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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1021. Lonely UUU) 11UU111 Place Where Once A Harem Played Civilisation " Wipei Muddy Shoci on Former Beauty Spot of Barbaric Splendor. Contantinople, Sept. 10. In the alley to Ihe north of Constantinople there i a winding strrsm which meander among the hill into the tJol.lm Horn, and goe . by the name, of the Sweet Water of I-.u-lope. Time wa when ihe reality wa romantic a the name would imply. It wa Sultan Abdul Mend the pcndthriit who made the place popular about the middle of the lat century by constructing tl.trc an entrancing little palace, with an ar tificial lake surrounded ky ro-e gar den and numerous tree. Deer and rlira wandered among th tree, vnd peacock strutted, amrr.g the llowcr. while the ladic' of the im pel ial harem distorted thcmsi'lve on the lake in little boat shaped like wans and propelled by a pedal ar v raugemcnt. F.vcry Friday she stream wa crowded with hundred 6f the tapering, lightly balanced boat railed caique. umptuously cush ioned and bearing dainty little Turk Mi women in multi-colored silk and ciU, the presence of a hideom black eunuch here nad there indicating the pretence of the household of a ruling lasha. Then and Now. In the day of Abdul Hamid. the Red Sultan, although the ,1'juishah himself never- moved out t hi lalatial seraglio at Yildia to grace the Sv cct Water with his priselicc, the rlite of Moslem society con tinued to foregather there every ' Friday- .In time foreigners came to visit the place, and its romantic iharm fascinated the mind Ot that exquisite egoist. Pierre I.oti. Many an affaire de caeur between some iloistered beauty and some attache of a foreign embassy had its origin here in furtive glance and acstures almost imperceptible, but , eloquent ly significant. Sometime ;iuch' af fairs, innocent enough, would end in tragedy, and beneath the light chatter of the throng there would be a siuister hint of a mystery which only, the sapphire waters of the Uosphorus. could solve. But it was dangerous to show curiosity, and al though there might be the same question in a hundred eyes, lips never framed the words. Then came the thunderbolt of the . i evolution which hurled the dreaded 'Padishah from his throne, and the inodernites he detested invaded Jld Stamboul. An electricity generating station was established in the flow ery valley, and reduced the Sweet Water to a turgid, malodorous trickle. The terminus of a Decauville railway to the Black sea was in stalled higher up the stream, and a grimy mob of soldiers and i ail way. laborers turned the leafy meadows into a chaos ot engine sneus ana coal dumps. The. Padishah's palace is tumbling into ruin, haunted by bats and owls. The trees have long ago been cut down for firewood, and at that part of the stream which is still navigable" for. small boa's hor t ihlf. little cafes have ' been in- Stalled.' where poisonous raki is sold ' by unshaven and unkept Greeks. Women Offend Eye. A hideous cacophony of , hurdy gurdies and vulgar Greek songs" as saults the car, and instead of the cainty little , veiled figure in varie gated silks blatant women in the 'barbaric frills aivl feathers of imita tio'i;, European fashions, offend . the . tyc. , general - Tie only relief to the banality and ugliness ofs the - Sweet Waters today - is afforded l;y the gypsy women who haunt the cafes to piy their traditional trade of fortune .tdlb'g end to dance, to the accom paniment' of pipe and tambourine. They wear vivid yellow and scarlet Itcrcliicfs on their . head, and the brilliance of their eyes and teeth is enhanced by the dark copper of their 'complexions. . The sensuous movc- lncntS Of their lightly clad bodies , and waving arms rccalj the dancing of Indian nautch girls, with whom uicy arc'surciy Kin, Mt me inyua - tion of their cesturcs arousesnoth ing ( more than gloating interest of the regular audience, for Mos lem and Christian alike the ching anch, or gypsy, is- an outcast. , ' Few Moslems . visit the Sweet Waters today, and foreigners, having read some out-of-date guide-book ..of Pierre Loti's "Les Dcsenchantees," only make the pilgrimage to return weary &nd disgusted. ' - ' Truly the days of the Caliphs are over. ' ; .--' .' ' - - ; . Passenger (after . first night on board ship) 1 say, where have all . my clothes vanished to? . StewardWhere did you ' put them before you went to bed last night? : '' - . 'Passenger I folded them up care fully and put them in that cupboard over there. ' . Steward I see no cupboard, sir. Passenger Are you blind, man? I mean that one with the round glass door to it. . Steward Bless me, sir, that ain't no cupboard, that's the porthole! Georges You do not call on Mollie Sosebud now? . Jack No, I got disgusted. She has . uch a coarse laugh. 1 George I never noticed that.,., Jack You would if you'd been within hearing when I proposed to her. , . - -- "' Fond Mamma Yes. my darling, those little boyr'next door have no father and mother and . no kind auntie. Wouldn't you like to give them something?"? ; Archie (with great enthusiasm) Oh, yes, mamma, let's give them Aunt Jane." . , .'- - -. .i. " - - - "How yon getting on wid 'rithme tic, Sambo" asked one nigger of an other. - - "Well," was the wply. "I ' done learned to add: bp my noughts, but de figgers "bother me yet? Teacher And what is , your namer , - First Pupil Jule, sir. Teacher Don't say "Jule:" say "Inlius.'- An I what is your, name? Second Jfupil Bilious, teacher. A REVIEW OF THE Helen's Favor-Currying Generosity : Proves Disastrously Expensive. - . "I didn't know you'd ordered ice cream, ma'am," Annie was romoving the salad plates. "I'd made bread pudding but guess it'll keep." "Ice cream?" amazed Helen.. Why, I didn't order any." ' , : ' . "A big freezer full -, just now come." - V . "It's a mistake!" Dropping her napkin, Helen started for the kitch en. "It can't be for us." If there's any ice cream in sight let's swipe it," Warren Called after her. There under the kitchen table stood the freezer without a tag or address of any kind. ,- - "Who brought , it?" examining it for a possible caterer's mark. "I dunnc, ma'am. It came up on the dumbwaiter. Our bell rang and a man hollered tip, 'There's your 'cream!'" . , ',' "Dear, come out here," Helen lraiipj :ntn th. j;n:n "There's no name on it.,- What II wc do with it?" - , "Might as well eat it? No sense in Icttmg it melt. Maybe somebody loosened up and sent us a present," grinned Warren. . .- . "They'd send a card with itYou know it isn't for us." , . , " But after. Annie had-inquired of Mrs. Gordon's maid across, the hall and of the Holdens and the Martins ..nslairs Hlpn wliirtantlv helned to cpcn the freezer which.Tield a gallon 0f rjch crcany. thick with walnuts an(j marrons Jove, . that's the real stuff" was Warren's verdict , when he . forked into the generous portion Annie placed before him. ' : ' But at his third piatclul Helen protested. : Dear, it s so rich you Ji be sick. I wouldn't eat any more."? - Now that s all right . It " isn t often. I eet a. chance' at a feed like this. When you order cream you're so blamed stingy you - never get more than a pint."- " "What you going to do- with the rest of it, ma'am?" inquired Annie. "It's a shame to waste all that. Can I give a plate to the elevator boy?" "Yes, do. And we'll send some to the Holdens. She's always sending us something. Wait, I'll come out and see how much there's left." Though they had eaten all they could, there were at least three quarts still in the freezer.; - "You can take this righj up to the Holdens," Helen placed a thick slab on one of her best China plates. "And this is for Mrs. Martin," cut ting ! out ' another square. "-"She brought us those tomatoes from the country. No. I won't put hers on a good plate it might not come back. She's so careless." -- " -'- When Annie returned . glowing from her errand, saying they .were both much pleased, Helen had ready two- other - portions on " ordinary kitchen "plates. - , ' "Now this is for Joe,, the" house man and this for the elevator boy. . "Now you can take this to the su perintendent," Helen was again ' at the fee cream. "And you can speak about that pantry faucet he promised to fix.. Just ask if, he can do it to morrow,. ' Annie's return brought the super intendent's thanks and the assurance that he would be up the first thing in the morning to fix the faucet. ' , "Now let's see. Who else?" Helen tried to think of how the remaining cream, now less than a quart, could be distributed to her best advantage. "Who can that be?" anxiously, at a sharp ring of the door be!L - . nme.vwho had started to wash ItheXdisbcs. wined her hands, changed JherWron, and hurried to the door, i SUMMER CAMPAIGN The Married Life of Then voices in the hall a wom an's shrill excited treble. But Helen, listening- ' with vague misgivings, could not catch the words. "It's Mrs. Gregory from the 11th floor something about the cream," reported Annie in a perturbed whis per. "She says she's expecting a freezer for her card party. With-sick dismay Helen ran out I State to Expand This is how the University of Ne braska college of medicihetwill look SO years hence, if it please the Ne braska state legislatures "in the inter vening years. ' . Omalians are familiar with the magnificent hospital building, flanked by north and side laboratory build ings, which crowns the hill at Forty second street and Dewey avenue. But .it is . through the courtesy of Dr. Irving S. Cutter; dean of the medical school, and the John Lat enser firm, architects, that The Bee acquaints its readers with a school plan aimed to extend into the next generation and then some. Locking Forward. "We have no intention to foist a heavy tax burden on the state," Dr. Cutter explains. "We merely thought it wise to look forward info future needs of the institution and to pro ceed along a definite plan. Buildings will be erected only a -needed all to complete a symmetrica! whole." The plan includes enlargement of the present hospital building by four t to the hall, then shrank back un noticed when she saw Warren al ready there. "So it was delivered here! How could they have been so stupid? I'll send my maid right down for it." "I'm sorrv. Mrs. Gregory," inter rupted Warren, plainly embarrassed. "But there was no address on the cream and we" additional connecting units, as shown in the center. of the above drawing. '.To the south are corresponding nurses' homes, to augment the one authorized by the last legislature, and erection of which begins this month. School Buildings North. To the north will be erected va rious school buildings, including those for experimental medicine and surgery, physiology, chemistry and, chief of them all, a public health building to house the school dis pensary. More than 20,0C0 cases were han dled last year in the dispensary lo cated in the south laboratory build ing. Every county in the state, but one, was included in the patients. Still farther north from the row of school buildings a row of dormi tories is proposed to house medical students. This is not shown in the drawing. "The housing situation is one of the most arute we have to meet," .said Dr. Cutter, "on account of the fat that the West Farnam residence Helen and Warren "You didn't receive it you sent it back?"; excitedly. 'Yes, of course you would. I'll phone the caterer they'll send it right out again." Her heart in her throat, Helen drew back, in the shadow of the wall. What could Warren say? "Mrs. Gregory, we couldn't return it it was sent up on the dumbwait er without any address. The man Medical district, adjacent to the school, is not one in which rooms for students are easy to get. Where obtainable the cost is prohibitive.".' Plan Cafeteria. A cafeteria' will be installed with ihe opening ot the coming school year for student use. Extending west from the last of the five hospital units is a conva lescent park ior patients, surrounded by tennis courts; then a gymnasium with swimming pool for both men and women; and west of that, ex tending to the Belt - line road, an athletic fields The plan also contemplates a library to be erected just south of the main hospital unit, between the south laboratory and the first nurses' home unit ' ' Library Cramped. "A $100,000 library is now located in cramped quarters on the second floor of the hospital building," said Dr. Cutter. i A second "nit of th" hosr:tal, or a psychiatric institute, are the r greatest uccds ot i'i: achool, after was gone, before we knew anything about it."' ! e ' "Oh, then it is here? I thought you said it wasn't. I'm so excited I can't Ret anything straight." Helen could stand it no longer. With one of her reckless, generous impulses, she darted forward to re lieve Warren of the mortifying ex College the nurses' home is built, he said. The proposed school plan would take; in Forty-second street, to Forty-sixth, from Dewey avenue to Emile street, which is just north of Leavenworth street. The university already controls most of the ground west to Forty-fourth street More than -100 patients are con stantly on the waiting list for ad mission to the hospital. ; Behind Other States. Nebraska is behind Iowa," Colo rado, Minnesota and Michigan in failing to establish a psychiatric in stitute, according to Dr. Cutter. - "The care of the acutely insane those who can be cured by a proper knowledge of mental hygiene is one of the biggest problems of mod ern medicine. It is made greater by the strain and pace of modern liv ing. We have no facilities to care for temporarily unbalanced patient. Ordinary hospitals are not sufficient ly equipped." Provision for these patient will be made, if possible, in the next hos pital unit erected n the campus. By CHARLES DANA GIBSON l'lyrlM, Mr rubli.bliif Compmr mm Published by arrangement witn Lite. "Mrs. Gregory, we we didn't know what to do with the cream," her face painfully red. "The tag must've been torn off we couldn't find' out anything about it. It seemed a -shame to let it. melt so we" "You didn't eat it?" shrilly. "Why, you couldn't! There was a gallon I" "We gave most of it away. If we d onlv known "You deliberately ate , that cream when von knew it didn't belong to vou? I never heard of such a thing! her voice resing to a shriek. ( "Now there's no use getting ex cited. Mrs. Gresrory," Warren broke in coldly. "I'll be glad to pay for the cream. "What frood will that dp with 12 couples upstairs expecting re freshment? "Then I'll order more cream from any caterer you say and have them "All the 'decent ones are closed at this hotise-rl wouldn't serve the cheap stuff you get around here. I had that made especially with mar rons and walnuts $S a gallon!" "I'm very sorrv." Warren ex tractcd $8 from his wallet. "I don't see that I can do or say anything more. . "It's the most outraeeous tiling I eycr heard!" furiously, crushing the Dins in her hand. ill rave to ex plain to all those people. I've noth ing to give them but cake." '."I we've some grape juice and jrmger ale, offered Helen , timidly, "If vou'd like to make nunch " "Thank vou, I have the ingredi ents tor a punch, tngidlv , I his is a bridsre club I entertain only once a vcar. And now not to have the proper refreshments after ordering that cream a week ago! It would never have occurred to me to even open a freezer of cream that didn't belong to me! But I suppose it takes all k nds of people to make a world." With this venomous thrust she swished out, slamming the door af ter her. ' "Oh Oh!" Helen dropped on a chair in the hall, her flaming face in her hands. , "She was pretty nastv," admitted Warren grimly. Had her nerve to bawl us out after . taking the money." "She'll tell everybody in the house!" wailed Helen.' ''How in blazes were we to know where the blooming stuff " came from? It landed in our kitchen. What were we to do with it? Pitch it out the window," If only we d waited "Well, if you hadn't been so damned anxious to dish it out to pay off your debts and get in- right with the house help we'd have had most of it to give her. There's al ways a string to your generosity." But, Warren, you made jne open it" hotly. "I didn't want' "Oh, drop it! There's noiise jaw ing about it now." ' And S8!" For the moment" Hel en's outraged economy surmounted her mortification. "We could have had cream for a month on that!" "Well, it was corking good cream and for once I had enough. Now forget it! If she wants to spill that story all over the place let her. I did all I could and I don't want to hear any more about it" But Helen brooded wretchedly over the humiliating incident How Mrs. Oregory would distort it! To morrow everybody would know Warrens thrust that she had dished it out . to pay off her debts and "get in right with the house help" rankled deep. Bitterly Helen realized that this time her favor-currying . generosity had been most unfortunate. She had paid a high price for the good will of the elevator boy, the house man. the superintendent and a bandbox from Thorns! (Next Week Helen demonstrates her "New Thought" theories.) (Copyright, l:i, jeabel Herbert Harper.) Secret Wedding 01 Duchess Fills Gypsy Prophecy Madame Hainan, Formerly Consuclo Vurulerliilt, Mar rics French Soldier After Divorce From Duke. London, Sept. 10. A gypsy proph ccy hat been fulfilled by the second marriage of Consuclo. dtich.cu of Marlborough, who now orop her title and becomes plain Madame Ualsan, hrr husband being a French oldier will known in sporting cir cle ill both countries, and employed during the war a a laison officer in thi country mid in France. When she wa a girl making her visit to the Riviera for the first time she had her fortune told hv a palm ist, who declared that hn husband would be a French soldier of good family. The then Mi Consuclo Vandcr hilt wa ftomcwhat indignant at ihit suggestion, for even then t'lere wa more than a suspicion tlut her mat rimonial fate was settled, and I be lieve that the duke of Marlborough wa one of those who shared her indignation over the prediction. "Time has proved my gypsy wa right after all," wa the comment of the duchess the last time I heard her tell the story, and she hope that the rest of the prediction will come true, for the gypsy added that not until her life was united to this French soldier would the duch?ss realize what true hnppiness was. Not Love at First Sight ' It cannot he said that it was a rase of love at first sight with the duclicss and her new husband, but it can be said that it was a case of two people being powerfully at tracted towards each other from the first meeting. Five years ago the two were trav eling together through the war zone on their separate business, and it was when obliged to journey part of their way by air that they had their first opportunity of becoming known to each other. i It was the beginning of a firm friendship that developed into a real love match. 1 Though a brave soldier and a man of the world, Colonel Balsan was terribly afraid of the publicity asso ciated with his latest marriage, and it was on his account more than that of the lady that it was decided to evade the press and the public by resorting to stratagem. , Sworn to Secrecy. Everybody concerned was sworn to secrecy. The date was changed more than once because of the ac tivity of newspaper men, and finally u was nxea tor Monday last. In case there should be any ener getic newspaper men on the watch, the two arranged for doubles made up as nearly as possible ?;ke the real thing td deputize for them at their, usual haunts. It is only fitting that a romance that began on an airplane should be associated with an airplane ' honey moon. ' It was at the suggestion of the was planned, and the parties traveled to Paris after the ceremony en route for the south of France, where the bridegroom has an estate. It is the intention of the countess and her husband to settle down in France now, and the probabilities are that America and England will see very little of either. Ice Cream Soda Detroit Product' Soda Fountain Concoction Stumbled Upon by Accident Following Thunder Storm. Detroit. Sept. 10. Detroit, home of the "flivver," is also the home of another great American "institu tion" the ice cream soda. This was brought out with the unusual rush for soda fountains of the city dur ing the heat wave just passed. Ice cream sodas, Fred Sanders, ' jr.", avers, came into being at the home of the elder Sanders follow ing a thunderstorm 40 years ago. The story of the discovery of the present day popular drink is as fol lows, accord'ng to Sanders: "Forty years ago . the American people regarded ice cream as a lily that could not be painted. At thaf time they "took it 'straight.'. Sirups were in general use in dink cOncoc-' tions,' but the ice cream ' sundae, soda and other near relations were unknown. Carbonated water was in use among soda dispensers in a drink known as 'sweet cream soda.' Jts chief ingredient was sweet cream, direct from the farm. "The thunderstorm that brought about my grandfather's discovery came in the summer of 1880. ? He was conducting a soft drink parlor. and the storm caused the sweet cream he had on hand to sour. "Immediately following the storm a wedding party dropped in at my grandfather's place, seeking sodas. My grandfather then volunteered to experiment until he had found a sub stitute. It was then that the present dav ice cream soda had its beginning. "So popular proved the drink with the wedding party that they con tinued to ask my grandfather to make it for them on later visits t his place, and its fame gradually spread until today it is a drink that is known most of the world over." Explosive. tor) Dai coctah sure am a funny man His Wife How come? Rastus Made me swallah two cartridges filled with powdah, and then tell me. I shouldn't smoke. As if Ah would. Cartoons Magazine. ' Husband You hadn't a rag to your back when I married you! Wife Yes, but I've got plenty now. . "Nasty cold you've got What are you taking for it?" "Anythingwhatl! you offer " Mildred Madge's complexion lias improved wonderfully of late. Marjorie Yes, she is begi beginning to understand bow to put ft t '