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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
GIRLS, DO YOU LOOK
LIKE FATTY
ARBUCkLE?

The Bundle Bees contest is
open to all Omaha girls.
If you think you look like
Fatty Arbuckle, the screen star,
go to the nearest photographer
and have a dozen photographs
taken.
Mail them to Fatty Arbuckle
Contest Editor, The Bundle Bee,
Suites s, 9, 10 and II, Bee Build
ing.
After you have mailed them,
buy yourself a ticket to Los An
geles, Cal, and try to find where
Fatty works. Arrange an inter-
view and ask him whether he
thinks you look like him or him
like you (either way).
Get his sworn statement and
then take the train back to
Omaha.
Bring the sworn statement,
with witnesses, to the Office of
The Bundle Bee and ask for the
Fatty Arbuckle Contest Editor.
If he is not in, wait for him.
Show him the sworn affidavit of
Fatty Arbuckle and then go home
and wait till the contest ends.
The great Fatty Arbuckle Con-
test ends August 4, $50 p. m.
A free automobile ride is the
prize.
If you think you look like
Fatty Arbuckle, get busy, girls.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

was, or thought he was, homesick
for Paris.
Returning home he found that he
had incorrectly diagnosed his dis
ease, which was longing for news
paper cartooning.
SO he returned to America and
took this kind of job on the Den
yer Post. 1t was there in sketch
of William Gillette as Sherlock
Holmes that he exhibited his sense
Of humor and with it this fate to
continue as funny man was sealed.
In 1905 the paper which he is
working for now sent for him.
c. A. Briggs gave the following
details:
Il broke into the cartoon game by
degrees, starting out to be a news
paper artist in 1890 in St. Louis with
no particular aim except to make
good
Coming east after the Spanish
American war spent two years
looking for a job, but eventually
hooked up with the New York
Journal in 1900.
Il was sent to Chicago to work on
the American and remained there
seven years, going from there to the
Chicago Tribune, receiving in 1914
an invitation to return to New York
from the New York Tribune"
The series THE Hall Room Boys"
has the distinction of having run
consecutively longer than any other
series in the evening papers. Its
originator, H. A. MacGill, entered
the caricature field with the pee
Wee series in the New York
World.
His series of grandiloquent and
misleading headlines, such as 1000
Men Killed" in big letters followed
by agate typed IF Smith Hadn't
Closed the Switch" made a Juror
of laughter.
Alter six months on the World
MacGill went to the Journal, where
the Hall Room Boy, started and
ran for eight years.
A two years spell of them in the
Globe and almost five years in the
Evening Sun make up the record.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

81 see that they are making ter
rible fuss because women have com.
menced going around without stock
ings. To my mind there is nothing
bad about this and l don't believe
that any man, regardless of his age
sees anything wrong in looking at a
pretty ankle, especially when it is
part of the anatomy of pretty wo-
man." quoth H. L. Carlton, who sat
in the waiting room of the Burling
ton station, waiting for a train that
would carry him on east.
Mr.. Carlton confessed to being 90
years old next October and insisted
that he was sound in body and mind,
had come from his home in Denver
and was going back to New York
state to visit some of his kin that he
had not seen for more than 50 years.
As he watched the throngs pass, he
thought out loud, saying:
81 have lived out west long time
but before going there and in my
younger days. while | was not a
fashion plate boy, | was good
dresser and in New York, moved in
what IS years ago was pretty good
society. In those days, both young
men and young women dressed in a
manner that would evidently shock
the prudes of today and we didn't
see. or find any harm in it.
do you know that IS years ago,
in the best society, not one woman
out of 10 wore stockings, and what
was more, many of them who trav
eled as real bellies, wore boomers?
Ever see boomers? Well; they
consisted of a short skirt reaching
to about the knees, Under these,
women wore pants of the same ma
terial. They reached just below the
knees and at the bottom, were gath
cred with a string, making them
tight fitting. Really they were
classy and as woman passed down
the street, wearing a bloomer suit,
her appearance was something that
made YOU sit up and take notice.
Some 10, or IS years later the
hoop skirts made their appearance.
They and the boomers were two ex-
tremes Of feminine wearing apparel.
The boomers were trim and close
fitting, showing the form to good ad-
vantage, but the hoop skirts were
denominations.
Think of woman coming down
the street wearing skirt six to eight
feet in diameter and by steel hoops
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
BUYS Violet Powder
to Avoid Sand Flees
in Alliance, Neb.

Pvt. Paul Earhart, local recruit
ing station, has horror for fleas.
When he was informed that he
might be transferred to the recruit
ing station at Alliance, Neb., he be-
gan to study geography, and learned
that Alliance is infested with sand
fleas.
Since this discovery his principal
topic of conversation has been flea
representatives.. He has received
many suggestions from other re.
cruiting men, among them violet
talcum powder.
"You see," explained Sergt. A. c.
Rogers, veteran of campaigns in
many lands, "fleas, especially sand
fleas, have great antipathy to VIC
lets. When l was in Panama an
old Jamaica negro told me about it,
and as was desperate, l tried it.
At the first appliance fleas ran in all
directions. They never returned. l
told others about it until everybody
in Panama from generals to cooks
were using it. Tons were used ev-
cry night, and although this is a
military secret, special violet tai
cum powder ships were running to
Panama on regular schedules"
Private Earhart has laid in sup
ply of violet talcum powder for his
trip, according to Sergeant Rogers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Bouquet of Live Human Interest Stories About People
ELIGIBLE Omaha Bachelors

their disappointment and loneliness
under a cloak of apparent joy, glad
ness, mirth and jollity.
Not so with Frank Woodland.
Upon his shoulders seems to rest a
burden of grief In fact, his is all
attitude which is yelled in mystery.
The fair ones, it is said, like to
weave an imaginary romance about
him in which he plays the role of
one early disappointed in love.
This is one way to regard him.
Others there are, his intimate
friends of the sterner sex, who say
his real mental attitude is merely
that of one to whom the fair sex
make no appeal.
Oh, You Iceberg!
His bosom has never felt flut-
ter" said one of his intmates. 1T
is made of marble. If Maxine FL
lott, Lillian Russell, Billie Burke
and Mary Pickford were to come
walking down Farnam street to-
gether and pass Frank, he wouldn't
turn an eye toward them. He never
went with girl so far as I know.
At the university he danced a lit
tie, but only when it was compul-
sorry"
This statement we believe, is
greatly exaggerated. "Still water
runs deep" you know. Some men
wear their hearts on their sleeves
and some do not. Frank is prob
ably one of the do-not..
His state of single blessedness is
voluntary. Unlike some of our other
bachelors, he does not come from a
bachelor family"
His two brothers have set him fine
examples, both of them being mar
ried
A Regular Cutup.
Frank went through the state uni
versity, belonged to frat" 'n'ev'ry-
thing. Then he came to Omaha and
has been unraveling legal problems
ever since. He is. among other
things, attorney for the school
board.
He is close student in books and
in politics and his golf scores at the
Field club are fair to middling.
1t is even said that he has a keen
sense of humor He belongs to the
University club, Athletic club, Cham
Der of Commerce and Barristers'
club.
His disposition is COOL calm and
restful He looks like a safe bet"
safe and sane.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Lonely City Chap Yearns For
Green Grass and A Back Yard
At Least, He Day-Dreams and Pictures Such Place,
With Sweet Little Woman in the Midst of 1t ALL

could find the right kind of a wife.
| am relieved to learn through your
columns that there are still a few
girls left unmarried that are over
~ years old, and would like to hear
from them" Refer to this man as
the Traveller" if you care to have
letters forwarded to him.
The third bachelor says he is very
young and rather attractive He
is city bred, has a good income and
expects to build a bungalow in the
suburbs soon, raise chickens, n
everything.
i have grown tired of the tiny
apartment in which l live" he writes.
1T is in the heart of the city and
the noise makes sleep impossible. |
long for home in the suburbs, with
green grass and back yard. Some
times l day dream and picture such
a. place, but there is always a sweet
little woman in the midst of it all,
and try as | may, | cannot make her
disappear.
That is why I am writing to the
metropolitan Page editor in the hope
that he will be able to find someone
who will fulfill my dreams. | don't
seem to meet the right sort of girls
the kind that fit into the picture.
am only p years old. Most OF the
girls l meet are younger. Many ad-
wise against early marriages, but
some of my best friends have mar
RED much younger, and they are
very happy"
Letters are still arriving for "R;
T.. Ready, the "Homebuilder and
our Chance" They will be tor
Warded to their destination with as
little delay as possible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Zimman, Though Living
According to Hoyle, "
Wants No Honorable"

City Commissioner Harry B. Zim-
man does not have much patience
with senseless formalities, superhu-
tiles, or conventionalities. He appre-
ciates that to maintain civilization
on a proper level it is necessary to
observe rules and regula tons, and
to play the game according to
Hoyle."
At a meeting of the council last
week the city clerk had an unusual
amount of documents to read. The
morning was warm and Mr.. Zimman
was for cutting out the nonessen-
tails. Nearly every document seem-
ed to require the words Honorable
Council" during the reading.
1T seems to me that considerable
time and effort would be saved if we
cut out this honorable council
feature of the reading" Mr.. Zim-
man said to man at his side. 1--WE
and the people know that the coun-
Gil is honorable, so why repeat it
over and over again? l think it loses
its value when repeated so often"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Famous Cartoonists Have
Interesting Biographies
Majority of Celebrities Whose Cartoons Appear Daily
in The Bee, Started Careers as Newsboys or Office
Boys, According to Article in Fourth Estate.

The Fourth Estate in a recent ar
ticle printed the biographies of a
number of the nations foremost
newspaper cartoonists, among them
Tom Mcnamara, whose drawings of
"Us Boys" are enjoyed by the read
ers of The Bee daily. The biogra-
phies of other noted cartoonists,
whose works appear daily in The
Bee and which are contained in this
article, are Walter Hoban, the orig
inator of Jerry on the Job" and T.
A.. Dorgan ("Tad"), whose sport
ing cartoons are the most original
known.
The article in The Fourth Estate
reads as follows:
Who are the men that make our
funny pictures, and are they as sad
as humorists conventionally are sup
posed to be? Did they study draw
ing or are they artists in the sense
that one-finger piano players are
music composers?
These are questions that frequent
w occur to people as they laugh at
caricatures and study cartoons as be-
ing subjects on which they would
like to get some information for
even the man who gets more fun out
of the living man than he can out OF
any clever simulacra, must realize
that these things. created first. for
the laugh, often have serious pur-
pose.
The answer may be found in the
following autobiographies of few
of the cartoonists and artists who
furnish food for thought and amuse-
ment for newspaper readers:
Tom Mcnamara says of himself:
81 was born in San Francisco,
can't spell worth a darn, am mar
ried and like to talk about the
weather.
Swear off on movies once a
month, don't like derby hats or stiff
straws. I broke into the cartoon
rom primary to grammar, to high
school, drawing all the while. two
years of high school, then out into
the cold world.
"News boy, Office boy, collector.
drifted to Salt Lake City, there be-
came reporter and cartoonist. Rest
less. Wanted to see the world, saw
it as far as Petrograd. Home again
and went to work on the New York
Evening Journal. There still; still
restless"
Walter Hoban, who testihes that
in color he is white and in birth
Philadelphia, also treats the tire
some things of this world lightly.
Hear him:
"My maiden aunts and doting
grandparents picked me for another
Raphael or Leonardo ever since |
began trying to draw pictures, which
happened on August II, 1890.
an 1907 / accepted position on
the art staff of the Philadelphia
North American, drew borders for
the murdered man and crosses on
the pictures to show where the
crime had been committed.
"ln 1913 came the call of New
York. ! obeyed it and joined q
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

trained assortment of pencil push
ers on a paper in the metropolis.
Shortly after my enlistment | began
series called Jerry On the Job,
which provided bread and butter I'M
til September, 1917, when | decided
to stop the Hun.
Got no nearer to him than a
couple of bone dry camps in the
Sunny S., and came back after the
war to resume making Jerry again.
Here is what T. A. Dorgan
("Tad") says:
II broke into the art game in
San Francisco, where | was born;
always wanted to be Gibson's only
rival and practised at all times. |
went to grammar school in Frisco
and at night studied at the Johns
Hopkins Art Institute.
Later l worked on the San Fran
cisco Bulletin and stayed there eight
years drawing sporting pictures.
Later on Mr.. Brisbane offered
me more Jack and l came to New
York to work on the New York
Journal. l have been here fifteen
years and have met my boss, Mr.,
Hearst. only once, which breaks all
records around this joint"
Gene Byrnes broke into the comic
game because the comic game broke
out in him.
Byrnes was born in New York
twenty-six years ago and took no
ton that he could draw. He never
took a lesson in his life, but did
take a prize once for drawing an
Indian Head" and that set him
going; he has been going about four
years now. He started on the New
York Evening Telegram, and his
Sunday comic, wide Awake Will
lie" in the Herald is one of the
most popular. His Great Life If
You Don't Weaken" is another
popular favorite.
Became an office boy on the
American in 1912. A year later |
got a job making comics for the
American Press Association. In
1915 | went back to the Evening
Journal as 'comicker.'
1913. Woke up on a transport.
Still later, but same year. devas-
tated a town in the St. Mihiel sec
tor. There l saw a funny little
French kid, which gave me big ideas
fer comic series.
1919. Back in the United States
drawing 'Frenchy and Sarge the
former a little war orphan brought
back to the United States by a
Dough boy. The New York Trib-
une was the highest bidder and
'Frenchy is now going strong"
Maurice Ketten, cartoonist of the
New York Evening World, is a
Frenchman who while studying his
art in Paris dreamed of being a
great portrait painter.
Chance. in the person of Ferdi-
nand Xau, director of Paris jour
nal, turned him to newspaper work
He filled commission for a portrait
OF this gentleman. and when he went
to deliver it the director offered him
job on his paper. Ketten took it
A year or so later he came to New
York still ambitious to do portraits
and he got commissions here. but
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
LEARN SOMETHING NEW!

1t is estimated by scientists that
there are 9,O14,S52,3S7 blades OF
grass in Elmwood park.
If there were no city or town
here, the site of Omaha would be
bare hills and prairie.
Fur-lined bath tubs are used by
the Eskimos.
Railroads could be constructed
from here to Europe if it were not
for the Atlantic ocean.
The wimpus bird of Arizona has
only two legs and its eyes are set
in the front of its head.
During July and August the
sound of the wild mulberry calling
to its mate can be heard along the
Little Pappio.
The wealth of the city of Omaha
today is more than twice as great
as it would be if it were only one
third as great as it is.
Bank clearings of Omaha are
sometimes greater on cloudy days
than they are on clearing days.
Automobiles have been operated
successfully with wheels protected
by rubber tires containing air.
The wild boobaroo of Senegambia
sleeps during the night.
The flag of the United States has
IS stripes and 48 stars. The stripes
are alternately, red and white and
the stars are white, set in a field
Of blue.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Fort Omaha Aviator
Has Plans to Outwit
Recent Army Ruling

Army economizers are going to
get the hee-haw when the plans of
Leo A. Stevens, air navigation ad-
wiser at Fort Omaha, mature. Sew
eral weeks ago army officials de-
creed that the high powered army
touring cars no longer be used per-
sonally by the officers. The mule
was named as proper means of 10
comotion and is being used to pull
military gentry about the streets of
the cities near which soldiers are
stationed.
A couple of balloons and an air
ship motor constitute the working
equipment for Stevens pplans. A
small dirigible practical for small
fights is expected to be the result
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

Three bachelors, all lonely, and
all of loving dispositions" have
written the Metropolitan Page Edi-
tor for aid in finding a mate. The
number of replies received by "Your
Chance" and the "Homebuilder,"
they say, encouraged them to write,
and they feel sure if they receive
even half as many they will surely
be able to pick the right one.
81 know of nothing in this world
that would give me more pleasure
than to receive a few letters from
some nice, respectable, sincere
ladies, rich or poor writes one
bachelor. Il have been reading your
page with great interest and will
say that | am marching in the same
line with Your Chance" and the
"Homebuilder."
What can he mean? Both "Your
Chance" and the "Homebullder'
were building homes. Perhaps this
man also proposes to otter a new
home to the woman of his choice
1t may be that he would keep it a
secret, to surprise her with when
the right time arrives.
His letter sounds sincere. Any
girl would do we'll to investigate.
In case you pick him from the
triumvirate of bachelors, refer to
him as "In Line" and the editor
will forward your letter to his ad-
dress.
The second bachelor has travelled
extensively, he says, but has failed
to find his ideal at home or abroad.
II am 81 years old, he writes. Al
most any man would marry if he
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
|c1tauh NooQz7nd

Frank Woodland we shall feature
as the Man of Mystery" in Our gal
lery of eligible Omaha bachelors.
This phrase is borrowed from the
police reporter, who delights in
woman of mystery more than
ducks delight in water.
Frank is an attorney
And Frank is, ooh, so different"
Listen.
Most of these bachelors whose
lives we have been probing are gay
birds. They have automobiles in
which they take the fair creatures
out whizzing along the country
roads. They are men of infinite Jest
and jollity. They delight in the
merry dance.
But Not So With Frank.
Either they are really care-free
men or they are seeking to hide
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

Ybe sent vat on an emergency call
where someone is dead. report the
matter as suicide if possible, I'm,
less you find somebody around you
can hang the blame on.
IF you are sent out on a burglar
call on the patrol wagon don't for
get to have the driver begin ring
ing the gong when you get within
| two blocks of the house that's being
burglarized. That's the sporting
thing to do, as it gives the burglar
fair chance to get away without
anyone being hurt"
The instructor pauses here, and
scoWls darkly as he proceeds:
Newspaper Mems Raid.
Once a month we stage a raid
for the benefit of newspaper report
ers," he growls. That is, we let
them go along, and write up how
efficiently we do the thing On such
occasions you should use only the
nildest means of getting results.
1t is we'll to visit the house that is
to be raided beforehand on such
occasions"
| When these instructions have been
completed, the great test is at hand.
Some nice, quiet home has been
picked out for you to make your
first raid on, and equipped with a
revolver, or two, sap, hashlight
and a croWbar, you start out You
are accompanied by eight or nine
instructors. and after breaking your
way in and arousing the sleepy fam
lily, you search the place from attic
to cellar, turning everything upside
down as you go. And Just when you
begin to think the search is all in
vain, one of the instructors finds at
least one bottle somewhere, and
down to the police station you take
the occupants of the peaceful home,
mother, baby and all.
The nights work is then complete,
and you can retire, leaving the field
open for burglars and second-story
men.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

Mems vest pockets often contain
many surprising things, and it is al
ways we'll to search them for con-
cealed weapons.
Search warrants are not neces-
sary in Omaha and you are always
safe to enter a house if you are
fixed to find what you are looking
for. If you can't think of any other
charge to arrest man on, book him
for investigation, until you can get
something on him.
IF you are so unfortunate as to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

citizens, carefully prepared, are pro-
duced for study. Every door, win
dow and transom is shown, and
their location memorized. Location
of bedrooms. and the names of the
occupants must also be learned by
heart.
Final instructions are then read
by one of the instructors, who lays
much emphasis on the dignity of the
morals squad and the unimportance
of the mere property owner.
Never let a man, woman, or
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03

child in any way interfere with your
work." the instructor begins, clear
ing his throat. IF a man so much
as looks at you twice arrest him
for resisting an officer. If possible
use your sap on him. Police Judges
are apt to be easy with citizens. and
it is we'll to teach them a lesson
whenever possible.
Modesty Doesn't Count.
do not let clothes, such as night
gowns interfere with your search.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Ure Doesn't Take in
Boarders, Neither Has
He Rooms for Rent

City Commissioner IRE has no
room to rent nor is he prepared to
take in any boarders.
He is receiving calls for board and
room daily at his Office to all OF
which he returns a respectful but
firm negative answer.
The reason for it is an advertise
ment in an Omaha newspaper CIV
ing Douglas 1858 as place where
board and room are to be had. This
is the number of Mr.. Ures telephone
in the city department of accounts
and finances,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Popular Song.

Il Hear You Calling Me-" as rem
dered by the celebrated city hall
quartet, Messrs. Smith. Ringer. IRE
and FOWL.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
Apologies to Poe,

Apologies to Poe.
Hear the postman with the bills
Drafted bills.
Hear the whistle of the postman as
it shrils.
How they dun, dun, dun
On accounts that have outrun.
How the increased cost o living
Keeps me giving, giving, giving.
Yet merrily make fun
Of the missives as they come
On the run.
1t is not worth while to curse
For l know they will be worse,
Piling higher, higher, higher
AS my cash is growing shyer.
Yes, l know what they're for.
I'm still paying for the war
With the bills, bills, bills, bills,
Bills, bills, bills.
Clark Griffith never directed a
superhlm and David w. Griffith
never managed a pennant-Winner.