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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Of Al Elevator Girls in Year
and Half, Only One is Left
They Come and Go Fast, Says Man Who Knows; Ele
vator Men Preferred, But Hard to Find at S75
Per Month

were yet enough men, she took
training and did ianitor work foi
two months on the elevators in or.
der to be prepared when her debu,
should come. That is the reason tina
when the men were called she cam,
and stayed.
But the goers-they didn't sc
lust because'-no indeed.
The Lady Barber.
One woman became so interested
in public work" that she left to
become manager of a barber shop
Iof her own-and there she has re-
NAMED A real business type Of
woman is she.
The second name on the "list OF
those who went" brought up the
story the Uncomfortable temper
type. She was a brunette. fiery and
snappy, and she was compelled ia
carry in her little cage-like car an.
other girl OF equally brunette com
plexion, and equally fiery tempered
The inevitable happened and after
q scene so tempestuous that III.
manager was required to arbitrate
the "hostess of the elevator" left
rather than carry her brunette like
ness even occasionally.
On down the line the stories con.
tinued-one woman was asked to
leave because her language was too
expressive-yes, it was, although
this is the only occasion-anothef
country visitor. wearied by the
city'S realities went back after a
week. Here came a touch of real
romance name remembered as
the heiress."
Became an Heiress.
1t was the stuff that not dreams
but stories are made of"-and the
good-luck god had sent to her
small fortune and she left the
elevator work for a real home and
automobile.
Here was a glimpse into another
strata of life when the story, woven
around three names, written below
one another, came into evidence.
One was woman-older than the
majority-who asked to be relieved
to help care for poor little
stranger girl in Omaha and her
baby. Not long after came the word
that she would not came back. for
the mother had died and that rather
than give up the baby she had
adopted and cared for il herself.
In her place came a young, pretty
girl who had followed her soldier
sweetheart from Seattle to Omaha,
and who was left here deserted, with
no money and in need actually of
food. She worked for several days,
bu; her vitality was low from UNDER
nourishment and she became i'll. No
money nor friends. so it seemed I'M
til the woman who had adopted the
baby appeared and took her home to
care for the child while she earned
more money to support them.
And this is only part Of behind
the scenes in the small part of the
world seemingly little cage by IL
self-that you walk into and walk
out of, go up and come down with
out a thought.
And it now remains to be seen
how this world, invaded by women
because they were needed, will share
it, space between the men and the
women when the reconstruction is
effected.
1--WE wished to have man as
starter" said Mr. Jewel, but we
had difficulty in finding a man who
would accept even SIS until his ex-
perience warranted 500 month"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Alleged Bunco Man,
Detected by a Girl,
Is Walking Bank

In Grimfn's Fairy Tales you may
read about the little old gray-whisk-
cred man whoelived in a cave with a
machine. He turned a crank and
turned out salt for the sea and
clouds for the sky.
I've read that, and it's a wonder
full yarn and an inspiration" said
Christian Yranof, alias Bulconsky,
now locked up in the city prison as
a bunco man.
Mile Faulkner, a pretty 20-year-
old girl, who runs a shooting gal
lery at No. 1888 Market street, never
has read fairy stories. But she is
an expert pistol shot, and her eyes
also shoot straight to the mark,
She never forgets face.
She saw Yranoff on the street the
other day. She called Policeman
John IF. Quinlan and said: THAT
man swindled Jim Andrews, my
boss, out of $1,000 through his
money making machine. There is a
reward of $500 for his arrest, and
Christmas is coming soon"
Quinlan arrested Yranoff. At the
city prison they searched him,
Wrapped around each leg they
found $4,000 in currency. They
found another $1,000 in each cuff
of his shirt. He had more than
$1,000 in diamonds on his person.
According to the police, Yranof
made beautiful ebony boxes with
cranks and wheels in them. He and
-oth@s, the police allege, persuaded
their victims that the machines
would turn out splendid $40 bills
One of the machines was found ir
Yranoff's room
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Whatever goes up must come
downl-so sayeth the wise man. "
Wise, indeed And they like
wise insist with aggravating sim
plicity that whatever comes into
this two-sided world must either re-
main or disappear.
The "other side" of the muchly
talked of women's war work is COM
ing into prominence, especially the
women in the elevators. Have they
made their place permanent?
Photos and All.
They came-heralded by front
page stories and photographs.
They took the mems place, kept
the little world of ups and downs"
going in practically the same even
tenor of its ways.
And now-the other side comes
will they stay or disappear9 Al
ready here and there a~man appears.
unheralded and the woman folded
her tent and silently stole away"
But the majority? Other ques-
tons beside preference" enter in.
The Wage Question.
att isn't a question of whether we
prefer men or women" said Edwin
Jewel, manager of the Omaha Ma
tional Bank building, cts a situa-
ton into which many factors enter.
Men are no longer willing to work
for $50 a month. They cannot sup
port a family on that and are seek
ing other lines. Men who have had
army experience with the wider
horizon that it has brought out, are
seeking other fields, with better
financial opportunities"
Now women, we've had our
chance in the world, and the judg-
ments are beginning to come in
just listen to the pros and cons that
come from one who has hired al
girls since October, l9l7-that date
when women made the first break
into the elevator woodland who
now counts only one of the original
"in-breakers" among his eight girls
with the natty blue uniforms.
"Women are more pleasant in the
cars than the men-but oftimes they
talk too much. They get so interest
ed in a conversation that they for
get the clock and elevator starter
"Women are not so keen mental
ly-that is quick to take in situations
and emergencies but they are more
active, and alert"
Then there is that ever present
subject Of "fickIeness"-7the touch of
the rolling stone that is inbred in
Yankees-well here is a proof of it
in these cases of Al changesl and
four out Of eight girls hired just
since January /.
They left-that is a fact written as
evidence-prosaic and fitted for the
documentary pigeon holes of statis-
tics. ~
But the reasons why they left
that is the interesting humany part
the bit that makes you realize why
this happy-go-lucky world is so hap
go-lucky and how many come
hither and go thither with a story
always of sadness or of gladness\or
foolishness or humor.
The First and Only One.
First the one and only person who
stayed from October, 1917. She was
the pioneer woman who entered
this work in OmahaZMiss Anna
Ustohel. She came because she want
ed to do that work and while there
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
,''Doc" Novak Got 81
Tip for Yanking Tooth
for 'Tough Customer .

Unless you were a bell hop or
bootlegger, did you ever receive a
tip for services rendered? Dr. Frank
w. Novak, dentist, did-receive
tip. He controls the psychological
spirit of coolies Of people in matters
Of dental anguish-so he doesn't
need tips to bring home the bacon
He even forgot what Webster and
Terry Howard wrote about fps, I'M
til last FISH day. A tough customer
suffering untold agony from a surer-
fiuous molar besieged doe" to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
THE CUT DIRECT.
(NeWman Comment In Fullerton News
JouFnall

/ called a venterinary from
Central City one morning last
week to enlighten me as to the
cause of the critters death and
serious sickness of another one.
When the veterinary arrived he
made a hurried examination of
the sick animal and after taking
fresh chew of tobacco h.; COM
menced to pronounce the name
of the disease, which was as
long as bull snake and as
cracked as a representative. He
injected about a thimbleful Of
what might have been Silver
Creek whisky into the neck of
the animal and in about 40 min
utes the steer was dead as Da-
Wy Crocket-death due TO
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Mayor a Busy Man, but
Always Ready to See
His Constituents

Mayor Smith is busy man.. A
citizen called him by telephone one
day last week and said:
Can / see you this morning.
Anyone can see me. All they
have to do is TO walk into my Of
fee" replied the mayor.
But are you busy this morning?"
asked the man.
"Of course I'm busy" said the
mayor. but if you wait till I'm not
busy You'll wait till they're walking
slow,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Nobody "Dodged" Anywhere.
Erickson JournaL)
Last Friday Mr.. Harley
Meese and James Sanford fliv-
cred to Spalding on business
imagine, chiefly, dentistry.
The ]. L. Gwin family Stude-
bakered to visit their friends
Rev. Taylor and family, last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Farr and
Miss Nellie Mckenzie Forded
to the August Hoefener place
Sunday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Bouquet of Live Human Interest Stories About People

soothe the pain, without pain. Doc
did. He yanked the tooth-every-
thing but the jaw. rs it out yet,
doc?" spoke Tough Customer. yep,
five minutes ago. doc" replied, as
he felt the fee and two dollar tip
warming his palms. And tough Gus
toner left before doc" recovered.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

some poison unknown to the
veterinary profession up 70 this
time. | paid the charges,
charged the loss of the cattle
up to loss and am going right
along taking my meals and mu-
sic lessons regularly as though
nothing had happened.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
IT'S SHAMEFUL

Editor the Bundle Bee: Can't
something be done to make the
street railway company run their
cars straight down Seventeenth
street instead of turning east at
Seventeenth and Cass? I work at
the court house and come down on
the Sherman avenue car, and | have
to go to Fourteenth and Farnam
streets and transfer. If the cars
ran straight down Seventeenth l
could go Straight to the court house
without changing.
Something ought to be done to
make the street railway company
change this line and run the cars
down Seventeenth street.
VOX POPULIST.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
BY Henry H. KseUSeR

a cootie mill is NOT a mill where
They make coolies. They don't need
any mill for that. The cootie. like
Topsie, "jest growed." i
A cootie mill is a place where they
get rid of coolies, or, more correctly
speaking, try to get rid of coolies.
For the cootie or seam squirrel" is
one Of the most persistent cusses
known to the science of THEOLOGY.
The cat may have nine lives. but the
cootie has 90. And he clings to
every one of them like a cockle-burr
to a horses tail
Wars may come and wars may go,
but the cootie lives forever. It's a
terrible animal, such a cootie. One
can fight bear or lion, one can
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

ed methods of preparing tripe have
been installed" in the small packing
houses over which his slaughter
house inspectors hold sway.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Napoleon said, "Able was ere l
saw Elba." His remark reads the
same backward as forward. (AIso
the same forward as backward.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
g9uribl8 a76oaRnzzziitd
~ rs as ~

of close to 100000 in Omaha and
l believe this can be doubled"
Mr.. McHoodlum left the city last
night in a Packard belonging to a
prominent citizen.
I'm no piker," he said in yester-
days interview. ITS just y easy
to get a Packard as a Ford, if you
know how. OF course, they aren't
so plentiful, but if one looks about
bit he can always find one"
o
The Examination Papers.
1.-TWO races live in the north, the
Eskimos and the Archangels."
"A mosquito is the child Of white
and black parents"
AN interloper is a person that
runs away to get married"
Maths are something to wear on
the feet"
"A charger is a person that charg-
es too much"
ergy."
President Barely Escapes Ship
wreck"
We gather from the dispatches of
last Monday that if the presidents
ship had gone straight ahead for
another mile in the Boston channel,
and if the captain and other officers
had been asleep, and if the rudder
had dropped off, the ship might per-
haps have run aground.
NOW, IS HE A HOUSE
PAINTER?
Sir William Orpen is going to
paint portrait of Colonel E. N.
House.
LIE DERNIER CRI.
TAD in Newman Grove Reporter.)
Put on a new horse collar this
year, hair-faced. Nelson Broth
ers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
DID You Ever See One?

Is there any bachelor in Omaha
with a Jap valet, or any other kind
of a valet? In lkhe movies all bach
elors, from bank clerks upward,
have Jap Wallets. And we just want
to know whether they exist in real
life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
A DIFFICULTY COMMAND

"Up with your hands and hand
over your jack" a highwayman is
reported to have ordered John
Haskall, Twenty-sixth and Parker.
A DELICATE COMPLIMENT.
The daily journal, circulated at
the state capitol, stole our Bootleg
Market" stuff, verbatim. We don't
know whether to thank 'em or bawl
'em out.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

1 Credit Where Credit is Due.
Let the critics of Commissioners
Ringer note that, according to his
report last week, new and improv-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
president Barely Escapes Ship
wreck"
NOW, IS HE A HOUSE
nATNTTE

Sir William Orpen is going t
paint portrait of Colonel E. NJ
House.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

LIE DERNIER CRI.
TAD in Newman Grove Reporterl
Put on a new horse collar this
year, hair-faced. Nelson Broth
ers.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10
"CAyE-MAN" DENMAN.

Pestiferous Mir. Denman and his hammer are afflicting the country once more. When he retired as chair man of the shipping board, after bark ing at the heels of Gen. Goethals for two or three months with the result ant inexcusable delay in the ship pro- gram, the country breathed a sigh of relief and hoped that the effacement of MT. Denman was permanent. But the Hog Island report has furnished an opportunity for more mud singing and the soul of Denman cannot re- sist. With great relish Mir Wilson's California prodigy charges all the Hog Island project to Goethals. The country is assured that had Denman's recommendation been followed the Hog Island plant would have been con- structed in record time and at min imum cost.
 The public has long been aware of a few facts in connection with Mir. Denman. Among them is the knowl- edge that he is a democratic politi- clan and lawyer of San Francisco; that when appointed chairman of the shipping board by President Wilson he had had no practical experience whatever in the construction and op- eration of ships; that it was his ob- struction that brought about the de- lay in our shipping program that cost the government millions of treasure and thousands of lives; that the wood en ships so vociferously advocated by him have proved almost complete failIre and time and lahor devoted to their construction has interfered seriously with the building of dura- ble steel vessels. His loud acclama- tions of self-righteousness since his downfall, and his readiness to make scape-goats of officials of proved worth, have convinced the people that Mir. Denman is not only a mounte- bank but a superlative ass.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10
HOW IT WORKS.

Day or night when the clock stop- ped, you used to take down your tel ephone receiver and ask central the time and get it.
 Some people, perhaps, abused this and other services of the old days, but there was as occasional sick room case in which it was important to find out the time that medicine might be properly given, and it overcame all the abuses.
 Then you used to go to the tele- graph office and transact a consider able amount of the days business through night letter for which you paid fifty cents; or you transmitted an important measure to the absent family, or used the night letters 50- word privilege to get important com munication through in some other matter, knowing there would be direct delivery either that night or early next morning.
 Now the telegraph office takes your fifty cents and your message. 1t wires the latter to the town of ad- dress, and there it is sent leisurely from the telegraph office to the post office-and mailed. Sometimes it gets delivery the day after your fiji, ing, but experience is proving that it is most often the second day following before delivery is made by leisurely mail carrier who has first carried the message all over town.
 The public has had no notice of this change in procedure. The telegraph offices do not advise you of it when you pay for the message. In the large cities of the east it was found last summer that telegraph companies were doing something of this sort, carrying messages on fast trains and making delivery promptly upon arriv- al of the trains, because their wires were overloaded with business, and the government kicked up a great fuss about it. Federal district attorneys were talking of sending telegraph company heads to the penitentiary.
 But under government ownership worse procedure is unblushingly car ried on. The imposition upon the pub lie is bad enough, the delay to busi- ness is still more grievous.
 Occasional thought on the part of the public about the little things gov ernment ownership deprives them of in the very beginning, may bring about realization of what it will ul- timately mean in increased cost and lesser service for all.-Tucson Star.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10
IN SPITE OF THE BAKERS.

Watchful waiting ruled our prepar- edness for war, and waiting without much watching has dominated prepa- rations for peace. Secretary of War Baker justified his delay in war prep arations by saying that the war was 5000 miles away. Notwithstanding the constant importunities of repdbli- cans, the administration ignored, the problems of peace as though peace were 30 years away. What grand thing it is that the American people are so resourceful that they can man. age to get out of almost any diff culty even with the poorest of lead ership.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10
TO THE PIGEON.HOLE.

The Civil Service Commission has recommended to congress the filling of all field positions in the Treasury Justice, Postoffice, Interior and Com merce Departments by civil service instead of by executive appointment It is certain that such proposal will receive scant consideration from the present democratic congress. Their whole political machine would be wrecked if they were deprived of the countrywide patronage which they now enjoy.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10
PROUD TO BEG.

The United States Civil Servic, Commission is sending out circular letter stating that the government | found it necessary, during the nine teen months of American participation in the war, to advertise to recruit thu civil service to meet war needs-foun( it necessary, in fact, "to advertise ex tensively to recruit the workers"
 The letter goes on to state the vast extent of it's publicity work and wind; up by saying:
 "The only cost to the government for millions of dollars worth of ad vertising was for the printing oi posters and circulars and tor the mak ing of lantern slides"
 With all due difference to the fact that the government officials 1T charge of this work have been duly elected by the people, we must rise tt remark that the statement quoted above is nothing to brag about.
 The officials of the government ad- init the beggary and glory in its sue cess. They didn't beg for munitions of war, or for ships, or for equipment, or for thousands of other things that were needed to perfect our great war machine. They paid for all these things, and paid well.
 But as to publicity, the newspaper publishers stock in trade, whether iI was wanted for the Civil Service Bu- reau or for the selling of Liberty Bonds, that must be begged for, not paid for.
 We state again that it is not a record to be proud of.-Fourth Estate.
 The newspapers of the country were paid off by "zone system" and other restrictions, but some day these demagogues will will receive their just dues with interest added
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10
KEEP OUT BOLSHEyIKS.

One of the first subjects to receive attention in the reconstruction pro gram should be a revision of the i'm migration and naturalization laws with view to making sure that for eigners who come to this country to live will become citizens of the Re- public in fact as we'll as in name.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10

Phoenix is having a relapse of the flu. The new sheriff dumped all the liquor that came into his possession into the sewer. The old sheriff dump ed it into the flu. Some mean folks now say that the flu was trying out the new sheriff.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10

Secretary Baker is now advocating the purchase of the grounds upon which all the cantonments were locat- ed. Secretary Baker is the best little spender the world ever saw and it would be shame if he couldn't help out the south by buying up few bil- lion dollars worth of their property before he leaves office. The north has plenty of money, and, what are we going to do for some excuse to sell more bonds if we don't buy some thing? Secretary Daniels of the navy wants the biggest navy in the world. Of course that would help some. If the United States would only buy Hog Island for J. Ham Lewis and pen him up there, we believe we could get along until next spring.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10

It is noticeable that those socialists and others who would defy the law, and frequently do so are among the first to desire the law applied to the other fellow when danger threatens them. Consistent, is it not?
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10

Adjutant General Harris says in a letter explaining his disinclination to resign, that "he offered his life twice to the government and was turned down." Looks as though the state was about to refuse the rest of his life, also salary for that time.
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10

Anyhow, government ownership has been made to pay dividends, but all to the democratic party. It begins to look as though it would cost twice as much to clean up afterwards as it cost 10 win the war,
The Coconino sun., 1919-01-10

Charles o. Ellis, one of the bright est young men Arizona has produced in the last generation, died at his home in Douglas January End. He was vice president of the Bank of Douglas, president of the State Bank CTS association and had been mayor of Douglas,