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BERLIN'S TASTE
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Acts With Few Clothes Please
. Theater Goers Bronze
Statues Bow and Get
Encore.
Boston Schools Continued
German Study During War
Boston Mass., July 17. The deT
cision of several high schools in
New England to re-establish the
study of German brought out the
fact that Boston schools continued
their courses in German throughout
the war. Commenting on this atti
tude of the Boston school commit
tee, Miss Frances G. Curtis of the
board said: "The very time when
German was most needed in the
schools was during the war. Bos
ton was one city, at least, that was
not swept off its feet during that
period. The study of German has
always been elective here."
A new industry has been intro
duced in Milan," Italy. It consists in
the manufacture of collar, cuff, ci
garet and other boxes, carpets,
purses, furniture coverings and a
variety of other things from waste
leather cuttings, which have hereto
fore been useless.
Women Try High Kicking
In Effort at Reduction
London, July 17. High kicking
ha come back to fashion as the
most popular method of "reducing."
Hundreds of the fairer sex are
doing it in London today.
Complaints reached the manage
ment of a London woman's club re
garding the incessant knocking on
the walls that was heard at 7:30
proved that it was due to groups of
stout women trying to kick the wall
at five feet.
Man Drops Dead When
Told Price of Potatoes
Minneapolis, Minn., July 17. The
high price of potatoes was too much
for the weak heart of F. E. I.agrave
ihe other day. Lagrave walked in
to the city market and inquired as
to the cost of a bushel of "sp-jds."
When told the price at which they
were selling he dropped dead.
Alaska Aroused by
'Red Menace'' Talk
Seward. Alaska, Jly 17. Con
siderable ill feeling has been aroused
in various parts of Alaska over the
remarks of Governor Thomas Kiggs,
jr., concerning an alleged red men
ace in Alaska. Newspapers here and
in other Alaskan towns are, venting
their disapproval editorially, while
others have come to his support.
The objectionable statements are
sajd to have been uttered by Riggs
during a tour of the United State.
"There are not a dozen bolshevik
reds in all southeastern Alaska," a
Juneau district writer retorts.
A committee of 15 will revise the
industrial accident code iu the state
of Washington and submit the same
to the next legislature for action.
The minimum wage of 20.000
women 'employed in the fruit and
vegetable packing industries in and
i.round Sacramento, CaL, have been
increased from $13.50 to $16 per
week.
Czecho-Slovaks Going In
Strong for Trade Unions
London, July 17. Csccho-Slova-kia
is going in strongly for trade
unionism, according to a statement
issued here by the labor party.
Under the old regime it is stated
that there were only 15,000 trade
unionists, and today there is a total
of 180,000. Co-operative jocieties
have increased from eight to 57, and
in addition, 192 agricultural co-op.
erative societies have been formed.
every morning, and investigation
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 18, 1920.
Dertin, July 17. Another amuse
ment popular here just now is tho
"ballet natural." It is very natural.
One of the cast in particular ranked
with the principal of the old song
about the string of beads and a
' heavenly smile. But she didn't
smile. Neither did the audience, nor
did they enthuse visibly. They sat
and looked. The house was packed.
There, also, was a new version of
the old circus tableau the figures in
tights, o powdered as to eive tne
appearance of marble statues. "The
Three Virgins" the act was called.
They were bronze, not marble fig
ures. I here were no tiehts. I wonder
whether it washes off easily? And
wnen the weather s cold
Act Brings Encore.
The act brought a curtain call,
The bronze statues bowed, then re
sumed their poses. A man came out,
dressed in an artist's frock. He also
bowed and got the biggest hand.
One gathered that it was his idea
and that he painted the ladies. The
virgins braved pneumonia and the
public gaze, but the audience gavt
him the credit.
Berlin's taste runs so. Cabaret
dancers invariably seem to econo
mize in the nation' interest in one
respect. They wear out no shoes
and stockings while amusing the
public, simply because they wear
none. One cannot help noticing,
also, that art store windows reveal
an economy in wearing apparel.
Nudes have quite a vogue in the
art stores and in the smart weekly
magazines.
But Berlin keeps two opera houses
filled, and in the gigantic new thea
ter finished since the war I saw the
mob scene in Julius Caesar followed
by a first-night demonstration on the
part of the audience which itself ap
proached the mob scene in pep. Ger
many has adopted Shakespeare as
her own largely on the plea that the
immortal bard himself borrowed
rather extensively from Teuton
sources in his day, and as a result
his plays continued to be staged
throughout the war. ,
Theoretically, the curfew rings at
11:30 in Berlin. The restaurant
lights go out then, and taxis stop
running. There are many night
gambling clubs, I'm told, but their
numbers are lessening all the while.
Following the Knapp "putsch" the
government grip on the country re
laxed. Germans of various classes
ncgle'cted to "verbote" when the
rules read "verbotcn."
GERMANS SCORN
THE IDEALS OF
NEW DEMOCRACY
Spirit of Republicanism Dies
Caste and Class Spirit Rule
Elections to Reichstag.
Berlin, July 17. "The spirit of
republicanism is dying in Germany."
"Caste and class triumphed; the ideals
ui equally dim ticmuLi n.y wcic uc-
feated at the Reichstag elections.
Messrs. Barber, Baker, Banker and
nrf l-i 1 n r r 'nf in iUa nnlla fin1 m it
istcred their protest against pattern
ing the German government after the
principles and ideals of the United
States republic.
Germans vote for parties, not for
candidates; the party's victory or de
feat is purely a-matter of the people's
approval or disapproval of its plat
form. Tlonarchial Ideals Win.
The Reichstag election may he
compared to three salesmen attempt
ing to create a desire to sell their
system of government to the voters.
The governments on trial were the
United States, England and Russia
The United States republican ideals
of democracy lost; the monarchy
of England and class dictatorship cf
Russia won.
The reactionary national and peo
ple's parties, from whose ranks were
recruited the Kapp revolutionists,
wish to see the return of monarchy
patterned on English lines. With it
would come the British Parliamen
tary system. The hierarchy of no
bility would again be officially rec
ognized. Democrats More Liberal.
The German democrat's ideas on
government most closely of any
Gcnn;.n party approach those of an
American. He is opposed to caste
or class distinctions. He believes in
representative and majority rule in
a republican government. Many of
the democratic leaders have made
extended visits to America and have
a keen appreciation of American
politcs. The other moderates in
the old coalition, the Catholic cen
trum, and the majority socialists
have much in common with Ameri
cans in their point of view.
The independent socialists, with
their program of revolutionary
Soviets in every industry electing a
supreme soviet, or "rat." their slo
gans. "Dictatorship of the Proleta
riat and "Hoch die Weltrcvolution,
- are disciples of the Russians.
Dog Hero of Great War Is
Honored by Business Men
Philadelphia, Pa., Ju'y 17. Among
the war heroes decorated over the
country at Independence day exer
cises was a three-legged dog which
saw service in France as a mascot
of the 109th infantry. The animal
was presented with a silver medal
by the South Germantown (Pa.)
Business Men's association.
t The dog .accompanied a soldier
named McCool to France. Both were
wounded, the dog having a leg shot
oft. McCool, before his death in a
hospital, gavexthe dog to a buddy,
and the latter, upon his return, gave
the dog to a Philadelphia woman.
The dog catchers recently capturid
the dog and when it was claimed by
his owner its history was revealed.
Less than 8.000 people are . em
ployed in the factories of Petrograd,
Russia,
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In Every Locality it Now Holds the Coveted Records
for Every Type of Car Performance -Economy, Speed
Endurance, Acceleration, Hill -Climb and Reliability
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N A SERIES of the most dramatic tests ever made to
prove motor car efficiency, Essex cars in all parts of
America during the week of June 27th challenged and
took practically every important record.
Six new cars, taken just as they came
out of production, were driven at top
speed from Detroit to Chicago, 303 miles.
The fastest time was 8 hours 8 minutes.
Time for the last car to arrive, 1 1 hours
and 3 minutes. An average for it of 27
miles per hour.
One owner who had driven his car38,-"
000 miles put his Essex over Wisconsin
dirt roads during a heavy rain, a distance
of 90 miles in 2 hours, 4 minutes, which
was better than 44 miles per hour.
A Denyer-owned Essex with 22,000
miles to its credit proved its easy riding
qualities by carrying 288 crated eggs
strapped to the rear seat The car trav
eled 3,828 miles over mountain roads in
a 6-day non-stop motor performance.
Only40 eggs were broken.
Owners' Cars Showed
Economy and Speed
Still another Essex that had covered
19,000 miles in automobile rental service
and on the original fabric tires from a
standing start, topped El Paso's most dif
ficult hill at 49 miles per hour. The best
previous record was 36 miles per hour.
In Des Moines, two cars, one a privately
owned Essex that had previously gone
7,000 miles, the other one, which had set
a 24-hour record over country roads, com
bined. They traveled 4,816 miles in 144
hours of non-stop motor running. During
the six days the cars were stopped 2,137
times and carried 1,602 passengers.
At Dallas, Texas, an Essex which had
seen 12,000 miles of service, established
the world's dirt track record by covering
1,261 miles in 24 hours average 52 12
miles an hour.
An Essex Sedan, fully loaded and on
original tires that had carried the car 15,
000 miles, traveled 221 miles over Mary
land hills, averaging 23 miles to the gal
lon of gasoline.
A Columbus, Ohio, owner drove his 10
monthV old Essex which had gone 16,
000 miles to Washington, D. C, 403 miles
in 11 hours, 4 minutes. The crack Penn
sylvania Railroad train requires 15
hours, 34 minutes for the trip. An Essex
traveled 80 miles in 88 minutes from Buf
falo to Rochester, N. Y. The roadway is
12 miles longer than by rail Essex time
4 minutes longer than that of the fastest
train.
24 Cars in One
Economy Run
Economy was shown in Connecticut by
24 owner-drivers, 12 going over the Mo
hawk Trail aqd the Hoosac mountains
The other 12 traveled a' coast route. The
winning car averaged 24 miles to the gal
lon of gasoline. Average fof all 24 over
216 miles of route, for each was 18.7 miles
to the gallon. One car had seen 35,000
miles of service and averaged 21.2 miles
to the gallon.
A Hastings, Nebraska, woman drove an
Essex from Hastings to Lincoln,' Ne
braska, 109 miles, averaging 29 miles to
the gallon.
Four women drove from Los Angeles
over the coast route to San Francisco
and return via the Inland route with an
average of 22.3 miles to the gallon of
gasoline no stop for any mechanical
reason. A car starting from San Fran
cisco made the round trip of 843 miles in
33 hours,, and averaged 24.5 miles per
gallon of gasoline."
Also Takes Famous
Hill-Climb Records
The Rim O' the World Record, in Sau
Bernardino Mountains, was taken by
Essex, climbing nearly 5,000 feet eleva
tion over 8.8 miles of difficult mountain
road in 17 minutes. An Essex defeated
19 other entries in the Sacramento, Cali
fornia, dealers' reliability run over the
Sierra Nevada Mountains distance 261
miles 24.25 miles per gallon of gasoline.
And in Utah. 28 Y2 miles of mountain
roads with heavy grades, climbing 4,528
feet, an Essex carrying 3 passengers
made the run in 52 minutes. The best
previous record was 66 minutes. An
other Salt Lake owned car with 10,000
miles to its credit in 1 hour 20 min
utes traveled 50.7 miles. The best pre
vious record for this route was 1 hour
37 minutes. Through a blinding snow
storm over Tioga Pass with an altitude
of 9.941 feet and over grades of from 6
to 37, Essex traveled 432 miles, averag
ing 15 miles to the gallon, and using 3
pints of oil. It ran several miles hub-deep
in mud and towed another car containing
5 people, itself carrying 950 lbs. of weight
and one passenger.
Essex is the first and only car to climb
35th Street Hill, Washington, in high
gear and the Tilden Street Hill from a
standing start. It crossed the top at 51
miles per hour. The same car towed a
loaded 6-ton truck 16 blocks up this hill.
49 Cars Average 18.9
Miles per Gallon
Gasoline records were kept on 49 cars
used in every kind of test from the dis
tance covered on a measured gallon to the
six-day non-stop performances. It in
cluded hill climbs of the most sensational
character and inter-city runs in all parts
of the country over all kinds of roads in
all kinds of weather and at speeds from 5
to 72 miles an hour. Some were brand
new cars. One had already traveled 34,
000 miles. The average was 18.9 miles
to the gallon.
The above are but a few of the records
made. Every locality now knows Essex
for the accomplishment of some great
feat. They know it for its speed, its hill
climbing ability and its flexibility and
endurance.
In a thousand ways it has proved its
supremacy in every imaginable test.
To list all records would require pages
of newspaper space. It would apply to
hundreds of cars. Some belong to own
ers who made the trials in a spirit of
sportsmanship.
Now, Is There Anything Left
For Essex to Prove? .
Was greater proof ever submitted? Here in one week
every kind of performance ability has been established
by Essex. They cover not only the cars used in the
hundreds of tests of all descriptions but their perform
ance was so consistent that they bespeak similar abilities
for more than 40,000 Essex cars as their owners know
them.
Every question has been answered by Essex.
Men were long ago forced to recognize Essex per
formance. It is common remark that it is the speediest,
quickest cr on the road; and 'now, in face of these per
formances, who can doubt its stability? t
Can Essex be second choice' to any who want the
economy which comes with light weight and the beauty,
performance and luxury which comes with costlier cars?
The Essex can be obtained at a moderate price.
No wonder its sales have also set a new record!
Watch the Essex!
'GUY'L.SMITH
"SJEYICEFIRST
25G3-5-7 Farnam St. OMAHA, U.S. A: Pkcne: Douglas 1970
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