Omaha B
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PART FOUR
AMUSEMENTS
PART FOUR
EDITORIAL
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VOL. XLIX NO. 50.
By EDWARD BLACK.
tyor Smith and his colleagues
of the city commission are going
to vacate, one at a time, during
the summer, on their annual vaca
tions. It might be properly stat
ed that there will be a summer
time hegira of municipal chiefs.
They will, however, arrange their
going so that there will be at all
times at least a quorum on the
works. i
It would be rather bromidic to
assert that the mountain won't
come to the mayor; therefore, thi
mayor will go to the mountain,
foe the latter will be the case.
The mayor is going to the moun
tain, or father to a mountain. He
had the Colorado . mountains
measured for their -altitudinal su
periority and he selected one near
Wauneta for his lofty retreat.
May6r Smith will" hie away
from the din of saxophones,
claxons, mosquitoes, chiggers,
alarmj clocks, jazz and council
manic syncopations. He is going
to ensconce himself in the .ma
jestic solitude of his mountain
top isolation, ten miles from the
nearest oil-filling station and far
'He Quit,' Shouts Pixley;
L. Jiot Retort
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Departure of J. E. David
son to Coast Regarded
With' Suspicion
- By C. of C.
All bets are called off.
Admission charges willT)e refund
ed. '
And gloom permeates the Cham
ber of Commerce.
For the ''big added attraction" of
the Chamber of Commerce field .day
at Elm wood park on June .5, a bi
cycle race between J. A. Davidson;
vice president of the Nebraska
Power company, and W. A. Pixley,
president of the Truck and Tractor
corporation, will not takevplace.
Chances of its taking place have
vanished in the horizon, or more lit
erally, in a Pullman compartment of
, the. Overland Limited.
Davidson Goes to Coast t
A week ago Mr. Davidson left, ae-
parted, deserted foresook, or, in
'plain American, "beat it" from
' Omaha. . '' "' , ;
, ; He went to Pasadena, Cat, for the
eight-day convention of the National
Electric Light association.
' His departure was regardded with
suspicion by Mr. Pixley and ps
trainer, King Denmen, but the full
meaning of it failed to penetrate
until last week when Mr. Davidson's
secretary announced that Mr. David
son, ex-amateur bicycle race cham
. piort of Michigan, would return to
Omaha five days too late for the big
. This news left both men speech
Y.."jfor fullv a minute. Then the
storm broke in all its fury.
Questions Rival's Motives.
"I knew it," were Mr. Pixley's
first words. "I knew he was afraid
of me. He knew I was just as good
as I ever was. He knew I'd, beat
him, so he beat it. Can you beat it?"
"Just when I was about to score
a great triumph over Harry . B.
Whitehouse," groaned King Den
men, biting his fingernails. "I was
developing a secret training process
for you that would have made you
a superman a new white hope. Just
"when I had a chance to prove I was
the greatest bicycle trainer in 'the
world. This is too much. Now I
haven't even got a job as a trainer!"
Whitehouse Shouts Grief.
'I don't believe it." declared Mr.
Whitehouse when informed of his
charge's capitulation. "It can't be
true. He'd have won in a wallAway
with me training him. I cut sirloin
steaks, pies, coffee, tea and other
drinks such as er near beer off
his menu the first thing not to men
tion cigars.
"If he'd lived through the training
- period, he'd, have broken all records.
I was so sure he'd win that I bet
S250 on him with Harvey Milliken.
There certainly ought to be rejoic
ing in the Pixley camp tonight.
I call that a fine show of grati-
though, after Id arranged the
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k 4 All Hope Is Gone. .
v "The whole thing started , when
The Bee published pictures of old
time bike riders in its Rotograveure
Section, and Pixley and Davidson
Ot to bragging around about how
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away from the importunate in
dividual who asseverates: "I
want to see the mayor."
' May Yodel at Will.
Here he may yodel with-insouciance
and vehemence if he wishes
and none will say him nay. He
will see the top of the morning in
its roseate splendor. He says he
has had a surfeit of crowds. The
psychology of the mob, he avers,'
may be all right in books and the
movies, but he yearns for the psy
chology of vast stretches of un
broken skyline, . with pine trees
piercing the morning haze and in
vigorating air cooling the hectic
flush of urban strain.
On the top of the world he will
sit alone; no profane noise mar
ring the serenity of the outlook;
no troublous thoughts trodpipg in
to disturb his musings. Just him
self and the mountain.
He stated that during the first
three or four days of his moun
tain life he will sletfp 20 hours
each day, a sort of soporific sat
urnalia. '
Doubt i-sat Lions.
Mountain goats will disport
themselves blithely, hither and
From - Rival
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U4QQY B, MIT HOUSE
THE C4USE Of ITALL -
good they used to be. But it was up
to me to put it over.'.'
Mr. Whitehouse waved his hands
with a resigned gesture, signifying
that he was through with it all.
And thus ends all hope that the
two prominent business men would
cast aside a score of years and
bounce across the turf on high
wheeled bicycles in a quarter mile
race, as they did in the days of yore.
British Girls Can't Dress
- Well; Make Poot Actresses
London,. May 2?. "One of the.
main reasons why there have been
so few outstanding film 'stars' in
this country is that the average
British girl does not know how to
wear her clothes," a British film
producer told the Daily Mail.
"It is not because they do not
have the latest fashions, or because
they cannot afford them. Takeu
merely from the fashionable point
of view, British girls are always up
to date and. spend a great deal on
their clothes. But, judging by the
girls who come to me for film work
and those already in my employ,
they do not seem to know how to
carry them properly.".
Women Planning to Wear
Quaint Pilgrim Costume
Plymouth, Mass., May 29. South
Shore women of 1920 may revive
the quaint Pilgrim costume of three
centuries ago to wear during the
tercentenary celebration of the
landing of the Pilgrims.
A suggestion made by leaders in
celebration plans that the demure,
plain gowns, with the white cap and
kerchief, be again adopted is being
considered. It is pointed out that
this simple dress would be a good
thither, from crag to crag, if this
mountain has any crags. The
mayor, said he will not lose any
sleep on account of the goats, but
somebody told him about moun
tain lions and that caused him to
wonder whether his equanimity
would be tested if. a pair of lions
should visit, him during the night.
He also realizes that mountain
life lacks some of the advantages
which the city dweller enjoys. He
will not be able to stop the ice
cream man, at eventide and buy a
cone, . nor will he scan the base
ball score board along about four
bells of the p. m.
"Bill's" Idea of Life.
"Bill" Ure enters a plea of
guilty to the indictment that he is
a fisherman. The usual scene of
his piscatorial adventures is in
Minnesota, . whither he motors
every year, when- the asphalt be
gins to yield to the footfall of
man and beast and when the hay
fever addicts resume their annual
plaint. He is a votary of the an
cient and honorable sport which
was popularized by Isaac Walton,
who was born at Stafford, Eng
land, August 9, 1S93, according to
'You're Lucky He Did,'
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mO 4DMIT& ME $ AS
GOOD4SEIE&
economy move
to defeat the high
cost of living.
.tnotner teature in' preparation is
a bronze statue of 1 he Pilgrim
Mother," by Henry H. Kitson, the
sculptor, to be seven and on-half
feet high. This will be the gift of
fhe National Society of New Eng
land Women,, of which Mrs.
Richard H. Greene of New York,
is chairman of the tercentenary
committee. The statue will be un
veiled this fall.
Served' Divorce Notice, - .
Threw Infant to Floor
(By International News Bcrrlec.)
Danville, 111., , May 29. It made
Mrs. Charles H. Wilbur so mad
when she was served with a notice
that her husband had filed a suit for
divorce she hurled her 3-weeks-old
infant to the floor. The child is
at the point of death in a hospital.
Mrs. Wilbur was immediately ar
rested. ' Taken to jail, she continued
to rave for three hours, when police
vere"abfe to quiet her.
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1920.
an approved cyclopedia. '
During these periods of ecstatic
expectancy Mr. Ure goes into a
sphinx-like silence, , much to the
chagrin. of other members of his
family. When he is out on one of
hist excursions, endeavoring to lure
some unsophisticated fish to his
hook he will neither, speak nor
be spoken to. With a pipe in his
mouth, and a fishing-rod in his
hand, he believes tha't the last
word of mental rejuvenation has
been attained.
Willie Puts One Over.
Last summer, while holding his
fishing-rod with a calm and col
lected conscience, his . son, Willie,
brought a note, to him. His sur
prise was such that he dropped
his pipe on" the bottom of the boat
and, frightened away an under
water prospect that had been con
templating a nibble. The note
read: "Frances wants to know if
you are catching any fish." He
scribbled the reply: "What do you
suppose your father is out here
for? Trying to drown the w6rms?"
Mr. Ure does catch fish while
on these outings. Last season he
landed one that bore evidence of
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This Oil City Grocer Man
Is Meanest Profiteer
Oil City, Pa., . May 29. Here's
the way they profiteer in Oil City:
One grocer received a barrel of
sugar. He put it up in one-pound
packages and offered it for sale at
19 cents a pound, no other purchases
being necessary. A rival merchant
hired a group of small boys to buy
the sugar for him and then he placed
it on sale for 23 cents, with the re
striction that the purchaser must
buy other goods.
Suggest Mail Course for :
Uncultured War Profiteers
Vienna, May 29. A school to give
instruction by post to war profiteers
and their wives has been founded in
Vienna. The prospectus lets wealthy
clients down lightly by saying: "So
cial fife has been altered by post
war conditions, and many find them
selves in need of instruction in the
usages of modern soci ' "
having been hooked during the
previous season and Mr. Ure
knows just as well as he knows
his way home that this fish was
one that he nearly caught on a
previous occasion.
This vacationist can go fishing,
teach a Sunday school class and
at the same time let his con
science be his guide without
"turning a hair," whatever that
means. He insists that bald
headed men are the most success
ful fishers, and he is willing to
prove it. v
"Mermaid Daniel."
Dan Butler is the aquatic
champ of the city hall. He is,
willing to allow Bill Ure to carry
away the blue ribbon for catch
ing a few bullheads, buj when it
comes to swimming, Dan tells the
work! that he' must be teen be
fore the judges make thefr
awards.
Mr. Butler is going to spend
his vacation in the water. When
Omahaiis are asking each other,
"Is it hot enough for you?" he
will be splashing around like a
porpoise in a Minnesota lake,
Corps of Seamstresses ..
Will Fabricate Giant .
Balloon for Cup Contest
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Fort Omaha Officers Turn to Women for Aid in Con
structing Big Gas Bag More Deft Than Men,
They Assert. '
They're going to turn the big
sheet-iron balloon shed at Fort
Omaha into a dressmaking estab
lishment with seamstresses, sewing
machines, cutting tables, 'n'every
thing. Lieut. Col. Jacob Wuest,
commanding officer at the fort, de
sired it so, and the director of air
service at , Washington, Maj. Gen.
Charles Menoher, authorized it.
But they aren't going to turn out
dainty feminine "garments, or even
sturdy uniforms, in the gaunt struc
ture where so many Omaha boys
learned to wrangle a bull balloon
patch leaky fabric, or repair fraying
rigging. Instead, they're going to
cut out and fabricate one of the most
remarkable spherical balloons ever
constructed, to carry the army colors
in competition in the international
Walloon race for the Gordon Bennet
cup next fall.
To Use Improved Fabric.
'Colonel Wuest and A. Leo Stev
ens, civilian instructor at the fort,
agree the balloon will represent con
siderable achievement when it is
completed. "In the first place, it will
be the first army balloon construct
ed entirely at an army batlo6n
school, by armyv employes, under
military direction. " In the second
place, they point out, it will be one
of the first balloons constructed of
a new fabric of linen and cotton de
veloped as an ideal balloon cloth.
The balloon will also be in the class
of the . largest spherical balloons in
existence, plans being to make it
of 80,000 cubic feet capacity.
In order to complete the balloon
outfit, Mr. Stevens, who has been
put in charge of the work, intends
to recruit his corps of seamstresses
and cutters at once. He prefers
women fabric workers, he explained,
because they are more deft at cut
ting the cloth exactly to pattern and
at assembling it accurately.
Women Best Balloon Makers.
"It takes men to fly 'em, but
women to build 'em," 'Mr. Stevens
explained.
Accuracy is the first essential in
constructing a balloon, Mr. Stevens
maintained, in order that the com
pleted job will be a perfect sphero'd.
As the balloon will be made of
panels, assembled into zones, and
the edges of the zones sewed to
gether to complete the bag, ex
tremely careful workmanship will be
necessary. There will be 1,800
panels in the gas bag, Mr. Stevens
said, and each one will be cut to its
own pattern. Felled seams will be
used at all edges, and panels will
he staggered to gain strength.
Care In Making Net .
The same care must be used in ty
ing the net to no over the inflated
bag, Mr. Stevens pointed out. This
net.which must be constructed en
tirely by hand, must be so tied that
when finished it will just fit the sur
face of the inflated bag.- It will be
made up of row after row of dia
mond meshes, tied with single sheet
bend knots at each corner, with each
row of diamonds slightly larger than
the vrevious row. Enlisted tpecial-
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with his birthday suit sufficiently
covered to meet the requirements
of the board of censors. He does
not contemplate entering a Mack
Sennett contest. He enjoys sun
ning himself on a sandy beach
and being nearly covered over
.with wet sand. He is particular
who gives him the sand bath. A
Minnesota miss almost threw
sand in his eyes. After that ex
perience, he close his eyes.
Dashes for Wild Wood. .
Roy N. Towl, generalissimo of
the public improvements depart
ment, makes a dash for the wild
wood when the time arrives for
his annual recess , of rest and
recreation. He loves to pene
trate the virgin, forest and attune
his ears to the music of the wind
as it plays through the boughs of
the trees as upon a lyre. That's
what he said. The growl of a
bear in the distance adds a bit of
charm to the scene, and to stum
ble upon a snake now and then
lends a thrill that only the veteran
outer can appreciate. He enjoys
to stroll in idle fancy; listening to
the rustling of the leaves and the
ists will have charge of this work,
he said, because of their long prac
tice The balloon valve and other
accessories will also be made by en
listed men at the fort.
When all the stitching has been
completed the work of varnishing
the fabric to make it gas-tight will
begin, Mr. Stevens said. The balloon
will be stretched out on a large table
and the initial coat of balloon var
nish applied. A secret preparation,
known only to Mr. Stevens, vill be
compounded for .this use. Once the
entire fabric has been impregnated,
the balloon will be carefully laid on
clean floor cloths and inflated with
air. Additional applications of var
nish will be made until the fabric
is as imprevious to gas as it can be
made. . .
Diameter to be 53 Feet
The gas bag of the new balloon
will be about S3 feet in diameter,
Mr. Stevens said. It will weigh
about 980 pounds. If made of the
two-ply, rubberized fabric formerly
used it -would weigh considerably
more than a ton. When inflated and
rigged for a flight, the entire outfit
will stand more than 70 feet in the
air, and be taller than many modern
six-story buildings.
The balloon inflated with hydro
gen is expected to lift a useful load
of at least 6,000 pounds, exclusive
of a poilot and an assistant. Inflated
with coal gas, which has somewhat
less lifting power, the useful load
is expected to be about 3,600 pounds.
Balloon pilots at the fort believe that
such a lift will make possible a
longer flight than ever accomplished
in an 8,000 cubic feet balloon in an
international race.
'Will Be The "Fort Omaha."
The balloon is to be named the
"Fort Omaha.".The pilot to navigate
the craft in its maiden race has not
yet been named, but officers at the
fort are confident hat Col. Wuest
will be accorded the privilege. It is
thought likely that the balloon will
have its first test with gas when it
is inflated for the race, although it
may be completed in time for a test
flightvfrom the fort. The balloon will
be too large-to be taken through
the doors of the balloon shed when
inflated?
.Mr. Stevens also has charge of
the construction of a duplicate of
this balloon for E. B. Weston of
Dayton, O. It is to be known as the
"Elsie Delight," for a member of
Mr. Weston's family. Mr. Stevens
and Mr. Weston will race in this
balloon. '
Eliminations in September. -
An elimination race to select the
three American representatives in
the finals of the Gordon Bennett
cup contest will be held September
14, from Indianapolis. In addition
to the Weston balloon and the "Fort
Omaha," three balloons from "St.
Louis, representing the Missouri
Aeronautical society, have been en
tered. Tentative acceptances have
also been made by J. C. McCoy of
New York City, holder of American
balloon pilot's lice"s No. 1, and
Charles Gliddeu of Boston. Both
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PRICE FIVE
buzzing of the bees. He said so.
The birds that sing from sun to
sun arouse the music of his soul
and a pinching bug now and then
arouses his interest. The com
missioner assures the timid natur
alist that there are no wild women
in the wildwood. While in the
woods Mr. Towl climbs trees and
makes grasshoppers spit tobacco.
Play is Work to Dean.
Dean Ringer, commissioner of
police, neither swims, flies nor
plays a ukelcle when he goes a
cavationing. He owns a 40-acre
fruit farm in Traverse Bay, Lake
Michigan, ' and to this land of
fruited trees he directs his course
when he begins his summer so-'
journ. On this plot of terrain he
works from morn until "night,
garbed like a primitive toiler. He
grubs and prunes and then prunes
and grubs, and after several weeks
of this avocation he calls it a vaca
tion and returns to the world
which he left behind.
"By his fruit ye shall know him
in the good old summer time,"
a city hall wag said.
Commerce High Pupils
To Essay
Glen Olander and Miss Geraldine
Olson have been chosen by Miss
Mary Irene Wallace, ' dramatic
coach at the High School of Com
merce, to take the leading parts an
the play "As You Like It," which
will be presented by June graduates
of Commerce High on June 9 and
10 in the Central High school audi
torium. Olander will take the part
of "Orlando," while Miss OIsqii
will portray "ROsnlind."
Other graduates who wilt take
ptrt in the play are Paul Wurn, as
the "Duke," Eldon Langevin as
"Jacques," Albert Robinovitz as
"Jacques de Bois," Dave Swartz as
"Amiens," Ben Adler as "Touch
stone," Edgar Welch as "Silvius."
Walter Sebron as "Coron," Francis
Ihm as "Adam," Leon Gross . as
"William," "Esther Holsten as
"Celia," Hedvika Reznichek as
"Audrey," Mildreth Greeling as
"Hymen." Ruth Djureen will de
liver a prologue.
There will be four dances. Those
served as majors in the balloon
service during the war, and both
were stationed at Fort Omaha dur
ing their service.
The finals of the race will start
early in October, according to the
present plans of the Aero club of
America, in charge of the race. The
starting point has not yet been se
ftcted. Omaha is strongly consid
ered, because of the proximity of
the army balloon school. The ques
tion of gas supply is one of the
serious questions now being consid-;
ered.
Man Falls In Love With
Picture; Weds Original
Springfield. III.. May 29 Four
years ago, when Raymond R. Good
rich of this city, was a doughboy on
the Mexican border, he picked up a
Chicago newspaper and saw the pic
tnre of a pretty girl. Dan Cupid,
with an arrow all ready to fire, was
hiding behind the picture. He let
go the bow as Goodrich looked, and
the arrow pierced his heart deep. A
few months later Goodrich was
transferred to Fort Sheridan. Shortly-
afterward he met the girl Mis3
Mary L. Stewart. Now the two are
to be married soon. This was ail
disclosed in a recent announcement
of the wedding. .
CENTS -Wtii
Tom Falconer has another idea
and he appears to be proud of it.
The commissioner of parks and
boulevards will spend his vaca
tion this summer in Portland,
San Francisco and Los. Angeles,
where he will wander in and out
of the parks and motor along the
boulevards. He believes there
will be more hilarity in this than
in, pruning fruit trees. Besides,
he has a friend who owns a movie
show in San Francisco and he wilt
see the movies there "for noth .
ing." '
Before duly sworn, upon his
oath, Harry Zimman, ' testified
that he had not lost anything on
a mountain top nor in any Min
nesota lake, and that he would
gather play pinochle than go
swimming or fishing. He has set
his vacation time back to the
fall, when the game birds begin
to wing their flight southward.
When the autumnal mornings are
crisp, he will saunter away to the
Nebraska hunting grounds. This
is what he will eat: Green onions,
limberger cheese, hard-boiled
eggs and bread, and he will drink .
"sody pop." He said so.
Thespian Art
taking part in the first dance who
are called the "Morris Dancers"
are Helen Stenicka, Ida Knepper,
Mildred Cone, - Gladys Conney,
Clara Schneider and Ida Fleisher.
In the dance of the "Attendants
to Hymen" the following will take
part: Vera Manning, Emily Stone,
Ida Knepper, Gladys Conney, Helen
Stenicka, Clara Schneider, Mildred
Cone, Ruth Djureen, Fanny Alperin,
Hazel Anderson, Zetta' Reeve and
Dorothy Wyrick.
The third dance will be a coun
try dance by "Shepherds and Shep
herdesses." Those taking part are:
Eva Neilsen, Laura Givot, Florence
Thorpe, Mildred Pease, Gertrude
Williams, Grace Stanley, Moleigh
Pace, Beatrice Cone and Lena Berg.
The fourth dance, which will end'
the play, will be a square dance by
the following: Glen Olander, Ger
aldine Olson, Albert Robinovitz,
Esther Holsten, Edger Welch. Sarah
Abrams, Ben Adler and Hedvika
Reznichek.
Woman Hurt Fleeing From
Mouse Gets $1,500 Verdict
Kansas City, Mo., May 29. A
mouse brought $1,500 damages to
Mrs. Pearl Smith in the court of
Judge Lucas here the other morning.
Mrs. Smith charged in her suit
that she sustained injury to her
spine and head when she fell on a
loose piece of board while fleeing
from a cook who held the mouse by
its tail. Her injuries were sustained
while she was employed in the lunch
room of the. Western Union .Tele
graph company. . . i
The defense of the company was
that the cook was not performing
any duty for it when he chased Mrs.
Smith with the live mouse. .
Injured Man Puts Value
Of $500 on Sense of Smell
Atlantic City, N. J.t" May 29. In
a suit fifed in the district court
here, John W. Johnson fixes the
value of his sense of smell at $500.
He asked this amount in damages
from Arthur English, who, he al
leges, Destroyed his sense of smell
when he struck him on the nose in
an alleged unprovoked assault.
The nose eaved in undr th im.
pat of the Jlow and has since failed
to perform us functions,
