Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 5, 1910, Page 19

THE OM AHA “Grand Bouncers” of St. Mary’s Avenue Church Solve Boy Problem HE boy problem—where shall the b of evenings, in what way give harmless vent to urplus energy, how can he ! advantageous outlet # ever-present jdea that he il the while be doing something? The Grand Bouncers” of St. Mary's Aves nue Congregat ch have what ape pea be 1appy solution of the begy pro Grand to must a Bouncers be doesn’t seem at fire§ exactly fitting as cognomen I organization, but the beys the club explain that “G. B Grand Bouncers,” stands fee and “grub and Bible,” a coms admittedly good. Moreover, the fe “G. B." also forms the Initiale the club's motto, which is glance for a aside from boys' M binati talisma ot JREATER BUMP-GREATER 1 BOUNCE, 1 In elucigation of the foregoing motto it ls explained that in going through this life of ups and downe thus early that eoming to them greater must in ¢ the boys they seems to realize downs” he harder the bump, the nsequence thereof be the bounce. That is the why of the motto. Phoenix-like, they propose to rise again, When they go down. There is, of ¢ dn the cogner is, urse, more or less levity one of the organization—i Wwouldn't appeal to boys 4f it were other Wise. But back of the funny side, is a #erious obligation, the ultimate alm of each boy belonging being to develop into & good man. “Great Biscuit” is the somewhat ludicrous | title of the presiding officer. “Great Bis- euit” naturally suggests things culinary— @nd that's where the boys of St. Mary's avenue church shine. Impromptu banquets Wre, in fact, one of the chief features of the ®lub, and the boys do their own cooking in a manner that would do Gredit to any chet in the city—at least the members 5o esil- mate It 4 It 18 the rule to give a supper at the club rooms every Friday evening. A charge of 15 cents is made and the boys find that by close management, they can serve 15 cent meals at a profit. The profit goes into the treasury, and a nice little fund is accumu- Jating. Realizing that too many cooks »poil the broth, one of the number Is se- lected cook for a certain occasion, and so long as that occasion lasts, he is absolute boss of the kitchen. He is gliowed an as- slstant, but the assistant works under his orders. All of the good things of the sea son aro served. For instance, last Friday night, strawberry shortcake was a feature of the bill of fur Strawberry shortcake made by a boy— sounds rather strange, yet stories émanat- fhg from the vicinity of St. Mary's church @re to the effect that the shortcake was @s fine as has ever been made by any Bousewife or professional chef in Omaha. After the Friday evening dinner, it is the rule for the boys to adjourn to another room in the church building, where they {ndulge In discussion of high school topics and other things designed to point out the upland path. Many interesting discussions are held, and oftentimes the oratorical fea- ture lasts for an hour or ‘more, Stage fright is unknown among the ‘Wayne Murpry GREAT BISCUIT “Grand Bouncers." finds public but that even pres ing right bouncer boys? According to the “order of business,’ Qiscussion p sions Here speaking congressional ential timber within the casy most timidq Who knows scnatorial, or may not be grow- the ranks of the now the rlod of the Friday evening ses- is followed by a routine business meeting, at which new members are voted upon, suggestions for betterment of the club are presepted and any other matters are taken up that seem to be timely. Nearly every member of the bouncers 1s a High school student and it is the avowed intention of each to enter college as quickly as practicable upon leaving High school. Every member of the club is & boy—ex- cept one p That exception is Mr. O. T. Eastman, cashier First National bank, who serves In the capacity of leader. Dropping Into ralle road vernacular for the moment, it is Mr. Eastman's job to spread ball the track. In short, it s his busine:s to veto any juvenile ideas that might lack the necessaty conservatism. Me is (h: same to the club that the “governo: is a steam engine. He is popular with the boys and s profoundly respected. He be- came leader when the Rev. L. O. Balird, former pastor of St. Mary's Avenue Con- gregational church, left Omaka to take an- other pastorate. Rev. Baird, by the way, was the originator of the “Grand Bounc- ers,” and served as first leader. He gave the boys the idea—they worked it out Perhaps no pastor who ever Omaha was more popular with the boys of his church. As an evidence of their love for their pastor, on the occasion of his farewell sermon, forty boy members marched in a body to the front seats and sat together during the seryice. They also gave a parting banquet to the retiring pastor and his wife. It was then that Mr, Eastman, busy man of financial affairs,” took up the work where the pastor left eff. He is “one of served in SERG-AT-ARMS he boys” when he meets with them, These lads do not xnow their leader as & banker. They merely know him as thels 800d friend and companion. The personnel of the membership is as tollows: Alfred Abrahamson, Wyman Beebe, William Wentworth, Irving Benolken, Wayne Murphy Sievers Sussman, Virgil Rector, Voyle Rector William Kiewit, orge Collier, Robert Ingster, O. T. Eastman, Fred Fernald, Harry Thorp, Sigurd Lar; Park Larmon, Leonard Larmon, Edward Morey Hibbard Broadfoot, Elbert Wade, The officcrs of the Samuel Reynolds, Oldham Paisle; George Jacobs, Beryl Crocker, Phiilp Downs, Donald Howe, Lee Ellsworth, Victor Lytle, Leonard Marshall, Donald Mattson, Paul Bostwick, Paul Byers, Wallace Troup, Howard Bittenger, Darwin Chesney Edward Chesney, Russel Israel, Charles Hall, Rex Houlton, \ Lynn Sackett, Grand Bouncers are: n, Wit BmewiT, . MASTER. AT ARMS — “Great Biscult,- Wayne Murphy; sec taiy, Wyman Beebe; treasurer, Farl I. mon; sergeant-atéarms, Phil Downs and Will Kiewit, It is ac banquets. the ustom of the club to give quarterly These are spreads of more than ordinary ‘pretensions. = Four courses @re served In the most approved style, and each member has the privilege of escorting Some young lady friend to the feast. In a rather conservative way, the boys Are branching out into the amusement fleld. Last December thelclub brought the Knox Glee club of Galesburg, 1ll., to Omaha for an entertainment. April 22 they gavi & minstrel show in the church parlors, at Which the standing room only sign was out. There were twenty men in the circla besides the end men and interlocutor. This Show was such a success that it was re- nHeated by request on May 12, for the bene- fit of the library committee of- the Young Women's Christian association. The boys Queer Incidents of Remarries and Recovers, BLIEVING that he was dying trom typhold pneumonia and assured by the attending phy- siclans that he had slight, it any, chances for recovery, Thomas Tudor of Independence, Mo., said that he wished his divorced wife, Amanda Tudor, to have his estate and asked that she be brought to his bedside. The woman came from Independence and wt the hospital, after a brief talk, the couple were reconciled. They expressed & wish to be remarried. The man was unable to visit the yecorder's office to get a license 8o the recorder went o the hospital, took their affidavits and ed a licens / To the surprise of the physicians ‘Tudor rallled immediately after the ceremony and his chances of recovery are excellent. Mrs. Tudor left here for Independence and will prepare the old home for Tudor's Teception when he leaves the hospital, which the physicians say he will be able 10 do within a week if he keeps improving @8 rapldly as he has done for the last forty-eight hours. e Miss Drexel's Sarl. Miss Margarita Drexel of Philadelphia, on marrying the son and helr of the thir- teenth earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, relates the Pittsburg Dispateh, will be com- lled to share the title and name of Vis- Aeountess Maldstone with the eccentrio E:dow of the reprobate son of the eleventh rl. The latter figured in the court of ankruptey, but not so frequently as his son, Who may be said to have dragged the title of Viscount Maldstone in the gutter, entailing by his conduct frequent appear- ances of the tribunals, winning for himself & most unpleasant notoriety. He finally en- listed as a private in the army. The change from a life of the most riotous dis- sipation to one of enforced regularity and sobriety was more than he could bear. A lady possessed of more romance than com- mon sense, and who took it into her head that it was her mission to redeem and re- pabilitate him, opportunly appeared upon the scene, and having purchased his dis- charge from the army, married him Wrecked entirely, both physical and men- ally, he died before she had time to repent Of her bargain. Today his widow, that Is to eay, Lady Maldstone, figures among her leaders of a silly assoclation in England, yolept the White Rose league, organized by some hare-brained notoriety-hunters for the avowed purpose of making Princess Louls of Bavaria ruler of England, on the ground that she is less remotely descended from the Stuart kings than ihe present oc- €upant of the English throne. Of course, Princess Louls, who was born as Arch- duchess Maria Theresa of Austria, has never accorded the slightest recognition to this milk-and-water conspiracy being car- vied on in her name by the White Rose league, and which confines its efforts to sticking the postage stamps bearing the King's effigy with the head upside down on their letters, and to adorning the statue of haries 1, In London with flowers on the :‘!flvenlry of his execution, his Lady Maidstone, a daughter of Sir George Jenkinson, is fairly well off and mdkes her principal home at Alx-les-Eains, here she owns a very pretty villa. Thauks to the insane extravagance of her husband aid of his father, the s dete waei vi ohilsea, & half-brothes uf the s very far from rich and makes his home &t Harlech, in Merlonithshire. . Indeed, Lord Winchilsea and his son, the present Lord Maidstone, were among the a0st im- pecunious members of the British peerage, and marriage of the young viscount to "o an helress as the daughter of Ant J. Drexel will go far to regild the pily escutcheon and to repalr the ®adly shatiered fortunes of the historic house of Finch-Hatton, which is descended from a common ancester with the Herberts earls of Pembroke, and first came into prominence under the name of Fipch in the relgn of Henry VI (e G Age No Har to Romance. That age” is bar to romance was demonstrated at York, Pa., when an- nouncement was made of the secret wed- ding in Harrisburg of the Rev. Adam W. Shenberger of Kansas, a retired minister of the United Evangelical chdrch, and Eleanora Swartz of York, a former matron at the York county almshouse. Shenberger Is 72 years old and his bride 62 years old The couple plauned their wedding as a surprise, and the only Yorker let into the no —— C .d, ‘ secret was the Rev. Harry Daniels of the West Street Methodist church. He was awakencd from sleep before daylight and requested to accompany the pair to Har- risburg and perform the ceremony, which SECRETARY are now planning a hay-rack ride, followed by a banquet in the near future. They are also building a tennls court on @ vacant lot next to the church, and 1t is expected that some champlons will develop there. They are talking of forming a base ball team to compete with the teams from other church clubs. They plan to go camp. ing for a week durlng the summer tion. Other Omaha churches boy organizations, and to be working nicely. Pastors, who agree action also the have their plan is sald doetors, teachers have made a study that the normal Loy must f some kind. His very naturo spurs him to be up and doing. If he re- laxes it {8 a symptom of fliness or soms abnormal condition of mind or body. Action! Always moving, always doing something. That's the boy of it. Therefore, while the boy's habits are yet pliant, while he is undergoing the formative process, while he is shaping the habits that will guide his future destiny, it is agreed by all who have studied the Question that since there must be some outlet for the boy's pent up energy, since he must be dealt with as a dynamo, it Is well to encourage him in joining some church organization where the is plenty of latitude for boyish sport, yet where his scope Is so limited that he may be checked on first appearance of dangerous reckless- nees. Buch clubs as the “Grand Bouncers” meet the emergency. While sheltered by the church, 'there 1s nothing of tne long-faced, pessimistic, depressing influence. The boys are taught that religion and happiness go hand In hand, and it is not necessary to be lugubrious just because they are asso- clated with a church. In this way, the boy’s religious training 1s begun so early in youth that it comes natural to him to take up church work in later life. He learns in the beginning that church is not a d mal place, as the youth of previous genera- and of boy others nature have always going, tions . generally presumed it to be. Thus bug-bear of former years is at once minated and Instead of being saved as & brand from the burning In later life, the boy grows up a churchman in whose career no eleventh hour repentance is necessary. There was a time in the history of this country when the children were effectually squelcked ‘Children should be seen and not heard,” was a fumous maxim of that old era. Speak when you're spoken to." In those days the childrén were ex- pected to go to church, of course. In fact, shurch-going was compulsory. Moreovei ey a general rule, forced to read chapters of the Bible every funday Bible idea still prevails, but Instead reading being Inflicted in the natire of a punitive measure, It is made a Pleasure Then were, as several The ot the b was was taught by Inference that the less seen or beMer ght that feel at his elders the enlightenment that time tha heard of Now and is pre he obody the ta he ts he is\somebod when in the ma ence of much for ought The Grand kind simply has at case has t Bouncers and others of their heraid fact that the boy come Into his own. last From Sawdust to Golddust The richest of all was P. T, worth mors $3,000,000. He had good Investments estate In Bridgeport and in New in addition to his circus Interests. right to use his name in connection with “The Greatest Show on Earth" alons was worth a small fortune. His partne James A. Bailey, left more than $1,000,000; likewise, James L. Hutchinson, who com- pleted the famous trio, whose names have flashed from bill boards the world over, Adam Forepaugh died very rich. W. W, Cole, who was a great circus man in his ay; and who is now a resident of New York., is a millionaire. The Sells Bros. (Louls, Al, Peter and Ephraim) bullt up a forturie of several millions and left thein families With big estates. These successes are in contrast with the poverty-stricken end of some of the circus leaders of other days, notably Dan Costello and “Yankee'* Robinson. But the wonder chapter in modern circus annals s the record of the Ringlings. Thirty years ago these five brothers (Al, Charles, John, Otto and Alfred T.) were “trouping” with & few horses, a few dens of animals and providing the music them= Relves. Today they own the three greatest circuses, the one which bears their name, the Barnum & Bailey show and the Sells- Forepaugh circus, and dominate the busi- ness. These three circuses represent a total investment of approximately $5,000,000, They have brought the commercial and artistic organization of the circus up to its highest and cleanest efficiency. And, in- showmen Barnum, whose estate was than in real York, The cidéntally, they have proved that a goodly quantity of gold dust can cling to the saw- he Bookman, dust.— Heart Work Throughout the Country marry. Hoffmagp &nd Miss Domke planned their marriage in 18%. In that year Hoff- man obtained his license in Cook county. Recently he astonished Judge Frank Green took place In the parlors of the Metropolitan=!? West Hammond by pulling a weather- hotel. Shenberger Is a widower and a former York pastor. Op a visit here from Kansas two years ago he met Miss Swarts. Re- cently he returned to York and rengwed his suit, and the marriage was arranged. L Ol License Becomes Usetul. 1t took Julius Hoffman, aged 60 years, and Miss Henrfetta Domie, aged 52 years, wha boarded in the same house in Chicago, fifteen years to make up their minds to beaten, dilapidated paper from his pocket. “There's my license,” he said as he led the blushing bride of 52 before the judge and handed the paper to him. ““What's this?"" gasped the judge. ‘Dated 189. Been all this time getting from Cook county tg West Hammond?" *No,” stammered the groom, “'my children wouldn’'t let me marry, and we kept putting it off, until today we declded to elope. “You see, I've been married before and have three boys, and they didn't like the idea of ‘my marry ing Miss Domke." “Well, any man who will wait fifteen years and with a marriage license in hi: pocket all that time ought to be happy, said thé judge, as he tied the knot. Hoffman when seen at his home, threw an air of mystery about the long delayed nuptials by denying his action, “What's the matter?’ he asked, when he was met near his home and asked where Hoffman lived “Are you Julius Hoffman? “Well, what If I am; what's the matter? “‘Were you married in West Hamnrond? Hoffman gave his questioner & searching glance and then replied that he had been married twenty-nine years. Omaha Girl OMAHA MISS, a mere slip of. a girl, still childishly sweet in short dresses, has broken a typewriter speed record. She has set a pace that will arouse interest amopg expert typlsts the country over. She has, borrowing from stenographlc vernacula: written all around” the 1ad who won the Brown trophy in the speed demonstration which. was a feature of the recent commercial college convention in this city. You are not a stenographen or typist, you are not a commercial college teacher. You are for the fmoment just a newspaper reader. You are not familiar with the Brown trophy and other things that enter into the shop talk of the commercial schools. No, but you have red blood in your veius, and in typewriting contests just as in base ball, you feel like rooting for home talent, don't you? Of course! And when home talent wins, you feel like tossing your hat Into the at least figuratively so, and shouting “hurrah,” don't you? Obviously then, granting that you don't know the keyboard of a typewriter from the ribbon shift, and that pot hooks of shorthand are like so many ancient hieros &lyphics to you, nevertheless you are inter= ested In the story of the Omaha girl whe has excelled In typewriter speed. But, you say, If she excels in speed, why dldn't she win the Brown trophy? Simply because she was too timid to an- nounce herself while the contest was opeén. After it was over and a Chicago youngster had carried the prize away, then the little Omaha girl shyly came forward with the statement that she, too, could write rap- laly. President Boyles, in whose college thi: Omaha prodigy is a student, was ine terested “Let me see what gested A trial demonstration was made. Fiftys six words of difficult dictiation in one min- ute, was the result. 4 In that one minute Miss Beulah Mbser— for that is the pretty little champion's name-lcaped to fame in shorthand and typewriting circles, for be it remembered that her fifty-six words & minute test was not wyitten from matter which she had memorized, thus accelerating her speed, but from new dictation with which she was wholly unfamiliar. Parker Woodson, 14 years old, the Chi cugo boy, who won the Brown trophy wrote forty-five words a minute under similar conditions. That was good enough to win the prize, but now comes Miss Moser with a record suggesting to Master Woodson that he retire far to the rear of the public rostrum there to assume a r cumbent position. She has beaten the beater by cleven words in & one-minute race. Little Miss Moser lives with her parents at 2124 Saratoge street, this city. She I8 16 years old, but looks to be not more thay air, you can do,” he sug- of Sixteen Breaks Typewriter Record 1, for she is small for her years, has a childish face and still wears the simple short dress denoting Baby girlhood. She was abashed when Informed that she had made a record that would cause talk in all the schools and typewriter offices of the country, and that her picture would be In the newspapers. Until she became & stu- dent in Boyles college, January 3, of this year, she had never touched a typewriter, and knew absolutely nothing as to the mechanism of the machine. Neither ald she know even the first principles of short hand. Although she is by no means yet a graduate of the school, she does work bolh in manipulating the machine and in taking shorthand notes that would do credit to many an old-time stenographer. The Brown trophy, which was won by th to: Master Woodson of Chicago, is a hand- some cup. It was offered by G. W. Brown, a school man of Jacksonville, 1il. Young Woodson came to Omaha from the Select School of Typewriting, Chicago, and, ac- cording to the rules of contest lald down Dby the doner, the cup shall be held as an honor trophy by the school to which the winner belongs until the next meeting of the Commercial Teachers' association, at which time it shall be returned to the as- soclation and again subjected to contest under the same rules governing previous contests. Any schogl winning the cup five years in succesion shall be allowed to retain it as a permanent possession. A prominent feature of .the Brown con- test is the fact that none except beginners in typewriting and shorthand are permitted They who look to see a type of e, 1ife of the bee. 11 day by day to lay by food. to enter. At the recent convention in this city, none who had entered school prior to last August were eligible. To the credit of Miss Moser and Master Woodson, attention is called to the fact that neither of them took up the study of typewriting or short- hand until January of this year, while sev- eral of those who contested had served the tull time allowed. This difference in tenure of preparation makes the work of Miss er and Master Woodson all they more wonderful. Of course Miss Fritz, Mr. Welsse, and other famed experts exceed an average speed of 100 words a minute, but It must be remembered that they are veterans 1 the game, while the Brown trophy class in which Miss Moser and Master Woodson belong is limited to beginners., A life of love should look to The bee may live but & month or two and She may die before she may .eat a share of the.food she may take to the oomb, Mrs. Hoffman, who a German and speaks noEnglish, who was found in a garden near the house, denied emphatically, by means of an interpreter, that she is now enjoying her second honeymoon. She adtnitted her name was Domke prior to her marriage, which she declared took place many years ago. is Millions wfi?\:n Millions. It is not expected that the wedding of Charles Templeton Crocker and Miss Helens Irwin will occur in San Francisco before spring of next year, Although it has been generally rumored that Miss Irwin and Crocker have been engaged for the last year, both of the young folk and their relatives had denied the report. But Tuesday morning Temple- ton Crocker made the announcement to Henry T. Scott, who was his former guard- lan, and from Scott's office the young man went directly to the Crocker National bank, where he told uncle, Willlam H. Croclier Amo the presenis that Templeton Crocker will give his bride on the wedding day will be magnificent jewels which were left him by his mother, the late Mrs. Charles F. Crocker. At the time of Mrs. Crocker's death left jewelry valued at $250,000, to be equally divided between her three children—the late Mrs. Burton Harri- son, Templeton Crocker and Miss Jennie Crocker. 1t s expected that before the wedding Tempieton Crocker will have the jewels remounted. They have in a safe deposit box for the last twenty-two years, his she been Twelve to Wed John Arbuckle's floating foot of Kast Twenty-third street, New York, are to be the scene of six marriages, all at one time, within the next two weeks. The good ships, Jacob A. Stamler, where the girls live and the Gitania where the young men are wafted 'to sleep by ocean breezes, are astir over the coming events, but secrecy Is maintained over the persons Involved and the exact date. Mr. Arbuckle, the mulionaire sugar Once. hotels at the and coffee merchant, who s responsible for the establishment of these novel hotels for young men and young women who work for their living, has promised to give & fine wedding supper for the six couples who met thelr fate over the tables in the main cabin of the Stamler, where seventy= five girls and fifty young men meet every evening at dinner. A dance will be held upon the main deck, with the ald of am orchestra. provided by Mr. Arbuckle At present the two floating hotels are at the flood tide of prosperity and are ful- filling the best hopes of Mr. Arbuckle. The irls pay §2.60 & week for thelr rooms and meals, and the young men pay $3.60. They all meet at dinner in the large cabin of the Stamler, and after dinner they sit upon the hurricane deck or dance on the main deck, while & smoking room is provided for those young men who are shy of watching the moon rise over the East river with the girls. Up to the present time it has been the rule that the young men retire to thelr vessel, moored alongside the Stamler, at 10:30 in the evening, but now that summer fs at hand, and an orchestra plays all even- ing on the recreation pler adjoining, Man- ager Shelley says he is going to let the young folk stay up until 11:30 if they wish, “We ure certalnly having an epidemic of marriages,” said the manager, “but how can that be helped? We have a fine lot of girls between the ages of nd 25, and a fine lot of men about the same age. No married persons are allowed and no old persons, as we figure that they would not enjoy the same amusements as are popular with our present boarders.” A number of tents recently were erected upon the hurricane deck, each containing two cots, for thé accommodation of working girls who feel they would like to sleep prac- tcally in the open air. Two planos have been donated, so the young men and women may have music in the cabin or on the open decks, and scarcely a Sunday passes that Mr. Arbuckle does not call at floating hotels to see how every one getting along. the is HEN a girl must ly- ing by pounding terrifying to discover pounding Is playing havoc nerves. This Is often Nerves lie close to the surfac of finger tips, therefore incessant striking upon them s bound to take effect. What is to be done? Give up the gary or Though this alternative were always pos- sible, it is not plcasant to consider times the trouble is so aggravated that for the time being at least a girl must seek other employment that is less nerve rack- ng. Before reaching that state done to prevent it. Often the make of & machine is at fault. There are some with much heavier actions than others. If pos- sible get one that runs with least pressure. Certain makes have keyboard on springy least 1s needed to strike make her a machine it is that t with the case machine and take to to living on one's parents? beg- som uch can be 50 the touch L letter As it machine, rarely possible to change one's seo that the action I8 80 regu- lated as to be as easy as possible. This can be readily done by sending to the agenecy for a skilled mechanie. your troubles, he has the He will not tell him not him until loosened to suit you. When do action he comes like to bother with it and will probably tell you it will not do good work made lighter, but do not let him dissuade you A skilled repalrman once told me “hat there was no reason why any machine could not be adjusted to suit any touch. That~ for his part he would rather accommodats the machine to the writer with a light touch than to one who pounds. All you need 8 to insist upon it. The machine once having been adjusted, keep It clean. You will be surprised how soothing an effect #t will have on your nerves—through your finger tips—it you dust your machine every day and keep it well olled and protected from dampness Damp weather is fatal to the smooth r ning of any machine, so get into the habit of covering it though for short absences. When it must etand near open window when not in use, In addition to fhe usual cover or tin 1id throw & plece of rubber sheeting over the top. See that the keys are those (hat least affect the nerves. The ordinary glass topped steel rimmed keys are much harder on the fingers than the bone while those covered with rubber are easier yet. ‘The one objection to these last is that the letters wear off, If one has trained her- self to the touch system that will make difference, There are also cont slipping on the finger tips t the nerve straln of constant Chicago Tribune. on no vances for wiil en thumping.— §