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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

verberating announcements that the
Philadelphia express will leave ON
Track II cause no emotion among
them; the shabby man whose news
paper has fallen on the floor and
whose hat obscures one eye sleeps
on; the two ladies who simply
can't decide who is to pay for that
lunch debate with undiminished
vigor; the tired shoppers child con-
tinues his shrill "Beep-beep-beep,"
which represents, to his mind, the
whistle of 1.-THE Broadway Limited on
rounding the Horseshoe Curve, and
over in the corner a lounge lizard
finishes explaining how he Slipped
the cashier dime on top of
the check and quarter under it
and got 10 cents worth Of grub for
IS cents that day"
All this talk Of the nsed Of . ciyie
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was niIeu with dry humor, so his
interest in Mae never left his finger
tips. He liked to sit opposite her
occasionally, just as any man likes
to sit opposite any pretty girl, no
matter how cute the things his baby
says.
A little more than two years ago
the man got much better offer
from firm uptown, and, as his baby
needed new crib and lots of toys,
he took it. AS he lived on Wash
ington Heights and had no relatives
in Brooklyn he seldom, or never,
came downtown.
One day last week his old boss
called him downtown, asked how
much he was getting uptown, added
$50 a week to that figure, and told
him to report on Monday The mans
wife wanted a new fur coat, so he
reported.
He ate i'll restaurant over a sa-
loon on Beekman Street, where he
had eaten in the old days. He
missed the good beer they used tt
have. He looked over the new
cupola on the City Hall and watched
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
are the days Of political

>~ ~~AS Nssyo Va pV1AtACo1
Il teas. The fact is the political
tea, II men would only take it
seriously, is menacing the very foun-
cations of what they regard as their
unassailable citadel, and the gentle
ladies squeezing lemon into their tea
cups are preparing nice calculated
brew for the future delectation of
the male.
"A mere man wanderingly mad
vertently into one Of the teas that
preceded the election would have had
the shock Of his life had he been
able to hear what was going on
without making his presence known.
VI course, woman's tea is no place
FOR man, any more than the saloon
1s-or was-the place for a woman.
1t Is true that an occasional unfor-
inmate is inveigled toward the tea
table because he has rashly prom
ised to say little piece. In his
campaign Of educating women on the
problems of the day it Is sometimes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

necessary to rope in political en-
pert to disentangle the intricacies he
has helped to evolve.
With the macaroons and the china
reposing invitingly on spindling
table before him, the bold politician
begins his speech. He talks down to
his audience. This is the sad part
Of the political tea The women sigh
about it. Perhaps it's the proximity
OF the teacups and the eternal asso-
citation Of tea and feminine chatter
in the mind Of the male. Anyway,
he makes pretty little speech with
many references to the power. the
influence and the charm of the fair
sex. He brazenly wraps his every
sentence In sugar-coating. Maybe
he talks a little about politics in
patronizing fashion before the end
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

center seems superhuous after one
long and earnest gaze into these
warm marble halls, bigger than the
throne room of Cleopatra, and mod
eled, indeed, in the case Of the Penn
sylvania, after the famous public
baths Of ancient Rome Here, under
the replicas of the walls where
Caesar met his friends Of an after
noon, now linger Mr.. Bangs, Of Har-
lem, and Mrs. Bings, of Brooklyn.
elbowing amiably with Red Duggins,
Of Oklahoma, and Cy Higgins, Of
Vermont
One SHcs To stand in most hote! lob
bies, where the seats ar. a,,.~.vs 40.
cupied by retired horse dealers from
the West and the kind of organism
which ali morning writes letters to
itself, care of the mail clerk, and
all afternoon sits reading them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

bands could have been made at the
Ehret brewery and Ehret home on
Mr.. Ehret's natal day. The leaders
Of the little groups of players must
have had the date pasted in the
crowns of their hats, for none Of
them. ever failed to serenade the
old man.
Mr.. Ehret was seventy-seven in
April, 1912. Early in the morning
the aged brewer was awakened by
"The Blue Danube" He looked out
of the window, counted the musi-
clans and sent them six 81 bills and
a blanket pass into the brewery.
Then he started to dress. Before
he had reached his shoes there was
another band. They started off
with die Yacht am Rhein' and
then switched into "The Blue Dan
ube." Mr.. Ehret counted eight mu-
sicians this time and sent the leader
that many 81 bills and the usual
magic pass to the brewery.
This kept up, with hardly break,
all through the morning, and when
Mr.. Ehret went to his Office he
found that a German band had an
ticipated his arrival. After he had
dispensed ABOUT 5000 in 81 bills,
and several watts Of beer had been
drained. some sharp-eyed employee
Of the brewery. who was becoming
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

noticed rather taciturn doorman
who looked oddly foreign. The fell
low was winning enough and evil
IDENTIFY knew a good deal about shift
ing scenery, but clearly he was
stranger even among the millions of
foreign-born in New York.
Something about the fellows
stiff bearing recalled a certain July
afternoon when the German tide
was turned back from the Marne.
He approached the stagehand and
asked if he was not a German.
eyes," the other admitted In
broken English.
Glow long have you been over
here?"
"Three weeks
"How did you get here?''
"Slipped in through Holland and
then by ship"
"Were you in the German arrny7"
eyes"
"What divisions
"The Prussian Guard"
The Legionary started back, ut
terly nonplused. At last, his sworn
enemy!
Memories Of days in the trenches
and nights in No Mans Land flashed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
MOONLIT garden Is a far
better setting for q romance
than a Nassau Street barber

than a Nassau Street barber
shop. No author would take a
shiny hatboX Of a barber shop, Just
off Fulton Street, as the place for a
meeting and mating. Only a teller
Of true city tales, guy who didn't
know the writing rules, would do
that.
For more than three years Frank
was the best and smilingest barber
in the mirrored aperture of Mas
sau Streets wall of assorted enter
prise which is the scene of all the
acts Of this piece.
A man WHO worked downtown also
shaved downtown, because Frank
was there. This man used to get
shaves and haircuts uptown, but once
he had been too late to get a shave
in the morning and mad gone during
the noon place into the place where
Frank worked. Frank was so smil-
ing, so efficient and so all-around
good barber that he made g regu-
lar patron Of the transient. A lit
tie girl named Mae--no manicurist
spells it with final "y"-made his
nails look like debutante's, even
though he had been tending the fur
mace this morning.
The man was married and had a
baby, which, according to the man,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
The Meeting Over Here

re CAME back from France
with four decorations before
he could vote or even needed
to use razor. Naturally he was
reasonably proud of his laureIs,
though in the modest way Of the
average dougfboy He just chap
pened to be there" 'any one else
would have done the same,' and
The was lucky to come through with
q whole skim" he said.
More than his decorations he
priced the fact that he had been
member Of the Foreign Legion. This
distinction consisted not only in that
many Of its members began fighting
Tor France before the United States
actually entered the war, but also
In peculiar custom Of the Ameri-
can members Of the legion.
Deeming themselves fifty the
finest of their kind, modern knights
Of chivalry and adventure. willing
to undertake any hopelessly desper-
ats enterprise, the Legionaires had
sworn an awful oath. They had in
d,vidually chosen members Of the
Paussian Guard as their mortal enc
mics, and had vowed to have the life
Of one or more members Of the
guard in individual combat
Often while waiting the zero hour
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

Nov that German opera sing
l. y ers have finally concluded that
New York doesn't want to
hear them, there is time for reflec-
ton on the possible fate Of the lit
tie German bands of street players
who used to tootle about New York
in ante-bellum days.
There were a dozen such organi-
cations then, consisting of from
three to FIVE players Git requires no
great effort to refrain from calling
them musiciansj, and so industrious
were they that any apartment dwell
er in the five boroughs would have
cast aside scruples against betting
and wagered his unopened pay en-
velope that every other man in the
street devoted q part of his waking
moments to scraping or blowing in
q German band.
They we're ubiquitous. A man
would be awakened by "Die Wacht
am Rhein" in the morning, and, while
clustering and condemning them. as
9 nuisance, would secretly take Joy
In the fact that martial music was
speeding his reluctant fingers
through clothes-buttoning and shoe
lacing, adding an extra minute to
his allotted time for newspaper read
Ing at the breakfast table. Some
times he'd toss two or three pennies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

ing mo" emphatically. He must
have liked Frank
"But Mae-where's she?" the man
asked.
The little proprietor turned away.
He seemed not to want to talk much
The bootblack, also a veteran in the
shops service, spoke up.
"You know" he said, sort of pug.
zled, Frank, before he go, marry
Mae. She read his letter to us frs,
Then mono come. Two day, tree
mebbe week or mont, he don't write,
she tell u.s."
The bootblack added, in effect, that
after six weeks without letters she
had suddenly disappeared from the
shop. The boss went to her house.
the bootblack said, because he didn't
like to see her cry. The boss waited
for more than four hours, according
to the best information the boot
black had, but she didn't come home
The boss still goes there, mostly on
Sunday afternoons, the bootblack
added, but the landlady who answers
the doorbell always shakes her head
and says she hasn't returned as yet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
W1atb TO Bethe Fate of I hose German Bands?

out Of the window and shamefacedly
withdraw from sight before the
coins had been expertly netted in
the hat of the coin collector below.
At noon, when the fat dweller
left his Office for q hurried glass Of
beer and plate of free lunch, a
German band would be there with
the cadence Of some German drink
ing song. The drinker wouldn't feel
impelled to drop anything in the hat
Of the bands collector that time, be-
cause he'd know the players were
simply working out their meal at the
free lunch counter.
Then when he'd return home at
night there would be German band,
perhaps the very same German
band, playing "The Blue Danube"
and how they could play It'll To one
who can't distinguish do, re, me from
ia, sol, la, when played on steam
calllope that was the very essence
Of music; and if potatoes were
scorched, or somebody needed new
shoes, it didn't necessarily mean that
somebody was always taking the joy
out Of life.
Some days were red letter occa-
sions on the calendars of the Ger
man bandsmen. One such was the
birthday Of George Ehret, the brew
er. An accurate census Of German
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Not Waiting for Trains

ID ACK in the home town from
ID which many of us have come
hanging around the station to
"see the train come in" was, of
course, an honorable and popular
diversion. One would not expec'
this custom to prevail here, where
the arrival Of q train is signalized
only by wild and tinny rumbling
somewhere in the depths of the
structure and an eleventh hour line
flashed on the bulletin board to the
effect that train No 81 is arriving
at the other end of the terminal
after all. Yet at most hours of
the day the New Workers in the
waiting rooms Of Manhattan's two
great terminals outnumber the pas
sengers.
They do not, it is true, come to
see the trains come in or go out: re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

what he thinks Of the new income
tax. He poises himself dexterously
first on one leg and then on the other.
And as soon as he can safely do so,
he makes dive for the door, dodg-
ing questions at every step and bow
ing amiably right and left with an
effective air of fnality.
Whew! The pink and the purple
periods are over. The air becomes
blue, not with smoke-oh, no, they
don't smoke cigarettes at political
teas-but with ideas. They begin to
exchange notes on what the gallant
gentleman has told them. How wise
they feel! And then they go home
and unload it all on poor, long-suf-
fering hubby, who wishes to God
that pink teas still were the fashion
instead Of political pow-wows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23
Shave? Manicure?

the crowds which made carpet Of
breadwinners on Nassau Street. He
rubbed his chin-refectively, the au-
thors call it-and felt the need Of
a shave. Frankie remembered
quickly and pleasantly. He recalled
Mae, too, bit sheepishly, because
they had honestly been almost
friends with him and he hadn't
dropped downtown to see them once
in two years.
The old barber shop looked the
same, except for new second chair
and new man behind. The proprie-
tor, small, stout and Italian, had a
hearty greeting for his long missing
patron
"Where's Frank" the man asked.
The little proprietor, being Latin
and expressive, hunched his shout
ders till the edges of them were as
high as his ears, while he held his
hands over his pauncly midriff,
palms front. 1t was the Sicilian
gesture denoting doubt and sorrow.
Frank went 20 war;" he said, SIM
ply. "No exemption, he just went.
October, think, two years ago
First to Yaphank, Upton, you know,
then to France. He's buried there
some place"
The little proprietor was affected
deeply, the man saw. He was shak-
ing his head as though he were say
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-23

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Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22
ASPIRIN Its Uses
First Introduced by "Bayer" in tho Year 1900

ache, Toothache, Earachs, Neural
gis, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Nsu.
ritis and Pain generally.
Always say 'Baysr" when buy.
ing Aspirin. Then look for the
safety "Bayer Cross" on the pack
age and on the tablets.
Handy tin boxes Of twelve tab
let's cost but . few cents. Drug.
gists also sell larger packages.
ture Monoaeeacaeidester Of saiicyicaeid
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22
TO Give FINDING
: IN POLICE CASE
NEXT THURSDAY
Council Takes Under Advise.
ment Evidence Offered With
Charges of CoWardice
Against Officer Coulter.

The city council yesterday decided
to take under advisement the evil
dence offered Monday, in connec-
ton with charges of cowardice filed
by Chief of Police Eberstein against
William Coulter, policeman, who
was on riot duty at the court house
Sunday evening, September %. The
finding will be presented to regular
meeting of the council Thursday
morning.
It was alleged that Coulter re-
fused to go to the assistance of
Mayor Smith, which charge the po-
1iceman denied.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22
Brset City News
Weather strips-Higgin Mfg. Cc.-Adv.
Have Root Print lt-Beacon Press

Weather strips-Higsin Mfg. Ce.-Adv.
Have Root Print lt-Beacon Press
Electric washers-BurEsss- Granden Co
Allen. Coolidge & Co.. 721 LIST Ma
tional bank. Tyler $500, Public Ac-
countants and Federal Tax Experts
j. G. Bixby & Son Co. have Just
completed steam heating system In
Orchard & Wilhelm garage building
Dakota Woman Here-Mrs.
Charles Volz of Martin, s. D., Is here
on a months business trip. She
formerly lived in Omaha and Ii now
In the mercantile business at Martin,
Arrested by q. s. Onicers-Nich-
olas Kezio, Stanley Labedz, John
Chrostik and Joe Olimeck were ar
rested by federal officers on a charge
Of stealing IL hoops OF cheese from
a freight car in the railroad yards.
Campaign to Continue-The Sal
walton Army home service campaign
committee announces that contribu-
lions are still being solicited and
received. Tho campaign will con-
tinue until the quota Is finally
reached.
Doctor Moves to Omaha-Dr. Will
liam J. Gemar, formerly OF Sutton.
Neb., has come to Omaha to live.
For the last two years and until re-
Gently he served in the navy. DR..
Gemar will be associated with DR..
Frank Burhorn.
RABBIT. Warsaw to Speak-Omaha
lodge, No. 354, will hear discussion
Of the League of Nations" from
Rabbi Warsaw Of Waco, Tex, Thurs
day evening at Lyric hall, Nine
tenth and Farnam streets. Samuel
Schaefer of Cincinnati, secretary Of
the Jewish Welfare association, also
will be present.
Personal Injury Euit-Cora E.
Sparks filed suit in district court for
$4,000 damages against Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Blake Erb, alleging that she
sustained injuries on September 10
when an automobile driven by Mr..
Erb crashed into an automobile in
which Mrs. Sparks and her husband
were riding at Thirty eighth avenue
and Dodge street.
Men Wanted in Army-Word was
received at the Army building that
1000 men are wanted Immediately
for the chemical warfare service
branch of the army. The men will
be enlisted for one or three years,
and IL that branch Of the army is
before their enlistment
is up they are given the option of
transfer to another branch or their
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22
Divorce
Cou

Charles Youle, \ furniture sales,
man, says in a petition for divorce,
filed in district court, that he is will
ing to pay his SIS week to his wife,
Mabel, and their two children, if he
is granted q divorce. The wife and
children live at $500 Hyde Park
boulevard, Los Angeles, Cal. The
Youles were married 20 years ago.
He alleges extreme cruelty.
Lou Bigler charges that her hus-
band, Elton, left her while she was
sick and that he consorted with
other women. She asked the district
court for 4 divorce.
Ellen Johnson sued clarence
Johnson for a divorce in district
court, alleging that he has fliled to
support her. They were married in
Kansas City, Mo-, 10 years ago.
Lita Hogan filed suit in district
court for a divorce from Alfred Ho-
gan alleging extreme cruelty.
Violet Shaw was granted 4 d.
vorce from Fred Shaw on the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22
SUITS AGAINST
OFFICIALS May
BEFILED HERE
Chief Deputy County Attorney
Declares There Is Liability
Where Records Were
Destroyed.

Suits will be brought by Dougla.
county against county officials in
whose Offices records were destroy
ed in the court house FIRE of Sep
TENDER %. if the recommendation
Of Chief Deputy County Attorney
Coffey submitted to the board OF
county commissioners yesterday are
followed.
There is a liability against the
officials, provided they did not use
proper care in keeping the records
in places provided for them," says
Mr.. Coffey's opinion. "The county
has sustained damage and is entitled
to sue. The bonds of the officials
are conditioned upon their properly
and faithfully performing their
duties.
1.-THE fact that the, fire was caused
by mob does not change the la
bility of the officials.
ut is a question for a jury to
decide whether each official in whose
office records were destroyed used
proper care in taking care of them"
In offices where the mob tore
open steel cabinets and cases and
took the records out and burned
them there would be no cause for
action against the officials or their
bondsmen. But in offices where rec
ords were left lying on the coun-
tiers and tables and were not in
fireproof places provided for them,
the jury will be called on to decide
whether the county shall recover
from the officials and their bonds
men,, according to the opinion.
Mr.. Coffey quotes the case of
Dodge county against Toncray.
In this case the county sued Ton
cray, an official, for $1,000 because
records had been left lying on q
counter of his office and were con-
sumed when the Dodge county
court house was burned some years
ago. The supreme court upheld
this decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22
SALESMAN SUES
Ell BEUDOR FOR
ALLEGED ISLANDER
Claims Manager Held Baggage
and Made Malicious State
ment.

Alleged exorbitant charges at tn.
Ell Beudor apartment, Eighteenth
and Dodge streets, are the basis o.
a $4,000 damage suit for alleged
SANDER, filed in district court yester-
day by Arthur Vernon, stock and
bond salesman, against the FL Beu-
dor apartments, Miss Ella Markell
former manager; the American Sc.
curity company, Home Builders ant
Fireproof Building company.
The last three companies are
named as the Owners and oper.
ators" of the FL Beudor. They al
have Offices in the Ell Beudor build
ing.
Mr.. Vernon states that he occu.
pied an apartment at $35 4 week in
the Ell Beudor from April | to July
IS, 1919, and that on the latter date
he paid up all the rent due, having
given notice previously that he
would vacate.
Manager Held Baggage.
He and his family moved to Des
Moines, leaving Instructions with the
Omaha Transfer company to call at
the FL Beudor for his trunks. When
the transfer man called, Mr.. Vernon
alleges, he was met by Miss Markell,
the manager, who Mr.. Vernon
charges, made this false and mali
cious statement" in the presence OF
witnesses:
"Mr. Vernon has not paid his bill
and still owes us money. We are
holding his trunks and you cannot
take them"
Mr.. Vernon was compelled to
come back from Des Moines and
spend 10 days, he says, in securing
possession of his trunks. He is a
stock salesman for the Wilson Rub
Der company of Des Moines and
earns $3.50 day, he says.
Miss Markell has not been man
ager of the Ell Beudor since August
l, 1919. When told yesterday that suit
for $4,000 had been filed against
her and the other defendants, she
declared that she held Mr.. Vernon's
trunks because there was damage to
the apartment which he and his
family occupied.
Blamed His Children.
"What damage was done" she
was asked.
"Well, he had two children and
you can imagine what damage they
would do to an apartment"
The e. Beudor has become no.
torious ir the short time since it was
completed for the exorbitant rents
and charges which it makes upon
its tenants. G. A. Rohrbough, pres
ident OF Home Builders, Inc, which
built the apartment, declared last
week to The Bee that Home Build
ers, Inc, does not own the apart
ment. He stated that the Fire
proof Building company owns it.
Later The Bee found the articles
CT INCORPORATION of this company.
They were signed by an employee of
the American Security company,
which is financial agent of Home
Builders Inc, and controlled by the
same men as Home Builders, Inc.
The Fireproof Building company
has no office to which tenants of
the El Beudor can make their CON-
plants.
The present suit will bring to
light the officers of the Fireproof
Buildi-e company, attorneys for Mr..
Vernon say.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22

ground Of extreme cruelty by Judge
Day in diverse court. Judge Day
also gave = decree of divorce to
Bertha Wright from John X.
Wright, on charges of nonsrpport;
to John Phalen from Mary Phalen,
on the ground of extreme cruelty;
to Ida Wyrick from Walter Wyrick,
for alleged extr- : CT aelty, and
Blanche Tolliver from Jesse Toll
liver, on charges of nonsupport.
Walter Straley asked the district
court to modify decree of divorce
granted his wife, Hazel Straley, on
August lo, and ordering him to pay
S. week for maintenance of her
child. He says this is her child by
former marriage and that the or
der for him to pay for its main
tenance was secured by fraud. ?
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-22

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