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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
BABY SHOP IN SMALL TOWN
Profits May Not ,sV Great, hut They
Help In Numerous
ysnys,

"Ir a woman living in a small town
can spare a front room she can easily ADJ
to her income by keeping baby shop with
a counter Of five and ten cent articles.
declared a woman, quoted by the New Norh
sun. II have averaged few cents over
So month ror the last fifteen month
in such a venture without in any way in
terlcrius with my household work.
Though my husband has d good posi-
tiun. we have such brood Of young chit
dren that looked about FOR some way to
add to our income in order to give our
children advantages | wanted the eldest
girl to begin music lessons and both hcr
and her brother To begin with French
teacher.
Il began by taking in a little fine needle
work always Chldrens clothes. one set
| made was not satisfactory to the woman
who had ordered it, and she told me /
might try to sell it and so pay myself
for my work. | sold it to the second per
son who saw the set.
After that experience / made other
sets, not TO order but just to I'LL in my
time they sold so well that before | knew
1t | had gathered a number of customers.
Then realizing that there was no baby
shop i'm our town ! determined TO see what
could be done in our spare front room.
1t took about two years for me to work
the business up TO its present stand that
is clearing $50 a month.
OF course / don't make all the baby
clothes | sell now, though | did when 1
began. Gradually as my trade increased
| secured the services of various womcn
in the town who could sew well and pre-
ferred to do the work at home. When I
get orders / turn the materials over to
them and seldom see the garments until
both as to tit and finish.
Besides these garments made to order
keep on hand a supply of staple baby
clothes. As they are made when my sew
ing women have no orders to fill ! can
afford to sell them at a lower profit than
those made to order have found IL a
good plan to keep a good supply of such
garments.
Il look upon the addition of the counter
of little odds and ends all selling at either
or 10 cents, as almost inspiration
The idea came to me because often
mothers who came to order or buy gar
ments would bring their older children
along and the children were disappointed
at not finding something on sale that
could be bought for them.
you see in small town when the aver
age child goes to the store It expects to
get some bit of candy or toy. At first |
thought of having little inexpensive things
on hand to give away, but when ! came
to figure out the expense ! soon discovered
that my profits were too small To permit
Of my offering such inducements. 1t
naturally followed that / should get little
things to SELL
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

or repair shop.
Most of these establishments are com
modious, well equipped for their purpose
and attractive to the passer-by. In many
Of them one finds saleSrooms fitted UP al
most to the point of luxury and decorated
In most effective way. In addition to
the automobile copcerns which have APP
propriatetd Farnam street for their own
there are to be found a number of shops
on Harvey street about An equal distance
west Smaller shops are found in every
part of the city.
During, the year 1909 the automobile men
of the city drew into their Golfers approx
mately 100000 of which three million
went for the machines themselves and the
odd million for tires, lamps, tops and the
thousand and one other things which go
to make up the modernly equipped auto
mobile These figures do not take into
consideration at all the vast amounts which
Omahas auto users spent for repairs, oil
gasoline and the like
1t is estimated that there are now in the
state of Nebraska approaching 500 automo-
bile dealers and of these at least a fourth
make Omaha their headquarters. These
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

it was regarded much as would be man
who, nowadays. would bring an aeroplane
to the city.
Today with thousands of fine automobiles
in the possession of its citizens with the
yearly retail trade i'm automobiles running
up well into the millions. with four auto
mobile organizations. with an automobile
sneedway, with annual endurance runs and
races and with an automobile show almost
unparalleled In the country, Omaha oc-
cupies a place alone among the cities of
the west in motor affairs.
In the early days of the automobile when
man wanted a machine he went to the
manufacturer for it or bought 1t from the
agent of the manufacturer, who called
upon him, there was scarcely any place
for the retailing of automobiles As the
machines became more common, however
and II became less and less of an event i'm
the family circle when an automobile was
purchased there came a call for man to
occupy a position between the purchaser
and the manufacturer
Auto Row Impressive.
How well Omaha men needed that call
can best be realized by a trip up Farnam
street. The row" is becoming each year
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

of the manufacturers to turn out car
which will stand hard knocks. car which
is suitable for the use of the farmer or
the business man, who is willing to sacri-
flee symmetry of design and elegance of
finish to durability and strength. The com
pany which formerly had Ralph Rogers
as its general manager has recently
elected c. a. Ralston OF Chicago to that
position. This change was made at the
same time that the expansion was decided
uuon.
The annual endurance run which was
instituted this year the automobile speed
way which has been constructed and the
races which have been held upon IL have
all been Indicative of The ever increasing
hold that the automobile is gaining upon
Omahas people and of the progress which
has been made along automobile lines
during the year.
1t is expected. however. that the sixth
annual automobile SHOW. which il to he
hell i'm the Auditorium some time late
i'm February, will give better Indication
of that progress than any event which
omaha has yet been privileged to witness.
The omaha Automobile Show assucia-
ton which has always had the event in
charge. and which has, each year made
before is laying plans for the coming
show which far eclipse anything yet at
tempted. Some of these they are willing
to disclose, but more of them they will
not make public until later in the year,
Prospects for Auto show.
The dates for the event have not. as
yet been definitely decided upon. but the
dates will probably be about the same
as those on which last years event oc-
CURED, the third week in February. The
date set by the local men will depend
bit upon what dates are chosen by the
New York and Chicago dealers, for many
of the same cars which are exhibited at
those places will come here FOR the week
of the Omaha exhibition.
Omaha, which is the pioneer city Of the
west i'm the matter of automobile shows,
will have her pick of the dates left after
the principal eastern cities have chosen
theirs. and the date Of the exhibits at
Lincoln and Sioux city, which are this
year to have automobile shows for the
first time, as well those in other
western cities, will be determined after
omaha announces it's date.
Last year there were over fifty ex-
hibitors in the Auditorium and about $50
cars were on the floor. This year it is
expected to increase this number as
every dealer will get more space than he
had for the last exhibit II is hardly
likely, however, that there will be an eX-
hibition of traffic vehicles this year, as
it is desired to confine the exhibits to
the floor of the auditorium. The extent
of the Omaha show can be imagined when
1t is borne in mind that last year there
were but five fewer exhibits than at the
Chicago show
South Omaha night, Council Bluffs
night. Lincoln night Society night and
the other features which have made the
Omaha show so popular in years past
will in all probability, be retained and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

men it is who divided the s4.OO0COO among
themselves last year and wIo seem in
fair way to divide greater amount during
this year for there is scarcely garage or
supply shop in the city which is not san
guine that the years business will exceed
that of last year by from 20 to 80 per cent.
Many Machines Here.
Local dealers estimate the number of
automobiles in Omaha as between LOCO ana
200. Granting for the sake of argument
that the smaller of the two figures is the
more nearly correct, we still have a car for
every 125 people i'm the city. which is far
from a bad showing when the distance of
the city from the big automobile manufac-
turing centers is realized and 1t Is borne in
mind that the total has jumped from one
to a thousand in but twelve short years.
or late much has been said of the auto
mobile as a detriment to society and
economists of more or less elevated stand
ing have pointed the finger OF scOrn at
the automobile and named it as the prn-
cipal cause of the high cost of living.
Whether or not these wise men are correct
in their conclusions it is undeniable that
the automobile, i'm Omaha at least, has
done immense good
Only few years ago Omaha's pavements
were a disgrace to a city of its size and
the condition in which the unpaved streets
as well as the pavement was kept was an
eyesOre. During the last twelve months,
however, thousands of feet of the worst
worn streets of the city have been resur-
faced and If plans as yet only tentatively
announced materalize many thousand
more yards of new paving will be laid
within another year
For this change "A great deal of credit
must be given to the automobile owners.
for it is almost generally true that the men
who own automobiles are men of influence
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

ing and the total is now in the neghbor
hood of seventy-five vehicles The pioneer
in the use of these machines in the city
was the Storz Brewing company and that
concern still owns the largest of the city's
trucks. it being huge three-ton affair
with immense power.
There are two distinct classes of trucks
i'm town-the heavy vehicles which are
used by the breweres, the ice dealers and
furniture businesses and the lighter trucks
which do delivery work and general haul
ing for the retailers and smaller whole
sale merchants.
The use of these machines has in most
every case been satisfactory, one firm re-
ports saving of over 500 per day i'm the
expense of its delivery system and others
give reports almost as enthusiastic. The
capacity of the trucks in Omaha ranges
from one to three tons,
Omaha Makes Autos.
The Rogers Motor Car company. whose
plant is located at Ralston. is the only
Omaha plant engaged i'm the manufacture
of automobiles. This company which has
been engaged in the business but a very
short time has only recently decided to
increase its capacity from 500 cars a year
to 5,OO0
The first machine manufactured N
Omaha was turned out a few weeks ago
and to date but twenty-five have been
placed upon the market. That the demand
for these should be 80 large as to justify
the company in so vastly increasing its
capacity BODIES well for the place which
Omaha is one day to occupy as man
ufacturing point for automobiles.
The cars turned out by the Rogers COM
pany are of three kinds and the thing
which is sought above all others in their
manufacture is durability. 1t is the aim
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
,AVEVoGEL5ANG "

IN the places where in
IluenCe must be welded
to seCur, better streets.
The extensions OF the
boulevard system which
have been made i'm re-
cent years are also
largely attributable to
the auto users Of the
cts. what is true Of
the city has been true
of the outlying districts
Of the state. The i'm
pruvement in the COun-
try roads 81 Iowa and
Nebraska during recent
years has been unpdr-
allcled and in almost
every case the change
can be traced directly
to the efforts Of ma
chine owners.
Recent years have
seen a considerable ad-
vancement i'm the use of
the automobile for bus
mess purposes i'm the
city. Although the num-
Der of motor trucks in
Omaha Is yet consider
ably behind that in
many places Of a sim
liar size, yet the num-
Der is rapidly increas-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
WGEQ: 2 ElMW
HISTORY OF AUTO IN OMAHA
remarkable Growth of a Young In
., dustry in This City.
CENTER OF GREAT ACTIVITY
Omaha Supplies All the SurrOund-
inG Country with BenEInc BugEIes
and the Business HhrIves at
All Times of the Nenr.

Twelve years ago Omaha's sole aim to
distinction In the motor world lay in the
fact that II had then acquired its first auto
mobile secondhand machine which one
OF its more affluent citizens had had suf-
neient temerity to import and which could
II be compared with the giant machines
which fit about Omaha's streets these DAYS
would appear but poor and insignificant.
In those days, however it was a wonder
ful acquisition and the man who owned
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

every effort viii bc made to draw To ur
city the large number Of out of town
people. especially country automobile
dealers. which have attended the SNOW 90
the past.
OF the association which promotes the
show and which is composed entirely of
dea ers J. j. Deriglt is president and
Clarke G.. Powell secretary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

more and more important as an
institution and it is not surpris-
ing that such is the case when
one realizes that on either side
of .Farnam street from Eigh-
teenth street to Twenty fourth
and beyond it is next to impos-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02

Overland Wind Wagon Cattamoran" has
beaten every launch on the river
The drive shaft of the car is not con-
nected with the differenital. The wooden
propeller is the same as used on an aero
plane and is eight feet long. The car
weights 1870 pounds. Three more wind
wasons are being built, as great demands
Tor them have sprung up al county and
state fairs all over the country other
tricks will be performed with this wagon
promises viii II. Brown.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-02
auto Row ImprcssIv,

How we'll Omaha men needed that call
can best be realized by trip up Farnam
street. The row. is becoming each year
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
KING Of THE C0C0S
Bachelor of 30 |nherits Throne
and Vast Estate.
la Absolute Monarch Over Malays
!nh:biting the Cocos Keeling
Group of islands-capital
Has Population Of 700.

London.-His Majesty, Sidney /, the
new King of the Cocos Keeling
islands, is in London engaged over
the administration of the affairs OF the
late king, his father, whose estate has
Just been proved at the value of over
$1,000 900, exclusive of his properties
in the islands.
The new king received a representa-
tive of the London Leader in the ante
room of city Office in Wilmington
avenue, and consented to be inter-
viewed with a readiness that is re-
markable, to say the least OF H. Oh
the part Of reigning monarch.
King Sidney is a tall, spare young
man OF about 30, as brown as
beechnut, with high cheek bones
close-cropped black hair, a cafe1ully
trained mustache, and q soft, caress
ing voice. He was completely dls
guised In wellftting clothes OF gra!
and patent leather boots. An enor
nous emerald glowed upon the llttlf
finger Of his left hand-a jewel suc1
as none but a king dare wear, an(
from his watch chain dangled a meda
of gold, struck in commemoratlon o
| the discovery Of the Cocos keelln|
islands IN the early days OF the seven
teenth century
pray be seated" said his Majesty
producing an aromatic cigarette. I'm
court l receive here is quite unoH
cial, I assure you. At the royal pa
ace OF New Selma it might be dlffe1
ent-" He waved his hand alrlly
I am p!ain Mr.. Sidney Clunies RIOS
here; and when l get to Cocos l sha
have quite enough Of kfngship to las
me a litntime. It's true that When
am at home l shall be a king Wit
more power than most monarchs, VIII
| a royal palace that cost fortune
build, with my own laws to admlnlste
in my own way, and no ministry
worry me-.
In my kingdom" continued his NJ
;esty, there are neither police NJ
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
He Was a Boston Boy.

Your little boy must be very IN.
telligent," said visitor to a Boston
school teacher whose fiye-year.old son
was forming Greek words with build
ing blocks.
Intelligent" exclaimed the proud
parent. HE is phenomenally gifted
AS an example of his early erudition
what do you suppose were the tirs'
words he ever spoke?"
Papa and mamma?
stuff and nonsense!" calculated the
father, in a tone Of disgust. why, the
day he was IL months old he suddenl!
laid down his algebra and said to me
Father, the longer l live the more IN
dubitable proofs I perceive that ther'
Is in Boston as much culture to. tn
square inch as there ever was in tn
ambient area of ancient Athens!!'"
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
A Natives Mansion.

soldiery. / am chief magistrate and
commandments as we'll as king,
Just as my father was before me.
settle all disputes, civil, ecclesiastical
and moral! l may tell you that as
heir apparent ran the regency in
my late fathers absence, and so serv'
ed useful apprenticeship to the bust
ness am now succeeding to. | think
I'VE got the hang of the islands, so to
speak, and don't anticipate any trou-
BILE when l come into my kingdom.
The principles of government have
been simplified since my great-grand-
father reigned as first king of the
Cocos Keeling group.
1--WE are strictly moral commune
ty. No drunkenness Is allowed, and
beyond the little whisky that is doled
out from the palace, no Intoxicating
LIQUORS are obtainable on the islands.
There was time, not 80 long ago,
when the natives manufactured their
own fire water. They brewed con-
coction from cocoanuts, which they
called palm toddy.' They got drunk
on it-nastily drunk-and the result
| was a law prohibiting every possible
variety Of palm toddy. Today, SO far
as 4 know, there isn't drop of that
toddy obtainable on the islands,
| His Majesty went on to describe
the principal city Of the island group
and its domestic life New Selma is
! it's name, and it's population is barely
7O0-all, viii two or three exceptions
Malays, of whom Inin, the Queen
Mother, is one. New Selma boasts
1 modern school in which Arabic and 6
little English are taught, and the
Young idea is trained in the tenets O
Mohametanism, which is the religion
of all proper Malayans. All marrying
and giving in marriage has to be dom
through the New Selma registry offic'
after his Majesty has approved 0
the union. To understand the divorc
laws of the kingdom it is perhap
necessary to be a New Selman; the
are a little complicated. Like hi
:. father before him, the new king wa
sent to Scotland (the home OF his al
/, cestors) to be educated.
It will be only in accordance wit
the fitness Of things if King sidne
, marries in the islands, as his forbeal
did, His grandfather married tn
: beautiful Sinia Dupong, a. Malay (
:. royal Scion blood, whilst the late kin
: es poused Inin, 1.-THE dusky queen
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
With a Sour Laugh.

A Chicago editor has brought from
London an amusing story about Hum
phrey Ward.
& "aumphry Ward" he said, was IN
his bachelor days, really well-known
art critic. But now!
RI met Humphry Ward at a dinner
in Soho, and he said to me, with q
sour laugh:
".When girl wants to retire from
the world and be lost in oblivion, she
has to enter nunnery But man,
to achieve the same end, need only
marry famous woman.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
STOPPED SHORT
Taking Tonics, and Built Up on
Right Food.

The mistake is frequently made OF
trying to build up WORKOUT nervous
system on so-called tonics-drugs.
New material from which to rebuild
wasted nerve cells is what should be
supplied, and this can be obtained
only from proper food.
1.-TWO years ago ! found myself on
the verge Of a complete nervous COZ.
lapse, due to overwork and study, and
to illness in the family" writes Wis
consin young mother
MY friends became alarmed be-
cause l grew pale and thin and could
not sleep nights took various TONES
prescribed BY physicians but their
effects wore OF shortly after I
stopped taking them. My food did
not seem to nourtsh me and cameo
no flesh nor blood.
Reading Of Grape.Nuts, de-
Il 4ernined to stop the tonics and see
what a change OF diet would DO.
ate Grape-Nuts four times day,
with cream and drank milk also, went
to bed early after eating dish O
Grape-Nuts.
I'm about two weeks | was sleeping
eoundly. In a short time gained y
pounds in weight and felt like =
4 different woman. Ny little daughter
whom I was Obliged to keep out Q
school last spring on account Q
chronic catarrh has changed from
3 thin pale, nervous child to rosy
healthy girl and has gone back t
& achool this fall.
..Grape-Nuts and fresh air were tn
. only agents used to accomplish tn
happy results. ]" :.
Read .sThe Road to MELVILLE i
pkgs. There's Reason
81 v,ver read the above lctterf A ne,
s,,,ss anpeara from time to time. The
s ss are genuine, true, and fnii OF ham ma
Interest. ss. .9s
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
ROSY as
YOUNG GIRL
J. W. Church, the Notary Public,
Of Summit, N. C., Tells How
Cardui, The Woman's
Tonic, Helped His
Wife.

Summit, N. C.-"My wife had been
aIling for nearly IL years. writes Mr.
Church. land at times was unable to
leave the house. She suffered agony
with her side and back. We tried our
family physician for many years, With
ont relief. After his treatments all
failed, she began to take Cardui, ana
gained in weight at once. Now she is
red and rosy as school girl.
Mrs. Church recommends Cardu
to all suffering women"
Cardui is more successful than oth-
ar remedies, because it is different.
It IS in a class by itself.
In over half century, more than a
million women have been helped to
ROSY health and happiness, by using
this wellknown and scientific WON
ans remedy.
Cardui acts specifically, on the weak
encd womanly organs. 1t helps TO re
fresh the WORKOUT nerves and is the
ideal remedy for young and OLD.
AS tonic for women, 1t has brough
remarkable results.
Az g. remedy for womens llls' II:
friends say it has no equal.
Try Cardui.
n R-Wyileto: Ladies' Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga
Tenn for stfcial Instructions. ana "
"a 90 hook, "Home Treatment for WON
an" sent in plain wrapper on request
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-11-25
Expectlnq Too Much.

1t was cold, raw day, but the
NeversWeats and the Fearnoughts
were playing a game Of ball on the
prairie, just the same.
The pitcher of the NeversWeats, his
fingers half frozen, failed dismally IN
getting the balls over the plate.
"Aw,' said the captain, Il fought
We wus one O. desc cold weather
pitchers!"
Il am" said the slab artist, blow
ing on his benumbed digits to warm
them. but | amt ice pitcher, blame
ye!"