THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, MAY 2D, 1921.
Nine Times as ;f
1 Many 'Women as
. Men in Paraguay
-t
This South American Country
Is Welcoming German Im
v .... migrants in Great
k. Numbers.
i- By JOHN W. WHITE. ' "
(fhii.fo Trtbiine-Omh IM J-toraiga
Norvlm.)
Asuncion, Alay 28. Paraguay is of
fering a hearty welcome to large
numbers of German immigrants ho
for several mouths have been arnv
ing here from the German colonies
in ..Africa. The government is doing
everything possible to assist these im
migrants in getting started, turnisn
inif them with living 'quarters and
even financial assistance when this is
needed.
The fact that the immigrants come
from the African colonies makes
them the more welcome, as the cli
mate and general conditions in Para
guay are very similar -to those in the
region they come from. The Para
guayan government, tlxerefore, feets
that the new arrivals are in a better
situation than would be German im
migrants coming direct from Ger
many. The immigrants for the most part
are agriculturists and skilled laborers
and the authorities state that they
will be a great benefit to Paraguay,
which, .situated as it is in tthe center
of South America, has not had the
benefit of European immigration to
anything like the exfefit of most of
the other republics.
Another fact which makes the Ger
mans welcome is that there are nine
women to every man in Paraguay,
the male population never lving re
covered from the wars of the dicta
tors, and the industries and commerce
have suffered from this lack of men.
Many of the German immigrants are
planning to establish email industries
which arc much needed in Paraguay
and the republic's commerce is al
ready benefiting from the v influx of
Germans, as there have reacntly ar
rived large quantities of German
merchandise and machinery.
Clas3 Play Inaugurates
Aurora Commencement Week
Aurora, Neb., May 28. (Special.)
Commencement week festivities of
the Aurora High school started with
the class play. Sunday night the
baccalaureate services will-be held
in the Methodist church and Rtv,
C. C. Dobbs of the Christian church
will deliver the sermon. The class
' exercises and commencement ad
dress and presentation of diplomas
will be given Wednesday:
Table Rock Schools Hold
' Commencement Exercises
Table Rock. Neb:,' May 23.
(Special.) Commencement exercises
of the Table Rock schools were held
in' the Ideal theater. The speaker
was Newton Wesley Gaines. There
. w?re 15 graduates, eight girls and
seven boys. The Eighth grade exer
cise! were held at Pawnee" City.
State' Superintendent Matson gave
the address. ' v -
Quiet and Efficient Is
Secretary to President
George B. Christian, jr.,
Demonstrates He Is Dip
lomat Who Is Daily
' Making Friends.
By W. S. MANN.
Washington, ' D. C, May ' 28.
George B. Christian,, jr., President
Harding's chief lieutenant, is one of
the most pleasing revelations of the
new administration. His capacity
for work is looked upon as remark
able. His methods, while noiseless
and totally void of anything spetac
ular, have had a telling effect. Not
only is he turning out great quan
tities of work with machine-like pre
cision and perfection, but he has
demonstrated that he is an organizer
and a capable politician. He' is
making friends every day for the.-ad-'
ministration. Because of his 'modesty-' -
and his quietness and his stow man-'
ner of speech and his disdain for
self-advertising, his accomplish
ments are not recognized at once,
nor are they generally appreciated.
Perhaps only those who have the
good fortune to work close to him,
or else those who come in contact
with him frequently have ,anv idea
of his efficiency and his capabilities.
The president and ' tns secretary
are much alike in gome respects.
They have many. of, the same likes
and dislikes; they possess a number
of similar characteristics. But the
most striking similarity 's in' their
democracy, their friendliness- and
their sincerity. But they are' no
wise alike physically. "George," as
the scretary likes to be called by
his friends, is a trifle over medium
height, slim and sinewy. His face
is thin and strong in its markings,
and his large, clear brown eyes are
shaded by tinusuallv bushv black
eyebrows. He has an abundance of
hair that was black, but now is turn
ing gray. He is what the average
man would call "fine looking."
Little Known When Appointed.
He-way 'little known when-he
stepped into his high and important
office. Since then he has made not
the slightest effort to make himself
better known. He is purely and
simply a worker and an organizer,
not a poser or a self-advertiser.. His
greatest characteristic is modesty. So
pronounced is this trait that it might
be considered as bordering on bash
fnlness. His thoughts are entirely of
his chieftain and the country at large
and it is not difficult to ascertain
after talking with him a few times j
to determine that his ambition lies
in serving loyalty and well.- With
this qualification, those who know
him and those who have been watch
ing his progress with interest and
admiration are not surprised that be
has met with such marked success
and has attained such popularity
since March 4.
It is difficult to ' explain how hg
works so fast and so efficiently. He
will not tell, not because it is any
secret or because he does not want
to, but because he has the habit of
refusing to talk about himself.
Briefly Comments on His Work.
"Oh, we just get it out, that's all
I know," was the way the secretary.
ft V i
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answered the direct question of how
he managed to get through the daily
pile of business.
."Yes, we are seeing an unusually
large number of people, our daily
mail has broken all records for the
White House and I understand the
people are, satisfied thus far with
their choice," he explained further.
"I am fortunate in having an espe
cially capable group of assistants.
The office force has been whipped
into splendid working shape. We are
all laboring harmoniously and are
pulling together, and our accom
plishments, if there are any, are only
a small part of the administration's
motto of getting back to normalcy."
This brief comment on his' work
was a whole lot for George to say for
publication, but it only touches the
surface. To go into detail and to
narrate fully the work of the exec
utive office would be a story or two
in itself. But, among some of the
important things the secretary over
looked were his tact in handling the
crowds of men -and women who be
siege him daily for audiences with
the president or in quest of some
other favor, most often a job either,
for themselves or for a friend or
relative. Fortunately he is relieved
of the handshaking part of the daily
White House program that's solely
the president's duty. The principal
task of the secretary is to dispose of
callers without bothering the presi
dent with seeing them, to attend per
sonally to their wants if possible; to
give them quick answers and at the
same time send- them away satisfied.
It is- an art, not so much in sending
people away without arranging au
diences with the president or without
granting favors, but to do so and
cause no ill feeling and to dispose of
them in a friendly way such as to
make them walk out of the office say
ing. "He s a fine fellow. This is a I
great administration." '
How. He "Speeds 'Em Up." .
George Christian is not the first
secretary who has been able to do
this effectively, but he surpasses his
predecessors in the quiet, simple
manner in which it is done and the
celerity in disposing of each individ
ual case. He cannot define ,his
method of "speeding 'em up,' as
they refer to it. "I guess it is due
to my getting to the point without
any long preliminaries and without
engaging in any particular amount
of general conversation with my call
ers? he explained when pressed for
bis recipe. j
Rare judgment must be used at
all times in studying the callers and
their wants. It is not for him to be
autocratic or "hard-boiled," as they
say in the army. He must deter
mine quickly who should see the
president and who shouldn't. He
must decide on the moment when
to say yes or no to various others
requests. "And always he follows the
practice of being friendly and courte
ous, to listen to requests and to do
what he can, but, under, no circum
stances to make promises unless he
knows they are going to be iulnlled.
id George Christian there is noth
ing more despicable than a broken
promise. -
(Copyright.. i;t)
Free Movies for Kiddies
Each Week at Burgess-Nash
Free movies, in the new Burgess
Xash "company's auditorium will be
a regular Saturday feature for chil
dren, throughout the summer, the
store management announces.
Hundreds were waiting before the
store opened yesterday, tor the first
eightreel. feature, "Jack and the
Beanstalk."
A recital by the ' junior class
pupils of Mr. and Mrs. August
Mothe Borglum was another fea
ture.' The Borglums will give an
other piano recital next Saturday in
the auditorium.
The" auditorium is located in the
new Burgess-Nash building at Sev
enteenth and Harney, adjoining the
old store.
OH AHA'
( JUNE 2nd to 10th
Rminiiniiim.
TTT)
Manawa Park and
Bathing Beach Open
The bathing season in Omaha
formally opens today with the open
ing of the beach at Manawak Park,
where the first vigorous swimmers
of the season have already "been in"
and pronounced the water fine. The
Fontenelle Concert band gives free
concert at the park this afternoon
and evening, and again Monday aft
ernoon and evening. The program
Monday will b patriotic in nature.
Free motion pictures accompany the
evpninff' rnnrfff . Th rianr 1-iall
with the Kriss orchestra of Omaha,
is expected to entertain big crowds
today. The summer schedule . of
street car service to Manawa Park
was put into effect yesterday.
Auto and City Lot to Be Given
Away at Fair on South Side
A big benefit fair, the proceeds of
which are to be donated for an ad
dition to St. Marys school, will be
held the three nights of June 1, 2 an
3 at the club campus, Thirty-sixth
and Q.
Tw"cnty grand prizes will be award
ed to patrons. They include a new
Ford touring car, a city lot, diamond
stickpin, electric sweeper, electric
washer, $50 worth of groceries, 10
eons of coal, a combination kitchen
cabinet and refrigerator, etc. :
The committee in charge is arrang
ing to handle a large crowd, Vari
ious atractions will be provided at the
three-night jollification.
Kentucky Thoroughbred Runners
Well Known Western Racers
Cowboy Relay Races 300 Horses Contesting
RACES EACH DAY-
RAIN OR SHINE
The Peerless Duttons-Auto Polo
High-Class Vaudeville Circus Acts Between Races
Full Program, No Waits
AUTO RACES
JUNE 11TH
General Admission: $1.50 plus war tax. Children under 12, 75c including tax
Automobiles, $1.50, no tax. Box Seats, extra charge, on sale at Beaton's Drug Co.
FIRST RACE, 2:30 P. M.
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