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. . . THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1921. ; Bad Grammar Is Danger to Bliss In Married Life Woman Who Conducts Class In How to Keep Husband Says Careless Speech Antagonizes. By MARJORIE REX. New York, June 25. Cu tivaie vour speech, married women. ,f you would be permanent wives. Grammar is the best friend of the woman who wishes to retain her husband', love. cord.ng to MiM ness to her students, it is .aid. come from the rosy lips of his care ,C W'grammar," Miss Eaton says 'has u?ed more domestic .nfel.c t?e, than all the burnt soup and hard boiled eggs in the world. . But, there is a deeper reason tor unhapVss fought about by lis tening to such lrwions of MJ li.h. The one who commits the transgressions 'against soeech engenders in the mind of the other something which mari tal dissatisfaction. Mrs. Van de Water's View.. Mr. Virginia Terhune Van de WaS famou. author, who ha. writ ten many novels and stone, reafcng f marital problems, told me .today 0 her conviction, on this subject : "Thi. touches upon one of my knKh;" the said earnestly. J hava firm belief that the secret of J gTeat deal of disillusionment in marriage is the fact that one of the parties to the contract is ashamed of th"SuchCrsecret shame kills IpT 'For instance, suppose I wow some woman who has a very pre Xble husband. She is prouf of him and wishes to pren hmto me. He meets me, and in his Pcn may either double a negative or per nans make a coarse remark. He has Kb? wounded, the "j" the wife who wished him to mane rtinkPrifSfnman had to hear mang ed English at the breakfast Uble, Provided he were an educated man he would Jft feeling o.f Wmd in marryW beneath him. " 'Poor grammar,' with all due re ,pect to the. lady who ohrase does not exist. There is no K thing ..'poor grammar' or bad gClr ' the Vf of and the science of correct use of ta!t8I do not think an" educated nan !ess caught when very young would marry a woman who & ed herself poor y. Such speech of fend, the er and the sense of good taste. - . , Men Often Make Wives Ashamed. "There U another poin Although mahv ill-bred women offend men "mistake, m English, many edu rate men offend their wives with fang and coarse stories sprinkled in C"r"new "a very charming woman who. in a fit of pique, married a man far beneath her. He has little seH oniol and. when excited or angry lapses into the vernacular, with which he Is fami,jar- .w ,,cret -Believing as I do that secret shame of one's life partner causes most of our marital infelicity, I al ways urge women to keep them selves up. There is a time in youth when it is very interesting to dress to give attention to the accessories of one's toilette. . "Later on in life, when good looks often vanish, then it is an absolute necessity to look well.. The office worker, any woman m business, realizes this. , "It is the business woman s duty to keep up. What does a man think, after working all day with women in his office who are as well and appropriately dressed as they are able, when he gocsliome to a woman who no longer takes any interest in her own appearance? He loves his wife and wishes to be proud of her. hut she won't let him, and it hurts him by her own indifference. She has 'let go.'" . "What qualities do men like in women?" Mrs. Van de Water was asked. Masculine Class Abhored by Men. "The truly masculine, virile man likes femininity," she declared. "She may be a militant suffragists, an ad vanced feminist, and yet be the most feminine of women. She must have the feminine appeal. I never knew any man who admired the masculine . type of woman,- who affects collars, mannish hats and suits that resemble his own. - "I never had a daughter, Mrs. Van de Water said. . "My children were boys. But I know what I would like in a daughter, the quali ties I would tell any girl to culti vate. .... . "I should wish her to be like my .own daughter-in-law. the girl my son married. She would possess self-reliance, an almost masculine grasp of a subject and at the same time be capable of the depths of amotion; She should be gentle in speech and vet possess strength. She must never forget herself or let her speech be come harsh. "My ideal modern girl will dress modestly. That does not mean that it is necessarv to avoid fashionable attire, only the extremes of style. 1 don't decry the short skirts, unless they are immodestly short; that ap plies to the decollette gown also." New Hampshire to Mark 300th Year After Founding Manchester, N. H., June 25. Harry T. Lord of Manchester, has been named by the governor and council a a member" of the commis sion 'to have charge of the ob servance of the .100th anniversary of the settlement of New Hampshire under the provisions of the joint resolution passed by the last legisla ture. The anniversary comes in 1923. Other members named are Arthur C Whittemore of Dover, Charles S. Emerson of Mflford. Henry H. Met calf of Concord., niti Winslow fcircj oj Pjrfsftioiyh. Mid-West Landlubber To Run U. S. on High, Seas Al' Lasker, Advertising Peer, Rolls Up His Sleeves Through Friendship for Warren Harding, to Sail' Into Problems of Poor Old Shipping Board. By ROBERT BARRY. WwhUiftoa Cwmpmidmrt at Editor ud , Fubllfitiof. There is great confusion among m.mh,n a( the Tit Vlifnilts' club. Something has gone awry with their standby. When all else uiiea mem in .li mi tti .hinntntr hoard af- aa aw o - forded abundant occasion for calam ity howling. In longevity it stood higher even than the war risK insur ance bureau. They always were able to predict with pessimistic confidence that the nt the American mer chant marine justified their "viewing with alarm. ' . Now, here comes a breezy mdivid 1,3 1 (mm 1.9 fee Michigan's shore to challenge the dire prediction of every alarmist. Me naraiy Knows schooner from a scow. He never meddled in government except in the making of government officers. UYt all thf Sicker- 1. aVt. 13 UII ings and duibbling which constitute the maior history ot tne snipping board. . And his name is "Al" Lasker. -Newspaper men know the name. h man. Amer- nuviwavi, a..w - - L.nuii die cnrrif. ' Washim?- iv a. 1 1 " - : ton greets him hopefully. The presi dent, his f administration ana : ms party look to him to perform a task about which they have few misgiv ings. They are aware that Lasker has tackled a jot secona in mag .:.U f nrnhlrm and ODDortunity for failure alone to that of the group of congressmen who must somehow . . . . t a VIM .f .La, Ml. or otner lower me u.u v tion. ' ' ' , . Born for Nickname. T a.L- milr when he meets you. Xlm MA was h.9r.rt nf vnu. doesn't know what you want, may have inter rupted a business conversation to re ceive the introduction, yet he smiles. He makes you believe he is glad to see you and that he really wants to hear what you have to say. In other k. that famltv. which as a trait and not a pose, makes all the difference in tne wona wnc comes to measure the success ot men. ..... . A lot of people think they Know T k.rsiic. thev call him Al. They do after a fashion. He is the type who wouia nave a n.cKn..... like "Al" or "Jack" or "Jim," no nM nrt of name his par ents attached to him before he was old enough to protest, and no matter how intimately you knew him. He is the' sort that men refer to in terms of admiration and genuine friendshio when he is not around to hear them. " ' They say: "Know Al Lasker, why, Lord, yes, he etc., etc.," and present ly some new attribute of greatness is unfolded. Play .the Game. Krpn to the Cubs' park in Chicago. If you were lucky enough to have a seat m tr.ai r.er o; boxes in the lower stand almost di rectly behini the catcher or just a lit tle way-toward first base, you might T . .l.a- tkaara ITnl inmethinff very much the matter had happened, . . . an. the other halt ot tne uamon ana Pythias entry "Bill" AVrigley, who needs no introdutlon to the resders of newspapers was close by. To gether they played that ball game . inrVi nf the wav and thev were not eight inning rooters. They learned to look tor the "breaKs in business. ' They expected them on the diamond. They never believed the man who dealt the luck was tak ing an off-day until the umpires called it a day. It, seems like an insult to intelli gence to dwell on Lasker's success in Kncinrc It shall not be done here. Our own papers will have. told us all about that Deiore mis is printed. To dwell on Lord and Ttmmii ivntilri tie an insult to the Editor and Publisher's friends in the business offices. So let it suffice nf maWincr the record complete to include mention of his business achievements. ..... , nut Uf ,s iitct the same genial Al- when you talk business as when you talk base ball, or pontics, or me su periority of the Lakeshore boulevard to Riverside drive. He does not find it necessary to don a mask of keen ness and severity you know, "the stern business man" stuff as so many of our near giants of business do to shield theiy pygmy minds from public gaze. He simply recognizes no need for posing. It never occurs to him to do so. Boyish Enthusiasm. There is something of boyish en thusiasm about him. When the Cubs start a series he roots for a clean sweep. After the loss of the first game he is sure of the next three. If another Koes for Sweeney he is positive an even break is the worst to be expectefl. mat cnaraciensuc has carried him along over many bad spots in the road where others, for the lack of it, have hesitated to risk a tire. He is the sort you glance around to discover when you enter your club. He is the type you phone to ask for dinner. He has that knack so many of us desire, of being able to remember some of the good storie he hears and repeat them with added gusto. Things will have gone mighty bad for him down in the foggy bottoms of Washington where they have taken the shipping board offices; before he will have anything but a smile for those who gain en trance to these impressive inner pre cincts where clerks speak low and telephones are muffled and the gold lettering on the door says "Chair man." It was not an easy task to gauge Lasker's reaction to the formal an nouncement at the White House that his name had been sent to the sen ate. That official transaction ended all doubt and put one of the world's most difficult executive tasks square ly up to him. Spoiled Program. Yet, your correspondent would venture a guess that Lasker gave more thought today to the death of "Tobe" Hert, republican national committeeman from Kentucky, in a hotel room here than to the great shadow of official responsibility looming ahead. Lasker was in Hert's room a few hours before the Ken tuckian's death. He had swapped stories and they had, frolicked like sophomores. That is typical of Las tat lud his gcjauiue kn.ci fiver, the, passing of his friend was illustrative of those human traits which have won him a circle of friends that kept the wires busy from Portland to Portland when his appointment was announced, Next to Hert's death, Lasker has done more talking in Washington about how President Harding spoiled a program devised by Wrigley and himself than about how he is going to show the world how to run the shipping board. The chewing-gum magnate has just completed a brand new office building in Chicago. It was something of a pet project with him because his architects had ar ranged special offices for Lasker. Together they had looked forward to the formal dedication of the new es tablishment Then Mr Harding stepped in and now Wrigley is reconciled to patronizing the Pull mans between Lake Michigan and the banks of the Potomac. Lasker begins his difficult under taking without large promises. He has contented himself with the sim ple statement that he is alive to the size of the task on which he has em barked. He believes in America, however, and he regards an Ameri can merchant marine as essential to the welfare of the nation. He pro poses to fulfill his allotted portion of the great responsibility of bringing order out of chaos in the board s of fices in Washington, better under standing out of distrusts and disgust in many quarters of the shipping world; business to American line, where now empty cabins and hold, are breeding discouragement and disappointment. . ;. Waa Gawlcy Texan. "Al" Lasker went to Chicago from Texas before he was 21 a tall, fawky southwesterner, full of the reeze of his native prairie, and ex uding an atmosphere that told peo ple his middle name was hustle. He began as an office boy and stenog rapher in the Lord & Thomas Ad vertising agency. He hadn't been there many months before Mr. Lord, the founder and then presiding genius of the business, realized the Lone Star state youngster was a very unusual citizen. At first Lasker had charge of the correspondence of a minor depart ment. Then he took charge of the department. Later a more important department was placed under his su pervision. He devoured work, and like Oliver Twist, insisted on more. He got it, and success seemed to smile instantaneously on everything he tackled. A junior partnership was offered him. A few years later the original partners in the business, having made their pile, retired. Lasker was the natural heir to the business, which had expanded to proportions never before known m Its history, under his .r.deiar.gab'.e guidance.. .... Pride in Jud;sra. , Today he is "Lord & Thomas," controlling its affair, absolutely and deriving a gigantic meome from it. Next to his passion for business, "Af Lasker's hobby is his pride m Judaism. He is a member of the in fluential and highly representative Jewish National committtee, which last winter issued a vigorous mani festo against Henry Ford's attacks on the Jews. Lasker's appointment may be regarded a deliberate trib ute by Mr. Harding to Americas large Jewish community. Lasker likes going up against tough propositions. He know, the shipping board proposition is tough with a big "T." He was anxious to help the president out in what had become an obvious embarrassment to find a man willing to take the chairmanship. "Somebody has got to stand up and let himself he shot at," is the way Lasker puts it to his friends, "and I'm willing to be elected." Lasker is a shrewd bargainer, has utter comtempt for pettifogging de tails, makes rapid-fire decisions, and works 16 hours a day. He will go to the shipping board mess like Demp sey enters the ring, with his two fists, determined to get action and results without any unnecessary time being wasted. Cubs to Marion. He has been a base ball fan all his life. He and Wrigley own the Chicago Cubs. Lasker took the Cubs to Marion last summer. He's the most democratic cuss alive, talks a blue streak and does it well and likes Hiram Johnson. He paid a large hunk of Hiram's Chi cago convention campaign expense in June, 1920. Many of the G. O. P. slogans in 1920 sprang from Lasker's advertising brain. The new chairman enters upon his duties with an idea that he has a big selling proposition to get across. He is aware that it has been grossly mismanaged in the past, but he thinks ordinary rules of business and eenerous aoolications of com mon sense will succeed in govern mental affairs as in the everyday af fairs of commerce. In the past ke has undertaken to sell commodities which others said woutd not sell. He succeeded. His love of base ball and his be lief in the permanency of the game led him to apply his genius to a solution of difficulties while the mourner's bench was pronouncing the ritual of the dead. He conceived and put across with the fans and the magnates the Lasker plan, Faith In Him. Washington believes Lasker will succeed, if the politicians leave him alone? President Harding is deter mined that they shall. He has given him a free hand. He wants some thing beside congressional inquiries to thrive on the enormous investment the American people have in the mer chant marine. Although lasker's task ultimately will be largely one of disposing of the government-owned vessels to the best advantage of the merchant marine and the payers of income taxes, there are adminixtra. tive problems in legion. wnen you pause to think now much Lasker has to lose and how little to gain for rewards of excep tional public service are but slight MAM a.V..L . I 1 -J 1 i . . !tl uuiain an Kin vi now jar nc win go to aid a firend, and Warren Hard- ng is ini:ea a tirend to t the new i jtol r I .... . . 'Workers of Soul' Found 'Republic' It's Established on the Mont martre in Paris 'to Main tain Gaiety. Paris, June 25. A new repubMc has been founded in Europe, a re public in which only "workers of the soul" may be citizens. It has been established on a hill in Paris known as the "Butte Sa cree," or better known among the article -anil travelers of the work' as Montmartre. It was founded by .a group ot artists, and win De Known as the Free Republic of Montmartre. "Tn e nrnurace the arts, to ore- serve the world-wide reputation of Montmartre as an artistic center, to defend its picturesqueness from the invasion ot tne vanaais, to maintain its tradition for gaiety and French esprit," is the preamble of the new republic. i All religious ' and political discus cinn will hr forhiHrten in this new commonwealth of hard-working, dili gent artists, it win organize leies from time to time which will be ar tistic or nothing. 15 Cents This justly popular loaf will be increased in size 4 Ounces We are happy to be able to announce these reductions in price. It has been our policy . In the past and will 'continue to be our policy in the future to give to our customer! promptly and fully the bene fit - of any reductions in production costs. . The Jay Burns Baking Company I I Heart Secrets of a Fortune Teller By RACHEL MACK. Vacation! for Husbands. If there's one thorn in the side of countless otherwise-happy wives, it's the Fishing Pole Habit among hus bands I I've observed this little mat ter so often that I'm inclined to think it's worth a few words of hon est gossip. Take the case of the lady who called on me today, for in stance. She couldn't have looked any more tortured if she'd been an Ar menian refugee recitin' the deeds of the cruel Turk, and she variated her recitals with sobs and heart-felt sniffles. "My husband," she announces dramatically, "has been cross and irritable toward me for a month, and yesterday. he left for a two-weeks' trip, without asking me even ONCE to go with him!" . "Dear me," I murmers sympa thetically, unconsciously suspectin' the lure of the Bathin' Beauty on parade, "Atlantic City, maybe? Or did he pick the Southern California coast?" "Oh neither 1". she responds quite Reduction Effective S3 plaintively, "He didn't go to the shore at all! He's gone to the moun tains l" "There I There! dearie,"- I says patting her hand soothin'ly, and still fearin' the worst. "One of those Canadian-Rocky resorts, no doubt, or a hotel in the North Carolina pines?" "No," she protests dabbing her eyes with her handkerchief and pre tendin' to cheer up just a trifle, "he isn't stopping at any hotel. . He's camping. "Most unusual!" I says. "How d'you mean camping, dearie?" "Why," she exclaims, "he's gone somewhere up in the hills about 50 miles from here to fish. He took a dog tent and five fishing reels and a skillet and a coffee pot and the Airedale dog. And would you b-b-belicve me," she vsobs. "He didn't ask me to go with him!" Well, the revelation of the cold facts almost surprised me into a case of hysterics, but I managed to re duce my mirth to a few strangled giggles. From her grief-stricken attitude, I'd been suspectin' a cruel in Bread Prices Monday, June 27th 1 In the wave of price readjust ment that has been and still is taking place throughout the country many manufacturers and retailers have gone , to such Lengths in price reductions that QUALITY has been sacrificed. Particularly has this been true in the baking industry. Yet we are proud to say that never in our history, regardless of out side conditions, has the QUA!L ITY of our product been sacri ficed. Our tremendous business has been built through the maintenance of this high standard. OMAHA, NEBRASKA triangle, with hubby chasin forbid den sweet, through the limelight of divorce court and scandal sheets, and the deserted little wife weepin' tragically in the background, id been suspectin' scandal of a poor male creature, who in reality was seekin' only solitude from the female sex, and relaxation in a fishing pole. I felt as if I owed the poor wronged gentleman an apology, so I squared myself by cnlistin' on his side im mediately. "Madam," I say. .everely, "cease weeping t Your tear, are an insult to your intelligence. Your husband is neither lost, strayed nor stolen. He', merely joined the rank, of the carefree anglers, and if I had five husbands in succession, I'd insist on 'em all doing likewise. I've never seen a home wrecked yet where the head of the house was a chronic fish erman, for that occasional rest from married bliss, dearie, even if it's for only two weeks in the year, is the oil that lubricates the wheels of the grand old matrimonial bus and keeps 'em turning I" "Well." she disagreed forcefully. "I can't see what's to be gained from it!" "No," I says, "maybe you can't. So far as can be detected with the naked eve. vour husband will brim home nothing more noticeable thanj an undersized string of bass, a head' 10 Cents HQbSUft The loaf still favored by thousand of bread buyers will be increased in tlx 2l2 Ounces Bread is the most eco nomical of all foods, and with these redueed prices, It will be especially im portant that it be gives a larger place in the daily diet. cold and 'a well developed case of gra.schiggers. Jbut the good result, are there just the same, madam." , "Two weeks in a dog-tent," I t theorize, "with the beauties of nature f and the modern inconvenience, of the great out of doors all around him, will make Home Sweet Home seem palatial to him I Two week' of rest from the human voice es pecially the female human voice will make your word, music to his ears! And after gazing for a while exclusively into the eye of an Aire dale pup, hell learn to crave the sunshine of your smile, dearie, like a gold fish crave, water!" "You encourage me greatly." .he admits, lookin' somewhat comforted, "hut how long do you think this im proved state of mind of his will last? Will it be permanent, do you sup pose?" No, dearie, I concludes regret fully, "the good results of this back- tr.natiir inr.. will nit K nrm. ncnt. The good effects will grad ually fade away! But after all," I suggest craftily, "if they last until fishing season next year, that's all any mere wife could ask, eh what?" And when I saw the look of per fect agreement on her face, I knew I'd cleared the way for an annual vacation for at least one harassed male bearin' the heavy yoke of matri mony I (Copyrlfht, 1111, Thompson Ftat. Servtet) ! f ' J