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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1922)
1 ti c TUB nFKj OMAHA. SUNDAY. JAN'UAHV "1. The Married Life of Helen and Warren Warren Succumb to a DdccUbU I Pinner Served by Kuitun I Prtnctit. J 'It tooli cteinl Dcir. let's tr i It." Helen ptuted to peer through iht window at the attractive, sold. (lit reitaurant, "Soma Kuidan place Warren 'cowled at the tlgn Tiverna I Rum." 'Come on, we don't know (anything abgut it. I don't feel Mt 5 enperimr nting tonight. f "Oh. I'd luve to try it." wlitfully, "I'm tired of Italian lood." i "What d'you expect in It!?" i italking on. "Thought yno were o keen on ipaahettir Yon could hardly wait till we landed here 19 fget the real thing." j "But after you've had nothing ele i for a month, you do art tired ol it Everything'! to rirh-Mhry uie to s much oil. And aariici l don t mind i a little, but when everything reeki I of it I And that place we went to f last night dear, you know that wai ' awfully dirty." f With an Irate inort, Warren . wheeled about J "Want to go back to that Rulan " joint, don't you? All right, then, l we'll gol Might at well, or you'll J te kicking all through dinner. 5 "No no, doji't, if you'd rather not I We'll go wherever you ay." "No, we won't," grimly. "Once ft van m, . ah a thinffvAnr , J damned periutent. Helen couia naruiy keep tip witn hit long, wrathful strides, is they made their way back to tha "Tav ern a Rush." 1 "Not o all-fired popular,' I growled Warren, for though the tables were inviting with shaded J lights and flowers, most of them were empty. Down a few steps and they en tered the restaurant The very air seemed fragrant from the absence ot garlic and frying oil. The woman who came forward to greet them wore a waitress' apron, but her voice and carriage were un mistakably cultured. "Would' you like a window- table?" in excellent English with an i "Yen. thin is Terr attractive." mur- u inured Helen. "We're always pleased to serve fi Americans," with a charming smile. U "They're so appreciative." j "Bet they soak you here," ' grumped Warren, as she moved off. :A "That's why it's empty." 'A Anxiously, Helen appraised the .! menu. The dishes all bore Russian " , names with which she was unfa- k miliar, but to her relief the prices ; were moderate. f "I thought you'd like ice most fl Americans do. "Oh, thank your Helen welcomed the bowl of cracked ice. "We've liardly seen any since we've been in Italy spooning a piece into her glass. Familiar with most menus, Warren ' nna11v nve hi order with oromnt assurance, but now he was still scowling over the unintelligible items. "Would you like some of our Rus sian hors d oeuvre?" after a solicitous wait "And if you care for a thick soup, I'd suggest m Rossolnik it's made of cucumber juice, celery roots and nuts served with fish pasties and sour cream." Knowing Warren always resented any suggestions as to what to order, Helen was nervously apprehensive. What if he should flare out with some sharp rebuffl But he merely threw down the menu with a curt "Very welL And let me have the wine list." "Dear, don't be so gruff I You can see she's not an ordinary waitress. And it's a relief to speak English, after struggling with Italian waiters." "Well, we know a little about Italian dishes. Soup with fish and sour cream that's a bolshevik dose for you I Doubt if we can draw a thing we can eat." "Dear, I feel it's going to be good. Everything's so clean and dainty." "Huh, after all that tramping to day. I want some real food none of your dainty tea room dabs." With the hors d'oeuvre came a slender decanter of clear white liq uor and two tiny glasses. "Perhaps you'll have a glass of vodka it's very appetizing before dinner." "Vodkal" amazed Helen, when they were alone. "I've always won dered what it was like but isn't it supposed to be dreardfully strong?" "If we're in for a Russian dinner," Warren filled the glasses, "might as well go the limit" "Why, it isn't so strong!" Helen took a more cautious sip. "It's like cognac." "More like Kirsch " draining half of his at a gulp., "Not bad." Then turning his attention to the hors d'oeuvre. "What's all these nick nacks?" , . Alluringly garnished were the spiced eels, pickled mushrooms, ca viar, amoked and stuffed fish, and other morsels that Helen did not recognize. After he had sampled "a few of the eight varieties. Warren's frown re laxed. "If the rest of the dinner's bum we'll order another round of these." . With the soup, which proved equally delicious, he completely suc cumbed. ' "YouH bave to hand it to that cook. This soup's a winner!-' When the menu was again pre sented, Warren waved it aside with a genial, "Guess we'll leave it to you. "I think you'll like the Rastegai," flushed and pleased. "It's something like a fish pie with layers of sterlet, rice, eggs and sour cream." , "Sounds pretty awful," he grinned, as ahe hurried off. "They're strong tor sour cream. But after that soup, I"m ready to take a chance." Who was this woman and the other -vaitress who moved with such stat: lv grace, wondered Helen? And that distinguished elderly man at the desk? "Dear, they must be Russians oi the better class you can see they'rs not used to this work. Oh, I'd love to know something about them." , "Well, they're handing out corking good grub. That's the main thing." The Rastegai, with its many lay ers, was the most delectable dish of all. "Jove, if they had this eatery m New York, it'd be jammed every right" "Pardon me, but I heard you say you'd like to know something about this place," A woman, evidently Engtuli, who bad teen dining at a nearby table, paused on btr way out. Oh, wt should I Wc'ra roost In terejted. glowed Helen. 'Won't I you sit down?" taking her gloves and himlhag from tha vacant chair. "I came in hert first Just at yon did because it looked dean and at t active. Counteit Lamsdorff uiuaU ly waits on me, and ahe'i told me jemrthing of their story." "I'tiuntess?' amaxed Helen, "Vei. the fall one with the light hair. Princess Yastchouk it waiting on you. They were all members of the crar'a court. Tha way they es caped, the horrors they went through oh, it's the most pathetic story I I want to help them get more patrona, 1 hey re Hard! making expenses now.- "Don't see how they do that.1 Warren gUnccd around at the empty tables. '.Not with the food they serve." "Yes, they try to have everything as they had in their own homes That" why I stopped I thought if you knew, you d tend other Amcri cans." "We're here for only a week, but I'll be clad to send any one we meet at the hotel. Warren assured her. They'd be to grateful I They're getting to discouraged. Count Kra- kowskie looks sadder and more hone iess every day." glancing at the man at the desk. "Yon tee, they told the last of their jcwelt and clubbed to gether to ttart this little restaurant If it fails, they lose their all I" "If it were in Paris or London, we could help. Hut we don t know any one in Rome," regretted Helen. "That chap Dodson and his wife rt the hotell I'll speak to him, prom ised Warren. "I think they know tome people we could rope in." "Oh, thank youl" Then taking a memorandum from her handbag, "I want to put a notice in the travel bureaus here, but I don't know how to word it Do you think this would attract the Americans? "Dainty, Delicious Luncheons and Dinners Can Be Had at the TAVF.RNA RUSSA Via Crispi, 4 Prices Moderate Service Excel lent." "Left see if we can't cook up something with a little more punch," Warren was already scribbling on the back of the menu. "Native1 Russian Dishes Served By ' RUSSIAN NOBILITY. Princess Yastchouk and Countess Lamsdorff Will Personally Serve YOU a Delicious Luncheon or Dinner Via Crispi, 4" They'll fall for that." irrinned Warren. "Just let the American tourist know that there's a flock of princesses here slinging hash and you can't keep 'em out with a ma chine gun." "But thev shrink from commercial izing their titles. I'm afraid they wouldn't like " "Don't consult 'em. They've got a good proposition here good food, low prices all they need's publicity. Just stick that card up in the hotels and travel bureaus and get ready for the rush." Warren, now thoroughly interested outlined two other vigorous notices which could be used as additional' advertisements. Sensing his business force, the Englishwoman was most attentive. When finally she rose, carefully re taining bis notes, she thanked him heartily. And I shall hope to see you again I dine here every evening." She s all right, approved War- ren. Llever. too. I hat card s a bully good stunt if she'll play up the royalty bait." You 11 see Mr. Dodson tomor row?" enthused Helen. "And any other Americans around the hotel?" "Sure. I'll gun em all up. Bet they're as fed up on spaghetti and garlic as we are." Then with a chuckle, "A countess scraping off the bread crumbs I They'll break their shins to get here. And we'll breeze around every night ourselves. Now that we've struck a good thing we're going to hit it hard I" "Yes, dear, I'd love to," but with out too much fervor, for to fan War ren's fervor about the place, she must be careful not to remind him that it was she who had discovered it! Copyright, 1921, fcy Mabel Herbert Harper. Next Wek Tbey Hear the Pope Cele brate Mass. Copyright, 1921, by Mabel Her bert Harper. Next Week They Hear the Pope Celebrate Mass. Central Control of City Traffic Planned New York, Jan. 21. A traffic "dic tator," with headquarters in the cen ter of the city, will control traffic on all of New York's principal streets within the near future, according to plans worked out by Dr. John F. Harriss, special deputy police com missioner. Under the new system, work on the installation of which already has started, the "dictator" at his central station will press a button turning on powerful red lights on many thoroughfares at one time, stopping tens of thousands of vehicles at once, and allowing as many vehicles and hundreds of thousands of pe destrians to proceed in the opposite direction. Headquarters will prob ably be in the Times Square district. A similar sytlem, originated by Dr. Harriss, has been thoroughly trd out on a section of Fifth avenue with complete success. Traffic on the en tire length of tl e avenue moves at the same time slops at the same time. When trafiic oi the avenue ;s stopped traffic or. cress streets pro ctecs. Book Gives America Full Credit for Part in War Paris, Jan. 21. America is given full credit for its part in the world war in a book devoted to the strug gle, written by Adolfo Agroio of Montevideo. One of the prominent French commanders quoted in the book is General Sarrall. "The Americans won the war," he is quoted as declaring. "Had the United States not intervened in 1917, we. would have been lost," 66 A TTTTD) ITTTi? ft TTTTfVTTAT 39 7 i i r uj v x i i i i ill 1 in r If l l I I II I I v I I i l II IHI llll X 1 I I I I I I I I 1 f 1 f 1 . . ii f ' i ii ii ii I I i ii if 1 I I I I - iiiiiiiififif i After the What Today All Week II b i f ! -Jj . 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