Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 18, 1916, Page 12

PEACE FOR POLAND, ] PADEREWSKI'S PLEA| Eminent Musician Appears at South Side to Boost Polish War Sufferers’ Fund. The Strange Case of (Copyright 1915, by McClure Publications.) Mary Page By Frederick Lewis, Author of :: **What Happened to Mary"' 38 Pictures by Essanay | picked a winner all right, and a dirt low ey CHAPTER 1. rovalty at that. Take it from me, we're BIG CROWD HEARS ADDRESS’ The New Star. going to make a few trust managers look | — The volce of the stage director, shrill | sick with this play You wait—If vou're “May Almighty God protect, and |¥ith exasperation, became suddenly dis- | from Missourl” | 1 S5 lend gt 2 tinct as Mary opened the door of he Oh, the phy sneered his com we In neutral land give of ouUr | g.ecuing room. “Old Gex,” as they called | panion. “The play is rot. [t's Mary Pag bounty to the poor, starving and suf- | him, was on his usual “dress rehearsal | that gets it over fering people of Poland.” |rampage,” and she smiled at the sound well, I'll grand yo that, too His long, golden hair streaming in |} "'"" P _heP Way {'"'.'l": throukh | acquiesced Deniels in some haste, his | the heterogeneous mass of plled-up Probd | cves narro shrewdly. “She can sure the whiteness of the light that |, =, "0 w " ahe kn “'“ . "‘ \”. n : ‘mn‘ hrewd! . 'm v - de or the goods every time ou didn't spread radiantly from the upper things were going | and that only Ihln\k'l was trying to hand her anything windows of the South High school jone, or, perhaps, two y 8 _were out | 514 you?' auditorium in the South Side, Ig- [0f focus In hin staxe picture, = But David Pollock didn't answer. s . he racuous voice, now vituperative, 4 was les 18 ove e seat in front star nace Jan Paderewskl, the world's |, = "0 deeumed pleading, came WA leaning roth at in fron: premier planist. delivered a plea 10 [in tonal waves as the director stormed | 'N& at that gay little figure in its quaint American-Poles of Omaha that will up and down the center aisle amid the | COStume, his eves full ol brooding ten., long be remembered, shadows, while on the stage the players | derness, his ears alert not so miss | Th t planist made & strik ¢ themselves strove with unconsciously | 8ingle note in that clear, young volce s v oy .- King (18- .o le grimaces, to shield their eyes suf- | For to Pollock, Mary stood as the epi-| ure as he stood on the platform, while . - vel and. &b . 2 9% patriotic Pales swept | Ticlently to sver the flaring footlights | tome of all that was lovely and desir 59 Shgtases o b e i Toe 0 they lstencd to s thade able. Her youth, her vivacity and pe SN 1S SISt RIS, sohaw "Ll"'”; » Take that scene over!” he shouted at | haps most of all the flower-like innocence | { SRS S Seon Fps throug "“”' the en- 'y o “Cralg, begin your entrance cue. | of her filled him with a tumultuous de tire address, and during the llll"fllvl Now And Nora—where Nora? sire to win her; to give her the world Spesch ""“’:""-" of applause were 1008 njary drew back with a little tremulous | for a plaything if she wanted it; to fi1 A 3 Igh of content, and, laying a CAresSiNg | pe, jttle. hands with riches and jewels Has Military Escort, hand on the eanvas battlements of @ | ¢ (hey pleased her—but to have her—for Paderewski arrived at five minutes towering castle, drow in a deep breath of | 1 H1e¥ | fter 4 o'clock. le was accompanied bY the conglomerate odors mue « g e by Lo P e PRIV avor He watched her now she moved s wife, Private Secretary W. O. Gors}), 1t was all so familiar: 8o much & part ) A Father Michael Gluba of the South 81de o her life! And yot it seemed only yes- | tOVATd the wings, in her girlish lovell-, St. Francis church and other membe rday that she, had stood in much the | Ne#s. That head, crowned with & mass | of the local reception committee. He wWas xame fashion in the wings, shabby and | Of €olden hair—how well it was set upon escorted throtigh two columns of Polish unknown, her lips dry and her hands iike | her shoulders, and how charmingly s soldiers in full viiforms of bright red ice, walting for her rehearsal was the frock she wore. Mary Page was and gold, who were stationed In military It had not, after all, been so very | Of the rare type that looks lovely v | salute, their swords crossed, In the in- many years since that day, but they | anything. Her girl friends used to say | terior vestibule of the South High school. had been long ones, full of disillusion that if she threw on a lampshape for a He bowed repeatedly to the soldiers as ment and hard work. Yet to Mary, look hat it would become her Her eyes, | he passed throuyh the hall to the seat on [Ing back at them through the glamour | fringed with heavy lashes, were a deep | the auditorium stage. He did not remove |of their fruition, they seemed very.happy | blue, and looked candidly into one's!| his great fur nvercoat until he was called | years, leading up to the happler present; | own. But, young though she was, upon to speak. In Roundiy Ap uded. t A thunder of applause greeted him as |10 all the world that Mary Page was—a | the curtain rolled back, giving a full |star! Not the star of a second-rate road | y,ndered It she was really happy today. | view of the committee and guests seated troupe or a stock company, but a Broad- | way star in the exclusive Covington the u- |ater, that ultima thule of |actress on the stage. priest at the Omaha Church of Immi late Comception, introduced the speal kiving at short length a summary of the ¥ather Theobald Kalamaja, work accomplished by the Polish nnu:-r}""" fund workers in this country, the cause | with an emotion de: of the meeting, and a short story of the ' sufferings of the Poles in Poland. Alli‘ speaking was in the Polish language. “I thank the Almighty that I live to- day to be able to help and give to the| thousands who are starving and dying in Poland.” The music master ventured | into & dramatic description of the de-| vastation of his little country | ““The armies of Europe have passed and | are still passing over our native soil. The t i and for tonight the great flaring electric let ers of the electric sfgn would proclaim the young For a moment the players blurred be- her eyes, and her lips quivered per than tears, he sound of a familar phrase brought her sharply to herself. Her ocue had |sounded, and wshe gave & last little {feminine twitch to her costume and ripped lghtly out upon the stage She had forgotten that n the theater since 8 o'clock iIn the ing; the endless repetition of scene t that had set every nerve jang Ing slipped from her like a dream, and she remembered only that she was Nora, playing the last splendid act of the people who for years and years have| arama she loved. And at the first maintained the peace and religlous toler-|sound of her volce, so bravely gay, the ance of all Burope are today being trod- | den on by ‘he armies of the very|y countries which they have helped to pro-| | tect. | *‘We cannot blame these countries. We only ask and cndeavor to matisfy ired players were suddenly galvanized nto action. Some part of her radiant oy seemed to filter into their own souls, |and drooping shoulders were lifted and dull eyes brightened. the ' into the witty badinage of the lines, and A new note crept wants of those of our countrymen who ! with a sigh of relief the director took are still alive, 1 will do my part, and it lout his huge silk handkerchief and Is expected that you people will do yours, | mopped his brow. 1t 48 up to us in America to give all that | “They've got it!" he muttered to the we can spare and send it to those suffer- | two other men who stood, indistinguish- ing in Poland today. “Were you, my countrymen, to go to|puts the punch into it all. glght.” your native land today, you would not | shuffling clumsily | down. recognize your old home: Appreeiates American Help. “I am satiafiod with the support Amer- | ican-Poles have given the cause of the | ‘able shadows among the shadows. ‘‘She And down the alsle he climbed into one of the boxes and sat mumbled the shorter rolling an un- ex i right,’ f the two onlookers, Polish relief fund which 1 organized in|!Ighted cigar between the thick lips of New York City. They have dane a great | hls weak mouth, | to get over big! we may be able to prevent much of the |DAve, she's in country | SUre as my name is ¥ work. With the kindly help of America starvation raging in today.’ The program, with the exception of the | nddress, was brief. 'The South High or- our home “This play Is going You mark my words, for a wseason's run H. Danlels We but | she had been | was a saving there was always a little wistfulness in beauty. It was as if some far-off| sorrow haa never been forgotten. David her Ostensibly @ wine merchant, Pollock's| financial interests thrust their steely ten- } tacles into a hundred different endeavors, | not the smallest of which was the theat- rical world, His ever-growing wealth, his masterly virflity and his ability to be a | “good fellow”" when he marked | him as a big man, judged by the mate-| rial standards of New York, and Daniels | was not the only satellite whose carcer | depended upon his careless whim. ! that what Dave Pollock | wanted he got, and heaven help the man that stood between; but back of his want | of Mary hovered an intangible doubt and | —when he was sober—the bigger ques- tion of his worthiness; and now as he| | | chose, stood watching her the harsh lines of his mouth and chin softened and there was an unfamiliar note in his voice as| he sald musingly: | “I wonder what she'll say when she hears T've backed her to the limit—that 1 bought her stardom for her? Has she asked alout this side of 1t “No,” said Daniels, a little nervously. “She's such a little kid about some thinge | come: she sort of takes it all for granted. But | see here, Davs, don't you go tellin’ her | den today. Stars, the best of ‘em, are tea- fenty peramental as the deuce, and she's worn | our with rehearsin’. For the Lord's sake|pl don't let's have any tears till tonight ir | Off I over!” | have merc “Don’'t be an ass,” he retorted. “I'm overh going to tell her tonight—at the banquet | o,y after the play."” by J “Fine!" sald Danfels, but somewhat un easily. ““Are you golng to stick around a while? I'm going to get a drink.” (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) OMAH A, | grade, lace or button and { plexion, | e winter girl winds a brand new TUESDAY, FOR WOMEN Laird & Schober's $7.00 Very Dressy, patent and satin even- | 5.45 ing shoes, Wright & Peters’ Import- ed French Bronze, $6.50 the newest side lace kid and patent $4.75 15 good lines, $6 grade, Patents, Kids, Dulls, Suvede, Buckskins, made | by Laird, Wright & Pet- JANUARY 18 1916 FRY’S | $5.50 and Suedes, Tans, Gun Metal, bargains this year. $5.00 Grades Patents; all regular stock, in modern patterns, ateo... $3.45 Two especially good val- ues are Wi $5.50 oD s o o.0's | We have Black and right & Peters’ grade Gun Metal, | Lace Fawn or black cloth $3.45 Dulls, | Kid, Patents, i Brown Brown and Black Suedes, some lace, worth up to $5.00, Moo | There are and Kid Tops, Dulls for and other good makers. ..... $6 and $5 Shoes, patents, | cloth tops, gray, white or fawn tops, black satin, | velvets, satin De Laine, tans, cham- 3 75 L] pagne, real wear, Lace and some button; $§2.95 Patents, Cloth Tan Calf Skins, Button. We | don’t mention the former | vrices, just sell them, $2.45 Misses’ and Children’s Footwear We Have Clean-Up Prices in Our Children's Dept. Re You Get t See Our Windows for Samples of Bargains lar P FRY For Skins Affected by Winds and Weather This is the season when she who would lily-white, turn _her the firm friend of a spotless, should ol wax, s_the despoiling effects of pler nd biting cold temperatures. literally absorbs the chapped, skin, clear, soft and beautiful. obtainable at any drug store, nightly like cold cream, and washed mornings, will gradually improve the t complexion. » who coddles herself all day in an house and finds her flabby ated ed and quickly ust bathing her face in a satiny com- thoughts to Nothing so effectually over- or coarsened cuticle, bringing forth An ounce of mercolized as a consequence, treshen up for the evening lotion made by dissolving an ounce of powdered sixolite in a half pint witch hazel. She'll find this most refreshing. It smooths out wrinkles and draws in the saggy tissue. Advertisement. the cing The red- rl- ap- skin \ of § and 10 years, from St. Francis parish, | sang several patrotic songs, two of the most popular being, “Song of Welcome" and “Thousand Warriors Leave War-/| saw.” The hildren seemed to please | Paderewski immensely, and his spirits were most bouyant ag he arose to deliver his address. At the close of the meeting Polish sou- ! venirs of all kinds were purchased froely. Madame Paderewski's favorite dolls 'sold | @8 prices of from 33 to 5 each. Postcards of Poland scenes sold by the dozen. The | committee reports about §100 taken in. | The Paderewski party came to the| South Side in two big limousines. They returned to Omaha shortly before §:%0 o'clock. More than three-fourths of ail the Polish adults living In Omaha at- tended the rally. Six-Year-0ia tad Cronp, “I have a little gir! 6 years old who has a great deal of trouble with croup,” writes W. E. Curry of Evanaville, Ind | “T have used Foley's Honey and Tar, ob- | taining instant rellef for her. My wife and I also used it and will say it is | the best cure for a bad cold, cough throat trouble and croup that I ever saw.” Those terrible coughs that seem | to tear one to pleces yield to Foley's | Honey and Tar. Sold everywhere.—Adver- tisement. | Strong Overcome | | tieaularly sonsible for the limited number of bids IN HANDLING MAILS Roper Makes Allegations Against Surety Companies Bidding on Screen Wagon Work. MAKES A PLEA TO CONGRESS WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Restrictions placed by surety companies on bidders for screen wagon transfer work in the government postal service Is costing the United States a vast amount of money unnecessarily, Daniel C. Roper, first as- sistant postmaster general, has declared to congress In a plea for establishment of a federal employes' guarantee fund. In New York City alone, It i8 alleged the government is paying $00 too much for the transfer wo So important all Mr. Roper consider the altuation that las developed as o result of the investigation by federal agents that he calied th mittee In executive sessh ) to lay reports lof the board beiore them. His state- ments were closely guarded, and today an uccount of the execulive session was advertently secluded in & house report American Surety Numed. The American Surety company of New York, which {s dominant in the screen wagon bonding fleld, was mentlo by Mr. Roper as p VTS and Disg | i e st iber of e Awakened by the smell of gas early Sunday morning, Mrs, H. T. Strong, MY Bouth Sixteenth street, found b husband dead from asphyxiation in an- other room » At an inquest this mornin, Strong, a laborer, 1 years of age, had retired about midnight in good health una #pirits. His wife found u gas cock partly | opened in the kitchen, the connection be- ing intended for the attachment of rub ber tubing. Strong could not be aroused by knocking on the closed door of a bed room adjolning the Kitchen, so Mrs. Strong called Florence Moriarity, a neigh bor, and together they entered the room | and found him dead. . Besldes the widow. one brother and two slsters survive Btrong. They are C. ¥ These some of the allegations the [Pliousness and many other bad symp. Strong, Larkspur, Cal.; Mrs. R. E. ( - | . tomw: and, besides, you will no: need investigators' report make against the #son, Butte, Mont., and Miss E. E. Strong, s el g | laxatives to keep your stomach, liver and whe » | American Surety company: lived with Mr. and Mrs. Strong | qpay they refused to bond certain bid- [ Intestines clean and fresh here. {ders unless the amounts of their bids | If your stomach is sour and full of gas The funeinl will be held at 2 o'clock 'm-r: umfe nlu\-llc. while it bonded th"{ur your food doesn't digest. and your without inquiry. - Tuesday afternoon at the Crosby chapel. | Wit o ,.15..-1 o bond. bidders unim'." don't seem to fit, why not get a Interment will be in Woest Lawn ceme- what it considered low estimates, but |0-cent case from your drugsist and make Hfe worth living Absolu ¢ reller Annocunce men The Omaha Merchants KExpress, a the victims of a colossal fire. on & greater and grander before. 'The same able ample equipment, verdiet | warranted, of accldental death by gas was returned | | The Investigators’ | with the company and agents, Some of the agents nection with the and bonds of bidders we report dealt sharpiy ¢ tormed unfair and questionable Frequent references were made throug! |out the report in Mr. Rope {to the Cassidy Interests, who formerly held screen wagon contracts {cities, and who were bonded by the! Ask your pharmacist to show you the American Surety company. Other bid- |formula plainly printed on each 50-cent | ders, according to evidence adduced by |case of Pape's Diapepsin, then you will | the investigators, found the | firm a hard one with which to compete Three members of the firm are serving |symptoms as heartburn, a feeling like a |terms in the Atlanta prison for postal |lump of lead in the stomach, selching of |law vielation @as and eructations of und'gested food Some of Uharges. water brash, acidity, nausea, headache, agreed to furnish bond in m‘::{’ amount on_the same indem That the company's \ ton ted a8 personal attorney y, & bidder, who now is a term’ in Atlanta for frand, while he ity prov med to be serving the inter- presun of all bidders. a8 Cassidy's representative, tors' hands. given That the agent ment seeking to et postoffice com- | un- s remarks | stomach In five in several Cassidy Washington agent bt serving o8 That the agent denied that he was act- ing while documentary evidence in the investiga- SadeB 't contract of less than $65,000 and subse- | quently the contract was let for $44,000. Ita actions on certain New York, Chi- cago and Des Moines contracts also were criticised, Pitcher Alexander in Omaha on Way Home' Grover Cloveland Alexander, famour pitcher of the Philadelphia Nationals, ar- | rived in town last night on his way to | his home at St. Paul, Neb., for a visit, He will make a stop of a couple days in Omaha. He is staying at the Rome hotel. Navi Bandmaste! ten. | ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 17.-Lieutenant Charles A. Zimmerman, bandmaster the naval academy, died lere today was 54 years old and was a musioa poser and also prominent as an or Eat Big Meals! | . No Indigestion or Bad Stomach! makes = = ay M e ! W ) | “‘Pape’s anepsix;" | weak stomachs strong and can | health: using a little zemo, obtained at any drug y &t onoe. store for ¢, or extra large bottle at - $1.00. | Instantly st;);'a;sourneu, gases, | ! heartburn, acidity, dyspepsia. 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