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1 I 4 1 a H THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. MARCH 27, 1921. . Thirsty Dog Turns on Water But Forgets to Shut It Off Such Is Solution of Running Faucet Mystery Omahan's Home Mayor Smith Is Practising On Typewriter Says He'll Learn If It Takes All Summer. Some of the Difficulties That Beset a Young Landscape Painter By Charles Dana Gibson I'opjrlibt. Mr rubliihlng Oo. Jack Taggart, one of the steno graphic stars of the district court, has a new dog stoiy which he avers is the truth, the complete truth and nothing but the truth. He resides at 1925 South Thirty-fourth street, and nearby there is a neighbor's dog. Projecting from the base ment wall of" the house that Jack did not build, but in which he abides, is a water faucet to which a fjarden hose may be attached by anyone so inclined. Recently this fauv?t was urned on and the water allowed to run in a surreptitious manner by an agency unknown until the sixth time. The mystery grew deeper with each discovery. Event ually Mr. Taggart apprehended the neighbor's dog drinking the water, ami the mystery was explained. "Canine sagacity, that's all," com mented Mr. laggait. the salr was "I never realized there were so many fine brands of cigars hi the world until I stopped smoking thejn a few weeks ago," remarked Stock 4 ton Heath, who renounced smoking lor a while. "Just as soon as I stopped, it seemed that nearly every friend I met came to me with hand oisisti etched, bearing a fine cigar and proclaiming the virtues of his particular brand. If they will do as well 'when 1 resume smoking 1 will forgive and forget." ed as requested and made. ' The application of the expression in the electric light hearing was made in connection with a utility or manufacturing plant. It was assert ed that after a plant has been in, op' cration'-for a while it settles down to what is known as 85 per cent condi tion new, which is accepted as the per cent ot condition of the average plan' if it is maintained in a proper work ing condition. 14 Points to" Teach Women Best Way To Walk Outlined . London Teacher ' of Deport inent Says Both "Mincing Steps and Long Strides Look Silly. Recent press reports stated that I'residcnfNHarding shaved himself on the morning of his inaugural day. Mayor Ed P. Smith is learning to operate a typewriter. He started in by emulating the ffcvorite style adopted by some news paper writers, by using the index finger of eich hand. He insists he is going . to master the typewriter if it takes all spring and then into the summer. i - Some people believe in signs and others do not. Charles Unitt, county commission er, believes in some signs. He be lieves in the sign which appears on the front of his home at 3210 Hamil ton street. This sign reads, "Look cut for the dog." The inference is that the Unitt dpg nas iccin aim courage.v One of the court house officials ventured the assertion that Mr. Unitt does .not actually have a dog, and that the sign is merely a bluff. Anyway, the sign is there and Mr. Unitt avers that the dog is there. Did you ever hear of "putting the collar mark onthe mule?" The ex pression was user- during the elec tric light rate hearing before the city council. - The story goes that a mule buyer went on the mule market at Kansas City and was attracted by a bttnch of animals which seemed to have the qualities he derived. But they lacked one Qualification. They had -no collar marks to show that they -,A.liad been broken in for work.' The prospective buyer told the owner to place collar marks on his mules and he would then buy them, and thus would be in a position to satisfy his clients. The collar marks were kdd- Louddn, March 26. Fourteen uoints to Insure gooa walking for women are defined thus by 4 lead insr London teacher of deportment: 1. Take care of the poise, and the walk will take care of ttself. 2. Waist back, chest forward, shoulders down that is the correct way to stand. t 3. Heel down first, then toe, turned slightly out and an easy swing from the hips that is the correct way to walk. 4. Avoid big strides, which al ways look ugly, and little "mincing" ones, which always, look silly. 5. -r-Never follow a walking "fash ion." Walking is a natural art and jshould no more be subject to passing whims than breathing. 6. If you walk well, you will stand well, sit will.- and in all prob ability sleep well. 7. A good walker will be able to walk double the distance covered bj a bad walker, on half the energy. 8. Do not imagine, when you arc walking, that everybody is looking at you; 'people will not trouble to notice you until you are worth no ticing, by which time you will have ceased to worry about it. 9. Do not spend all your thought uii xne Kina oi ciotnes you are go ing to wear; spare some for the way in wnicn you are going to wear those clothes. 10. Clothes which prevent you from walking properly are dear at any price. , 11. A well-poised body is often a symbol of a well-poisad mind. 12. Dancing and- walking: are twin-sisters; a good dancer must be a good walker, and a good walker nas learned half there is to learn about dancing. 13. Just as a orettv face is dis counted through lacking life and ex pression, 'so is a good figure dis counted if it lacks Doise and trace. 14. Some Deoole hurrv alnncr as though they were always trying to catch trains. If you areT late take a taxi. I r - , . L I - "Backbone Tickle'! Frees Londoners Of Colds. Lumbago Wife's Washing Days Regulated By The Planets So Chicago Man Asks Divorce Says His Lunch Days Governed By Venus. The. Married Life of Helen and Warren American Doctor Is Treating Everybody, From Boxers to Baronets Makes 'Era N Feel Like Colts. 8-Room House for Rent, $15 Month Yes, True In 1900 For Sale! Top buggy, in good con dition; top phaeton, cheap; Colum bus phaeton, newly painted; one bran new .trap for single horse, trimmed iii English Bedford cord, a special bargain, $85. Gentle reader, you don't want any of these things, do you. Cut back in 1900 thev were just as much de iired by Omahaus as automobiles are today. That is an Id, taken from The Sunday Bee of a day 'in Tunc, 1900. The want ad page indicates how the world moves.' On that same page are want 'ads for "Cooks. $5 a week." "Baker of good moral habits and sin&Je, $40 a month," "Room and board, $4 a week." Here-are some of the houses ad vertised for rent. Read 'cm and w-ccp : about the superior povvers of "Mme. Palmer, 1707 Cass street" before whom the future showed like an open book. Mme. Palmer, for a ridiculously small sum, was willing dnd ready to reveal the events of coming years to many persons who called at her establishment. Beauty for $3. Stepping back now over' another decade, to 1889, we find the Sun day Bee of that era had just about one page of want ads. We observe that "two general -agents" were wanted at a salary of $60 a month. Twenty good stone cutters were re quired at 50 cents an hour. Three waitresses at $5 a week and two girls for general housework at $3 a week were advertised for. Girls for gen eral housework now get three or four times this salary. y for$8sJ , London, liar. 26. Have vou tried the backbone tickle to cure that cold? An American medical man. Dr. D. R. J.Waters, has put up his plate in South Molton street as a backbone magician, and is treating all manner of patients, from baronets to boxers. He is a big-chested, broad-shouldered citizen of the United States is this doctor man, who is as active as a youngsier of 15, for all that he is 60 years of age. .Bunch of Diplomas. He has university diplomas in every pocket. He will bring them out like a bunch of unanswered letters. and talk like a river in flood. He nev er stops iroin tne moment you en ter his medical parlor until he waves a graceful adieu. ' Dr. Waters works on the theorv that all the essential nerves of the body come from the spine, and the ordinary ailments which make life uncomtortable are caused by pres sure on the nerves. Manipulate the backbone cells and, presto, the pa tient is a fit maul His flexible fineersflicker un and down a man's spine.NWhat is the trouble? Lumbago? A bang, a press and a crack of the bone "And now that s put right," says the doctor, Is it a cold? No More Cold. A tickle, aflick, and a crack, and no more cold irom the doctor. People who have been thoroughly oacKuoneci say that his cures are re markably effective. A Daily Express representative who had his backbone well and trtily thumped yesterday, came away feel ing like a spring niornine and with an over-the-bounding-herrthcr walk. He has not sneezed since. "There are 8,000,000 people ifi Lon don." said the doctor, "and I atri goirfg to make them all fit. What a future." By Mabel Herbert Urner 2227 spruce street, tour rooms, city Water. $9 month." "2910 Seward street, five-room cot tage. $10 month." "2302, North Twenty-fifth, eight room house, $15 month." "Thirty-eighth and Farnam, very choice, eight rooms, all modern, large lawn, $30 month." Seers Busy. "215 South Twenty-ninth lavcuue, modern, seven-room house, $25 month." , People secured wives by cor respondence. There were several bucliads as: "Marry lovely women and honor able men, many rich. Send 2 cents for big list.". Folks were still making stamp collections- and there were numer ous ads of collections for sale. The palmists, astrologers, crystal gazers, fortune tellers and revealers of the past, present and future were doing a thriving business. Behold "Mme. Gylmer, Omaha's favorite palmist, 1605 Dodge street." Mme. Gylmer published an ad about eight inches long, setting forth her won derful gifts. The very nrt ad. even httlc more Tfirbose. I Id if Humanityjongcd for bcautv then just as ardently as it does "today. mere were numerous bauty ads. For the small sum of $3 you could get a bottle of "Dolgorouky" (named alter the beautiful Russian Princess Dolgorouky, who, it seemed, ow"1 every shred of he world-astounding beauty to this astonishing prepara tion). "Dolgorouky" would eradi cate wrinkles, bring a maidenly blush to the cheek of the aged. And only 3! . - Not an Auto Ad. For the bald-headed battalion "Col olyne" was a great deliverer. This also was Russian. "The great Rus sian hair restorer. Will grow hair cu the baldest head." The price was cnly $3. In the "For Sale" column of that day we find these: "Full leather top carriage, $175;" "Good milch cow, $25;" "350 head of Texas horses;" "Diebold bank safe;" "Sa loon in tie of the best business cen ters of Omaha." And the man who advertised the saloon, added, "Reason tor selling, 1 must leave the city. Not a sign of an autoniobiln aH! Only 30 years ago. but half a decade first automobile was built. readers oetore the Hushand is Fined $100 For Calling on His Wife Chicago, March 26. One hundred dollars for calling on his wife. That was the price that Louis Hcydcn had to pay in Judge Caverly's court here recently. He said he just went to see howt his wite and children were getting along. But his wife, from whom he is seo- arated, explained that she found him under the bed, and the only tinic he cares to call are when he is drunk. She further said that she didn't want him around. Judge Caverly agreed that he should stay away and fined him the $100 Jo fasten the fact in his mem ory. ' - TV." 1I -TT. . J iwjiiiuc ioe is iaiesi Fad in Hosiery at London London, March 26. Xcw York novelties in hosiery include the "twinkle foot." In other words, fancy stockings in colored silk, with a design em broidered at the fnstcp in metallic thread and a center of iridescent sequins which sparkle in the ball room. There are also shadcd-color stock ings. A French firm has produced these in colors which change from iur.roon to champagne, or from navy blue to pink, or black to white. The deepest' tone of the colors is at tac foot. Helen's Ingrained Frugality Clashes With Warren's Careless Gener osity. All morning Helen had been fight ing the home-coming depression that always followed a trip abroad. Work, the bescurative for any form of the blues, had for a time buoyed her up, but mid-afternoon found her tired, disheveled, and al most tearfully despondent. They had landed last night, and to day being Sunday it was impossible to get, any help, i So alone she had been trying to unpack their trunks. and air and dust-the long-closed apartment. Even Warren had not stayed to help. Immediately after breakfast, with exasperating energy, he had gone down to the office to " get things in shape" for tomorrow. The trunks partly unpacked, she gathered up the soiled clothes or the laundry. It was when she took them out to the pantry hamper that she -was first conscious of a strong rancid odor. In the kitchen it was even worse.' Though positive she had thrown out everything before they sailed, she hurriedly searched the ice-b'ox and cupboards, which failed to disclose any forgotten, decaying food. What could it be? A dead mouse? Helen's humane instincts would never allow a trap of any kind, but fortu nately, because of her scrupulous care of the kitchen, they were rarely troubled with mice. , Her sniffing search led her to the porcelain wash-tub. Raising the cover, she was confronted by the wicker hamper containing the eleven- pound Stilton cheese Warren had brought from London. He must have put it there last nieht. In the flurry of Retting home she had not noticed what became of it. Dismayed, she stared at the .basket, importantly tagged with the steamer and landing labels. Where else could she put it? That odor would escape from any confines. ihe had begged Warren not to buy it, but inordinately fond of Stilton, he had been obstinately insistent. And nov for weeks their whole apartment would be permeated with this obnoxious odor. I "Whoo-hoo!" Warren's call from the hall. " He was shrugging off his overcoat when she ran out through the dining-room. "Come out here," leading him into the kitchen. on "Well, how're you getting briskly, "All unpacke'd?". "Wliv no, dear, I had the' whole place to dust. You "couldn't lay a hing down. And some plaster had fallen in the hall closet around that steam pipe. I had to clean that up." You look all in. I old von not to overdo. You want to get every- hing done in one swat. Mrs. O'Grady's coming tomorrow." I can t leave everything for her and she may not come." Then abruptly, "Warren, what are you go ng to do with that awful cheese? It s 11 through the apartment already. "I don't smell anythfng." "Well, what of it?" after a ques tioning sniff. "That's not so.bad." "Not bad? It's like something dead. What will we do with it? we can't get a maid while tftat's here." "Now don't start crabbing. I'm going to give half of it away. You can put the rest in that big stone jar. No trouble geting rid of real Stilton. I'll have a hard time holding on to enough tor myselt alter they find out I've got it." Then peeling off his coat. "Might as well cut it now." "Dear, wait until morning! Let's not begin anything else. I've got more than I can- do now. I must finish unpacking and get tnings put away." "What's that got to do with it? I'm going to do this won't need you." That he was helplessly incapable of doing anything about the house alone, Helen knew. But yielding te his vigorous insistence that Ke.did not need her, she returned to her un packing to await demands. "Where d'you keep your news papers?" Was his first shouted query. "On that green box under the pan try sink," she called back. A brief interval, and he appeared at the door with a scowling. "Got a piece of wire? He said iot to cut it with a knife." Wearily rising from Jier knees be fore the' trunk, Helen went back to the kitchen to look for the wire. "That's no good." scornfully re jecting a tangled mesh of picture wre she proffered, from the tool-box. "Haven't you any copper wire?" "Here's a piece I keep to poke down thesink. Will this do? Wait, let me wash it first." The cheese on the table, which he had covered with newspaper, he was now intent on peeling off the muslin that enwrapped the great mouldy mound. "How'll I go about it? Halve it first?- Or cut it, fronthe top in rounds? IT don't know, dear, I never saw ;i big cheese cut.'Vaising the window to let out the odor. "This wire's no good!" trying to saw it through the tough rind. "I'll take my chances with a knife. Got good sharp one?" Helen produced the bread-knife, with which he marked off and cut a fairly even round f rofir the top. "Ah, that's the real thing just ripe enough," examining the green mould that mottled the cheese like the veins in Cararan marble. "Want to sample it?" shaving off a' sliver for himelf. ' "No, no, the smell's enough for me," for she never Jiked strong cheese. ' "Huh, don't know what you're missing. Now, let's see, how many pieces shall I cut?. -Will Mumford, Dalton, the Stevens. This will do for the Stevens?" "Oh, no, dear, that has the rind. iut a better round for them. Giv thatto Mr. Mumford." Man Tells Brussels Judge Brother Died 125 Years Ago Brussels, March 26. When a man aged 83 applied to the court for re lief, the magistrate asked him wheth er he had no friends or relations who could helo him. The Void man said he had none, for his oniy broth er lied 125 years ago. Atter the usual warning tha: the court was not to be turned into a theater, the old man explained that his lather was married in 1792 and had a son. who died thrcoyears lat er. I he father married a second time m 1836, it-the age of 62 and the applicant as born the year after. Visiting Nurses 'Save Life of Starving Bab Perfect Food Formula That . Nourishes Child Asso- ciation Needs Funds to Carry on Work. ' This baby's life was saved by the Visiting Nurse association. When he vas 2 months old, he weighed only five pounds, 14 ounces, and was losing an ounce daily. "He can't live like this he's starv ing," pronounced doctors. Today His Majesty is 10 months old and weighs 17 pounds, a good weighs for a normal child. Tjie Visiting Nurse Baby Welfare station" accomplished the miracle. The nurses in charge worked div after-day until they found the n;i!k formula that would agree with the child, instructed his mother how to 7 feed and care for him oronerlv andT blue-clad icugnt valiantly lor the little lite that was ebbing away. Today the happy mother invokes daily blessings on " the Visiting Nurses and the women whose in terest fosters the association's work. "This case is only one. fvDica! of hundreds of equally good work " lives saved and suffcriiisr alleviated tor which the '.V. N. A.' and the Mrs. nurses stand." Walter Roberts. "Now we need funds. 0,000 $t members before Saturday." ine membership campaign, ic turea by a house-to-house canvafss to- be made by 300 prominent wom en, begins Tuesday at 2:30 p. ni. with a rally in the city hall. Mrs. W. E. Rhoadcs is chairman of the drive. "Got any oiled paperBe'll wrap em up as we go. along. There was a roll of oiled paper somewhere, but with Warren waiting impatiently tapping the knife, of course she could not find it. "Huh, you never can find any thing! Why don't you have some system? If I ran the office like you run- this dump I wouldn't make my salt." . , "I asked you not to cut it now," flushed Helen, who was scardiine- upper cupboard from the fop of tfce step-ladder chair. "You said you could do it alone but I knew vohM have me looking for a dozen things' If you can't find things yourself how in blazes d'you expect me to find em? " "l,t,tr.e's Sonle pacr '"apkins you 11 have to make these do." Then climbing down to a lower shelf, "And here's plenty of brown paper and string" for with characteristic frugality s'he saved the wrappings from every parcel. ' "Do that ud and mark- it fnr Afn.n. lord. Jieres a ffoort mere fnr ihc Stevens. Who next?" the knife poisexl. "The Carters?" ''I don't see why," demurred Hcl-, en. "They never give us anything. Oh, the Learneds They sent qs. that wonderful , fruit from ' Cuba ana! they're going again next year. Cut them a good big piece... We must write on every package : that , we brought it from. London-so they won't think it's ordinary cheese." "No danger of that when they taste this nutty flavor Can't get anything like this over here. All right, here's a good round for the Learneds. Now how about the Dudleys?" "Just half a round. I've never liked her since she made us buy those $6 concert tickets, lhat other alt I can give to the superintendent--then I won't have to give him one of those London ties." ' "Give him the tie, too. For tl'e love of Lulu,' don't be so blamed close!" But HclenVcould not forfef cat the cheese jiad cost 44 shillings besides the trouble and expense of brinEine'it from London. Her now overpowering feminine thrift vm prompting ver io make me mogi oi u to aisinuuie h as payment for favors received add expected. . "We'd better send some to the Maynards," 'Wrarren was wiping off the cheeslncrustcd kniffc, :, "No, (fear, he's on a diet and she's, trying to .reduce. Oh, I tell you! Next week is the Wilsons' wedding anniversary I found the card in the mail. Why jiot send them anice pierce?! Then wc won't have to send a present. "How many years is a chep-,e wed ding?" grinned Warren. "Sure we'll send 'em a piece and a present, too. Jove., we almost forgot the Craigs!" "We don't owe them anything!" f nipping off some string. "1 gave her that tray-cloth Christmas and thev onlv sent us a card." "What's that got to do twit! it? Craig's a good old scout." Here, mark this chunk for them. Now- I'll get a messenger first tiling in the morning to deliver the lot. 1 can take. Mumford's myself o'n the way to the ofticc. "No, let the boy take that to. ou'll be sure to nut it in your noclfr el and your clothes -will smell for weeks!", ' - . "Well, vou cct out that bie ia and we'll store away the rest of this. Better wrap it in a wrt cloth he said not to let it dry out."- Helen rinsed out the stone jar which they used for home brew and hastily dampened a clean tea to-vc-1. "Gosh, I forgot Dklton!" he started to ciT another round before wrap ping it up. "He's always blowing about that cheese he gets from Cana dp. This'll make him si up and take notice." "Warren, . you're not going to waste it on thenir" We've had them to dinner;,- three times and they inven't asked us there once?" "See here, w hat d'you expect of this cheese anyway? Tryinarto make it lav all vonr social obligations' Talk about being small! You even dolt it out to the janitqr to save a tip. Don't you ever give anything for just the giviag?" v "Why of course I do," with flushed want indignation. "But I can't see whv we should give it to people who " "Well, ,1'm running this hand-cuff I paid for this cheese and lugged, it ov$r from London and I'll give it to whom I darn please," bandaging it with the damp tea towel. "Now you get busy and wrau up. those hunks?" : Many Repeaters As Berlin Folk -Go Marriage-Mad Statistical Year Book Reveals Tremendous Rush to Altar One Man t Tries 1$ Ninth Time.1 Berlin. March' 26. "The statistical Year Book of Berlin" is a fearsome volume of undiluted figures which few ordinary people have the cour age even to buy. In one statistical table you learn that one bold Berliner last year-took unto himself his ninth wife. '-Another equally chilly and unenthusi astic -fable informs the reader that there are two men in Berlin intent, it would appear, on breaking this record One has just eighth time and sixth. Marriage such audacity one is sorry given. married another - 1g for for the Chicago, March 26. The moon's a poor thing to regulate a Chicago household by, Judge Holmes ntM recently in the case of Joseph Tranka, charged with nonsunport Tranka admitted having fled hi comfortable South Side home, , but submitted the following extenuating facts: If the moon shone in full-orbed glory, he aid, indications were thai he would get his meals on time the next day. For hours Mrs. Tranka would bathe in-the magical beams and on the morrow her enthusiasm for work was marvelous to behold. Stars Fix Wash Day, Too. Washing day was regulated by the planets, he declared. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus and Neptune ordained by their appearance in the cavens the days when his shirts should be washed. And far off in the ether were nebu lae, comets, meteors, constellations, alien suns, fixed and variable stars, which made Mrs. Tranka's affections likewise variable. "I couldn't stand it." said Tranka. The moon, was, her ouiia board and he stars indicated all the changes in our household tjiabits. "Every morning she went to see a fortune teller. She would return too late to prcpar my lunch.- At night he would leave the dishes unwashed to watch the heavens. Beware the Quarter Moon! "One day the moon would he full. That meant cverythinsr would be peaceful the next day. The house was cleaned, the meals prepared and the dishes washed. . "But more often tlje fortune teller would tell her to watch for a quarter orbalf moon. Those were the days I learne not to come home." Mrs. Tranka said her husband left her last week after quitting his job. ' The latter told the court he was driven to it, but promised to go back and provide for her. "And forget the moon," was Judge Holmes' parting advice to Mrs. Tranka. statistics reveal in matrimony that that no names are the-j engaged in ministerial duties, he -txa One widow, who had been mar ried three times, went to vhe altar with a widower, who had also been there three times. , From 1914 to 1917 27 persons of over 75 were married, seven, of them being over 80. hi the five years over which the book spreads its frigid figures 22 women married ior the fifth timeand 400 tor the fourth time. Thirty-three uncies married their nieces, and five daring nephews married their aunts. "The war reduced the number of divorces by 50 per cent, but the num ber is now increasing again. Of more than 5.000 divorces dealt with in the statistics only 36 took place in the first year of marriage, four in the fortieth year and one in the forty-fourth. Twelve couples arc reported to have families of more than 20 chil dren. Evidently heroism is not lacking in this city of niisery and millionaires. Minister Saves Souls, Can't Support His Wife Detroit, March 26. Rev. Free man Banks saves souls on Sundays and suits on every other day of the week. But business in both fields is so poor' that Tie has made only $1 in the last few weeks, he told Judae Thomas Cotter. ; Mr. Banks of 295 McCabe street. negro pastor of a Hamtramck church, was charged with failini? to support his wife from whom he is separated. Although he operates a cleanine and pressing establishment when not unable to provide for his wife, he declared. "Unless you pay her $10 a ".veek j-ou will go toj the house of correc ;, tion tor the winter, said Judge Cot ter. Mr. Banks was placed on pro bation or a year. i Youth and Maid on Mixed Jury in London Cupid Victims, London, March 26. The jury .was locked up for two days, during which time Ruperfwas able to win Gladys' "yes." This is the sort of thing we may have it this opening ,cra of mixed juries. Hie probate, divorge and admir alty diyision introducedoA'omen as jurors on January 25, and the Old Bailey made the innovation even sooner.' All kinds of potentialities a'e con jured up by the new order. Separated husbands and wives who chance to be brought together on jury duty may "make it up," or husbands may begin, dangerous flirtations with fair colleagues. Romances may be bctrun and broken on juries of the future. Bell Hops Wail as $1 Tip's Drop Back- toNormal Dime t ' sw ' D J IP I "IT II Hfc- f m X. (V tttBfc mmm Got yr him two respectable jits on a bellboys and waiters just one , thin dime We The, lives of if Omaha are after another. Bringing the country back to nor malcy has a sweet sound for moat of us. But to the bellboys and waiters it has a sinister meaning. Bringing the dollar tins back to dimes is what it means to them. ' Can you .imagine it," exclaimed an indignant bell hop in one of Oma ha's largest hostelries. "I just roomed a big stiff in the best suite in the tavern. He had five bags, all of which I carried with much dif ficulty. ! . . A Thin Dime. I hand bet. -"Why that literary bird, Gilbert Chesk"ton onfy gave mc ja dime," con:pl.;ned a third lull hop. They ought to start a tund for the starv-. ing bell boys, that's what they ought to do." It's Enough Now. Waiters aren't making enough in " tips to keep themselves in tuxedo neckties according to reports. But they vere able .o lay in a supply curing the feverish war period, when 10 per rent of ir.c cost' of a meat' had nothing to do with the size ot "When we got in the room he gave uf's- len. Pcr cent of a two dollar me one poor emaciated dime. That ?lc,' which takes an hour to sen-, is, I guess it's a dime. There isn't! i"st 20 cents, but it's a good tin' aiiyiuing icu on it to ten tor sure, mt sircnuous days ot rcconstn:, dui u s mat snape. "u". mt waiters ' on ain't heard nothin' yet," re torted a second youth. "I just fin ished rooming a sap who asked me if I had. change for a dime, honest to Gawd he did. If I'd had 10 pen nies I'd uv said yes, but I wouldn't say. men gi.-is, ana boys, tim.-c merry bandits whose glance of dis dain we used to fear so much, are row contented if regular customers bring lorth a bi of change onck ft week,'-according to report. V i