Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-28

y store. III.
| Hour: Few minutes before open
ing hour, December, 1919.
Characters: Woman in sealskin
sacque; young man, agile, alert,
wearing cap and coat with large
pockets; floor walker; clerks scurry-
ing to their respective stalls.
Man and woman enter. He quick
ly draws from his pocket some sacks
such as are used for carrying money.
Without a word they are handed to
the woman. Unhesitatingly she
stuffs them into the front of her
| fur coat. At this point the floor
walker brushes between the two,
separating them. This store is not
yet open for business he said
he young man started away.
F.oorwalker seemed nervous but let
him depart. He gave the woman a
critical look and she too departed
The real facts in the case:
The young man had been unable
to bank the night before, money
received during the days sale OF
Red Cross seals. He arranged with
one of the Red Cross women to
transfer the money to her at Six
teenth and Harvey, where he would
make street car connection. They
met They knew just what business
they had to transact. Conversation
was unnecessary; the morning was
bitter cold. They stepped inside
the store and the transfer of cash
was made. The woman in the case
declares she was going back and
make full explanation to the floor
walker. for fear if she does not,
she will be Spotted" and "trailed"
every time she has shopping to do
in that particular establishment
ITO let things drop at this stage
would compromise me with the
floorwalker. Not being profession
al thief, it would compromise me
with the police department. So the
only way out is to make an honest
confession to the hoorwalker."
GO OFTEN it has been said that
- America has become nation of
~ the almighty dollar that many
of us have come to believe it. Gabby
recently decided that it was when
she heard the gossip concerning one
Omaha girl. Engaged to very
promising business man is this
brunette and every one has expected
the wedding TO take place in the
near future. She is jolly type of
girl and her quick repartee is a
source of eonstan. amusement to her
acquaintances. She has, how ever,
been confding to an inti'-A..' friend
concerning middle-aged but
wealthy bachelor. 1t seems that the
bachelor has paid some attention to
her. and although she cares no'hing
for him. the girl has encouraged
him. And why? Because he has
more money than the man to whom
she is to marry. According to her
own statement, she would break the
engagement tomorrow if she tl'> ught |
she might marry the bachelor. Mer-
cenary! Gabby thinks that she is.
n THE posers! What would we
l do without sense of humor
y and an extra chuckle on top.
At an exhibition of paintings, spon-
sored by one of our locel organiza
tons, gentleman of dollars and cul-
tured mien, strolled around the i'm
promptu art gallery, scrutinizing
minutely every exhibit in the place.
He "Ahed" and he Ohed," and
grunted approval of each in turn.
He shook his head wisely and gazed |
studiously at the portraits, the
scenes and the studies in colors
and daubs. But, my dears, one must
not appear backwoodsy, or unculti-
waited, or unappreciative of art and
so, if one is not really versed, one
must stumble into the discussion
anyway.
A friend Of the gentleman. would
be critic, sauntered along and
laughingly commented: Haven't
seen Anything of Cusack's, have you?
Again the eye glass found its
way to the squirting eye. After a
careful search the critic said: well,
no-o-o, I do not see anything OF
Cusack's among this splendid col
lection. 1t is Representative col
lection-I am surprised that the
great metropolitan gallery should
so overlook such painter"
And he tapped his eye glass on
his thumb nail, enjoying to the nth
degree, his ignorance of art-and
the friend is chuckling yet for he
knows that Cusack is the sign
painter.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Lon
~ tells some of the fashionable
4 \ secrets" OF the English ladies.
And when we hear this, our own
American "best dressers" seem not
so vulgar as our British sisters have
classed US.
In the shy and secluded mansions
up Bond street way, where the mys-
tsries of Paris are interpreted for
the Identification of Lady This
and That" and the pauperization of
her swain, a period of tense and