fl G5 Carx You Beat It? OR The Law's Delay A Drama in One Paragraph. The longest-winded thing on earth is the .law. For instance, when the county attorney wishes to file an in formation against a man accused of first degree murder while attempting to rob, he must follow a certain form1. In simple English he could say it ajl in 33 words as fololws: Abel Shotwcll, county at- torney. for Douglas county, Ne braska, hereby notify the district, court that ' Jake Fitznoodle, on" March 27, killed Hiram Smith, 421 John street, while attempt ing to rob Smith's home." But the way the law (in 587 words) compels him to make this complaint (taken from an actual complaint) is this: , 1 1 "I, Abel V. Shotwell, county! at torney in and for the County of D,ouglas in the' State of Nebraska, who prosecute for and on behalf of th said state, in the district court of said district, sitting in and for said County of Douglas, and duly empowered by law to infortn of of fences committed in said County of Douglas, come row here in the name and by the authority of the State of Nebraska and give the const to understand and be informed that on or about the 27th day of Mach in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty, y Jake FiU roodle, late of the County of Doug las aforesaid, in the County of Doug las and State of Nebraska aforesaid, then and thel-e being jrt said county, then and there in and upon one Hi ram Smith, then and there oeing, un lawfully and feloniously and forcibly did make an assault, with the intent then and there forcibly and by violence and by putting him, the taid Hiram Smith, in fear, to take from the person ami against the will of him, the said Hiram Smith, the money and personal property of value of him, the said Hiram Smith, and thereby, then and there, the said HiTam Smith.to rob, and the money and personal property aforesaid, to steal, take and carry away, and that the said Jake Fitznoodle, then and there did attempt unlawfully, felon iously, forcibly and by violence, and by putting him, the said Hiram Smith, in fear, to take from the per son and against the will of the' said Imam Smith, the money and per sonal property of value of him, the said Hiram Smith, with the intent thereby then and there the said Hiram Smith, tojrob, and the money add personal property aforesaid, to take, steal and carry away;' and that the said Jake Fitznoodle a certain revolver then and there Jtaded and charged with gunpowder and leaden bullets, which said revolver, he, the said . Jake Fitznoodle. in his right hand then and there had and held, then and there, unlawfully, felon iously, purposely and whilst engaged in said attempt to perpetrate a rob bery in and upon the said Hiram Smith, did discharge and shoot off at. to and against and upon the Said Hiram Smith, with the intent, then and there and thereby, him, the-said Hiram Smith, unlawfully, felonious ly and purposely to kill and murder, and that the said Jake Fitznoodle, with the leaden bullet's aforesaid, so as aforesaid by him, the said Jake Fitznoodle, by force of the gun powder aforesaid, then and there discharged and shot out of the re vol vers aforesaid, then and thero unlawfully, feloniously and purpose ly and whilst engaged in said at tempt to perpetrate a. robbery in and upon the said Hiram Smith as aforesaid, did him, the said Hiram Smith, strike, penetrate and wound with the intent, him, the said Hiram Smith, unlawfully, feloniously and purposely to kill and murder, in and upon the chest of him, the said Hiram Smith. thereby- .then and there giving to him. the sn-'l ,,;r:m Smith, then and there with the leaden bullets aforesaid, discharged but of the pistol aforesaid, by the force of the gunpowder aforesaid, by the said Jake Fitznoodle, in and upon the chest .of him, the said Hiram Smith, one mortal' wound passing through the chest of him, the said Hiram Smith, of which mortal wound, he, the said Hiram Smith, did, on the, 27th of March, 1920; in the" city and county afore said, linger and die;, aid he, the said Jake Fitznoodle,1 him, the said Hiram Smith, then and there and thereby and in the manner and by the means aforesaid, unlawfully, ftloniously, purposely and in the at tempt to perpetrate a robbery,, did kill and murder." . v - Isn't it silly? "To steal, take and carry away!" "Give the court to understand and be informed!". And a lot of other superfluous verbiage with which to conceal the thought! '( Isn't it ridiculous? ' And -yet people are sometimes prosecuted for contem.pt of court! Ringer Should Look Into This! An eight-column headline in an afternoon newspaper one evening last week said. WOMAN IS FOUND MURDERED BY PO LICE. Parson, Meet Dr, Fees of Blair. (Oakland Independent.) Rev. N. C. Parsons is spend ing the week in Lincoln, attend ing conferences arid various kinds of meetings. For Wife's Healtlv??? SuceMsful young business man expects to make trip to- Cuba for wlfe'a health. Do you need his service Best of ref erences. Box o-yi. AT EVENTIDE. How; sweet it is, in the evening, when you remove your linen, to find your collar is not soiled and that, therefore, you can wear it two days instead -of one and thus foil the laundry trust just that much since they charge 5 cents to wash 'en This Tells Just Why Rev. Charles Savidge ' Wants to Live to 100 Rev. Charles W. Savidg. who ad mits he has lured more than 4,500 couples into the thorny path of Car ried life, was talking to a newspaper man when the topirof conversation switched from weddings to longe vity. '.'.', , " '.''' ' "I hope to live at least 40 more years," commented the minister, who has passed his 60th milestone. J'What?" demanded the newspaper man. "You don't fear death, do you?" "No," replied the marrying parson, "Jut I like to stay wTiere I'm ac l li-jZiBl Ottering as a luf I 1 If T f; Wml mil 8 p e 1 a 1 induce-' cf11o i l A 3S5 Buy now rand be-all rokdy for . jj! Ijfej" CSjS the hot days that are to come. J h Sli5P2ljS2i"R! A- ,ar8e assortment to choose L3 I yjp?- nom. (.. I b . ' Gas Stoves ' , !& I 1 A big lot of sample gas stoves to be sacrificed during this Sale "... ' 2 ". i 1 -33.OFF ON LAMPS iV full line of table and loor electric lamps, in cluding shades complete. See our beautiful new porch Jamps in Wicker. The new shades protected against the wind. 33V4 off on all of them - I fa i Prices Cut ON ALL Fiber Furniture ...-' N We have the most complete line of Fiber and Wicker furnituie In Omaha. Prices, re cut to a minimum on sets or single pieces. 4 '. ' '' '' L.J This Rocker $T75 MI4i 8 I m 1 i u - 4M at......... Bed, Spring and Mattress Combination Full sized bed, guaranteed m s p 'r 1 n g and a high-class ' mattress. The combination of- fered $29.75 1 B m "CORNER 14$ AND DODGE STREETS w Opposite UP. Headquarters. OMAHA, & -..B..B..1!! Kelly Pool Shark Blows One As He Battles With Burglar While Telling Fair Companion in Darkened Hallway How He Bagged Nine-Ball, Gumshoe Yegg Creeps Out to Safety Amid Shrieks. ; i i 'stitute' and then opened it up, to show the contents. It was in sheets and each sheet was marked off fn little squares about an eighth of an inch and almost as thin as paper. She said one of the tiny squares was a suflicicnt portion to sweeten a cup of coffee, to prove it she placed one in each of our cups and sure enough it made the coffee nice and sweet. ' She also explained that by dissolving this 'sweet ragus' in a little warm water ,jt could be used for canning fruit or making pastry. 'Raftus,' she said, was sugar spelled backward just like "kilm," the dry milk. "'As I told you before, Mrs. , we must , protect our agents unless some of you care to represent us in your community,' she said. 'This sugar substitute is a patented proc ess and docs not contain any harm ful ingredients or any saccharine. " 'Our agents must deposit $25 as a guarantee of godd faith as we send them more than $100 worth oi sweet ragfs. Now, if any of yoif care to take up this agency, you can sign this cbntractr One box of this sweet ragus is equal to a Sack of su gar. Our substitute sollsj for $45 a box and you, pay almost $25 for a sack of sugar, so you can see just how much you can save by using our tigar substitute.' , Hands Over Money. . "Well, the face of the proposition looked good, so I gave her $25 and signed a contract.' I W'as to get 23 percent for my trouble in handling this for her. 'S The other ladies also took a contract, so she must have made a good salary. , . ' , "That was about a week ago. Yes terday the sugar substitute came and to my surprise it was nothing but paper ruled in little squares and looked much like fish food. Thene wasn't a bit of sweetening in it. We got stung good and proper. - Wc sure let her 'ragus', I will say. Now. Mrs. , don't you tell any one." ' And the Mrs. did not. Oh, no! fie old saying that a woman can't keep a secret is true. Coy maidens, brave Romeos and mysterious burglars don't mix with any degree of tenderness. That was" proven last Saturday night. V . It wasn't later . than 10 bells 'when Baye Tiemey, billiard-and English shot artist, escorted, M'ss Annabclle Sinclaire, 3210 Farnam street, to her home from a movie palace. By the dimness of a semi-ligV.ed hall lamp, Tierney was relating the pangs suffered by a Kelly-pool shark missing the nine-ball when gumshoe steps were heard. The fair friend cf the Romeo had diamonds to, think of, and she stretched her neck- to peer in tha front hallway and saw a slouching burglar! ... Before Baye warned his com panion to be as silent as Grant's tomb. Miss Annabelle shrieked. Simultaneously,. Baye stepped toward the unmasked prowler. Baye didn't know him' from Tom McKay. He made a hinge, but fell into space. The mysterrous burglar left nothing but ozone behind. Last seen, he was skinning the bark off a Cottonwood tree while turning at a rapid gait south on Thirty-fourth street. ome Picking The Horsemen's Association of America met in Omaha yesterday. One of the prime purposes of the association is " to boost "Old Dob bin" to the detriment of the modern automobile. And one of the entertainers cttosen to make the horsemen happy during their visit -here was Charley Gardner of Ak-Sar-Bcn fame. And Charley Gardner runs an au tomobile agency in Omaha and what he thinks about horsc. . m m JomorroW "Life is a scries of surprises'!' We do not guess today the progress of tomorrow." HE standard of Omaha's quality cafe terias was considerably advanced when the present management opened the NEW QUICKSERV- CAFETERIA to the people of Omaha. It wastfhe materialization of an idea and an ideal. At no time was it an Experiment. , Its success was inevitable because of the high qual ity policy that was firmly fixed. ' An interested city enthusiastically welcomed it as a needed refinement in Omaha. And now the QUICKSERV MANAGEMENT makes another important mark in progress.' The new BLUE ROOM is the latest develop ment at the Quickserv. Here you are able to obtain excellent table, service, along with the best quality foods, which the Quickserv is so well noted for. . , s In the BLUE ROOM, xamong pleasant sur roundings, you will find quality and service un surpassed anywhere in Omaha perhaps you will find even a surprising manifestation 1 of the quality of tomorrow. 16th and Harney Strsets . HARRY WILCOX, Proprietor TheNeWA V QuautyGfeteria t k I ' , f '