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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
May 5, 1911.

DO you know" said the doctor who has
grown old and gray in the wards Of a
private hospital in one OF the smaller
western cities, that OF all the people In
the world the professional nurse is most
liable to be attacked with appendicitis7
Just why this IL true do not know.
have talked with. many other physicians
about 1t, and nons Of them have ever made
an explanation that ID at all convincing
have never seen any figures tabuiated
on the subject, but / am sure that such
statistics would prove very interesting and
would bear out what have just said.
zone wApuid think from the regular lives
all nurses are/ forced to lead by reason Of
their profession that they would be the
last people in the community that would
be attacked by the disease OF the appendix
veriform. 1t may be that II is because OF
the constant walking 10 ana fro on hard
floors, concrete, kor the most part.
= within one year. there were thirty deaths
among the attendants OF one institution in
northern Illinois, due directly or indirectly
to attacks OF appendicitis. OF course,
there were several hundred girls employed
In various capacities. but even taking that
into consideration, the death rate was a
strange one Many OF the girls left in
q short time after II became known. They
were not superstiuous about It. and there
was no real reason that they could point to
In going but they, went just the same
zone Of the curious things about the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Lay of the Hotel Lobbyist

Il see that President schurman Of Cor
nell warned the frat men they'd have 10
dig or be stuck by the barbs,' observed
the Chair Warmer
When Greek meets Greek there is little
time for study" paraphrased the Hotel
Lobbyist This comes as a terrible crash
right on the heels Of two prominent class
men in the University Of Michigan refus-
ing to accept Phi Beta Kappa. Looks like
an attempt TO put the Greek letters into
the dead letter office.
III this agitation keeps up our seats Of
learning viii have 10 be patched, for, des-
pite popular Illusion, many Of our very
best collesians endure the four years for
other reasons than making the foot ball or
base ball teams quite few whose most
violent exercise Is stunning a mandolin
or rolling a cigarette spend Fathers hard
earned cash in a small college town and
make daily trips 10 the college building
simply to qualify for some awe-inspirlng
fraternity They struggle along, enduring
snappy college clothes, curly pipes and
other hardships In order to belong to Curly
sWolf or Skull and Cross Patch or Shuffled
and Delt.
Where are the natives going to get their
entertainment II the college authorities
continue to drop a chill over the secret or
CARNATIONS which send out their lntimates
dressed in dolls clothes or TO fish for a
whale in the public square? And where are
our grand juries going to find occupation
II the young cease to drop their candidates
head first out Of the upper story windows
or to tie them to railroad tracks7
The youth of our land should be en-
eouraged, not discouraged, in their effort
TO develop proper class spirit. which is
different than senior class spirit They
have discovered that money and athletic
prowess won't do the trick quite. Il takes
something like a good set of close corpo-
ration secret fraternities to properly bring
out the Inherent eKcluslveness Of our young
< men, too long forced to associate pro-
I miscuously on crude democratic footing.
What II the fraternity men do fall be-
hind the others in class records, as the
figures show? There Is some distinction
In being able to take a college course with
out getting education out OF It. Poor marks
don't prevent them being the invited OF
the elect to social affairs cotillon leaders
selected for glee and dramatic clubs and
have their photographs smeared in the col
1ege annual. The barb doesn't stand much
OF a chance for a half-tone portrait unless
he's managed to edge onto the staff OF
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

And do you believe in harem skirts!
The instant / hear you utter your die
tum am seized with an almost overpower-
ing desire to have a bifurcated suit Of
trouserettes and parade before your door.
wonder how many comparatively we'll
intentioned people you have driven to COM
NIT folly because you obnoxiously deliv-
cred your ultimatum.
To me you seem a great female devil
bent upon one thing-you seek to rob me
of my own free will. / never valued 1t no
much until I knew you. look at your
daughter, afraid to call her soul her own;
I study your husband either first member
in the society of the henpeeked or clever
villain who covers his real self from you
rather than have It hauled UP before the
bars Of your infallibility. And, in the
language of an inelegant washwoman who
used to do my clothes and utter whole
some advice-'Pm giad-I amt theml Is-s
bad enough to be meP'
l wonder why a man ever loved you?
There isn't any answer to that question,
of course: but I wonder just as enthusiast
ticaIIy! You always know what color
every one should wear; and you always
render an opinion on the topic at the
club without taking the trouble to look
up such insignificant authorities as Mr.
Webster or DIR. johnson. You pronounet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
Professional Nurses Appendicitis Victims

prevalence of appendicitis among nurses
is the fact that II Is very rare among the
male attendants that are in the same hos
pital. The conditions may seem actually
identical and yet the woman nurse will
be stricken and the man In the same
ward or in a room on the Same floor will
escape. Difference in the habits of the
two sexes are not great enough to sc-
count for the striking disparity in the
number OF women stricken.
1T chances now and then that q sort
Of panic viii spread among nurses when
they get to discussing the number of such
cases that have come up in the hospital
where they are employed. It takes lot OF
diplomacy and careful talk to keep such
fear from spreading. Rarely II 1t that you
can tell them that they are a. q profes
sional especially liable TO attacks OF APP
pendicitis. In most cases this would bring
about wholesale designations until they
had time to get away and think It over
for themselves.
''As rule. the nurse has an easy tins
OF It when she is brought down with APP
pendicitis. The actual death rate In the
number OF cases Is, Of course. small. as
the hospital where they happened 10 be
employed IL in touch with the case from
the very first know a suDeFtntsndsnt
Of nurses, q woman OF long expertenca.
who makes careful examinations Of all her
staff from time to time in al effort TO
detect any possible trace Of the coming on
Of appendicitis"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Bishop w. F. Oldham, in a recent letter
from Singapore, said of the admirable An
glo-Chlnese school that he founded:
II wish you could hear some of the ex-
pressive phrases of the native lads. One
was describing to me the modesty of his
father
"'Oh, he is content with very little he
said Such a very little!" Here he pointed
to the ground. No more than the water
in the holes made by chickens feet
He smiled and resumed:
He eats nothing. grain or two of
rice contents him. You should see him at
his meals He Is like hound munchlng
flies"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

same and gets in the group picture.
''Our lads need chapters and chapter
houses Where else would they Toll on the
backs Of their necks, regarding the very
elassiest effects in mems freekled hosiery
and burning up large quantities of paper
tubes? Where else could they practice the
mandolin without being suppressed by in
dignsnt neighbors7 And n they didn't have
fraternity pins how could they hold the
social butterflies. feminine?"
What do you think will happen?" asked
the Chair Warmer.
From a literary standpoint don't think
any of our frat chapters ought to have
anything but a happy ending" said the
Hotel Lobbyist
Copyright 1911, by the N. Y Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05


II Is well to bear in mind,
lest you be otherwise dtScour-
aged with some of poor hui
manity's aspects, that prog
ress Is a slow process. at
tended by much travail of
spirit, some sorrow and bit
terneas OF experience, and q
great deal OF disappointment.
Now and again, somebody
win leap out in front of the
procession, and shout for Joy
ct the achievement, but soon
his adventure loses its SAVIOR.
for the others do not spring
forward to join him, and he
finds himself alone. II he
would have the company OF
his fellows, he must either
come back or sit quietly until
they nvsrtake him, He has
proven that the road is open
In advance, but the great
parade has not yet reached
the point. That Is all.
Sometimes a community
tries tries an experiment. but
the result Is the same. Il IL
ell right 90 be good, and to
advance, but II you are too
good, or too far in advance,
you'n be lonesome.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
HOLY CITY RACKS UP
Election Proves Its PeO-
pie no Not Want TO
he Too Good.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

CFrom a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, MAY t-(Speciai
BY jug Train, the Last
Trip. )-Wel. We had a per
fectly bully little election
here, all right. ali right, and
somebody got an awful bump.
I'd hate to name any names,
but II the searcher were to
call at the corner of Ninth
and r streets during office
hours, he might learn some
thing on this point
IL Is a really severe blow to
the carryall traffic between
the capital city and West
Lincoln. Also, II puts a real
crimp into some OF the social
clubs" but the people seem
to be willing to stand for that,
too.
Just one point Is left unset
tied. and that will be the
policy to be pursued by
Johnny Millers tavern. Some
OF Johnnys friends are still
willing to bet that the room
where once the cork was
pulled and thirst was
quenched will yet be available
for the purpose Of the way
faring drummer man who
wants a real big sample
room on the ground floor.
Still. just for the matter of
accommodating a lot Of per
sons who might not otherwise
pRtronise his tavern-but, per
ish the thought
The main thing 10 that a
majority OF the citizens OF
Lincoln have apparently tired
OF being referred TO as being
90 much better than the ordi-
nary mortals. specially the
sinful variety that infest
Omaha, and are willing TO
show the world, az we'll as
their neighbors, that they are
just plain persons after all.
Plans for civic improvement
will not be abandoned. only
the new STYLE Will be without
wings; those VINO wish 20
wear wings will still be Per
mitted 10 DO 50. and nothing
In the new deal will be CON
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
LOrett Looking It Up to Woman Who is Dead Sure

Indeed, It is one Of those gigantic wrongs
born OF unintended mistakes Who does
believe in divorce? 1t is not thing TO be
believed in Rather it, is q thing to be
wept over, prayed agafnst-and profited by.
You might just as well say you do not
approve Of an operation when there is des-
perats need.
Have you no tenderness for the hearts
that have broken before the divorce point
Is reached. What do you know-know,
say. not guess. or think or believe-of the
torture Of daily dyins2 You have neither
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
OFFICIAL Politeness.

Sir Frank Newnes, the English publisher,
was asked at dinner In New York what
he thought OF the customs ordeal at the
New York port.
oh" he said, "the officers were very
polite
but didn't they bother you with ques-
tionsY'
mo. they. didn't bother me- They were
too polite for that But they did. I'M
doubtedIy, Nasi lot Of questions. They
made nue. think Of the Devon farmer.
MY curiosity is running away with me,
said the Devon farmer, as his two-headed
ram dragged him ali over. the barry ard. -
New York Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

the fineness to suffer keenly-unless your
the delicacy OF feeling which prompts
many to reserve the opinions you do not
hesitate to express. Is divorce a dainty
topic at a dinner table, divorce, with all
Its attendants OF moral sores, mental in
fections, physical infections? It would be
as well to describe infinitely the operation
on some poor diseased body while guests
endeavored 10 enjoy their salad
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Tis said. the good die young II It is
that they may serve on St. Peters ad-
visory board some oversight must have
caused them 70 be chosen in your stead.
Even the difficult question of deciding who
was heaven worthy would not confuse you.
Does there hnger In you some Of that
old Salem spirit which burned what It
could not understand Who conferred this
omniscisnce upon your or what colossal
aft by aoms Ml-intended fairy was your
sublimity Of impudent seif-assurance1
You do not belivO In divorce; IL n wrong.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
OUR POETS CORNER.
The Limit.

The Limit.
Somehow / cannot muster up
A single bit of curiosity
Bout Mr.. Singer. Mines en-
with F. q. T. and his
precosity.
ErstwhIle he wrote Of Leer
saloon,
OF rushing can and foaming
bumper:
I had him pictured in my
mind
In greasy overalIs and
jumper,
Then he appears in a new
guise,
An sleek an smooth with
hair unmussed;
He wants TO form a syndicate
And get rich on an Odoro-
: trust.
! GadEooksl Another Jolt comes
now
lie eneroaches on domains
exclusive:
He denes invade Pandora's
realm
Past evidence seems incon-
elusive.
Then. how can / on Singer A
Waste any shreds OF
curiosity
When what have works
overtime
On r, B. T. and his pre-
costly.
q. Rec OssTTY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

the doom of foreign missions with the pos
tive assertion that there is more thar
enough reforming to do at home! You are
right. The reformation ought to begin or
you; but It would take the combined ener'
gies of Luther and savanarola, assisted by
the Methodist board Of missions and the
strong wing Of the Salvation Army, TO 40
complish II.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

somehow or another he begins to run his
shoes over on the side and his clothes
look as though he had slept In them. The
last stage Is the wearing OF Q eeIluIoid
collar. That is the beginning Of the end
New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Fosters idea OF inter-plane-
tary, electromagnetic cur
rents may not be adopted by
the scientific sharps OF the
world, but you'll have TO alp
IL to the professor for max
ing a very close guess a. to
the climatic performances OF
the last few days.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
Ans We'll Again.

ATS we'll Again
/ told you 50. friend Curio;
The world Is not so bad a
place;
A smile wreathes Natures
friendly face.
The streets are clean--n1y
lawn 10 green
The one l rent is green, I
mean,
Fast budding trees once more
Is seen.
The dainty spring Is here
full swing,
Soft breezes pleasant odors
bring.
Sweet songsters hover on
the wing.
I'm rising early every day.
To hear your robins rounde-
layl IF. b. T.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
Auto.

What right has a republican
when the county board is
democratic2 Oscar Piekard
will show the spark plug TO
whoever gives him the right
answer 10 this.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
Peel.

4 will take more than a
/. reat to regulate the pool
hall. IL IL up 10 the council
10 tell people whether Il Is
pool" or pull" that has
blocked the ordinance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
RIGHT HERE AT HOME
some Things that Are
Worth just a Little Me-
tice frc-'s PeruGerE.


Well. the . Pill Docs and
the Little Pill Docs spent
several days in our midst this
week, and the only signs OF
a fight were the resolutions
the Little PLIERS adopted in
regard 70 the strength Of the
pull OF the Big PLIERS when
II comes 20 getting approprta-
lions. The world Is surely
moving forward.
Perhaps some day Omaha
will take it's place among
the wide-awake cities, and
then such stunts as the
contractors have pulled off on
Sixteenth street. for example,
viii not be permitted.
Pa Rourke's boys are surely
showing class. and the home
fact.
That grand Juror who spent
most OF the last year in the
county jail ought to be OF
real service when the BODY
comes to make up its formal
report on that institution.
IL the police will just devote
a little more attention TO the
speed and other faults Of the
hoodlum auto drivers AMI
motor cycle riders, II won't
make quite 80 much differ
ence with the public what sort
OF horns they tOot,
strued as preventing anybody
from pointing out how wicked
other people are: but common
folks will be allowed 20 walk
along o street at any hour OF
the day or night hereafter.
I'm glad I stayed over. IKE
Yes.
Hastings Tribune.
The time 10 here when / have
got
To join the garden diggsrs,
And later on I'll have TO sit
And try 10 dig out chiggers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

II You Have Money.
THAT fellow Gotrox Is q multi-million-
tire He has more money than brains"
well, what does he want with brains7"
Philadelphia Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
Aanin.

Speaking of flying high in
Omaha. Ys Editor could tell
OF some folks who fly high
and don't seem 20 need SitheF
wings or atmosphere.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05
Imitation.

Imitation.
In Indianapolis, they've .
pitcher,
Rejoicing IN the name Of
Schlitzer.
Milwaukee win throw several
Because they only have a
Schlitz
One is a brewer-the other a
pitcher,
One named Schlitz-ths other
Schlit1er.
'Twould be q joke the very
richest
II some town could produce a
SchlitEsstl r. b. T.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Heels first appeared on wOmen's shoes in
1876.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

And then there's Ben Baker.
N any further proof were
needed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Read The Bundle Bee
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Lincoln folks may now
learn the real inward beauty
Of the 8 o'clock law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

That KSHlnet 81 Shs -Skdi fnr
brighter plumage sosr the nsW Sea-
son hnas its oozrlterpart In the
city ln . ysarntna ~ nay9
ei0theA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-05

Pa Rourke'E boys are surely
showing class, and the home
folks are taking notice Of the
fact.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-09-21
FAIR 0UTCLASSES ALL FORMER RECORDS

they were all of splendid quality and
some of them particularly large. 1t
was good demonstration of what
this part of the country can do in
apple culture. Plates of luscious
plums and other fruits made up this
exhibit-in all very creditable show
ing which surpassed last years dis
play in every particular. The flower
display was not an extensive one but
there we're some pretty varieties ex'
hibited.
The honey department attracted
much attention. In this department a
colony of bees was exhibited under
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apiece to Geo. W. Schrepel. Mr.. .Jen-
sens breed of cattle is Holstein-
Friesian and the sire of the herd is a
full-blood. John Foote exhibited a
splendid herd of Jerseys and Geo. W:
Schrepel and F. 81. Loucks Holstein
herds. There we're also a number OF
Herefords, Shorthorns, Guernseys
and Polled Angus stock on exhibit
ton. In former years no such dis
play as this was possible owing to the
lack of accommodation entailed by
insufficient housing facilities.
There were but five pens of swine or
exhibition and but few sheep, al
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VOLUME XXXV. NO. 80

and as the 500 purse went to the win
ners, along with several side bets of
pretty good size, they went at the
game in deadly earnest and both
teams played in the same determined
way throughout the nine exciting
innings. Mora was loaded for the
game, their three outfelders, third
and first baseman, being hired talent
from outside places and good baseball
talent at that, as they proved through
out the game. They were using a
Mora man, Bracket, as their pitcher,
but he has been pitching professional
ball all season in the Minnesota-W
consin league, and is no spring
chicken when it comes to knowing the
ms and outs of the pitching craft, as
he clearly demonstrated before the
game was over. Foley also showed
up with anything but a local team,
five outsiders of baseball fame were
discovered in the lineup, headed by
Jake Thielman of St. Cloud, he who
used to be on the St. Louis nationals
pay roll and who has been since
cavorting around on other profess
sional and professional teams
throughout the country. The scenes
were all set for the heavy tragedy,
and as the large crowd was mostly
neutral they we're in position where
they could enjoy the murder which
ever side proved to be the victim.
Mora took the field first and shut
Foley out, no one reaching first base.
Mora then started things in their half
OF the first, scoring two runs on three
hits off Thielman, one of them good
for two bases. But after this little
pyrotechnical display the old war;
horse settled down and there wasn't
much doing for Mora from then on.
Bracket pitched shut-out ball until the
fifth inning, when pair of hits and
some poor fielding enabled Foley to
tie the score, and the score was still
tied when the ninth inning came
around. In the ninth Foley succeeded
in filling the bases with two men gone
and Mike Gallagher, their heavy
hitter, up. Anxious to strike the
batter out Bracket got something on
the ball that evidently fooled his
catcher, for the ball caroomed off the
catcher's NIT and rolled into the
crowd a blocked ball. A ground rule
made previous to the opening of the
game gave the runners one base on
a blocked ball, and after somewhat
: heated discussion in which the UNI
} pires, players and crowd all joined,
} the Foley runner On third was sent in
with the winning score apparently.
This ended the Foley scoring as Gal
lagher failed to find Bracket for a
{ safe one. Mora came to bat in des-
perate mood, sore at losing the game
> on technical ruling. Ravenscraft
L was first man up for Mora and smote
, one to second base. Kasner bobbled
it just long enough to allow Ray to
, reach first in safety. While Jake was
striking the next batter out Ravens
; craft purloined the second station.
) Handschau, Mora's big catcher, then
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appeared nervous before such large
crowd, and their inability to steady
down in the first few rounds put them
out of the running, and the game was
a walkaway for the Princeton lads.
The real thriller was carefully pre-
served for Saturday, and it proved a
genuine thriller at that and gave the
local fans the best exhibition of the
national pastime that has been pulled
off on the local ball lot in many
moons. Mora and Foley we're the
principals in this premeditated duel,
and as each team had defeated their
rivals in one game apiece this season,
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let drive single and Ray scampered
across the plate with the tying run.
The next man was retired without
further damage and, with two men out
and man on. second, it looked good
for extra innings. Bracket, who was
next to bat, thought he had pitched
enough to earn the stipend paid him,
so he cut loose a single just inside the
first base foul line, and before the
ball could be felded back Handschau
had crossed the plate with a run that
was worth about $500 in cold cash to
the Mora contingent and the game
was over, to S. The line up and
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only, half mile heats, best 2 in 3, for
purse of S35, divided into $40, $40
and S5.z McVicar's horse won, Kuehl-
mans was second, Caters third and
Wentworth's fourth.s Time-First
heat, 1877; second, 1875.
Running race, free for ALL half mile
heats, best 2 in 3, for purse OF $35,
divided into $40, $40 and IS. Hull IS
horse won, Kings came in second
and Angstman's third. Time-First
heat, LOS; second, 1:03. +. >-
Ladies' potato race for purse of S;
and 81. Six entered: Mrs. Baxter.
Mrs. Robideau, :, Mrs. Clough, Mrs,