Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-11
These Are Few Of the Many Reasons Why
Garter Lake Is Popular in Summer Time
And Polly the Shopper
Dwells On Other Things
That Go With Lakes
and Girls.
BY POLLY THE SHOPPER.

By POLLY THE SHOPPER.
Why is it that nobody enjoys any,
thing except by contrast? II is the
old, old question. Would there be
a sound unless there was an ear to
hear it? Would there have been a
Rembrandt if there had never been
a daub? Could we have had Chopin
if Johnny, Get Your Gun" had
never been written? This may seem
a long way from shopping, but even
a professional shopper has a soul.
and if the soul of the shopper is
ever going to soar, it will have to
be in the month of May or never.
So we go back to the subject and
point out that our dear people who
love pretty things have raved over
the boulevards of Kansas City, and
sighed because Omaha didn't have
more. They have enthused over
Estes park and said, "Ah, me! If
only we had such place" They
have danced on cobble stones in
Mexico and thought it fine because
it was in park They have caught
bass in Osakis and wished they
could see live bass in Omaha.
All this leads me to the point that
our malady for comparing has made
US neglect Carter Lake club for
decade simply because it didn't
measure up to something somewhere
else. There are always better fish
around the bend, and we poor fish
are never satisfied where we are,
but are always hustling to get
around the bend.
A Woman Planned It.
Mrs. Carter Ga woman) first saw
the possibilities of Carter Lake and
planned and spent wisely for the flu
ture. 1t is no longer merely rumor
that a number of the wise ones who
chink coin out of sentiment and
beauty have caught on" and bot
tied the future in the form of title
deeds.
Fortunately from out of the chaos
one spot has been preserved and
only waits the Midas touch of
popular interest to be transformed
into a boulevard center that will
make Kansas City look like the out
lawed 80 cents; that will make Estes
park look like war garden, and
the base of Minnesota resemble toy
pollywogs.
If you could be fed some Of that
snow, that the police say "ain't no
such thing going on" and made to
travel 500 miles in your mind and
then awakened in Car:er Lake club,
you would say: my, oh, myl How
beautiful"
Let's suppose we are there and
the thermometer is 100 degrees I'M
Omaha. 1t is 80 degrees in Carter
Lake club. Like the celebrated Silas
Wegg in Dickens, who didn't know
why Silas or why Wegg, I don't
know why 100 or why 80, but it Isl
so and if you are hot and stuffy in
Omaha and have a membership inI
Carter Lake club. you will just tie.
like Pollyanna, glad" that it is so.
Flowers and Waters Aplenty.
Before the day is over you will
be amazed how the management can
do what they do, with The pinching
patronage they get from Omaha
Great beds Of flowers are in per$s
petual bloom. The bath house,
beach and pool are as modern, cleans
well equipped and refreshing as any
$40 per resort and costs, oh! nothl
ing.
Yes, they do charge for bowling,
but we played to exhaustion and
our beau bought 10 cents worth
of pop out of quarter. after pay
ing for the games.
The canoe house is a dream and
to aquaplane is next thing to heaven.
We don't know how they do it,
but four nights in the week the
highest priced movies are given in
reel, real Rialto style. Of course,
it is free and goes in with the little
pasteboard that says Member" up
side down or otherwise.
A brand new band has been en-
gagged and twice each week the
young folks drift to music in the
open pavilion. There are no old
folks in the club. One man of 80
thought he was old when he joined,
but he is circulating a petition to
have dances three nights week in
stead of two.
Suits Are Pretty, Anyway.
The boys say that the tennis
courts are the best in the city. We
don't know anything about tennis
courts, or any other kind, but, any,
way, the girls looked pretty in their
natty suits.
As the setting sun threw its CLAM
Our over the Iowa hills, we found
our way to the balcony of the club
house, and with the cool breezes of
the lake tanning our cheeks, we fed
our souls with scenery and the rest
of the alphabet with T bone steak,
American fried potatoes and straw
berries and drank peace to all the
world in drear beer.
We came away wondering, and
still wonder, why such an enchanting
spot needs soliciting for member
ship, and take it from me, the wait
ing list will be hung out as soon
as we jar ourselves awake.