Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-12
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LHTHEN 1 went through the beautiful new Presby-
w terian Medical hospital at It's grand opening
the other evening ! reminded Mr. McClelland.
who receiving the visitors, that me bee mao
contributed material chapter 70 the hlstory Oh
that institution. -
'oh. yes I remember very we'll" said he. that
woman's May day edition which proved the saving
clause for the hospital at that particular turning
point"
Just out Of curiosity later looked up the woman's
May day The Bee which Is in our files un-
der date OF May l. 1895. and, tested even by the
standards Of today. well be pronounced "a most
creditable performance" The Bee the next morn
ing characterized It. Raising money for hospitals and
charities twenty years in the midst of the imam
cal depression and cropfsilure was no little
task and when taking charge Of The Bee for special
issue with a right 90 whole days proceeds, netted
well over S2OOo. IL was real achievement
recall how enthusiastically the women went at
the Job. They organized a staff OF volunteers, with
reporters and editors galore. the high commissioned
officers being as follows: General manager, Mrs
George Tilden; assistant general manager Mrs F. B.
Tracy; city editor Miss Mary Fairbrother telegraph
editor, Mrs. NJ. +. Adler sporting editor Mrs VIII
Townsend; advertising manager. Mrs. Robert Hunters
circulation manager. Mrs c. II Townsend; treasurer
Mrs. p H. Allen.
The editorials would have giaddened Mr.. Bryan's
heart for they all signed by the writer's, and this
disclaimer kindly inserted to keep the responsible
editor Of the paper other days out of trouble
"The editor of The Bee Is not responsible for the
various opinions expressed the editorial page. He
will them for the first time in print We trust he
will be merclful"
The women also compassionatoly interviewed the
men whose places and prerogatves they had usurped
for the day. elicitng the following. among other
sponses. TO the question how they felt about It:
SANDY Griswod-"I going fishing out TO
Clear Lake"
TON" FItzmorris-"shai we leave our pipes and
tobacco7"
James b. Haynes-"Take this book and read It
carefully" dIanding copy OF the laws of
libel and slander)
Lester Bodlne-"P1ease do not tell the young lady
who has my assignment whether Or not am mar
ried."
Edgar C. snyder-"Have you told all of the
porters that any mention Of "Trilby' 'Svenga' is
prohibited in the Bee building"'
T. w. McCullough-'1 am speechess"
J. Gales Bond-'I could learn to love the girl who
made that coffee"
Another stin moro interesting confidence is the
confessions OF the women reporters to how they
got the
"one man offered us a dollar If we made It to suit
him"
The railroad gave all gum"
Tho weather service said the girl must climb
10 the top of the Flagstaff for the report the
weather"
I'VE rode in the patrol wagon. and when they
drove so fast we could not keep our seat we held
TO the men"
I'VE went good many wild chases, but
orally people polite"
There are some other back-of-the-scenes incidents.
but will not-et least not W.
anyone doubts that the war Is the all-ebsorbing
topothe universal subject OF discussion-let him
compare the contents OF the various monthly maga-
zines coming from the press and year ago.
read at least glance most OF them and have
been telling that Harpers MAGAZINE alone OF all the
literary periodicals. had succeeded in keeping aoot
from the gruesome without any flavor.
but here Is the last number of Harpers with story
in II set In a background. Nothing Is moro sig
nlficant than this complete revolution in
reading
wonder n folks noticed something that happened
last week that was indeed a new departure-The Bee
and the Worid-Herald got out identical special
state fair section the only change being in the head
ings. The contents comparatively prepared
the advertisements Jointly solicited This the
first time that I know OF that the two papers ever
worked together in this fashion. and the very fact
that the enterprise accorded such generous sup
port by the business interests OF Lincoln indicates
my mind that the two cities also closer together
than they And may 1 be pardoned II
likewise express the opinion that the magnificent
OF the fair, financially we'll in other re-
specs is at least In the result of tho gettogether
spirit that lets Omaha newspapers unite in boosting
a Lincoln project, and the people OF che two cities
pool their patronage instead of constantly pulling
apart