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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
To Clean Metal

Pure aluminium can be kept in condition
by washing with soap and water and WHIP
ing dry with clean cloth. This metal Is
never as brilliant as silver or plated ar
ticles.
one teaspoonful Of muriatic acid to a
oupful Of water is a solution that will
clean copper successfully. After applying.
wash off thoroughly with hot water ana
soap
Steel knives can be kept bright by rub
bling with bath brick. The brick should be
scraped, and il the knives are much
stained the powder should be applied wet
that is rag should be dipped into water.
wrung nearly dry and then covered with
the powdered bath brick
This is rubbed vigorously up and down
the knife and allowed to dry. when II Is
washed off and a dry application given to
produce a polish.
The bone and ivory handles should never
De put into warm water. The best way to
wash steel knives is to put them ali, blades
downward into pitcher. Hot water "a
then poured over them until Il reaches al
most TO the handles. This will remove
grease, and the knives can then be i'm
mersed in bath OF warm soap suds. and
both blades and handles will be washed
To keep the latter white they NAV bs
bleached by lightly touching with tavelIe
water care being taken to wash IL off
immediately.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

a. has been more than ten years since
,esperimented with the servant problem
byyworltinsS ten weeks In a kitchen writes
Inez Goldman, in The Independent. / have
waited, watched ana investigated and am
persuader that the problem is one or
nlSnev 20 3 .-'..
u thus resolves itself:
Eighty hours OF sKfried labor-ss and
board for seven days. Which is impossible
NJ solution.
Counting board at IS per week, we have
a rate OF about "a cents an hour, which
simply cannot be in the present order of
progress. The 12-year-old boy who rakes
my lawn and does chores gets is cents an
hour. . t..-
The work Of an average housi hold OF
from four to six persons requires at least
. eighty hours a week, and to expect one
aerson to carry it all for 81 is unreason-
able -s,tst 1855
The striking shirtwaist workers raise
piteous pleas and weary hands for sym
pathy while receiving from 80 to SD
per week for sixty hours Of work. They
have my sympathy. for they work among
nerve-rskiRg surroundings. but their
wages and hours are far better than
those Of domestic service.
The service obtained from houseworkers
Is surprisingly good considering the con-
iitions. but maids are scarce and will be
Tcaroer unless We, reform our way Of
thinking s.s r,.+.a
Let the man of the household consider
his wife's clerk in the same Hight as his
own. Let the wife SO arrange that the
maid has slxy-fvs hours week and no
more. Whatever Is over let the wife
carry herself or hire done--remembering
that when the hours are over the maid
should be- frees not expected to remain in
the house to answer phone or door bell.
have seen lately an experiment which
promises something. Two maidstone
Irish and one Aforementioned forces and
means for a little home OF their own. One
was cook and one housemaid In a pros
porous city household. After much plan
ming and consultation they told their mis-
tress that Il She wished to retain them she
must raise their wages and allow them &c
arrange their own hours.
She baked and became angry The Irisi
maid followed suit. but the American KEEP
her temper and brought the conversation
pto reason. Here are their demands;
Five dollars per week each.
Permission 20 sleep out.
No work on Thursdays or Sundays afte
p, m. - et.
They We're compelled TO yield the Thurs
day. Il could not be arranged Tor both Il
be absent but the other demands wer
granted, They found rooms with difficulty
Low-priced apartments aTe not prepared il
he residence districts
Two four floor rooms with bare neces
stiles OF furRiture more than a mile from
work, cost 50 week.
No, rQse early and vent TO work
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
The Servant Problem

No took her choice OF morning nap
or bath. with leisurely dressing, arriving
at work in time TO serve breakfast
Both worked steadily until o'clock, then
No. ! went home.
No g. cleared away luncheon, dressed
herself tidily for callers and the front
door, and did such work as the afternoon
allowed, ironing preparing OF vegetables,
etc.
No. returned at 8. both prepared din
ner then No. 2 went home and NO. /
remained until 10 o'clock Each gave a
twelve-hour day and each took a weeks
turn at being No /.
1t reads like hard program, does It
not? Yet there are thousands of domestic
servants whose days are less easy.
At the beginning Of the new year they
asked rs cents a week advance The
housekeeper refused, but her husband said
tersely; THE request is proper, Alice.
Five per cent advance each year should be
given without asking, Make your cut in
some other place. Alice. Your business Is
well run. Don't upset the comfort OF our
home. Every years advance binds your
maids closer TO you. When Mary's wages
reach $40 you Win have her where she win
not leave, and when age brings reduction
she must submit. Women Of 40 do not find
positions easily"
Let us not be frightened at the wages
truly believe that capable house
worker should receive the Highest salary
paid to woman, and those of us who can.
not afford the rate must manage other.
wise
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
9 The Bee8 H0me Magazine page *

II seems that silence is not only golden,
but it also cures nerves, according TO an
Italian specialist remarked Friend Wife.
Sort Of gold cure, eh2' answered the
Tired Business Man. Il always wondered
al the frail health Of such fragile takers
as, Jack johnson, r. r., Bryan the SUI
fragettes and the special platform police
man who necessarily boilers Step lively
"a he jams seventeen more passengers into
car packed to the limit. They certainly
could become healthy and strong n they
tried the silence cure, but heaven help the
London hobbies and send for the Scots
Grays n the militant. suffs ever stop talk
ing
'fn the light OF the learned nerve spe-
cialist's declaration that great gobs Of
-qSAnce are the real thing for those frazzled
nerves, we should regard those West Point
and Annapolis cadets as kind benefactors
when they treated their Instructors to the
silence OF course. the soothing, nolseless
moving picture show Is far more comfort
ing to the nerves than one fun of talk, al
though not so soporific; and It only re-
mains for the actors to cut out all the
dialogue In a play, giving the American
stage a generation OF ound-proof Booths
Or Parafini, or Seraflnl or whatever
his name f. says that persons not loqua-
oious always have good health, Has he
never heard OF the scsds of farmers who
rise at dawn and work alone in the fields
all day. with no one to talk to, until some
day the silence busts their main springs
and fills their cases with loose wheels?
whereas, the man in the information bu-
reau Of a railroad station is always a
person Of ealm-wise, sane and Of unwor-
red mind.
congress and our other great legislative
bodies. where talk Is smeared around, al
though it is FAR from cheap when we pay
the salaries is filled with men who don't
suffer from nerves, otherwise they might
be frightened into passing some desired
legislation. Looking over the roly-Dolies
who infest the senate, the house Of repre-
sentatives, the legislatures and the boards
Of aldermen, all OF them given to bursting
into words az a moments notice, we are
moved to believe that the doc is wrong
and that he should say talk and grow
fat -''
<'After dinner speakers-I refer to the
.sfncorrigibie ones-aren't nervous. II they
only would be- Lawyers-well, when II
comes to nerve they are mountains COM
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

pared to the silent, nerve-racked clients.
When one is walking up dark road or
past a cemetery at midnight would the ef-
fort Of answering some brisk conversation
alist make one more nervous than moving
along In silence2 / wot a couple Of wots.
SILENCE is golden Yes, but gold has
deprecated terribly of late years. Pull
that golden sentiment on the milkman who
makes the rounds before anyone else is
up or the man who goes around turning
off the street lights for salaries not so
awfully nobby, and then tell Il to the
monoiogue actor who gets his S5OO a week..
some weeks-Or the mgh-priced trust law
yer who argues thinking up the tunnels
under the law. Talk is a safety valve
Talk too much and one will either be de-
clared pest or elected to some high Of
flee, or both.
There is Noah Websters dictionary just
bulglng with good words to throw around
loose Some of us can take 1t or leave It
alone. meaning we can take It. The only
dumb man l ever heard of who was any
athlete was sign word, Hercules, who
developed strong fingers using strong lam
guage."
Ministers talk a lot and they often have
nervous breakdown" suggested FRIEND
Wife, timidly.
That's when the congregations money
fails to talk" replied the Tired Business
Man. ,. ,s... B..
Copyright 1911, by the N. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

Oh, say, have you seen Cy
In his lobster-tinted tie
That broke upon his vision
when
The dawn broke in the east
And he broke the tissue and
the thing released,
The price Of which broke
Susie up In bizz
And broke the other fellows
heart 10 smithereens2
Oh, say, have you seen Lew
In his hose of royal blue?
They're the ones that Sister
Bought for him and sent the
bill
To her dad, an he got mad
And raised a great big
hullaballOo
That's wOt e do.
On, say, have you seen Dad
In that stickpin that e had
For two hours on Xmas morn?
An since then, by Joe! gol
darn!
Ma an Sis an Geraldine
With that stickpin have been
seen
All that Dad has is the bill
Pay for Il? You bet e Will.
on. say, have you seen Ma
Wild the big rose on 'er haty
Sanity Claus, e brought 'er
that.
Heard 'er say at she I'd
rutheT
Had two. cause one don't
make much show,
But SANITY Claus amt got de
dough,
Sex, Dad. 20 gin 'er two,
30 Ma she's got 70 make one
do, Bee Enty.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
BENNY, THE ANGEL BOY
How He Helped the Prin-
GipaI Catch the Win
dow Smasher.

Little Benny showed up for
his first day at school, dressed
with all the care a loving
mother could lavish on him,
and looked ike cherub. He
attracted the principals atten-
ton and she took him around
TO all the rooms to show the
teachers what an angel child
had been added to the estab-
hshment. And straightway
each and all fell in love win
little Benny, and his pathway
was one of roses.
One day a window was
broken, and search for the
culprit awaited nothing beyond
the fact that little Benny
knew who II was had done
the deed, The principal asked
him to tell and he said he
knew the boy, but not his
name. Then Benny was asked
10 point him out, and said he
would.
Days went by, and no re-
port came from little Benny.
Then the principal Overhauled
him and asked II he had
never seen the culprit.
"Oh, yeth," lisped little
Benny.
well, why do you not
point him out TO me2" asked
the principal.
"Becauth you're never there
when l thee him" was the
reply.
Then the next time you see
him just tell him Miss Blank
wants him to come to her
office" was the principals al
mOnition.
"Oh, no, won't" an
swered little Benny, FOR he'd
tuth may to HI with Miss
Blank"
And the search for the Gull
prit IL going on yet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
NO ADS AT ANY PRICE.



The prettiest little job Of
side-stepplng and jookeying
for a start witnessed in a
long time is that being DIS
played at Lincoln by the leg
islature just now. 70 a man
who never attended a session
OF the legislature the per-
Torrance looks very much
like bunco game.
BY the time the vets and
"drys" of the two parties get
the preliminartes cleared
away, they'll have the matter
In such a snarl that nothing
in the way OF real legislation
can be expected, and the Iall-
ure to pass any Of the prom
ised measures will be asorio-
able to the 'factlonal' differ
ences, rather than 10 an in
herent honesty OF purpose.
Nobody will regret the fall
ure OF county option, or the
initiative ana referendum or
several other propositions that
are on deck, but the people
would think a lot more OF the
lawmakers II they would come
out into the open, and quit
playing horse.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

key spinsky's automobile was speeding
along the crowded thoroughfare. relates
the National Monthly, Something went
wrong with the car and the chauffeur be-
came helpless. do something. do some
thing" said key I've done everything
can said the chauffeur Then you've
lost all control OF it?" key anxiously in
quired. Yes sir said the chauffeur
Are you absolutely sure that you cannot
stop itT' Yes sir" ~Iksy lay back and
closed his eyes. Then run IL into some
thing cheap" he said ts -.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
ALMOST READY TO GO
Lestsla ton VIII start
When Party Divisions
Are All Fixed,

(From a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Jan. 12.-(Speciai
by Way Ashland and FIRE.
mont-Just to Give Jim
Hill's Back Door Line a Try.)
We have almost got things
ready to run down here, ana
just as soon as We can settle
few of the minor points,
we'll start her up.
The present session Is going
to be a record maker In one
respect, at least. IL is going
to have more parties repre-
sented than were ever as
sembled under the old dome
before. We have the Wet
Republicans, and the Dry Re
publlcans, and the democrats
ditto; and then we have some
little divisions as between the
fusionists who are neither one
thing or the other, and a more
than slight inclination to fur
Their division on the lines OF
for or against initiative and
referendum. Other minor
differences are cropping out,
and by the time the session
gets we'll under Roadway we II
have almost as many parties
as there are members.
Douglas county did pretty
we'll in the house organiza-
ton, with four chairmanships,
even II Grossman did get
rooted out Of the judiciary by
Quackenbush. Haven't de-
cided yet II that was victory
for the drys or Just for COM
mon sense.
The bill spout was pulled
open this week, but only a
miserable trickle has been no
ticed from II so far. The fun
head Is not expected until next
week. None of the regulars
have shown up yet, but they
are expected to appear as
usual,
Johnny Reagan is still won
dering how il happened. He
doesn't know what IL was hit
him. but Il was something.
Doc" Tanner will do the
dealing again Just as he did
last time. May have some
thing 10 tell you next week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

Fred Bruning ought TO swell
with pride as he marches
around the court house cor
ridors and reflects on the fact
that but for him doc" Rem
ner might still have been
drawing pay from the county.
But what Is the claim of a
venerable pioneer of the state
and veteran OF the war com
pared TO that OF the man who
sold out the party that
elected himg
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
PERSONAL.

Bert Hitchcock is back from
Washington. He expects TO be
down at Lincoln next week.
The Myron Learneds were
callers on the william IL.
Tafts at Washington during
the week.
James Charles Dahlman
went to Lincoln Thursday,
perhaps to see the place he
might have landed In.
Johnny Lynch attended a
meeting of the Douglas county
commissioners one day re-
Gently. He watched the pro-
ceedings with much interest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

For several weeks now we
will hear a lot about the city
charter, And when the legis-
lature has adjourned We will
find that the same old crew Of
interested parties has sue
eeeded In framing up the docu-
ment to suit themselves. Some
day Ye Editor hopes 10 see a
regular charter committee
named from the citizenship Of
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
Daily Health Hint

Strive to develop health rather than mere
strength not big punches Of override
veloped muscles, but suppleness, especially
Of the spinal column. To the average man
or woman employed In sedentary work big
punches of muscle are as useful as two
tails would be to a dog.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

Our pet little weather
maker is exemplifying the
patness OF the Pauline doc
trlne, which is Prove all
things, holding fast TO that
which is good" The weather
man has tried nearly every
variety, and ought TO know
pretty soon what kind to stick
10.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
Gas.

Now would be a mighty
good time for that Cleveland
man to come TO the front
again with his proposition TO
light the Omaha streets with
gas II 81 per lamp. lie might
al least get a hearing before
the council committee this
time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

This winter. as It apt to be the case when
cold weather starts in unusually early the
Florida and far southern resorts are to be
the most fashionable and the energies or
ALI arbiters of fashion are now bent upon
the evolving Of the coolest of lawn and
batiste frocks; the shops show almost en-
tirely the sheerest of fabrics, and in the
millinery establishments are displayed only
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

Youll have to slip II 10
Mayor Jim this time. He had
a chance to go to Kansas city
and come back as the guest
Of q travelling show, and he
didn't do II. Jim shows signs
Of human intelligence once In
awhile.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

Mayor Jim isn't saying much
these days. He is simply
watching the cost OF running
the city pile up and wonder
ing how he ever could have
been so fondly foolish as to
promise 10 reduce taxation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
Missed.

What a gorgeous chance the
referendum would have had
two years ago! Wouldn't the
brewers have paid well for
the 5 per cent petition TO get
the s o'clock law STAYED off
from July 4 until after the
November electiOn3
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

Wonder how Il would work
II some OF these convicted
criminals were to be paroled
20 the warden OF the state
penitentiary at Lincoln? II
might stop some OF the pro-
miscuous shooting and other
crime that Is now startling
the citizens daily.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
Some Famous Children of History

she was soon deprived Of About a month
after the poor boy had been taken away
she was reused from her bed at 2 o'clock
in the morning by some commissioners OF
the commune, who ordered her to rise,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13

Up 10 date the controversy
between Governor Aldrich ana
Dan Butler Il a standOff. The
governor says Dan did, and
Dan says the Eoyernor Is a
liar.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
Wonderful.

Boss Tom almost got the
streets cleaned up before the
freeze came again. IL he
hadn't been so busy fixing up
the county pay roll, he might
have finished the street JOB.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
Plans

We understand that Pete
Boland and Bob Holmes are
going 20 Lincoln next week 20
spend some time
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
Pnffeh Win Pride.

Mamma, who 10 at funny manT'
That. my child, IL a policeman"
why does he frow out his tummy7'
flush, child He thinks that Is hit
chest. Judge. r#.r
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
CredIt Where Credit b pue.

Il don't think much OF Flstoher."
Remarked the m0oley co.'s
II know he claims the credit
But twas / who showed him howl
-LippineotTs,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-13
pie for Him.

Pie for Him,
An ounce of hurry
pound of worry,
A thing or two that frets you
Some strong distraction
with strong nerve action,
And then the doctor gets you.
T. f. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-19
FORMER LOCAL MAN THROWN
FROM CAR AND HAS SHOULDER
DIsLocATED.
ROADSTER BACKS DOWN
BANK INTO SKUNK RIVER
Accidents Happen Near Clinton and
South Of Ames-Car Passed Thru
Record From Chicago to Des Moines
Fails. .. =.

Lloyd r. Maxwell. formerly of this
city but now Of Chicago, was injured
but not seriously, and the entire party
had narrow escape, when the StaveT
car Mr.. Harry B. Staver, Of Chicago.
was driving from Chicago to Des
Moincs, in an attempt to break Louis
Evens' record of 1874 plunged into
the Skunk river near Ares Sunday at
terroon. The car passed thru this city
at 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon
1t was then three hours behind the
schedule that it had been hoped could
be made. An accident near Clinton,
when Maxwell was injured, and muddy
roads east OF here made the hope TO
break the record impossible from the
start.
Thrown From Car and Ducked.
Two nishaps. both of which might
have proved serious, happened to thC
car In the first of these Maxwell was
thrown from the torneau when the car
struck q bump while leaving Clinton.
His shoulder was dislocated and he
was badly bruised by the fall, but he
re-entered the car and continued the
journey. Five miles south Of !A1reS the
car became unnana geable and backed
down the bank into the Skunk river.
The three others jumped and escaped
injury. Maxwell was carried into the
water and received additional bruises,
including cuts on the forehead and lip.
In addition to Mr.. Staver. who was
driving the car and Maxwell, the other
members Of the party were Emery
krudsen, of Chicago? and V. W. Rey-
nolds, OF Des tMo!nes
start Journey in Rain.
II was raining in Chicago at mid
night Saturday when the party left
there. but Mr.. staver was determined
to start The roads were found to be
either heavy, or in places muddy, most
Of the distance thru Iowa. In spite OF
the road conditions the record gone af-
ter might have been broken had 1t not
been for the mishaps Autoists from
Des Moines. who went out to meet the
car, found it In the river. Two teams
Of horses were hitched to it, pulling 1t
out. The car was little damaged and
Mr.. Staver said he will make another
attempt at the record later in the sea-
son.
Mr.. Maxwell will arrive in this city
tonight, to remain here probably for
several days Mrs Maxwell! reached the
city Saturday evening. She Is the guest
Of Mrs. f. e Stewart and Mrs, {. II. z.
3Cardman.