Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-08


Frank MacLennan'S
Little Book
My friend, Frank P MacLennan, who pub
fishes the Topeka Journal, occasionally con-
tributes a personal column to his own paper
more or less along the same lines as this one OF
mine, and has put into book form his write
of his trip to New York and Philadelphia last
spring copy of which he has sent me neatly
inscribed with his regards and best wishes. l
don't know whether the habit on his part ante
dates the excursion we both made together to
Mexico some years ago, when he wrote some
mighty interesting observations OF the trip but
his present volume, which he calls "a Kansan
in New York" is cevery gossipy, or COSBY
clever. either way you want to put it: Since
the cover carries the notice, Not copyrighted,
take the liberty of quoting this description OF
meeting and entertaining two women from has
home town. especially as one of them used to
be an Omaha girl, and the other will soon shine
in Washington as the wife of the new senator
from the SunAower state:
Walking over to the desk of the hotel, l
suddenly heard my name called, and upon
turning about found it was my next door
neighbor in Topeka, Mrs. Arthur Capper,
wife Of our honored governor After ex-
changing greetings she said, "Mrs. Mulvane
is over at that desk writing letter. We
both came from Washington this morning"
After meeting Mrs. Mulvane l asked the
two if they would go to luncheon with me-
,"Oh, no" said Mrs. Capper, you want to
talk with the men,"
"No, indeed" says I, II can talk with the
men any time"
Without further reluctance we went into
the cafe. All three agreed upon broiled mush-
rooms. They looked good on the menu and
when served met expectations. We were
starting out to take something that we do not
have often in Topeka.
Il would like some iced coffee with cream
in it" said Mrs. Capper.
The same" said the gentleman in the
"Buttermilk for me-" said Mrs Mulvane
"And | would also like some Boston cream
The other two said they did not care for
dessert.
When the pie course was served for the
one who had ordered it, it was about quar-
ter of section. liberal cut. Addressing the
waiter, Mrs Mulvane said:
will you please bring me another plate
and | will cut this pie in two for the other
LADY,"
Il will bring you the plate" said the wait
er, but will have to charge you for another
portion"
"All right" said the man to the waiter
| observed that they knew how to charge,
all right, but l was in Philadelphia, and was
endeavoring to do as the Philadelphians did,
even if they were trying to do me.
Mrs Mulvane had a better second thought;
she took one of the superhuous plates that
were on the table, and that gave her three
for the dessert You want to know what
Mrs Mulvane did with the three plates and
the one big piece of Boston cream? The
waiter being like All Gaul, divided into three
parts. part to wait, part to serve, part for
cupidity, Mrs Mulvane was not to be out
fanked, and with some apparent considera-
ton for the host who had ordered one piece
of pie, but was compelled to pay for two
pieces, although getting but one-well, here
is what she did: She cut that piece into
three equilateral triangles and each of US thus
had dessert. Q. E. D. This is the way they
do in Philadelphia. When you order one
piece of pie, then decide to have it cut in two,
thereupon they charge double, and to get
partially even you make three slices Of it. The
bill was $780,
1--WE have been having fine time, Mrs
Capper and l." said Mrs. Mulvane, but we
have been going at pretty lively pace. We
left Washington at midnight this morning,
taking drawing room, but Mrs Capper
talked to me all night so I failed to get any
sleep Day was breaking when we arrived.
l think we will both 60 to Atlantic City to-
morrow to rest up"
Don't imagine the MacLennan book is giver
over wholly to pie-ty 1t also presents seriou.
and International material. 1t has one chapter
on THE Wyandots" which reminds us that the
first and only provisional governor of Nebrask;
territory when Kansas was part of it was heat
chief of the Wyandot nation, we'll educated a
an Ohio college, quarter-blood Indian. H,
was William Walker. walkers governor
ship" we are told was not officially recognized
by the government but resulted in forcing tn.
democratic party in power to repeal the Mis-
souri, Compromise and to organize Kansas ant
Nebraska into separate territories and really
precipitated the civil war"
Everyone who walks down Farnam stree
each morning, as | do, must be struck with thu
| imposing appearance of the now completed blocl
of buildings covering what used to be referred
to not so long ago as Bill Paxton's COW pasture
This is the square facing Farnam and running
from Twenty avenue to Twenty -sixth street
! on the Douglas street corner of which was 10
Gated the Paxton residence The familiar sigh
presented itself in those days of beautiful pure
bred Jersey cow quietly nibbling the grass O.
chewing her cud.
| Our milk costs me just $31 20 quart" oil
Bill would explain. Il have it figured out to
cent"
Neither Bill Paxton nor the cow woul,
recognize the pasture now. The space between
the two corners which were built up few
years ago has been fitted in with another struc
ture that is an ornament and credit to auto row
The improvement is most noticeable and l be
lieve only a forerunner of what is coming in
comparatively short time for all the remaining
vacant lots on Omaha's main thoroughfare.