Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-01

The Public Service club or Broken
Bow is proving itself more than a
local service club. Galloway and
Comstock Commercial clubs have
partaken of the hospitality of the
county seat club and the meetings
are developing a friendly spirit be-
| tween the towns.
Musicians of Richardson county
plan to organize zone big band"
They estimate 200 musicians can be
obtained for this organization and
| concerts will be given in Falls City,
| Humboldt and other towns. The
success of tri-city band concerts last
summer was largely responsible for
the movement.
Editor Brown Of the Friend Sen
tinel looks wis disfavor on the suits
worn by the high school track team.
He discourseS on the suits as FOL
lows: talk about a nickle's worth
of ribbon making young lady's
bathing suit; why, a nickle's worth
of very thin cheesecloth will make
uniforms for the entire high school
track team these days"
Western, in Saline county, has re-
vived the old-fashioned spelling bee.
First the business men of the city
were pitted against the high school.
Now the various districts are hold
ing contests.
An ambitious group Of young peo-
pie at X Kearney are laying the founda-
ton for a permanent Little Theater
The proceeds from plays given this
winter are placed in bank to build
up until their ideal is accomplished.
Every month the players stage
conscientious dramatic work.
CLAY Center introduced q novel
method of choosing partners as
recent dance. Every woman present
removed one shoe and threw 1t on
a pile in the middle Of the floor.
From the mass of shoes each man
selected one and found his Cinder-
ella and partner for the next dance
by fitting her foot
Gravel surfacing of the Lincoln
Highway near Kearney is being
pushed at top speed. Trucks and
wagons are kept busy "a hours a
day hauling gravel from a pit near
Elm Creek A big dredge is used
and federal supervisors are loud IN
praise OF the quality of the gravel.
A young Nebraskan, Lawrence e.
Reed Of Falls City, created sensa-
ton recently in Evanston, Ill. He
arranged window display carved
from wood of an old Kentucky |
colonel seated in an easy chair. He
was putting away at pipe and every
few minutes would raise his head |
and blow out puff Of perfumed
smoke.
Golf widows at O'Neill are
being given consideration this year.
A telephone has been installed at
the course to permit the widows
to check up on the whereabouts OF
their husbands. In addition, ar
have been made to have
a loud steam whistle blown at
p. M
A dead language recently Gre
ated great excitement at Grand
Island. At the request of the forest
ranger at Halsey, the Chamber or
Commerce posted a sign with these
words from bygone days. 40 Men
Wanted" Out of 10 dodgers at the
city Jail only four would consider
and they thought" they
would look for it. The next day
new plan was adopted. The lodg-
ers were given breakfast of sand
wiches and coffee. Out of 43 un-
employed 25 accepted work when
on a full stomach.
If she does wear purple nat, tan
shoes, Silver Laced Wyandotte stock
ngs, salmon-red blouse, an old rose
tie. white gloves and chocolate
skirt, has her hair bobhed, paints
her cheeks and uses lip and eye
sticks, she makes a better appear
ance on the street than do the mem
bers of a young mems track team
With practically nothing on.-Friend
Sentinel.