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Jazz Craze Fails
To Sweep Omaha
Into Shimmy Orgy
Music Lovers Here Stick to
Classical and Love Song
Records, Say Phono
graph Dealers.
Jazz
music taTs failed to establish
a strangle hold on Omaha. Other
cities may fall for the shimmy
syncopation of the present day, but
Omaha listencth not.
Omaha shows a greater propor
tionate demand for the so-called
classical music than any other city
in the country, according to local
dealers. An average of SO per cent
of the records sold in Omaha are of
high class music, while the call for
grand opera selections and the heart
songs has run at times as high as
62 per cent of all records sold.
"1 ordered a close day by day
check kept on the sale of records at
some or our shops here," said
...George Mickel of the Mickel Bros.,
wholesale and retail dealers in Victor-Victrolas.
"I found that the de
mand for our standard music ran 45,
0 and sometimes as high as 62 per
cent of our total sale.
Omaha a Leader.
"I learned from the national of
fices that Omaha just about leads
the United States in the proportion
of classical records which are. sold."
Local dealers report great in
creases in sales of phonographs and
records. During the last four years
the output of he factories of a cer
tain make phonograph has increased
400 per cent, according to a local
dealer. Records for which 2,000
was considered a big sale now show
four and five times that amount.
Hundreds of thousands of records
sre sold in Omaha each year, dealers
s.iy.
Italians, Scandinavian peoples and
Bohemians share honors among na
tionalities residing here as music
lovers. The- sale of records in the
Italian tongue far surpasses that of
those in any other foreign tongue,
but this is largely because the ma
jority of the grand opera selections
are in Italian.
Newsboys Big Buyers.
"Italian newsboys' here buy the
h'fr'hest-priced and choicest classical
music we have," declared J. B.
Morse of the Shultz Bros., new Edi
son agency here. "The poorest Ital
ia:! family is thoroughly conversant
with the best music. Music is bread
and water to them. They are raised
on it."
"The Bohemians and Scandinav
ian peoples are also' great musio lov
ers and select the best music. There
is a big demand for records in these
lanpuages.
"Ordinarily the heaviest ,call for
records in foreign tongues would be
for German selections, but this de
mand has fallen off appreciably
since the war. Many Gearmans buy
records, but will not get them in
German.
"About half of the records we sell
arc of popular music. The other
half are of classical selections. Of
the classical pieces about half arc
k? heart songs."
Records in 20 odd languages are
sold in Omaha.
"We have a demand for Mexican,
Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Swed
ish, Bohemian, Russian, Turkish,
Syrian, Lithuanian, etc.," said E. H.
Prelz of Mickel Music House.
Dance Music Records.
- "We recently took an order for
six Arabian songs from an Arab liv
inff in Sioux City, la. The Victor
Victrola people put out records in
all languages, but we carry only a
certain proportion of these.
"Dance music records are among
our best sellers. The demand for
- our Red Seal records runs to about
50 per cent of our total sales.
"We sell many records of the pop
ular songs of the day, of course, but
there is always a steady demand for
the heart songs and operatic music.
Right now, with Caruso coming here
next month we have a big call for
his songs and we are selling all
sorts of his records, some that there
had never been any demand for be
fore." ,
The appeal of he heart song con
tinues today as it has through the
years past, despite all the jazz and
lively melodies ,of the present day,
according to all dealers. "My Old
Kentucky Home," "Carry Me Back
to Old Virginia." "The Mocking
Bird," "Take Me Home Again,
Kathleen," and all the other old fa
vorites have a steady sale, month in
and month out. vear in and vear out.
DR. CLARK
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Office: Fifth Floor (510)
Paxton Block
16th and Farnam Streets
Phone Douglas 1021
Lady Attendant
Running a Boarding House
By JAMES J.- MONTAGUE.
We've gone out of the boarding
house business. Maybe it's a good
business when you know how to run
it. But we didn't. We ran it not
wisely, but too well.
We never had any complaints, but,
on the other hand, we never took
in any moneyi And in these days
when butchers and grocers and vege
table men aren't exactly giving pro-,
visions away, it's difficult to make a
profit in the boarding house busi
ness with everything going out and
nothing coming in.
We didn't intend to embark on
this enterprise, anyway. We got into
it by accident. And we never knew
just how far into it we were.
Sometimes we were feeding only
three or four besides the family.
Sometimes we have more than half
a dozen boarders. All in' the pink
of condition as far as their appetites
were concerned.
If that had been all we might still
be catering to part of the neighbor
hood. But it wasn't all. When the
lady who conducted the boarding
house branch of our establishment
blushingly plighted her troth with
one of the boarders and began fillr
ing a hope chest with our potatoes
and sugar and coffee and other edi
bles we made an investigation. (
The result of the investigation
opened our eyes. And we quit. It
was one month ago that the board
ing house manager came ta us. She
came in the guise of a cook. The
first few meals convinced us that
she was not a good cook.
But she was always a good pro
vider. We can say that for her with
out fear of even attempted contradic
tion. After sTi had been in town a cou
ple of days she began making ac
quaintances. She had a marvellous
faculty of making acquaintances.
She must have had what is called
personal magnetism, although she
never revealed any of it when she
was in our presence. v
Her ' acquaintanceship presently
ripened into friendships. And what
can friendship do that is more fit
ting than to feed those upon whom
it is lavished?
Well, she fed them. She began by
feeding them tea Tea was high at
that particular time, (-ream was
bringing around 35 cents for a half
pint. Sugar was not only high, but
unless jysu had friends in the whole
sale business you couldn't get any
of it at all.
But that didn't make any differ
ence to Gladys Nothing was too
good for our guests. They were
hers nominally, but our claim on
them is based on the fact that we
did the actual "providing.
It wasn't any use to tell the milk
man not to bring cream. Gladys
got up earlier' than we did, and had
the last word with him. And he al
ways did what she told him to.
None of us drink tea, but the gro
cery man brought it, and it went on
the bill. As for sugar well, Gladys
the first day she came advised us to
ect a couple of hundred pounds of
it so as to have some iii the house in
case of a shortage or a rise in price.
We know now why she did it.
Guests became more at home as
friendships progress, Gladys' friend
ships progressed very rapidly. The
young ladies that were at first
contented with tea soon began to
pine for cake.
Every afternoon t he 1 pleasant
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weather I will have reduced pricee
for the next ten dayi.
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Formerly of Valley, Neb.,
Assistant Manager
aroma of baking cake filled one's
nostrils as he entered the .house. It
never came to the table though. It
all went to cement friendships in the
kitchen.
Then the'jam began to disappear.
Gladys hadn't had any hand in put
ting up the jam. The mistress of
the house did that. But Gladys
evened things up by helping to dis
pose of it. When the kids came
home from school they wanted jam
for luncheon. In a month or two
they couldn't have any.
But that was soon mended. Gladys
ordered jam from the grocer. It
wasn't -as eood as ours, as we got
very little of it. But our guests
made no complaint to us that is.
They consumed vast quantities of it,
as we discovered at the end of, he
month.
Then William came. How we
don't know presumably because he
had heard of our hospitality. In a
few days he was arriving shortly
fter dinner and remaining till 11 or
12 p. m., his voice rumbling cheer
fully in the kitchen long after we
-had gone to rest.
He taught us how to dispose of
leave-overs a thing that bright wo
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Summary of the
SCORE CARD
This is mereh to give on idea of some
of the items included in the Mormon
Score Card. On the score card these
items are elaborated and it is arranged
for a record of competition between
several cars. As you compare them,
you can record all the results as a
guide in making a decision. A complete
copy of the Mormon Score Card will
ve furnished upon request,
1 Ease of Riding 1
a. 20 to 40 M. P. H.
b. Any speed on rough road
2 Acceleration
o. 10 to 50 M. P. H.
b. 10 to 40 M. P. H.
3 Deceleration
a. 50 M. P. H. to dead stop
6. 40 M. P. H. to dead stop
c. 20 M. P. H. to dead stop
4 Slow Speed Operation in
High Gear
a. In traffic
b. On hills
5 High Speed Operation
Qt prospect dealret and
where lanr permit! )
a. Maximum on level stretch
b. Maximum on hills (In high)
6 Ease of Steering
a. On rough road
b. In traffic
7 Convenience of AH
Controls
8 Economy
a. Gasoline
b. Tires
9 Weight
a. Fully equipped fatouring
b. On all four wheels to
determine perfection of
balance
10 Smoothness of Motor
Operation
11 Rigidity
12 Readability '
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men write much about in the house
hold magazines. He disposed of all
of them for us. Two or three pounds
of steak never bothered us the next
day after William began coming.
Hash thereafter was a thing un
known in our household.
In a month Gladys informed us
that she and William had resolved
to take a great step. When we in
quired when the date of thev great
step would be she replied it would
be as soon as William got a better
job. He didn't want to get married
till he could support her in the style
to which she had been accustomed.
It was after that she began filling
the hope chest. All sorts of things
went into it 10 pounds of coffee,
15 pounds of sugar, three pack
ages of tea, potatoes, canned peaches
and pears, an alarm clock, half a
dozen sheets and a pair of blankets.
We discovered the hope chest hid
den away in the attic one day when
we were looking for a trunk. It was
then that we decided to get rid of the
boarding house business.
Gladys departed the next day. She
said she could get twice as much
money three doors down the street.
Possibly she can. But if the people
there are wise enough to keep out
of the boarding house business she
won't be doing nearly as well as she
was at our house.
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90-Day Jail Term Solves
Winter Housing Problem
San Francisco, Sept. 25. Manuel
Costa, better known in the city as
"Pogey," who has been an occupant
of the city jail every winter for 20
years, i6 again "at home" in a cell
reserved for his use, and he will re
main there for three months.
Costa was arrested and charged
with tearing up the street pavement
at Pacific and Montgomery streets.
The police say he was under the in
fluence of liquor and was engaged
in pitching cobblestones in the air
p. ml, bouncing them off the back of
his neck.
When he appeared before Police
Judge McAtee he asked to be sent
to jail for six months, explaining to
the court that by the expiration of
his sentence the Alaskan fishing
season would be open and he would
be. ready to go north. Judge Mc
Alce compromised on three months.
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BEE: SEPTEMBER 26. 1920.
Babies Born in Omaha
Have Fine Chance to Live
Only 81 Out of Every Thousand Born in Omaha Last
Year Died Under 1 Year of Age Figures
Show Big Slump in Mortality Rate.
A baby that is born in Omaha has
better than the average fighting
chance to live to observe its first
birthday anniversary. The figures
prove it. And a baby born in Oma
ha during 1920 has a better chance
than the baby born in 1919.
"Better babies" is the slogan of the
hour.
During last year the general, aver
age of mortality among infants dur
ing their first year was 89 deaths per
1,000 births, in cities of Omaha's
class. The ave-age in Omaha dur
ing 1919 was 81 per 1,000. which is
considerably better than the average
for cities of this class. Omaha did
not have the lowest average for the
year, but its average indicated that
this is a desirable clime for any
baby's native heath.
Health Commissioner J. F. Ed
wards reported that there were
3,748 births in Omaha last year and
that 319 infants died before they
were 1 year old. Of those deaths 37
were infants born outside of Omaha.
During 1918 the total births here
was 4,046, and the deaths of infants
under one year were 366. The aver
age that year was 90.5.
' ' Causes of Early Death.
Ten years ago it was the aim of
health commissioners of this country
to bring the infant mortality rate bev
low 100 per 1,000 and most cities
have succeeded in that endeavor.
Omaha'' has kept pace with the ad
vance made in infant welfare and the
health commissioner is confident that
further improvements will be made.
An arfalysis of the causes of infant
deaths in Omaha last year shows
that 74 died from the effects of
premature births, 56 deaths were
caused by respiratory diseases, such
as pneumonia and bronchitis; 43 died
from congenital debility and 23 from
congenital malformation. Digestive
A Way to Compare Cars
that makes a wise choice certain
disturbances caused 35 deaths and
acute infectious diseases caused 25
deaths. This shows, according to
the health commissioner, that nearly
half of the infant deaths in Omaha
last year were due to prenatal causes.
The American Child Hygienic as
sociation, of which Dr. Philip Van
Ingcn of New York City is presi
dent," has compiled a preliminary
iy 19 "baby crop" report in which
cities are classified according to pop
ulation. Of all the incorporated
cities of the country Brookline,
Mass., had the lowest infant mortals
ity rate of 40 and El Paso. Texas(
was the highest, with 245, these be
ing the two extremes of the cities in
cluded in the report. This report
would indicate that a baby had six
times the chance of living to be one
year of age in Brookline, that it
would have in El Paso.
1919 Best Year
As against Omaha's average of 81
last year, Kansas City reported 103
infant deaths for every 1,000 births.
Columbus, O., was 89; Cleveland,
91; Denver, 87; Lincoln, Neb., 66;
Minneapolis, 61.
Dr. Van Ingen notes that 1919 was
the best year in the history of the
United States for babied. The de
crease in the infant mortality rate
last year, as compared with 1917,
meant that nearly 20,000 less babies
died (brfore the end of their first
year. The report' states that 50 per
cent of these infant deaths are un
necessary. In the case of last year's
infant deaths in Omaha, the health
commissioner notes that 140 were
caused bv disabilities originating be
fore birth., He believes this situation
emphasizes the importance of be
ginning infant welfare work before
the babies are born, by giving pros
pective mothers advice and care.
The new municipal hospital which
NE of the great delusions that has often prevented a judicious
choice of a motor car lies in the seeming simplicity of selection.
Nothing is more dangerous than an abstract comparison. And
nothing more needless.
But strangely enough, in the midst of a giant industry noted
for progressive ways, there has been no standardized method
of demonstration.
To end this dead-lock and to introduce better ways of buying,
we offer the Marmon Score Card, a summary of which appears
in this advertisement. ' .
For, the first time, this affords every car buyer a universal
guide for demonstrating every deciding factor. The greatest
automotive engineers judge cars this way.
To simplify your choice
Primarily this score card is to chal
lenge comparison between the Mar
mon 34 and others that seek to
compete with it.
It is so simply prepared and so
elemental that it can serve as the basis
of a demonstration for all cars, so that
any car can be compared to the Mar
mon 34.
It deals in every-day requirements. It
puts a car on a serviceability basis. It
avoids speedway records or spectacular
stunts. t
"It proves, for instance, items hitherto
mere talk. Comfor for example, is
now made comparative. "And all by a
few simple tests.
Merely saying a car is the utmost in
comfort is the old way of selling.
The Marmon Score Card shows how to
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Omaha will have will include provi
sions for maternity cases where
home conditionsi are inadequate.
One of the notable features of the
report is the showing made by New
Vrt fitv. with an average of 82;
St. Louis, 75; Los Angeles, 67. and
San Francisco, 65, indicating mat tne
mortality rate for infants in the larg
er cities has been materially reduced.
Majority Below Average.
Another interesting feature is that
last vear 76 per cent of cities having
between 100,000 and 250,000 popula
tion went below the 100 average.
Cities between 50,000 and 100.000
population had a general average of
91 per thousand last year, 35 being
below the 100 mark, as against 22 in
1917.
The American Child Hygiene asso
ciation, in its report, States: "Do you
know where your city stands? Do
you know why? Are all births reg
istered? Can all mothers obtain pre
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OMAHA AUDITORIUM
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Their Receipt $6, $5, $4, $3 and $2 Plus War Tax
prove beyond doubt the comparative
comfort of different cars.
Be your own dem
onstrator Every Marmon Distributor is now
selling the Marmon 34 on the basis of
a demonstration. No high-falutin'
nor superheated atmosphere. No
hearsay. No superficialities.
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This is the inevitable basis of all
motor-car selling in the future, and
the Marmon 34 is designed and built
to withstand every comparative test.
We welcome comparisons, and we
abide by the results of your record on
a Marmon Score Card.
We invite requests to demonstrate the
Marmon 34, and we ask you to fill out
the Marmon Score Card, then put any
other car to such tests and make your
decision from the results.
JMM
Phone Douglas 1712
natal care, Are all midwives licensed
and inspected,"
The Visiting Nure association of 1
Omaha is a powerful agency in local
infant welfare work. These nurses
are doing much to promote infant
...lf.. Tl,- l...'' I... o,, millr
fund, administered every summer ly
the visiting nurses, is another im
portant factor in giving the babies a
fighti.ig chance.
The Visiting Nurse association
maintains "baby stations." where
mothers may obtain information for
the wcllbeing of themselves and ba
bies. It is estimated that 2.500,000 babies
are born in the United States every
year.
And Omaha may say that it is one
of the best places in the country for
a baby to begin its young life.
Auto mechanics in Yonkers, N. Y.,
are waging a vigorous campaign to
organize every worker in this line of
work.
CARUSO
. The World's Greatest Tenor
IN CONCERT
Douglas 1973
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