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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
standing Pat" as an Office Virtue

pass me when it comes to ability / have
an exceedingly jealous disposition, which
Is altogether enough to, sour the most
aniable person living, especially when
you've tried to be on the square with every
one and everything"
You know there must and will be knock
ers," consoled her chum, and the only
way to get even with them is TO mind your
own business and ignore them.
This reminds me of the time when they
called me the sly little standpat. because
put out more letters than all the rest-just
to please the boss and make 1t hard for the
others Naturally enough I was doing this
in my own interest, but when the boss saw
what could be done at an average rate Of
speed, he forced his standard little higher
and showed his teeth TO the slow poSes on
occasion. And then's when the quiet little
talkfests began and opinions broke loose.
But / kept right on in my own way and
by and by got the raise was looking for.
During this time a gradual winnowing OF
the wheat and tares wentoon in the office,
and those who were fretting a little too
much about overwork and underpay were
duly relieved of the strain
The other girls who began to see the
fallacy of Sinking because they owed
something to themselves, began to pull to-
gether, and we all got along swimmingly.
Yes. Ia rather be a standpatter any
brewers who always pride themselves on
their individuality and yet always reap the
whirlwind in the end."-Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Mis-

Fuller Swift pastor of the Ironton (Mo)
Baptist church, editor Of the Arcadia VAL
ley Enterprise, principal Of the Arcadia
High schools. bandmaster, secretary of the
Arcadia Country club and horse trainer, is
given a nice boost by the st. Louis Re
public.
Believing that country churches could be
more successful II they have better edu-
Gated ministers who can obtain part of
their financial support from other lines Of
work. Fuller Swift has been giving the
theory a trial, and at the end of three
years both he and his congregation say
that the arrangement has been great sue
cess
He obtains his additional financial in
come from the Arcadia Valley Enterprise
and from the Arcadia Heights school"
started by himself.
Forty-one years old the son Of Baptis;
preacher and himself an ordained minister
of that denomination. Mr.. Swift is demon
strating that the successful pastor in an
up-to-date country church should be a man
with a college education and business abil-
ity enough to earn a fair income aside
from whatever salary the church can af-
ford to pay him.
For a long time Mr.. Swift wanted to own
a newspaper as a playthng, and two years
ago bought the Arcadia Valley Enterprise,
which he is publishing weekly as dry"
paper. He writes the editorials and super
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

wish l could attune myself to circum-
stance and have the faculty of standing
pat with every one like Miss Clark" said
a norose little typist who had the faculty
of Job-quitting pretty we'll developed.
How nicely she can manage the manager
with her little masterpieces of smooth
talk"
ITS all right TO be a standpat," argued
her chum, but there are always a few
despicable ones. / like to keep shy of
those who are always automatically nice
and agreeable under all circumstances.
Usually they have some little deal up their
sleeves which they want to spring on you.
and are always laying for chance to
make It materialize in their own favor"
At the other end of the restroom a typ
sort was exchanging condolences with her
ehun.
oh yes the boss is swfully nice to a
person II you can show him you have his
interest at heart she remarked little
dolefully. but don't you know as soon as
he shows preferment. others are there with
the long faces and ready with their slurs
1T Just reached my ears the other morn
ing that I am having matrimonial designs
on the manager, also that the chief, being
q mere ngurehead under my influence, ]
will soon have a substantial raise, and all
the deserving ones who we're expecting a
LIT viii be distinctly disappointed. An
other thing heard is that I'm going to be
Instrumental in dismissing two OF The
smartest girls in the office. who far sur
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Marching Hard Work

People are apt to think soldiers very poor
walkers because an army on the march
covers only ten or twelve miles of ground
per day. Even then a good many men fan
out through fatigue. some faint, and the
whole are completely done up at the end of
the day.
But the soldier is ncvertheless, first
rate walker. says the Philadelphia In
quirer It is all a matter of foot-tons of
energy expended. Take an ordinary la
borer. and his days work will be equal 10
500 tons lifted one foot high. An average
man walking seventeen miles on the level,
does the same amount of muscle work.
But mark IL he carries an overcoat weigh
ing six pounds, he does 81 foot-tons.
Now the soldier is a regular pack-horse
and the kit that he carries averages about
sixty pounds in weight. SO that he does
exactly as much work in a twelve mile
march as an ordinary man in his seven
teen mile walk. Besides, the soldier has Il
break camp" before starting. and at tn,
finish OF the march he has to pitch camp
draw water, collect fuel. clean rifles, etc
not 10 speak OF taking sentry-go. When
as sometimes happens an ermy marches
twenty miles the DAYS work of the soldier
is really two days work, or about 600 foot.
tons.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Men Who Helped to Make America

OF the numerous family Of Smiths one
bearing the equally general name OF
John was the founder Of the Colony of
Virginia
He was one Of the Lincolnshire Smiths,
ana was born in wtlloughby in 1859. He
was so daring and adventurous during
his school DAYS that he planned a flight
70 sea
After his fathers death he was left in
charge Of guardians, who, in order TO
seize his little patrimony, encouraged the
boy to run away.
At fifteen he left England visited France
and the low countries. and entered the
French army When the fighting was over
In France he Joined some other English
soldiers Of fortune in the armies Of Philip
the Second and the duke of Alva, fight
ing in the Netherlands.
His life was a varied one He became
a hermit, and a student OF Marcus Aure-
nus and Machiavelli. Then he became a
pirate, afterward a traveller in Italy. a
fighter OF the Turks, where he was held
as a slave until his escape into Russia and
his return to England
Here he heard wonderful tales Of the
New World and was fired with a ooloniz-
ers ambition After long delay, he formed
a company capitalized 1t. and, obtaining
a grant Of land from the crown, set out
in December. 1906, with To- men and three
small vessels.
In April Of the following year they
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Million Paid Each Year by Alimony Club

How much is spent annually in alinony
by the courts DEGREES? At leaat 100000
N New York City. according TO an article
by Thedora Bean in the Telegram, And
how much is used in various out of court
agreements? Little less than sl000,000
month. for tho man with money pays to
have every obstacle between him and his
new happiness-whether that happiness
spells woman or freedom-removed.
The divorced wife OF Howard Gould
draws the largest amount ordered by the
courts or S2500o a year; the smallest sum
paid for freedom is IS a week and even
the three-dollar man though lavish with
the first and second payments, grows
weary or bored or negligent and often has
to be summoned 20 the domestic relations
court and asked why the severing of the
old tie wasn't worth the price.
II he doesn't answer in the language Of
the law he goes 70 Jail or Ludlow prison
where alimony defaulters expiate their
moral and financial deficiencies, and a man
may be sent 70 Jail for three-dollar obli-
cation he has failed 70 meet as we'll as
for enc of three thousand.
do the men who set out on the alimony
trail srumble about the prioeT was asked
of the clerk Of court, who deals with di-
voree matters
''Ninety-five per cent Of them pay with
out a murmur; they seem glad TO do IL.
Later. on their zeal evidently vanishes and
some grow lax but they know they have
to settle or so 70 Jail"
do men never receive aumony or apply
for it,"
Never heard Of it--that is an exclusively
foreign custom, which no American man
has adopted"
DO women ever get as much as they
ask for?"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Rarely but they usually accept the
courts judgment without an appeal"
do women sue for divorce without men
tioning alinony?'
Some do, those who think they are
equipped for earning their own living and
who don't want to accept anything from
the men who have made a mess of the
matrimonial venture. And there are 9TH
ers who ask for alimony as a matter of
form, but who straightway set about 10 he
independent and refuse TO accept the sum
the court has allowed, but such cases are
not met with frequently"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Wed but Far Apart

Al sehweidnitz, in silesta a marriage has
Just been celebrated in the absence OF the
bridegroom or as the latter might well
argue in the absence, of the bride It was
a case OF marriage by proxy. the bride be-
ing Fraulein Antonio Adamitzer and the
bridegroom Herr Fritz Norman, director
OF sugar factory in Java. Al the precise
moment that the woman was answering
the familiar questions in Europe the man
stood before the local mayor in Asia Di-
reetly after the ceremony, which was not
gone through with in Difference to any ro-
mantle sentiment but purely as a wise
preeaution the young bride sailed for the
east On arrival at Java she will be welded
religiously
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Nubs of knowledge

A large turtle gives eighty pounds of
tortoise shell.
In Algeria the horses outnumber the
human beings.
In former times it was esteemed highly
improper for unmarried persons to wear
rings.
In Italy there are more theaters in pro-
portion to the population than in any other
country.
constantlnople, 200 miles away is
further from London than any other
European capital.
A fast bowler ordinarily delivers a ball
at the pace OF a little more than eighty
feet second, or more than fifty miles an
hour
In some parts Of Africa children will eat
salt in preference to sugar. On the Gold
coast a handful OF salt will purchase two
slaves.
The American word boss. meaning an en-
ployer or overseer. is the modern form for
the Dutch baas, and descended from the
original Holland settlers in this country.
When camel is pressed beyond its speed,
and is spent, it kneels down, and nothing
in the world will make II bulge again. The
camel remains where Il kneels, and where
it kneels it dies.
First 10 enjoy the satisfaction OF pro-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

landed at what is now jamestown. HS
became the leading spirit Of the colony.
The story Of his capture by the Indians
and his romantic rescue by Poeahontas.
the daughter Of a great Indian chief, were
described by Smith himself in a letter
to Queen Anne.
Ill health compelled his return to Eng
land, but he lived to make later voyages.
The date and place Of his death are not
known
Copyright, 1911. by the N. Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Why One Bachelor Is

might have earned real money doing the
same thing for a moving picture concern.
The girl of my choice may be shy on
friends and relatives" sighed the Bachelor,
but she has to be genuine or the Joy belle
for me will have to go on rusting,"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Current Credulities

Eat to live. but do not live to eat
To dream Of dogs is a sign Of good luck.
To dream OF gold or silver is good luck.
Gold beads worn around the neck win
cure sore throat.
Coarse hair indicates good nature; fine
hair quick temper.
To bite the tongue while talking means
that you have told lie.
Sailors wear gold earrings for weak eyes
or TO strengthen the sight.
Itching in the palm of your hand means
that you are soon to receive money.
Most powerful is he who has himself in
his power.
II thou art terrible to many then be-
ware OF many.
II the thumb and one finger do not NEE
around your wrist you are a glutton
Pinch your ear and the person taIki
against you viii bite his tongue.
A mole on the sole Of the left foot m,
trouble and hardships during life.
Carry camphor gum and you wibs
catch smallpox or any other conttS3
disease. kSS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Setting Caesar Back.

Caesar was Boosting about having divided
GAul into three parts.
Great Scott" exclaimed Unelius samius
Three parts? Why, I divided Standard
OIL into thirty-five parts."-st Louis Post
Dispatch
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Br1cks.


Governor DIX, at a dinne5
Of a disappointed poliucd
He made the mistakAto those
leaders promises literali the want
the puzzled young wife
I always understood
very fond OF the turf Al every day,
long, haven't been A sometime,
touch the lawnmoweke.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Fatigusd Philip-Did the lady t'row boilin'
water on youse?
Wandering Walter-worsen dat. Phil
woTse'n dat. 1t was soapsuds Toledo
Blade
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Fortune came and loudly knocked
At my door with CHEEKY hail;
But alas for Fortunes labors
/ was over at my neighbors
Pouring out a haTd-luek tale.
Ladies Home Jour
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

The worry COW would have lived till now
II she'd only saved her breath
But she feared the hay wouldn't last all
day,
So she checked herself TO death
Ladies Home Journal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
Costly "seeing.''

De style-I attended the coronation and
it cost me just $500 10 see the king
Gunbusta--Huh! Last night it cost me
only half OF that 10 see three kings.-Judge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Senator Robert L. bidding Botbales
tells a story about a man in Is:
woods OF Tennessee who appll
pension for a gunshot wound Actors
ing surgeon OF the medical boa la ' IA s7
and examined him. ejaeulatingl
"Old man, we cannot find a -
ish on your hide Where We
during the war; Ell s
The old man said, well.
was snot in the substit
Weekly
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14
I q
Natures wIu,

I've uOI SUD
Natures Wyust read the
Mature knew whai
she deprived fishes
How do you worfnt al pages
What IL a fish ND nearly every
egg II laid 7"-Tolei the city repre-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

First to enjoy the satisfaction OF pro-
ducing permanent pictures by the influence
OF solar radiatons was NJ. Niepee OF chslon
on the saone. France. He accomplished II
in 1875.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Pinch your ear and the person talki
against you viii bite his tongue.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

A mole on the sole Of the left foot M
trouble and hardships during life
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Carry camphor gum and you wibs
catch smallpox or any other contS@G
disease. Ss
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

II the thumb and one finger do not NEE
around your wrist you are a glutton
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Sailors wear gold earrings for weak eyes
or to strengthen the sight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Itching in the palm OF your hand means
that you are soon to receive money.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

To bite the tongue while talking means
that you have told lie.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

II thou art terrible to many then be-
ware OF many
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-14

Most powerful is he who has himself in
his power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-25
SAYS POOR WOULD SUFFER
Mrs. Heath Protests Against
Regulating Ice Business.

Mrs Julian Heath. president OF the
League Of Home Economics, protested yes
terday afternoon az hearing OF the com
mittee on laws and legislation Of the
Board Of Aldermen against a proposed
ordinance providing for'the regulation of
the ice business" From what Mrs. Heath
and others said, II would appear that such
an ordinance. which was proposed by Al
German Heffernan, of Brooklyn, would put
the small dealer out of business and make
it impossible for poor people In the tene-
ments 10 get fee ct all.
Alderman Heffernan would have every
one put out OF business who did not have
wagon to hold at least a ton Of ice, with
a cover and two sides and one end closed.
For the "clean and sanitary wagon a
sleigh might be substituted in snowy
weather For each wagon a license fec OF
s. would be exacted
Mrs. Heath pointed out that the only
way in which many poor women could get
ice was by buying It from dealers in the
neighborhood after coming home from a
long days work. She said the argument
that germ laden dust collected on ice not
protected was absurd, as such germs were
washed of as the ice melted
Alderman Heffernan declared he had in
troduced the resolution at the request Of
the Independent Ice Dealers Association
OF Greater New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-25

should the hat that adds no appreciate
amount Of circumference TO the head re-
main? The Joy to he found in headgear
that is not caught by the wind, can be
easily and gracefully yelled. does not tres
pass upon the territory of ones neigh
tors and is. withal, surprisingly pleasant
to look upon is not a thing TO be lightly
given up. Since shade can be obtained
from other sources, there is no reason why
any one should give It up who does not
want TO.
Even a small hat may he so trimmed
that IT will cause some nervous wear and
tear-as, for instance, with a pair Of
diminuuve wings set to catch every breeze
that blows-but many Of them are quite
ideal In this respect One charming model
that came In very early and would surely
he delightful to wear was just little
round straw crown. with almost no height
at all and two ruches Of frayed silk for
a brim. Hats of this kind were seen first
I'm dark colors, with the least biz OF vel
vet ribbon in some brilliant hue for trim
ming. a very effective one having a black
crown. ruches of black and white checked
silk and touch of red for brightness A
more summary edition OF the same thing
Is Of white straw and blue and red shot
silk the fraying of the silk giving an
edge Of bright red 10 the ruches. At one
side, pressed down into the silk. Is 81
spray Of pure white leaves and cherries.
The construction Of these hats Is not so
simple as may at first appear. The ruches
do not go straight around without varia-
ton, but are pressed close together at GER
tain points and then widen out again. and
upon the gentle curves that result de
Ponds largely the effectiveness Of the
u.hnle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-25

upon rank from every occupation In
which they are earning an honorable Nv
ing The idea is not OF separation into
antagonistic groups. They will march as
united army with no suffrage banner.
but under the banners of their occupa-
tons, these women will be the most I'M
answerable argument for suffrage.
The criticism OF this occupational section
OF the parade is as inaccurate as the as
sertion that men don't do that way
The great political parties have often
marched In their parades according to oc-
equations. The very banner carried by
one group Of professional men in a politi-
cal parade a year or two ago Is TO be I'M
furled over the women from the same pro-
fession in our procession on May 6.
OF the occupational groups certainly I'M
derstand and will be loyal to the idea OF
the parade as a whole II is a march OF
protest against the continued exclusion OF
women from a share In making the laws
under which they and their children live,
labor and die. Every believer in votes for
women can find a place in some section OF
the parade and register her protest against
the tactics Of the Legislature in regard to
the suffrage bill.
HARRIOT STANTON BLATCH.
Chairman of the General Parade Com
mittee.
New York, April q. 1911.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-25
CLAIMS THE MOORE ESTATE
Mrs. Zabriskie Processes To Be a
Daughter by Adoption.

Mrs Lillian Kirk zabriskie. defendant in
the partition silt filed by John Moore, as
administrator Of the estate Of Mrs. Sarah
Moore, his sister, has made answer III
which she claims the ownership Of all the
property involved in the partition proceed
ings. Mrs. Zabriskie, who has succeeded in
buying a one-fortieth part Of the property
involved. which Is in The Bronx and in
Yonkers. said that she came by the own
ership of the whole property by an agree
ment that Mrs. Moore made with her after
Mrs. Moore had taken her from an orphan
asylum in Paterson. n. J., IN 1892 and
adopted her as a daughter. This agree
nent. said Mrs. Zabriskie made her the
heir Of Mrs. Moore.
Moore told Justice Hendrick yesterday
that he had searched for the record Of Mrs
Zabriskie's adoption by his sister, but with
out success. He asked that Mrs. Habriskie
be compelled TO file q bill Of particulars
telling when and where the adoption TOOK
place and whether II was In writing JUS
tice Hendrick ordered the bill OF particu-
lars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-25
SERUM CURE IN MENINGITIS
Health Department Will Recon-
mend II to Physicians.

'G IN effort 20 fight cerebTo-spinal menin-
cts 70 the best advantage, the Health De-
artnert will soon recommend TO physi-
clans the need FOR archaeological examina-
ton. not only in definite cases Of menin-
gifts but also IN cases OF suspected menin-
gtis IN this way the cases Of epidemic
'erelry spinal meningitis will have the
''rcSt of early serum treatment
Al present cases are treated by the de-
iar'meut only in conjunction with the at
''r1irS physicians. AS soon as a case is
ioportod 20 the department research labor
''orie. al appointment is made 10 sec the
lsnonp
Ih' arti-meningits serum was supplied
IRON Tho laboratories OF the department in
y" .ut with uncertain results. Later the
3 10 te'eier Institute undertook the pro-
s'-t;Ipr. srd the results obtained with the
Z lua-spIua use Of the serum were so
lFrfG'isl that the Health Department de
iY''p - provide for the production Of the
/ TrHW When the institute stopped distribut-
iing IT,
iH' increase OF the annual appropriation
f"F 'he work Of the research laboratory
u"s ,car made possible the more extensive
'.gSNH'iipu and use Of the serum.
t"e cases of meningitis diagnosed in the
e., Iel"ry have established the fact that
gu"Dlt laboratory aid a correct clinical
~, ou lnat ia number OF cases where
ns' results were fatal. even after The use
49,, rum, an early diagnosis might nave
""df Its use effective.