Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 14, 1915, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE| FOUNDED BY EDWA.. ROSEWATER. =" VICTOR ROSEWATEL, <DITOR. The Bee Puhllshfls (‘,ompln-y, Pron;lblor._ BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND §EVENTEENTH Entered at Omahs postoffice as second-class matter. | TERMS OF EBUBSCRIPTION. By “mh.r By mail month. Per year. y ol N | e | . 6.0 o | 20 plaints of Circulation | Remit dral Xpross A"fi'i rder. Omly two- | r al orde cent -4 o l‘:n onlymm of small ae- Tecelved eount: Mmbl checks, except on Omaha and eastern axchange, not scce A ha—The !?lllofnl mmdm Bi m—u'n"mn Main street. 1 B aln n-"x.;:n- Bullding. iny earst Building ork—Roam 1106, 3% r'm. avenua ia~-508 New Bank of Commerce. Srnsnington1® Fourteetkh 80, N. W. 1 CORREFP:):DINCI, ol als . munications ating to news a } mu -sa.: [ o‘?..-. Bee, torial Department. { AUGUSY CIRCULATION, 53,993 ska, County of Douglas, ss: e il reiuion manager of The Bee bil " Deing duly sworn, says that the Evarags Siroatiaey” for "fhe “month ot "Aliust 1915, " TSWIGHT WILLIAY ., Ciroulation Manager. Bubsceibed in my I “iice and swora to bofors . this Sey «iaber, Wy 4 Oap Shity HUNER, Notary Publie. t : | Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. e p———— Donght &7 Bs.0op Selected by Clara Blachburn Not what T have, but what 1 do is my king- dom.— Thomas Cariyle. N——————— Should be ripe soon for the trail-hitting. | i { | Almost time for the boy With the foot ball hair to make his debut. l My, but wouldn't the two “Billles” do great team work if they were hitehed up in double harness! | The ten commandments are still good enough for “Billy” Sunday, Note that he has neither added to them nor subtracted from them. 8tiil, our German friends would stand better with Uncle Sam if they took care not to do the things which call for so mue'h explaining after- wards, When all those prize bables grow up and intermarry and have children of their own, Ne- braska will defy the world as an experiment sta- Hon In eugenics, ' “ Rev. “Billy" preaches “Six days shalt thou labor,” and he practices it<like the rest of us by working only six days in Omaha and putting in a seventh day’'s work at Lincoln. | | But, Governor Morehead, hadn’t you heard the gossip about the split of the $56,000 premium when you approved Treasurer Hall's officlal bond? If you had not, you must have stuffed your ears with cotton. E——— If the Sunday collections in Omaha keep the pace they have started of an average of §1,000 a day for every day of theé six \veeks' engage- ment, they will amount to $36,000. There's no flaw in this arithmetie. Russia's army “lacks officers, arms and dm- munition.” That's ull. The news comes from Berlin, couched in melancholy tones, doubtless prompted by a fear glutting the German market with bear skins. — The man who made oath that he saw ted guns on the Lusitania in New York be- it salled on its fateful voyage has been victed of perjury and sentenced to prison for days. The incident is a postscript to one greatest tragedies of war, e——— American bankers appear anxlous to accom- . wodate any or all forelgn powers who offer the right security. Business is business. Besides, iy 2 4 y foreign money changers in trimming the Amer- ican eagle, and feel a natural desire to recipro- cate with compound interest. . E— Our democratic United States senator from Nebraska has achieved a place for his portrait in George Sylvester Vierek's Fatherland picture gallery of fame along with Von Tirplz, the crown prince, Von Hindenburg, Bernstorff, and In the language of en are born great, some What Does Lloyd George Mean? Lloyd George, in a most dramatic appeal to his countrymen, urges on them greater effort in the prosecution of the war. From Rome comes the announcement that the Allies have determined to change plans, and to proceed more vigorously along aggressive lines after the fashion of the Germans. What does this por- tend? It can scarcely add to the horror that war has inspired in the minds of all who are not actually involved in the dreadful strife. It must mean that the passive presence of the Allied forces is to be changed to activity, and that mere defense or the crawling offense that has been content with an inch or an acre of ground taken is to become a more determined cahibition of wanton destruction and devasta- tion. It would hardly seem possible that any- thing more awful could be than what we have read of the battlefields, but if war should be transferred from the trenches to the open, such tales of carnage as have been told will very likely shrink to insignificance beside what may come. The possibilities for actual destruction and indefinable terror are there, and if loosed from the leash in which they have so far been held, the world will be shocked indeed. The proposition hao but one side on which hope may ) be seen—it will be so terrible it can not last long. Doing Tolerably Well, Rev, “Bllly" Sunday is roasting his Omaha audiences as ‘‘tight-wads,” and exhorting them daily to dig up and make good the expense ac- count advances faster. But the truth is that Omaha is doing tolerably well hy the Sunday revival, and the Rev, “Bllly” must know it, for he knows better than anyone else what has been done in other cities. We are able to make com- parisons of only three cities in approximately the same class, where for the first seven duys of the Sdnday engagement the returns were as follows: First 7 Days. Attondance Collections. Omaha 129,000 36,908 4 Paterson ... 116,200.... 7.142.70 Des Moines ... +.+121,500, L. B,246.2 80 we repeat that Omaha is doing tolerably well, except possibly for the discrepancy that estimates the expense account here at $27,000, whereas in Des Molnes it was only $18,000, which would indicate that Omaha has half again as much money to raise for this purpose than did our friends in Des Moines. Silence at the State House. The thunder of the typewriter has died away, and the rattle of the fountain pen no longer disturbs the peaceful aspect of the Ne- braska capitol. This silence Is ominous, and the people walt In dread for the storm that will burst forth when Governor Morehead thinks of something to say that may serve to excuse his action in connection with the bond for the state treasurer. Treasurer Hall holds the fort, and awaits serenely the next onslaught. The governor's anxiety has apparently subsided since It was pointed out that he is in some way responsible for his own failure to enforce the law, as well as for the inexcusable neglect of the legislature to make necessary provisions for running the state. No amount of explanation can set aside the facts that establish the present Lincoln administration at blunder. a4s a monumental Science and War, Secretary Daniels, in pursuance of his policy with regard to the upbuilding of the American navy, has announced a list of eminent inventors and investigators, who are to form the naval staff for experimental inquiry. This may in- sure the United States the services of men who ere of the first rank in their respective fields, in an advisory capacity, but will it provide proy ficlency in the actual service of what must be our greatest arm in the event of our becoming involved in war? The army and navy of the United States have not been without the benefit of sclentific Inquiry and deep research, despite the apparent effort of Mr, Daniels to create a contrary im- pression. Few outside the service can possibly be familiar with all the changes for better re- sults In means and methods wrought in the last fow years. It is doubtful it Mr. Daniels himself is fully aware of what has acutally gone on. Ofticers of all branches of the service have made nwny discoveries and improvements, and have vorkeéd continually for betterment, keeping tully advised of the progress made in other countries, and lagging in nothing that would enhance their efficlency. For one thing, the United States has @ secret explosive, the most powerful and best behaved known, discovered by a colonel of the bne. It is far ahead of any form of explosive Now used by other nations. The rifle used by the American infantry has the highest power known to military men. Our big guus have at- talned results that so far have not been excelled in modern practice. An American submarine boat recently made a non-stop run In open sea aud under stressful conditions that is not sur- passed, even by the Germans. Innumerable de- vices for improving the service have neen in- vented by officers in the service of the United States, men who know what is needed, and whose imagination sweeps the whole range of war's possibilities, The new board of sclentists may belp by their presence, but a little more faith in the men who have actually done things in the way of preparing for war would not be amiss. —— The outside world gets an inside glimpse of the mainspring of Mexican revolutions from the Dews story of the vast pile of loot gathered by Villa's retired lleutenant, General Urbipa. In two years this industrious robber looted the in- babitants of five towns out of millions and #tored the plunder on his ranch. Giving up the plunder to superior force does not help the vie- tums, but it shows how quickly Pancho Villa's guns are muffied when a rival robber “‘comes across with the good: T ——— The enterprising boosters of Des Molnes show surprising lack of good judgment in choos- ing the present time to hook a Methodist bish- opric. Omaba just now is the one genuine cen- ter of religious effervescence in the United States. Here is the throbbing atmosphere of sanctity, the plain, broad trajl to salvation. It is the in which Methodism thrives and rejoices. The notion that a live ono can f | | The Courteous Customer A Vassar Graduste in the Outlook HAD just finlshed my shopping when 1 saw my I friend the silk buyer—a silk buyer in a large de- partment store. She is the kind you read about On this day she was standing in the department, a frown on her face, as she looked after a customer who was going down the aisle. “I wish 1 could write,” she sald when she saw me “What would you write about?’ 1 asked. ‘I'd write about shoppers,” she sald. “The way women shop. We do all we can to get fine merchan- dise, we train our girls to be courteous and to know thelr goods so that they can give intelligent service, and then some women come in here that “What would you call a courteous shopper?”’ 1 asked “Well,” sald the buyer, “there are really lots of them, and it's so easy to be one. In the first place, a good shopper has her shopping all planned--sizes, amounts, and all, as nearly as she can tell. Five minutes with the store directory saves her lots of steps, She finds out where she wants to g0 before #he goes to the wrong place. All our good customers seem to know the store so well. They have thelr shopping coins for identification and their printed address books—you know, little slips to paste on the schedule so they won't have to wait for the salesgirl to write it all out. They take a transfer if they are golng to buy several things, and have everything sent together. ‘“Then a nice customer always keeps her temper. If her change is delayed or the floor manager wants Identification, she'll be reasonable, because she knows it's part of the system to protect her. “T think It's courtesy for a shopper to shop early in the day, ana not come running in at the last minute for something unless she has to. We hear a lot about employers keeping the girls overtime, but did you ever hear about customers keeping girls after cloa- ing? Well, they do. ‘““Then our courteous customer makes frinds of the salesgirls. Do you know, # I had mueh shopping to do, I'd rather have friends behind the coupiter than anywhere—they'd help me more. They can watch the new merchandise for vou, and let you know when something comes In that you'll like. You get a clever salesgirl and she enjoys keeping track of things for her regular oustomers. Here is just an instance. Wa have a customer from out of town who knows many of the girls in the store. The other day she wrote in to the salesgirl she knows in the suits. She sald she wanted to get a suit, walst, hat, and petticoat on a Saturday morning, and wear the whola outfit to the theater that night. She mentioned the namo of the girl she goes to in the millinery department, and told the suit department girl to go to her. The &irls got Interested in it, and when the woman came in they were ready for her. They had several com- plete outfits planned, and the woman had selected the whole thing in less than an hour. The friend who was with her sald she had never seen such luxurfous shopping! Now, If that woman hadn't made a friend of the salesgirl, the girla would never have known her tastes and—*" “It's like ‘the house that Jack built, " T said. “Indeed it 1s,” sald the buyer; "only it's better than a house—the interest of the people with whom you shop. Why, many of our girls are friends In need to the poor men whose wives always want them to stop in on the way to the office and match a sam- | ple or get a pair of gloves. One of the girls told me the other day that she shops for several mien whose wives think they h such remar! le taste! “But about being friends with the girls, they ap- preciate it so. Just this morning I found one of my ®irls all smiles. She had filled a glove order for a customer and the woman had written to thank her, Of course the girl was only dolng what she is here for, but I guess every one likes appreciation every now and then." As I went out I stopped for a moment at the waist sale. A woman was there with fire in hey eye. She was glving a floor manager her opinfon of the store. “What do you mean,” she demanded in a loud tone, “by advertising a of shirtwalsts—all sizes - and then when I get here there {s not one that will fit me? I have had a charge account for years in this store, and my mother before ime, but I'm going up right now to stop {t. I simply will not trade at a store where I get such treatment." The courteous aisleman started to explain. The sale had been a popular one, and the large assort- ment of walsts had gone quickly. There were still plenty left in large sizes, and an order for any size could be got in a few days. ‘The customer did not want to order. enough of ordering. The right. The aisleman looked at his watch, ““You see, madam, it is really quite late,” he said “and the sale has been on all day. It is five minutes to six, and we close at six promptly."” “Six!" exclaimed the customer. "“Bix! and I've got to have dinner for company by seven. I'll not walt to stop that account tonight, but if I ever get such service again I'll pever come here to trade any more.” And the invited guest of the store flounced out. The alsleman sighed and turned to the girl at the walst counter. “‘Women Iike that,” he sald, “are the kind that make me cranky at night to the kids." “I got her first,” sald the girl; “and the queer part of It was, this walst here fitted her exactly, only it's marked size 3 and she said s alw; worn 4, and she hasn't got any fatter, either. I tried to tell her this make runs small, but nothing doing. 1 saw her going for you—I know her kind. Thank goodness, there goes the bell!” And the girl began to fold away her stock. 1 looked from the harassed floor manager tired saleagirl. by ‘“The courteous customer!” I thought, and I hur ried home. She had had ore never ordered anything Twice Told Tales e —————————————————————————— Getting Back at ¥iis Reverence. An Irlshman was reproved by his priest for eating sausages on Friday. “Sure, Father Tim, ye don't call sausages meat," he protested. “Certainly they are meat,” sald his reverence The next day, the Irishman appeared at the priest's house with & load of sawdust. “‘But, Michael, 1 did not order any sawdust; it was wood 1 ordered.” “And lsn’t it wood I've brought ye?* “No, it lsn't; it's gawdust.” “But, Father Tim, it sausage is meat, sure lsn't sawdust wood?'—Boston Transcript, The Biter Bitten, Mick and Pat went up to London together and as they strolled down one of the streets Pat noticed shop which a solicitor had taken temporarily while his offices we belng repaired. As there wus nothing in the windows Pat went inside to inquire the reason. He saw two clerks sitting on their high stools busily writing. . “I say@' sald Pat” what do you sell here? have nothing in the window." “Oh,"" sald one of the clerks with a smile, “we sell monkeys here." ““Well, then,” returned Pat, “you must be doing a foine trade—only two of you left.”—Philadeiphia Teles You —— Quite myle. Story fs going the rounds of the British empire Mr. O'Leary, father of Sergeant Michael O'Leary Irish Guards, who won the Victoria Cross for elght Germans, capturing two and taking a It is recorded that when Paps O'Leary heard the detafls of his son's exploit, he curled a Qisdainful lip and said: “An' he kilt eight Dootchmen, did he? An' why shouldn't he? Sure, an' did L.ever yo to the county fair without knockin' over twinty Irishmen or more an’ me with only my traneen (stick)?" An' Mike had & rifle an’ bayonet to help him, didn't he? Sure, an’ with a rifle alsy, 100"~ | The | the citizens of Omaha are on the sub- Letter Carriers Thank The Bee. OMAHA, Sept. 13.—To the Editor of The Post Beo: Dear Sir: On behalf of our local committee, permit me to thank you most “Do_you_believe something which can invariably teil when | R | Ah, perhaps, you have seen one of the | instruments " n one? T married ome Centenarian—Waal, urty regular and ain’'t never been to & right now, sir, what are your intentions toward my sister?’ he demanded. “Mum—my intentions are nun—not tut toward your sus—sister,” stammered Iittie Jigrs. “They are a—wow—away from vour sus—sister, sir.”~New York Times. SUNNY GEMS. that there is really ng it 3 op Minneapolis Journal. The famous song, “Killaloo,” brings up old memories. The best singing comedian Bngland ever sent to this country was I smoke and chaw o man doctor, and— Fred Leslie, and with him came incom eincerely for the very efficlent manne’ | "gpcojalist—There's & big mistake here Jarabie Neilie Farren and those wonder in which The Bee has reported our recent | some place. You should have been dead | ful dancers, Svivia Gerrish and Lettie L4 | national convention of the National As- | forty vears ago.—Life Lind. Leelis packed the theaters with soclation of Letter Carriers, a paper which has ever espoused the cause of the letter carriers in general. | Qur convention was a success in every particular, and the universal comment that it was the best convention they have ever attended, if the expressions made to the members of the local committee may be taken as any criterion to go by, is sufficlent In itself to repay us for the many months of hard labor put forth to make it a success in every particular. Again thanking you for the past cour- tesies extended, I am, W. C. BOUK, Secretary Convention Committee, Branch No. 5, N. A. L. C., Omaha, Neb HOW MUCH MONEY SHOUD A MAN HAVE T GET MARRIED ON? AT LEAST SIX e nseR Why do they call ‘'em lawyers' briefs, mth-fi.m- crowds when he sang 100.” Hes tanz: “Killa- re are parts of the o A Now I happened to be born, At the time they cut the corn “%\ll!c contaagius to the town of Killaloo. ere to tache us they'd a schame, And a Frinch mussoo he caame, To inshtruct vs in the game of par- ley voo. I've one father, that | swear. But he said I had a Ir And he shtruck me whin I said it wasn't true, And the Irish for a jlint, As the Frinch for half a pint: Shure we larned thim while at school at Killaloo. ~ ONE E LICENSE AND FIVE RR “Maise we,' mussoo would cry: “Why, of course, ve kin," ez 1; “*Non, no, I know,” cried he with much - pa?_ Are they so short? surprise. No. my son, but by the time they get| Whin & boy right up from Clare Good Thing—Push It Along. through with them the lawyers' cllents | Heard i mother called & mare. G- / > mussoo his une OMAHA, Sept. 11.—To the Bditor of The | &Fe.”—Baltimore American Shure he gave o st n Bee: Please send The Bee, daily and The big, ‘rru”—looklm: man loomed up| Cried mussoo in much alarm, Sunday, to the following named persons, | over littic Jiggs and shook his fist in hia| “Go and, call for Johnny Daim 2 ace, beginning today and continuing until November, and charge to my account. “1 want to know, and I want to know I am sending the paper on account of your excellent reports of the “Sunday meetings.” CHARLES B. ADY. Too Many Nolses. OMAHA, Sept. 13—To the Editor of Bee: Of the numerous letters printed in your paper, those of the most importance as to pleasure and comfort of ject of ‘“nolses.” The trains before their arrival at the station startle the entire neighborhood with their loud screaching, non-musical tones, when there is absolutely no occa- sion for this nuisance. Soms automoblles cause considerable noise when being cranked, which might be due elther to an imperfect engine or an operator deaf to nolse, failing to ap- preciate the feeling of others. The von- stant sounding of horns while the auto- mobiles are passing through the streets is unnecessary and is the cause of many accidents to people on the crossing®, due to the sudden fright. Many times one may notice an occupant of a car sending forth a screaching noise to attract the at- tention of a party on the top floor of a building to inform him that his car is in waiting. Newsboys and men, particularly during the quietness of the Sunday morning, are busy informing the partially awakened people of their desire to sell their papers. All day and part of the night you can hear ‘“name your city, I've got your home town popper.” The loud and harsh tones of their. voices is anything but pleasing. ANTI-NOISE. o a Sclence and Religion. | SOMEWHERE, Sept. 12—To the Editor of The Bee: What matter it where this is written? We all admit that “Billy"” Sunday 1s a great worker and let us hope his efforts are fully rewarded. However, in reading his sermons wherein he men- tions beautiful churches and great sums 10 be spent on others, and states he does not belleve In worship in a ‘“‘chicken coop,” it naturally causes one to think. Few object to a clean, well ventilated and properly heated place of worship, but as to adornment. Do expensive fittings and costly paintings prove the religious zeal of the congregation? Now, to again speak of Rev. Sunday. Does he still peddle that ‘“stale stuff,” that “stone age" dope of hell fire and of eternal punishment? Surely he must know the churches deny that. Does he satill call sclence a liar and put Charles Dar- win in hell? Thousands are with Sunday in his fight for the right—for his fight against liquor and to better conditions. But when the church or “Billy” Bunday or anyone in milar position starts to lle for the glory of God and to deny proven facts of science, then thousands of good people laugh heartily and pity them for their ignorance. A READER OF THE BEE. Agninst Retirement Penafons. OMAHA, Sept. 12—To the Fditor of The Bee: I see the letter carriers want a pension when they are worn out. This pension business is getting to be a loathesome burden. Who furnishes the money for pensions? Isn't it the public? Why is & policeman or a fireman or a letter carrier any more entitled to a pension that a teamster or a bricklayer or a carpenter or a painter or thousands of others? When a letter carrier gets tired working and wants to quit, these's lots who want his place who are just as good as he was. Then why have to pension a let- ter carrier. I work in the packing house at 2 cents per hour. If I am efficlent enough to provide the policeman or fire- man or letter carrier with a juicy steak or roast, my pension is that I hold my Jjob, otherwise I get fired. Yesterday the dallies contained pict- ures of & group of women, wives of let- ter carrlers, who were about as healthy and well-fed a bunch as was ever gut together. They did not look the need of pensions. JOHN LARKIN. Here's a Zealous Convert, OMAHA, Sept. 13.—To the Editor of The Bee: A few days ago I informed you and the readers of the letter box that I in- tended to investigate Esperanto. Well, Mr. Editor, | have done 8o, and wish to tell you that the resultant knowledge which 1 have derived from this personally conducted investigation is highly favor- able toward Esperanto. Where can we turn to find a neutral language? Will it be to Italy, Spain, the Netherlands? Here is a fitting opportunity for the use of Heperanto. It is neutral. It ful- fills every condition for a contract be- | tween diverse nations. | Thus says & wise man of England What say you, Mr. Bditor? Caanot you let us hear from you in person in an edi- | torial by yourself? I am sure that all | your readers would be glad to hear from you. DIEGO C. COLIOS. | PEOPLE AND EVENTS. ‘ Tipping has at last achieved the honor of official sanction from Uncle Sam. The comptroller of the treasury 0. K.'d & touch of $5 for servants on an ocean-go- g steamship. Safety first comes pretty close to per- fection on & Kansas railroad, whose far- sighted managers provide conductors with safety pins for use of passengers In emer- wencles. Salt Lake City's Commercial club s about to start & campaign to land a federal military academy. 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No other oat food can compare with it. If you use this quality let us help you cook it rightly. K Quaker Oats 10c and 25¢ In Round Packages with Top The Great Western - Is First Into St. Paul and Minneapolis _ Through steel trains every morn- ing and evening connecting Union Depots with popular through trains for the north, northwest and Canada. Lv. Omaha ...........8:30 p.m. 7:29 a.m. Lv. Co. Buffs .........8:50 p.m. 7:50 a. m. Ar. 8t. Paul ..........7:30 a.m. 7:40 p.m. Ar, Minneapolis .. .....8:05 a.m. 8:15 p.m. Glistening new steel club cars, and coaches besides steel sleepers, through on night train. Day trains carry through Buffet Parlor cars and coaches. P.F. BONORDEN,C.P.& T. A, 1522 Farnam St., Omaha, Phone Doug. 260, ““There’'s no such man' ses I, “about the place.