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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26

Why is an apartment? Search me 4!
S'pose some one fingered out the
average man was a lazy brute and
didn't like to tend the furnace, NOW
the lawn or shovel snow. Anyway
did you ever find the owner living
in one2 "s .......
It's a great life for the childless-
nice two and one-half room for
sos a month and you can't hang
things out O. the window or play
your flute after 10 o'clock, at that.
Most apartments don't have wall pa
per-takes up too much room. The
poor hat-dawg, when ones allowed,
has to wag his tail up and down
hasn't room to w;ggle it sideways.
One room serves many purposes.
IL YOU are in the north end of the
room it's the parlor-two steps
south and it's the dining room-pull
out the bed and it's the bed room.
Read a book and behold the library
raise the curtain and you have the
sun-room; turn on the victrola-
VOLTA the music room or bring out
the electric sewing machine from
its shelf and the sewing room is
created. Compactness-that's it all
overt Efficiency! Economy! Use a
bed sheet for a table cloth-comb
your hair with fork.
Deuce of a place to 60 a counting
in. You and your gal in the living
room; paw in the dining room with
his feet in the bathroom and nav
vawning and waiting for the meta
morphosis into a bed room-plague
take those folks below who like
boiled cabbage
Court and Sardines.
Sometimes there's bevy of apart
ment houses-then they're called a
court. In the lobby there's an in
dex of the sardines; reminds one OF
The story of the organist who came
nome with a bun on and mistook it
Tor his organ switchboard and tried
- pull out all the stops. Anyway
rs a convenient place to get your
Sunday paper for nothing.
An apartment wouldn't be an
apa npht unless il had one of those
imitation porehes pinned on outside
ths French window. Here, on a cool
evening one may jack-knife himself
into a chair and listen to the canned
music concert from the adjoining
afflicted, gossip between cars. fiirt
or, with pair Of opera glasses get
an eye-full from the surrounding
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26

dore Roosevelt. A sentence in which
the first three words alone are much
stronger than the whole seven
words.
o ...-.
FALLEN.
Who made the following remarks
and where is he now?
Il am the instrument of the AL
mighty. ! am His agent, His sword.
Woe and death-t to those who oppose
my will.
"The triumph of Greater Germany
which some day must dominate all
Europe is the single end for which
we are fighting" .
SIGNS.
At the service entrance and exit
of the Methodist hospital:
ENTRANCE ONLEY."
EXIT ONLEY."
%
What Kind O. Food Do Saints Eat7
A placard in several store win
dows, last week, advertised:
"ALL SAINTS FOOD FOR
SALE"
AMONG THE POETS.
By Sergeant Charles A. Pulls 20. H.
S. Cadets in Collaboration
With Donald Pillsbury
%. H. S. Cadets
There once was a preacher named
Fiddle
Who didn't want any degree.
He said he thought plain Fiddle bet
=. ter,
Than it would be as Fiddle, D. D.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26
cHAPTER vi.

Since the morning, the Dellabarre
household had been in an uproar,
the guests uncomfortably conscious
Of eavesdropping, Mr.. Dellabarre
snIlcing, the children neglected, while
Miss Bane ran to the telephone to
command or countermand the car,
postpone the dinner, and send fran
tic inquiries Tor Mrs. Glove, Mrs.
Dellabarre's mother, who was sore
" needed TO restore the peace.
While the servants were in a panic
for the security of their winter posi-
tons; while the guests-Mrs. Light
body, young Dawson, and Laracy-
had fed to the country club for
lunch; while the children had COW
cred themselves with grease at the
garage and were bawling at the top
OF their lungs; while Mr.. Dellabarre
was savagely pacing his library with
a longing to smash the mantel orna-
nents, Irma Dellabarre, quietly en-
sconced on a Recamier chaise Tongue
BY the fowery window of her little
morning room, was solicitously
brushing the coat. of Mon Amour,
the Pekinese.
At 4 o'clock, her mother arrived
like a gust of wind that sets every
door in the house to banging.
Though Mrs. Glove experienced not
the slightest anxiety at these
periodic summons, she came all in a
flutter, prepared to stretch her visit
tc agreeable proportions by agreeing
both with her daughter, whom
she idolized, and with her son-in-law
first, because she was sure he
would be in the right, and second,
because she had that sense of graft
tude which is the lively looking-for-
ward to favors to come.
My poor darling" she cried, after
the first sympathetic embrace, II
was afraid I'd find you in tearsP
II? No; why should 7" said Irma
rising to put Mon Amour in his pink
cradle. Whatever her feminine sub
terfuges, she never deceived herself
in her domestic relations. Il sup
pose I've been stupid somehow; but.
Lord, can't imagine whereP
Well, dear, who is it this timer"
said Mrs. Glove, drawing off her
gloves. From behind she had the
figure Of 10. She dressed in baby
pinks and blues and might have
passed for the early 50s-that GUS
tom-made age, toward which debu-
lantes and grandmothers now in
cline.
Heavens. il he'd only sayl But
you know Rudy. He's capable of
sulking a week before l can get it
out Of him"
Mrs. Glove, treasured, looked Al
her daughter with the keenness Of
one who avoided expressing her
thoughts in words.
No. | assure you, said Irma, in
response to the unspoken question.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26
SOMEONE HAD BLUNDERED"

SOMEONE HAD BLUNDERED"
Twas when the war was at its
war-iest. Big, patriotic occasion, pa
rade, speakin' on the courthouse
square, an ev'rythin.' High school
band was asked to participate.
The boys came, all nifty and
spiffy in their uniforms. First they
played "Star Spangled Banner" and
then, "Over There" Fine! Greatl
AS the parade moved up Farnam
street, the boys burst out into a
marching tune. Horns, flutes and
drums sent the notes out upon the
atmosphere inspiringly.
Certain people in the crowd look
ed at each other aghast. Strong
men turned pale. Women (almost)
tainted.
And the boys played on.
But after the parade they were
visited by a committee of teachers
who knew the tune which they had
played. And that tune was stricken
forever from the repertoire of the
band.
For it was "Under the Double
Eagle" the favorite tune of Wilhelm
II, then emperor of Germany.
1t was zone on the boys"
o
UniEnportant. But True.
Edward PARSONS Smith.
William GRANT IRE.
Harry BENJAMIN Zimn1an.
Daniel BERNARD Butler.
Roy NATHAN FOWL.
JOHN Dean Ringef.
Thomas Falconer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26
Want AID Proves More
Powerful Than -PrayeI

An Illinois couple, after praying
for forty years for a baby, iaserte,
want advertisement in the ioca
newspaper and within an hour afte.
the paper was delivered a baby wal
left on the doorstep with the admo
milton to care for the same tenderll
and truly. Most people will admi
praying is all right if you are not il
hurry, but for quick results yot
must advertise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26

and light the gas; gives one moreG
elbow room. Some people find it
economy of space to use condensed
milk. =.-
The names of apartments vie with
the Pullman cars for euphony,
though more sentimental like.
There's the Oswald, Beatrix, Rosa
mond and Belinda, the BelTyview,
Chewlavest, Ducky Curt, Kidnix,
DeLooks and Chowdog. Those
names do look swell on your en-
graved stationery.
Why is an apartment house!
That's whyl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26
cHApTFR vTI.

"Well5" said Irma, without look
ing up from a Russian novel.
He's very excitable."
Il see / shall have TO 60 down"
said Irma, who perceived that her
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26
This oughta Be Looked Inta.

Inns Opgnta be Looked 4nta'
Editor Of The Bundle Bee: Do
you know that in this city it is i'm
possible to buy any pickles after 6
o'clock p. M? Such is the case and
yet Omaha claims to be a metropoli-
tan ethyl Last night I spent over
an hour, trying to purchase some dill
pickles. All the stores where they
are kept were closed and | was un-
able to get them. Cigars ! could
get and chewing tobacco, candy,
shoestrings, drugs and many other
things, but pickles we're locked up
for the night tighter than a drum.
Something ought to be done. It's
a shame that there is no better serv-
ice in the distribution of pickles.
Why shouldn't we pickle lovers have
just as much consideration as lovers
of candy and cigars who can buy at
any hour of the day OF night?
hope this publication will result
in something being done to compel
the pickle stores to remain open una
til midnight at least.
PRO BONO PICKOLO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26
NJ Happy Headline Writer.

Over the news item stating that
Nine. Breshskovskay, grandmother
of the Russian revolution" was en-
route to Milwaukee, the headline
writer wrote Grandma Coming
East"
o.
a Part Is Greater Than the Whole
He feared nothing that walked
the earth" said an eulogist of Theo-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-26

Owen JOhnsOns sparkling society novel which making
the movies Begin hereread day by day in The Bee
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31

She stopped the elevator between the
seventh and eighth floors, and, turning
around, said warmly, Il congratulate
you, Mr.. Eaton" She turned swiftly
back, the light in her eyes fOrbidding
Bob to say anything.
Marcia's heart sank-the brakes re-
fused to yield! Bob was at her side
Immediately. She silentlysaccepted his
sOlicitous offer to help, and for fifteen
minutes they worked together. Marcia
sank to the floor when Bob finally told
her it was no use fer them to try, and
that they would have to wait until they
were pulled up.
Half an hour later they were re-
leased from the elevator. MarCia's
face shOne radiantly through the oil
from the brakes as she stepped out.
And the radiance from her countenanCe
was reflected in Bob's, for hadn't she
promised to become Mrs. Eaton, and
wait for him until he came back from
"Over thereW And Bob, having true
diplomatic instinct, had agreed to let
Marcia work for the time being.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31

Of rest. If all lived wisely there would
be need of few hospitals, and if only
those who laDored wisely rested there
would be no rest for the race this side
of the cemetery.
"Stonewall" Jackson, whose army
corps was swift of foot, used to say !:
81 like to see my men lie fat on their
backs. A man rests more that way"
That is the primitive way Of resting.
Mother Earth has a broad lap and q
restful way of holding her children.
A wise physician, when sending a
patient on his summer vacation re-
Gently, said: "On your drive don't try
to get anywhere. ANY place is a good
place to stop, if you stop before you
are tired. Don't try to cover any pre-
scribed distance in one day. Don't
make or keep any engagements. Be
criminally lazy. Avoid folks. Fish.
When tired of fishing, lie down under
a tree and look up. If you fall asleep,
sleep. When you wake up, fish some
more. Forget that you ever lived be-
fore that one day"
The ability Of a man to fill his mind
full of one day depends on his having
trained himself to see things out Of
doors, to fill himself with the immedi-
ate pleasant present without having to
draw on the unpleasant past. Happy
is that man who can get IA days Of
rest out Of 4 two weeks vacation.
The ability to live well the remain
der of the year may lie wholly in
knowing how to occupy those two
weeks, for if one learns on this sum-
mer outing that the art Of resting in
cludes the fine art Of forgetting, he
may practice the same art throughout
the year at home in his little rest
spells. What a man brings out Of the
rest room depends largely on whether
or not, when going in, he remembered
to shut the door behind him.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Queer Food Facts.

One Of the revolutionary discoveries
of the last few years Is the presence
In our food of certain substances that
in minute quantity are essential to life
and health. Men, pigs, fowls and rats
develop beri-beri on an exclusive diet
Of rice that has been polished, but
are cured by a very small amount
Of watery or alcoholic extract Of the
rice-polishings. In a paper to Liver
pool chemists, Prof. w. Ranesdeu
lately mentioned that this "anti-beri-
beri vitamine" is now proven to be
neither protein, fat, carbohydrate, nor
other previously known constituent of
plants or animals. It exists in sufti-
cient proportion in most foodstuffs,
but is absent from white -four, pol
L~---d rice and .arrOwroot.- and probably
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Soldiers, Effects Unclaimed.

Scores of tons of material, the ef-
fects of American soldiers who died
in France, are stored in Hoboken
awaiting claimants The property in-
cludes jewelry, hundreds Of wrist
watches, souvenirs, and many other ar
ticles, some of considerable value An
officer Of the effects bureau says that
everything possible is done to get the
effects of the men to their relatives, but
that many letters Of notification are re-
turned, and others are unanswered.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
LONG HARASSED BY WITCH
New England Man Finally Gets Relief
by Using Silver Bullet In Time
Honored Way.

Your description of the many tribu-
lat1ons Of William Morse and family 0f
Newbury in 1871 brings to my mind
some singular occurrences about the
year 1880, S. P. Ridley writes to Bos-
ton Herald. This is the story told mo
about 1916:
My grandfather was captain Of q
schooner that went 10 Grand Banks
fishing. They had n man aboard that
was tOrmented so they say. by a witch.
He would lie In his berth hours at q
time inSenslble. When he recovered
he told them the witch had turned
him into horse and rode him around
on the Sable island His arms were
black and blue where she had kicked
him when he attempted to bite her.
When he was told to pump a pail Of
water from the caSk, 1t would be salt
and rough. The next one pumped by
another crew would be all right. While
stirring up dough in the galley the
bowl of the spoon would drop of and
a twin would appear in the handle. He
was annoyed so much that his health
failed and he was sent to the galley
to do what he could.
It has been said that you could only
shoot witch with silver. SO my grand
father took his silver sleeve buttons
and loaded the gun and told the man
to shoot the witch when she appeared
again. One day they heard the re-
port of the gun and rushed to the cabiE
to find out the cause. The man lay
insensible on the floor, and there was
a spot of warm blood on the shins. He
was never troubled after that.
He was asked the reason Of his be-
ing troubled, but he did not know. He
said he lived on Cape Cod, and one
day he was travelling along the road
and called at a house. There was no
one In, but goat was lying on the
hearth. There was a pan Of dough
nuts in a pan. He took a few and
passed on. He said when she took him
and rode him around Sable island she
twitted him Of stealing the dough-
nuts. That was as near as he could
see about it.
From about 1900 for a long time my
grandfather was pilot in Boston har-
Dor and a man of intelligence, and
although 1 was small fully believed
that he believed the story he told
me. He gave me the gun that the
witch was shot with. His name and
address of his office is in Boston di-
rectOry Of 1906.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Why America Succeeds in China.


"Chinese-Japanese friendship has
long been on the lips of both japanese
and Chinese, but with little result" !"
says the Tokyo Nichi-nichi. Equally
true it is that feeling of reliance on
America is growing apace in China"
The editor then explains the situation
by mentioning the consideration showr
to China by the government Of the
United States in renouncing the Boxer
indemnity, in generous treatment Civ
en- to Chinese students, and in Amer
ican educational work carried on in
China. The chief reason which is de-
laying the realization of Chinese-Jap-
anese cOrdiality, the editor thinks, is
that the Chinese do not accurately un-
derstand how necessary is political and
economic friendship for the good of
the two countries. Japan needs raw
materials and has money enough to
pay for them, while China's resources
are inexhaustible, but she has no mon
ey to develop them. Then, too, the
Russian menace is at China's front
door. In conclusion, the editor Of the
Nichi-nichi urges a Chinese-Japanese
chamber Of commerce.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Opiunn.

Opium is the dried juice of the white
poppy. 4 flower that grows in many
parts of Asia A few days after the
flowers have fallen OF the plants men
90 through the fields in the afternoon
and make little cuts in the poppy head.
Out of these cuts milky juice oozes,
which dries into a brown, sticky paste.
Every morning the men go through the
fields again ana scrape off this paste,
which they put into jars. Later ON
it is made into half-pound balls and
then packed for shipment
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
No Person Has Seen the Sun.

Astronomers aver that no one has
ever seen the sun. A series Of cOncen-
trio shells envelopS a nucleus of which
we apparently know nothing except
that ii must be almost infinitely hotter
than the tierceSt furnace, and that IL
must amount TO more than nine-tenths
of the solar mass. That nucleus is the
real sun, forever hidden from us. The
outermost of the enveloping shell is
about 5000 miles thick, and is called
the "chromOsphere."
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31

also from COrn-four, sago and tapioca.
The absence OF another vItamine,
which may be also indispensable to
man. has been shown by other re-
searches to be a cause Of sore eyes
and arrested growth in rats and mice.
It exists in quantity in yolk OF egg,
cod-liver oil, most animal fats. milk,
cheese. green leaves, soya beans, mil
let and f1axseed, but is absent from
lard, and all vegetable oils A third
vitamine Is indicated, its lack being
chiefly responsible for scurvy. It Is
present in all fresh vegetables, fruit
and meat, but lacking in dried vegetA-
bles and dried seeds.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
LEARN FINE ART OF RESTING
Ability to Do and Work Depends on
Ones Knowing Just How to Spend
Leisure Time.

Rest Is a blessing laid up Tor the
tired only, not for the pleasure seeker.
It is relaxation from toll, not new
thrill for the bored. 1t is not pickle
following a feast of cake, nor is it
within reach of the lazy. It is gift
for the sole use and behoof Of him
who has tOiled. No one reaches the
door leading to rest without first pass
ing through the workroom.
Most tired folk have wasted much
good strength, but this folly does not
bar them from. entering INTO the house
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Eskimo Names.

Eskimos are not able to trace their
ancestors back for more than a genera
ton or two because the Eskimo names
do not run from generation to genera
ton, and in every Eskimo family each
person has a separate name. This is
pointed out by Charles MenadalOOk, an
Eskimo teacher, writing in a recent is
sue of the Eskimo, the only publica-
ton issued for the benefit of his race.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Test of WooTens.

One test IS to cut off bit of the
selvedge and touch match to It. II
II shrivelS up, but does not burn, II Is
wool, but if the fabric burns with
flame 1t is cotton. Another way Is 10
put BIT of the cloth in n test tube
or other glass receptacle with a Solu-
ton of cauStic soda. The soda will
eat up the wool, leaving that which
Is not wool.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Between FLOORS
BY SOPHIA B. coHAN.
copyright, 1913, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)

"And don't think there is anv vir-
Hue In helping all these war funds with
money given to me by dad, so I'm going
10 work, and besides buying more War
savings stamps and contributing to the
Red Cross, I'll be releasing some man
1Or the service" Marcia Gray spoke
earnestly, at the same time unfolding
small piece of paper, which she
proudly displayed to Bob Eaton's as
tOnished eyes.
IAN elevator operators license" he
gasped, then smiled. "TO think Of q
woman running an elevator, and Of all
women your And Bob, usually so
sympathetic, could control his mirth
no longer, and was now shaking with
laughter.
Marcia's eyes filled with tears. She
had worked so hard to gain that pre-
cious bit of paper and had been so in
earnest, and here was Bob ridiculing
her! Her chagrin gave way to anger.
Bolding the license with a snap she ran
into the house with curt, "WelI, you'll
see, Mr.. Robert Eaton, and don't ever
speak to me again." and shut the door
in his face.
The following day, as Bob stepped
into the elevator in his office building,
he was amazed to see Marcia at the
wheel. Then, regaining his cOmpOSure,
he greeted her cheerfully. Marcia met
his smile with a cold, unseeing glance
as she closed tho 5OOr and c+or+OJ +E,o
elevator. Bob had ample time untiI
Marcia let him off at the eighth floor
to change his mind about her capabil-
tty. He had to admit she was much
more polite and efficient than the boy
whose place she had taken-and she
looked SWeeter than ever in her plain
gray uniform! All that day Marcia's
face, framed in the black curls which
rebelliOusly refused to stay under her
severely serviceable little cap, was
hOpeleSSly mixed with BOb's letters and
reports, and it was with difficulty that
he restrained himself from running to
the elevator. At last, at five o'clock,
he saw her again, and again she ig-
Aored him.
So Bob rode up and down in the ele-
vatOr, hoping against hope that she
would relent. Then, when a mOnth had
passed without any result he decided
to walk, rather than see her so often
and not be able to speak to her.
Perhaps Marcia missed him, for
many times as she saw him running
swiftly up the stairs, she felt an i'm
pulse to call to him. However, she still
remembered how he had laughed at
her, and restrained herself, happy that
in spite Of his unbelief, she was sue
ceeding far better than she herself had
dared hope.
Then one day, at the end Of two
months of arduOus stair climbing Bob
was very late, and to save time, took
the elevator. Besides, he was wearing
a new, wonderful OliVe-drab uniform,
which he was very anxious for a GER
tain little lady to see. Bob was the
only passenger in the elevator. Mar
Cia'S heart leaped, but she said nothing.
And then q curious thing haDDenpd
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
How He Found War

Willis-This morning you told me
you had just returned from the war,
and this afternoon L heard you admit
that you had never smelled powder.
Gillis-That's right. I fought the
Germans. All we ever smelled was
chlorine gas, fluOrine fumes and poison
spray.-Town Topics.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31
Mail That Is Put Ahead

1t was not expected, probably, when
the United States parcel post system
was established. that II would be po1.
Sible, in few years, to stick a stamp
on a day-old chick, or on a honey bes,
and have 1t delivered by Uncle Sam.
This is not, Of course, exactly a lit
eral possibility even yet, for chiCkens
and bees must be properly boxed and
the stamp affixed to the container: but
the opening Of the malls to these liv-
ing commodities has proved a great
convenience and has facilitated the
work of beekeepers and poultrymen
alike Few people realize how large
is the number Of bees shipped each
spring from the southern to the north
ern states, and even to Canada. The
mail clerks always put these shipments
through with great prOmptness-per-
haps for reasons of their own.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-05-31

In Korea, both among prosperous
Christians and among those TO whom
money is a haSty and infreQuent Wis
itor, a favorite subscription blank is
one which says: 'T promise to give
- days to church work this year"
The days thus given are devoted TO
evangeliSuc services or to the building
of churches and SchoolS.-World Out
look.