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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
Sir Horace Plans
to Erect Another
Building in Omaha

The Crounse block at sixteenth street
and Capitol avenue Il the latest Six
tenth street property TO be torn down
to make room for larger and more
handsome structure. The property ad-
joining II on the east has been pur-
chased by Sir Horace Plunkett, the Irish
landlord who always did believe in
Omaha property so strongly that he has
long held large tracts of II and has con-
stantly made money on It.
Sir Horace has given his Omaha agent
instructions TO make arrangements for
tenants for a large new building to be
built on the ground now occupied by
the Crounse block. which he owns, and
On the adjoining lot on the east.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
R. L. Metcalfe Tries
Out His Spanish at
Vera Cruz; No Good

Aqua caliena"
That expression. or something akin 70
a., Is what Richard L. Metcalfe had TO
Use In the hotels in Vera Cruz to ret ice
water.
NO. l don't know much Spanish. OF
course" said Metcalfe on his return from
two weeks stay at Vera Cruz But
/ got along very nicely. ] said aqua
caliena when l wanted ice water. and /
got IT,"
"Buenos Dios.' was another Of Met
calfos expresst0hs. He pulled this one
in the morning when he got out on the
street and wanted TO greet the dons with
a good morning" Yes. ne got away
with that one. too. II took a bunch Of
school children on Spanish boat on
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
OMAHA REAL ESTATE MEN
PLAN ON A CALIFORNIA TRIP

About thirty Omaha real estate men,
have ALREADY signified their intention OF.
making tho trip TO California for the con
ventioa 90 the National Association OF
Real Estate Exchanges In June The real
estate men hope To have a special train
II sufficient number make arrange
meuts 20 go.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
Grading Benson
Garden Acre Tract

Lehmer Bros. have completed their
grading contract In the Benson Gardens
acre tract for Hastings a Heyden, NOV
ing about 5000 yards OF dirt along West
Main street. Seven hundred maple and
Carolina poplar trees have been olantod
along the roadways OF the tract.
The second tract will be put on sale
tits week. containing 100 acres. which
"ill make 800 acres In all OF the 4so-acre
lost farm purchased by Hastings a Hey
den last fall
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
OMAHA WRITER TO GO WITH
THE AMERICAN FLEET

Attorney II. 8. Daniel has received
word from his brother. Hawthorne. who
10 writing for papers and magazines in
New York, that the latter win make the
ocean and canal trip 70 San Francisco
with the American battleship fleet as
the special correspondent for news
gathering agency. as well as for the Out
look magazine. The voyage commences
about June I and will continue a month.
including visits TO both California exposI-
lions.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
PART OF PARK PLACE TO
BE CUT UP INTO CITY LOTS

Two acres OF choice residence property
in Park place is TO he placed on the
market by bishop seannell. The tract
is part of the church property orig
inally acquired by Bishop o'connor. and
lice adjacent to the new st. cecelias
cathedral The lots front on California
and Webster, between Thirty-eighth and
Fortieth streets
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-02
A. C. KENNEDY COMPANY
IS MADE A CORPORATION

The Alfred c. Kennedy company has
been Incorporated Il rs the real estate,
rental loan aud Insurance business built
up BY Alfred G. Kennedy The business
was established thirty years ago by How
ard Kennedy. Later Il became Howard
henncdy a Son. and afterward was car
ried on BY Alfred c. Kennedy. who now
becomes president OF the new company.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
SUPPLY CUT OFF

Weary Walker-No, mum, 1 amt
dirty from choice. I'm bound by
honor. Yer see l once wrote a tes-
timonial for soapmaker and prom
Used to use no other.
Madam-Well, why don't you use
that?
Weary Walker-Because, mum,
the firm failed about five years ago.
Boston Transcript.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
THEY WERE NOT ALIKE

THEY WERE NOT alike
After suffering long time with
toothache the young colored girl got
up her courage enough to go to the
dentist. The moment he touched the
tooth she began to scream.
Look here" he said, you mustn't
yell like that Don't you know Pm,
a painless dentist'?"
well, mebber yo' is painless, sah,"
she said, "but All isn't" Ladies'
Home Journal
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
HOPELESS

why won't you marry me?"
my good FRIEND responded the
young lady, you couldn't even sup
port my dog in the style to which he
has been accustomed"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
A NATURE-FAKER

The teacher was holding up pic
ture of zebra.
Nov, children, what is this?"
ct looks to me like horse in
bathing suit" answered little Arthur.
-Harper's Magazine.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
--O-O--
MALODOROUS

why do you refer to that mans
fortune as tainted money!" asked
the Old Fogy.
''He made it operating a skunk
farm, replied the Grouch.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
1870
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-16
AGGRAVATING

AUUKHVA INC
''You have no idea how provoking
my dressmaker is, dear. She's per-
feet despot."
Makes you wait, eh?"
mo, not that, dear-she expects
money"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
Don't Believe in
Fairy Tales. Girls
Dorothy Dix Warns Young Women Workers to Beware
Of Dreams and Fiction Princess-Face Truth and
Work Up with Man in Own Sphere of Life

of his heart and the work of his hands
and the chance TO build up in life with
him. Her silly head is filled with fool
dreams about being a millionairs's bride,
and by the time she wakes up from her
dream her chance Of real happiness has
gone
Still another harm that believing In
fairy tales does girls is that II paralyEss
their effort. Every employer will tell
you that when q woman gets down 10
business. and gives up her mind to it, she
can cut circles around almost all of her
male competitors. Nobody can find out
as much about subject as a woman
can when she really sets herself to IN
vestigate it. Nobody can remember SO
many details. Nobody IL shrewder than
a woman, or loves 10 bargain better. No
man can be as fanaticalIy intent ON one
subject as a woman can be.
All of the special sex pecuHarities Of
women lend themselves TO auccess IN
business; yet, In spite OF these quaiIfIca-
tons. women are generally paid less than
men in business simply because their
work is worth less.
Ana the reason for this 10 that few
women think It worth while to ever learn
their business thoroughly because they
don't expect to follow 1t except for a
little while. They are depending on
somebody else to come along and sup
port them, and bestow upon them the
money they want, instead OF earning IL
themselves.
It's the fatal belief in Fairy Tales
again. and If the time ever comes when
girls realize that there's going TO be no
magic wand business In theirs, ana that
the only way that their serge quits Will
De changed into spangled robes, and their
street car into limousine, is by their
own good work. then we shall not have
to pass laws securing q minimum wage
Tor girls They'll earn a living salary.
with frills on it, for themselves.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22

believes N la4Ty SdAos'
She. really lives in a romance that she
makes UP for herself In it some god
like male creature, who is a happy COM
bination OF a matinee hero and philan-
thropdo millionaire catches a glimpse of
her az her counter. or In her cashiers
wicket. or over her sewing machine, and
he falls madly in love with her, and mar
ries her. and takes her off to live In a
golden palace on Fifth avenue. and she
becomes a society queen, and has her
pictures in the newspapers every day,
That's the stuff the working girls
dream is made Of. and she's 80 anxious
TO find this Fairy Prince that she fits
his cap on every man she meets who
looks like what she considers a swell.
He doesn't even have to be deep, dark,
subtle villain to deceive her. She de-
eeives herself into believing that street
filtration means an overwhelming pas
sion that she has inspired in the mans
breast; and that a few 10Y rides and a
dinner or two at restaurant. and a sum
mer excursion means marriage in the
end
Many . girl has Weakened up from her
dream Of the Fairy Prince 90 wish that
she had never been born, and 10 find that
her hero had just been amusing an idle
hour with her. and when he had tired OF
her. had thrown her aside like a broken
toy, careless whether he had wrecked
her ufe.
Quit dreaming. girls. Wake up and
fact the truth. and that is that men
rarely marry out OF their class. They
may find the working girl pretty and
piquant. and her very unconvenuonaltty
diverting. but when a man of family,
and wealth. and tradition marries, he al
most always picks out for a wife
woman who knows how 20 give dinners
ana run an establishment. and who can
add her fortune and her social prestige
TO HIS.
OF course there are exceptions 10 TINS
rule. but the average working girl has
just e. much chance to be elected presi-
dent as she has TO marry a millionaire.
Look with suspicion upon every man
above your own grade in life who offers
you attentions. girls. Ninety-nine times
out Of a hundred he is a wolf in sheep .
clothing, and he has exactly the same
Intentions toward you as a hungry wolf
would have toward a defenSeless lamb.
Another great harm that girls artiess
faitn IN Iairy thles Goes ~ hhat IN iooh-
ing out for the Fairy Prince. who never
comes. they only too often overlook the
honest young sutton who IL on the
ground. and who would make a million
times better husband than any romantic
hero Naturally. n you were expecting
to suddenly be snstched away from your
daily grind TO a state of luxury you
would turn up your nose at the prospect
OF q little built for two.
That's why many a girl turns down
the good. hOnest-hearted young mechanic
Or clerk, who can offer her only the love
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
Advice to Love1orn F: By r. s;:s'''

democratic. have decided disiilea:
dancing. as / could not dance till mid
night ana do n good days work the next
day. r. IA
Perhaps you arc BIT priggish. or
self-oonsclous. or over righteous. I am
sure that you arc a man OF fine princi-
pies, but maybe you have a way OF tryinI
to force the conversation around TO your
interests. Instead of thinking for your
self. suppose you try studying some girl
her likes and dlslikes. her interests,
her peculiaritles and desires. In learn
ing to please one girl you win como 70
have an unselfish liking for her sex that
will probably win you its regard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
The Awakening
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

love the tropics where sun and rain
Go forth together, a joyous train
To hold up the green, gay side Of the world
And to keep earth's banners of bloom unfurled
1 love the scents that hidden there
BY housekeeper Time. in her chests Of air;
Strange and subtle and all a-rife
With vague lost dreams of q by-gone life
They steal upon by night and day
But never whiff can you take away:
And never song OF tropic bird
Outside of its palm-decked land is heard
And nowhere else you know the sweet.
Soft, 'joyn-n othing" that with the heat
OF tropic regions. And yet and yet
If in evergreen worlds my ways we're set
To see the wonder of waking trees;
To feel the shock of sudden delight
That comes when the orchard has changed a night
From the winter to the bride Of May,
And the harp of spring is attuned TO play
The wedding march, and the is priest
And the world is hidden to join the feast.
Oh, never is felt in a tropc cline,
Where the singing Of birds is a ceaseless chime
That leap o. the blood. and the rapture thrill,
That comes to us here, with the first birds thrill
And only the eye that has looked on SHOWS
Can see the beauty that lies in a
The lure of the tropics / understand,
But no! for the spring In my native land
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
Scientists Abandon
Nebular Hypothesis
By EDGAR LJC1EN LARKIN.


have answered many questions In re-
gard to the nebular hypothesis. but still
they come Hero Is another one from
san Francisco:
IT recently said that Prof. Campbell
OF tho Lick Observatory had refuted the
nebular hypothesis. stating that stars
Csuns) were not evolved from planetary
nebulae-that stars (suns) came first
this having been demonstrated by the
speed Of the suns-the old or tho star the
the following questions:
II. How did the sun fret come into
existence"
20. Is tho earth part OF the sun.
thrown off into space. gradually cooling?
-. DO you think Il possible that Tho
universe was created by cleotrons (elcc-
tricity)--electrioity forming atoms and
atoms forming matter. the formation OF
all which being directed by the Master
Mind7'
The nebular hypothesis Of Ia Place
has been abandoned in favor OF the me-
teoric hypothesis Of Lockyer and plan
tesmai hypothesis OF Chamberlain. All
suns, planets and moons. by these two
nearly Identical theories were made by
tho falling in from space OF small cos
mioOl bodies, such as the meteors now
falling on the earth.
Trfiiions Of years ago there was me-
teor moving In space IL lie now in the
center of the earth. Another meteor
Joined this by collision; then another: and
this falling In is now going on at a vastly
diminished rate. so THAI comparatively
few are now coming in. a. may be seen
on almost any clear night
q No; the earth never was a part OF
tho sun
g. MY ''pet'' theory, so-oailed by hun
dreds OF my correspondents within four
years, lie that mind created eleotrons
And the letters came In 20 many Ian
Guages from 80 many parts OF the world
that can translate tho word pet only
Then siectrons either formed every atom
and moieeule and object in the entire
universe. OF their own mighty knowl-
edge. OF were directed by mighty
knowledge from without.
Since first published this four years
ago 1 have thought OF every possible
phase Of the problem. hero assert and
state that electrons know when. where
and how 20 wheel themselves into atoms
OF matter Of their own volition and most
astonishing wisdom. or arc directed by
an incredibly wise external force.
All OF my publications since advocate
directivity. The external excessively wise
director I have called mind, and have
used the word mentoida. now incorpor-
ated in many foreign languages as writ
ten--'mentaids-the most important word
now confronting man.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
Petty Jealousy is Worst Fault

the wedding out OF everything mean and
the developing of everything noble and
great. 80 surely as yoG reach this con-
sciouEness and proceed along this mental
course you will be assisted by tho in
visible helpers and given now power to
achieve
1t is not expected that you should find
everything I'm the work Of your rivals ad-
mirablo and worthy of encomiums. In
all human endeavor we find good. better
and best, poor. bad and worst work But
you can pass slightly over the latter trio.
pausing only 60 encourage the toilers TO
better endeavor or To turn their atten-
ton to other employment wherein there
il greater hope Of their succeeding; ana
you can 1--WE the force OF your thought
TO the good. better ana best.
II In your secret soul you know that
they are better than your own efforts.
you will lose nothing by the open confess
sion Of the fact. and by that confession
you will mount a stairway which leads
you 10 a large outlook where greater
forces viii come 10 your assistance and
help you TO higher attainments.
II you are a mother, teach your child
rem TO look for some good thing In every
one they meet. and for some happy event
i'm every LAY, and to speak of these
things before they sleep.
There is no greater kindness you can
show your offspring than to train them
in this mental habit
Begin when they are first able TO talk,
and keep at the effort until they ar0
firmly established in the happy method
OF finding life q picture book with
bright spot on every page.
Even your grown-up children may be
directed by you in this manner. Instead
Of complaining about your life, Of your
inability 20 do what you wish for them.
begin 10 talk OF your blessings and Of
their blessings.
When they are inclined 10 rind Putt
with destiny. try 90 divert their minds
with some amusing incident until you
see them laugh. Then remind them that
II 10 a great blessing 70 be able TO laugh
II IL a wonderful thought. this mighty
influence II q mother.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
Do You Know That

IN labrador sealskin shoes are made
TOR the dogs, which. attached to sledeeH
uaVel at great speed over the rough Zoe
ana need some protection for the feet.
paper chimney fifty feet high and
nneproof' is curiosity to be seen at
Breslau.
WOOD engravings OF high class are
made almost exclusively of lockwood ana
the large blocks are made of small piaees
fastened together. The engraving is dome
across the end Of the grain. JAPANESE
wood prints are made ON lengthwise sec
lions OF cherry wood parallel TO the
grain.
A considerable source OF profit exists
in the feathers OF the golden pheasant
which are used IN salmon fishing. These
BIRDS which are natives OF China. are
the hardest OF the pheasant tribe. and
are not at all troublesome to rear in this
country
One OF the most durable woods is
sycamore. A statue made from II now
IN the museum OF GiEeh, at Cairo. a be-
lieved 70 be nearly 5000 years old. Not
"ithstAnding this great age. It Is as
serted that the wood itself pis entirely
sound and natural in appearance.
The amount OF gold or any other metal
coined in Paraguay is so small that Il
can with safety be entirely excluded
from consideration. None whatever "a IN
circulation at this time and the very
few coins OF Paraguayan origin outstand-
ing are held as curiositiea
II Is believed that the first pineapple
forced in England was grown by Charles
the Seconds own gardener and was cut
by the king himself
II has been found that a hat can alb
sorb and digest In one night food three
times the weight OF It's own body.
Cremation establishments under the
control Of the government are 20 be
found in All the chief cities OF Japan
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22

upon you the situation seems altered.
You call II JEALOUSY and petty carping
criticisr1. II you are a poet. an author.
an artist, musician or an actor. look
for things TO praise In those who are
striving for the same goals which you
are seeking.
so surely as you cultivate this quality
OF seeking for the good and the admir-
able in others, 30 surely will the good and
the admirable develop In your own nature
Your work viii improve. your capabilities
increase. Generosity in thought brings
generosity In judgment from the world
at large.
Mean, paltry. petty thoughts and i'm
pulses create "a corresponding condition
in ones environment. So, even from
selfish standpoint, II pays TO be big and
broad and generous minded. IL does not
matter II those whose work you appre-
ciate and praise repay you with critislsm
and ridicule. Others will repay you ia
your own pure gold coin a. you pass
along.
Nothing matters IN thiA LIZ - lAslah a.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22

that when Prof stniiter, withdrawn a
little so that she should not see him
first of all and be frightened, told her
to wake up, she looked into tho friendly
faces OF Barclay, senmes and sturte-
want.
Barclay advanced with great ceremony
dropped on one knee before her and
kissed her hand for all the world as Il
she had been a princess. Then sturte-
want came forward and did likewise. and
then Semmes.
Although Prof. stiiiiter had told her to
wake up. the spell OF the crystal was still
upon her like drowsiness after sleep. To
reduce her once more 20 q complete state
of hypnosis II was only necessary for
him to say quietly. Go TO sleep again"
What looked like a portion of solid
cliff rose suddenly, without any sound,
and disclosed a black passage that APP
peared TO leap to the bowels of the earth.
In the mouth OF this passageway stood
a handsome woman, a little under middle
age. There was a diamond star in her
dark hair, and she wore a white garment
that fell from her shoulders In stately
folds like those OF q Roman toga. She
came forward. caught the little Ames-
bury girl up lovingly In her arms. turned
and, without a word, walked back into
the passageway and disappeared. For a
long time the sound OF her sandled feet
upon the rocky floor could be heard.
Then the moving portion OF the cliff slid
slowly and noiselessly back into place,
and the four men who remained without
turned somewhat slowly TO each other.
Barclay was the first 70 break the
silence Gentlemen" he said. fifteen
years from today she will leave that
cavern and bring the world to her feet
and TO ours"
CTo Be Continued Monday
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
Copyright. 1915. by Star Company
FIRST EPISODE.

She never afterward recalled anything
OF the journey TO the north woods which
she made with Prof. Stilhter. The long
automobile ride, the Montreal express
held up between stations, the long drive
into the woods, and after that. when they
had come TO the end OF the road. the
long. toilsome up and down hill tramp,
through which she rode first on the
shoulders OF one man and then on the
shoulders OF another. until the party
came to wild spot at the foot OF the
cliff Here. in the warm spring sunshine
on lodges of rock number of drowsy
rattlesnakes were coiied in a horrid mass
she does not remember that here, as II
waiting for her. were three men who
wore black masks over their faces.
When the men who had brought her TO
the foot of the cliff had gone. with the
exception OF Prof. Stilliter, the three
masked men removed their masks. SO
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
he Friendly hut Firm.

Dear Miss Fairfax. I am 10 years old
and employed as O. stenographer There IL
lso young man working In the office
who persists In attentions, such as taking
me home, etc. / dislike him very much.
Now, Miss Fairfax, will you please tell me
how j can let him know i do not care
for his attentions without hurting his
feelings? LO.
Tell this young man in a friendly. quiet
way that you prefer to go home alone
II he is a gentleman he will not force
his attentions on you further II he still
persists, tell him that you dislike being
disagreeable, but that you will ask your
father or brother TO speak to him II he
does not stop.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22

NaAR AsAAiAaAAA AAiAihu ~
petty jealousy. You
will resent the in
ference, of course,
that you can be
guilty of petty jeal-
ousy. You will think
your tendency OF
criticism OF others "a
merely the power TO
discriminate and
that the ridicule you
heap upon your COM
patriots and compet-
itorB arises from a
keen en- Sc of
humOr."
b ut EN- your
c 0 m p c { itors turn
these same weapons
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22

Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 wish you would
tell me why l am not or cannot be popu-
lar with the fair soN. Am ~ years old,
good looking. good reputation in this
community. like to talk on politics, poe
try. paintings, classical music, current
events and subjects that leave one bene-
fitted. Can tell a good story and like 10
hear them. Lake 10 attend parties n
every one acts ordinary, and thoroughly
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22
Take Her 20 the Thcater.

Dear Miss Fairfax: About q month ago
/ became acquainted with a young lady
,,nS,t hlsxa ,uio W., wnon nheo I'M
and radiant smile. How can 1 entertain
herr have good position. G. q.
Why not invite tho girl TO the theater.
and, after you know her better. 20 dinner
with her parents consent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-22

II some ono was around TO crank their
up occasionally lot OF fellows that We
know would prove TO be useful citizens
II we must listen to the troubles OF
some one, those OF a woman are gener-
ally moro interesting than the woes Of
man.