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Show Mil 5ST. J Inrfnl Olrl Wct T : Jl'i"' tt vol lJlVCS A " ill 11 In Omaha Historical Museum hilroad Exhibit Visual necuru hf pioneer Day3 WNU Features. mutatTA NEB. The roar-oMA roar-oMA Lvs of the Old Kit are not dead-they still fin all their flamboyant r .rV in the Union r-acxnc s (Steal museum located in E company's headquarters uilding here. r . Jmiivi Antes m a n fascinating """ i. weapons, furniture, books, e uu articles, farm imple- tff. personal possessions and f ... which carved an empire out (, . wilderness comprise a dramatic U papWc visual record of the r . . .ooli and trlumnhs toggles, - - - L th pioneer West. Portray trogresa. it.oven with the faded relics Id ghosts of long-dead pioneers and Uei of the West are exhibits por- raying the epic rei-uiu m uuu-of uuu-of the Union Pacific, which l7ii an instrumental role In the pestward expansion of the empire. Shniming away from the gjnsty and molderlng atmosphere atmos-phere of the typical "museum yea," U the exhibits are deigned de-igned to preserve all the color adventure which prevailed b the pioneer days. Since this valuable historical col- Section was opened 10 me yuuuc m 339, approximately 200,000 visitors Wesenting every state in tne union hi 41 foreign countries have regis- ;ered at the museum. Reminisce on Careers. Bearded oldsters wander through exhibits musing over - items hich recall their own picturesque careers when they and the West ere young. In contrast are school children and street urchins, ta med by the drama In the win king of the West Side by side come (ciolars and business men, housewives house-wives and railroad executives, utile during war years many a iserviceman discovered that brows-ling brows-ling around the exhibits provided an ideal means of whiling away the jswmlngly endless wait for trains. Curator of the museum is Mrs. Huts Cultra Hamilton, former school teacher who has been associated asso-ciated with the railroad for many years. Lauds Woman's Role. True to her clan, Mrs. Hamilton sdmits that her one regret is that the museum collections are almost wholly a memorial to the great men of the past. "No one remembers those anony mous women who ranked with their men as courageous pioneers," she complains. To museum visitors, however, how-ever, she can point out a few household articles which serve s mute reminders that even while heroes conquered the West, someone had to cook and jiL Ijy ) rllfc 'fin 'TTKfS " Q mi imiiiii S 'A . . -Sf ' - I p EODTE TO PROMISED LAND . . . Mormon pioneers used these Me farm Implements and household utensils on their historic tre 0!n Navoo, m., to utah. Blind iaess Wo IlandicciD. Industrious PAlVTrcirrr . VUJj OHIO. Although Dund suipa t. Bixel 1 wa seven. Robert men In f most industrious m thu community. Alter work- ttwughout the week at a rub-SuEdVfi: rub-SuEdVfi: he cntlnues the pace on ft u H an evangelist and slng- l5tl2DSrt,wlth "S" fcBiu, Bbcel utilizes a guide dog Varied Surplus Items r0LlS' ML- - Appar-ftjterki Appar-ftjterki ' 60 to the surplus ktatiT .whleh War Assets admln- rt th C8lled on to handle-fcoti handle-fcoti ff wa an island, then a ferdoBtt farm complete with b4 J e west coast Later WAA esbft ,addled th surplus 1 west and left-over So th m SSieres to 016 South- ft h! , 0rleans office re-081 re-081 In safekeeping 99 black it ?: i 51 : it i II I ' ' - ' ' ' - V I" . . mmmmmim meSnTt0fnLr,S ,MA,mE ' ' Wtt the rlfles' add,e d her equip-museum equip-museum feeral V'eW ' SeCtion of the Ustor,c! sew, rear children and help with the farming. Modern-day housewives stare un-comprehendingly un-comprehendingly at such primitive devices as candle molds, a sauerkraut sauer-kraut stomper, a broom of hickory splints, a spinning wheel and reel dating back to 1859. Typical of the hardships which the pioneer woman wom-an endured are exhibits of crude farm implements an awkward flail, clumsy hoe and handmade barley fork. The old iron Dutch oven and grill In the museum once were the only cooking utensils owned by some Mormon family, which carried them across the plains on the historic migration from Nauvoo, "ill., to Utah. Recall Indian Raids. Many souvenirs of the constant guerrilla warfare between the hostile hos-tile Indians and workmen who pushed the rails ever westward also are on display. Supplementing the tomahawks and arrows is the handiwork handi-work of Indian women who engaged en-gaged in more peaceful pursuits than their warriors. Included in the display are fine baskets and bead-work, bead-work, tobacco pouches, medicine bags, amulets and other articles fashioned by Sioux women and decorated dec-orated with embroidery of flattened porcupine quills dyed with roots and berries. Wild-eyed youngsters gaze in awe at the pistols which spat flame and lead In the hectic early days but which now rest peacefully in the museum's display cases. Many Guns Shown. A huge .69 horse pistol is on display, along with flintlocks dating back to the American revolution and pepper-box types, derringers, ball and cap and muzzle-loading types. In one case are guns taken from train robbers while another case contains bullet molds, cartridge loaders, powder flasks and horns, . . 1 ffaotmpnts. re- to give cniroprauuu L.,! r, caII preetine cards. pair ciicm 9 o - At home he mows the lawn, fires the furnace and helps with household house-hold tasks. An ardent sportsman. Bixel rides horseback, goes fishing and coon hunting. On coon hunts he asks only for a stout club about four feet to length and 'Til get along an right by myself." Blind since seven Test WAA ingenuity diamonds and a quantity of pure the kind you a give j y ' -. -aren't for .ale. however. Ud i precision machinery, they re stin classed as strategic matenaL But WAA is selling the silver 38 000 bars of it-which was recov-ffl'7 recov-ffl'7 " . roceaUy demohshed ered from a receauy u during the war. a 1 1 11 J -i"' I IN lv fit -Im -i shot pouches and other pieces of equipment used in pistol shooting. A rare old book showing the trails from Texas to Ellsworth, Kas., one of the roaring "cow towns" of the '70s, and a collection of branding irons highlight the mementos of the day of the cattleman and cowboy. cow-boy. - Mute symbols of a still earlier day when the buffalo and bison roamed the western plains by the I I THE WILD AND WOOLLY WEST ... Is re-created for goggle-eyed youngsters in this display of guns and knives. millions are the watch and scissors used by "Old Jim" Bridger and a money belt and autographed picture pic-ture of "Buffalo Bill" Cody. The epic migration of pioneers pio-neers over the Mormon trail, Oregon trail and other pathways path-ways to the West is represented represent-ed by many relics. Attracting major interest Is an original map issued to westbound pioneers, pio-neers, showing every place across the prairies where food could be obtained and the location loca-tion of blacksmiths. Rare and original photographs of the Great Emancipator hold th spotlight in an extensive Lincoln collection. col-lection. A replica of the Lincoln funeral car also is displayed. Tribute to Rails. With the building of the West irretrievably ir-retrievably linked with the development develop-ment of rail transportation, the museum mu-seum features mementos in the history his-tory of railroading. Principal item is a yellowed telegram tele-gram bearing a single sentence, "You can make affidavit of comple tion of road to Promontory Summit" Sum-mit" This message, sent by Gren-ville Gren-ville M. Dodge, chief engineer, tc Oliver Ames, then president of thi U. P., signified completion of construction con-struction work, and on the following follow-ing day the Golden Spike was driven driv-en to join the Union Pacific and tht Central Pacific as the first transcontinental trans-continental railroad linking the Easl and West "f - ZXT 5jKK Ohio Man Proves a result of being struck by a stone thrown by a playmate, Bixel refuse! to acknowledge the handicap. H now plans to learn typing to permit him to keep up with his immense amount of correspondence. Formerly the regular preacher at Rivervlew church in nearby Novelty, Nov-elty, Ohio, Bixel turned the pastorate pastor-ate over to a brother-in-law and now acts as a traveling evangelist College Coeds Are Free Baby Sitters CORVALLIS, ORE. This col lege town has become a parents' paradise since Oregon State colleg coeds have started serving as fres baby sitters. The baby sittters are provided by the college Red Cross chapters, the only regulation limiting limit-ing the service to 10 p. m. on school nights and 12:30 a. m. on Satur-days. Satur-days. No charge is made for the oed's services. THE LEHI SUN, LEHI, UTAH Kathleen Norris Says; The Wife Who Chooses Unhappiness Bell 8vndlcit.wmj Feature Tt0 watched Dans at parties so closely as not to have any fun myself. By KATHLEEN NORRIS BEVERLEY is a very young wife, not yet 20. 1 Her husband, Dana, is 10 years older; he was the football hero of her small girl days; even more her idol when in his navy lieutenant's uniform he went away to war. He came home covered with honors, ribbons and battle stars, and Beverley went straight into his arms. They were married just before her 19th birthday anniversary in a setting of June roses and white uniforms and crossed swords, and so far everything was perfect. But then came trouble and lots of it. Dana left the navy and went back to managing his father's big de-partment de-partment store, but it wasn't that. His father married a young thing of 20 and eventually there were three babies, thus deflecting from Beverley Bever-ley and Dana not only the family fortune but some of the spotlight, but it wasn't that. Beverley never had learned how to cook or manage man-age a house and, as they couldn't get help at today's prices, a good deal of discomfort ensued, but it wasn't that "I'll admit I was spoiled and inexperienced," in-experienced," - writes Beverley. "But I am learning, and Dana is angelically patient. But what's ruin ing our lives is that Tni jealous insanely jealous, and my mother was before me, and hers before her. It's in our blood, and we can't help it and there you are. Unfounded Jealousy. "From the beginning I've tried to come between Dana and other women. I've watched him at parties, so closely as not to have any fun myself. I know he knows it. I call him at the office, and ask the board operator if he is in consultation with anyone, and if it's one of two special spe-cial women buyers, I'm miserable for hours. I try not to meet him when he gets home with questions and suspicions, but I'm so wretchedly wretch-edly anxious all the time that he soon suspects it and after a few minutes it all comes out I imagine his coat smells of perfume, I imagine imag-ine the persons who call him on the telephone are women who are in love with him, and he says now that his men friends are beginning to joke him about being tied to my apron strings. That is because when there was a duck-hunt planned I told him he could not and would not leave me, and I don't believe he would have, even if I had asked him to. "Another thing. Dana is anxious for a child, for children. I am not. I am only 19, and children age a girl, and separate her from her husband hus-band too. The happiest couples I know are those without children and I don't want any obligations that will separate me from Dana. "You see," the letter rather pathetically pa-thetically ends, "I do love Dana so desperately! Life looks so long ahead of me, to our golden wedding, wed-ding, and I'm so afraid of other women, older and more fascinating women, for he notices them all, and they adore him. Worrying about it keeps me nervous all the time. And yet s I told you, my mother was jealous to the point almost of insanity, and it Is in my blood. I can't help it even though I know that I am doing the very thing that will lose Dana's love and respect" Indictment of Mothers. Ia answer to Beverley I would like to indict today's mothers, those l A7 r; 5?m W, r ' a? "What's twining our lives is my jealousy.' MOTHER TO BLAME It may be a plain woman, it may be a much older woman, but some woman always can get a man away from a suspicious, suspi-cious, watchful, jealous wife. That is the warning sounded by Miss Norris in today's article, arti-cle, which combines advice to a frivolous young bride with an indictment against modern mothers. Terming today's mothers "spiritually and morally lazy," Miss Norris charges that they ignore the all-important question ques-tion of character building while taking pains with their children's chil-dren's riding and dancing lessons, les-sons, teeth, manners and frocks. Beverley, who admits she was spoiled and inexperienced when she became the bride of her football hero and glamorous glamor-ous naval officer, foresees the wreckage of her marriage because be-cause of her own insane jealousy. jeal-ousy. A wise mother, Miss Norris contends, could have built up Beverley's character to the point where she could have averted the impending catastrophe. spiritually and morally lazy mothers moth-ers who take such pains with their children's riding and dancing lessons, les-sons, teeth and manners and frocks, and leave the all-important question of character building entirely to chance. We are all jealous, dishonest, untruthful, un-truthful, rude, lazy we are all everything that is wrong, when we are small children. Why is it so many mothers are so super-scrupulous about correct posture, correct speech, correct clothing, and never realize that there are corresponding correspond-ing niceties of soul that need cultivation, culti-vation, too? What sort of a mother tells a sensitive child that jealousy is inherent in her, that it blighted the lives of the said mother and her mother before her, and that there is nothing for wretched little Beverley to do but fall a victim to it too? Don't mothers teach their children to fight human weaknesses and overcome over-come them, to avoid coarse language, lan-guage, reckless scandal, cheating at bridge, selfishness, rudeness, extravagance, jealousies? Do they let them undertake the serious and infinitely delicate business of marriage mar-riage just as they came from the nursery, fighting for their possessions, posses-sions, furious if one gets a toy or a piece of candy more than the other, oth-er, letting someone else wipe the dishes, make the beds, grabbing everything ev-erything and giving nothing? A wise mother could have built up Beverley's character to the point where it never would occur to her that the young, loving charm that first won Dana's attention could not hold him through all the ups and downs of married life. A wise mother moth-er would have taught her that to become happily absorbed in her own proud position and duties as his wife would be the surest way to give Dana his own anxious twinges as to the danger of losing his little paragon par-agon of a companion. As it is, here is one more marriage potentially so rich in happiness gone on the rocks. It may be a plain woman, it may be a much older woman, but some woman always can get a man away from a suspicious, watchful, jealous wife. Long Wait for Girls The average girl in Vienna, Austria, Aus-tria, has a fair chance of finding a man if she waits 20 years. At the present time there is a serious seri-ous shortage of men. Municipal figures fig-ures shew that of Vienna's population popula-tion of 1,612,177, there are 938.501 women and only 663,736 men. But the bureau shed a ray of hope for the woman willing to wait a few decades. In May, 1946. births totaled 478 boys and only 395 girls. "Things will be equalized if this trend continues," the bureau said. STAGED SCReIh ilRADIO Released by Weatern Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE CASTING Janet Blair in a co-starring role in "The Fabulous Dorseys" was a smart move on the part of Producer Charles R. Rogers. The role is that of a beautiful girl with singing and dancing talent who's a neighbor of the Dorseys in Pennsylvania. Pennsylva-nia. Well Janet hails from Altoona, Pa., and emerged into the limelight as a bard singer before coming to Hollywood. Incidentally, the Dorseys say it's lucky they were such fighters, because otherwise they might not have been so successful. They worked together as long at they could, trying to direct one band Jointly. The break came, Tommy went his way alone, Jimmy went his result two top-notch bands. Tom Conway is fast becoming the top whodunit actor in show business. He plays "Sherlock Holmes" on ABC Saturday nights, and has just completed his tenth mystery pic- a 1 r 1 .i TOM CONWAY ture, 'The Falcon's Adventure." If Basil Rathbone carries out his plan to forsake the screen, Conway may be chosen to succeed him as the cinema "Sherlock." And all without trading on his relationship to his brother. George Sanders. Kay Gorcey, wife of Groucho Marx, has been. signed to appear with her husband in a comedy dance routine for the Sam Coslow production, produc-tion, "Copacabana," a forthcoming United Artists release, with Carmen Miranda. Andy Russell, Steve Cochran Coch-ran and Gloria Jean. $ Ken Nlles, announcer for "Suspense," "Sus-pense," has been signed to play thi role of the attorney in Robert Mitchum's KKO picture, "Out of the Past." You may be familiar with the story under the really good original origi-nal title, which was "Build My Gallows Gal-lows High." Lowell Thomas was all set to make teaching his life work, till he took a trip to Alaska and made some unusual films of primitive mining communities. Later, teaching at Princeton, he lectured a few times, using his films as illustrations. It i proved to be so profitable that he 1 abandoned teaching, and he's been j traveling the world and getting paid lor it ever since, j Andrew Toombs, character actor who crashed films because of his bald head, has played more than 200 bald-head roles in pictures. But he gets the break of a lifetime in Warners' War-ners' Technicolor musical, "My Wild Irish Rose" wears a flowing head of hair, appropriately parted in the middle, for his role of a bartender of the Gay Nineties. Incidentally, Dennis Den-nis Morgan's doing road work to keep in trim for the picture; he hasn't done a strenuous vocal chore since "The Desert Song," and finds singing more taxing than merely making love. Chet Lanck and Tuffy Goff ("Lum" and "Abner") have a new protege. She's Ruth Parrot, who played a lady barber on their program. Her performance Interested 20th Cen tury-Fox talent scouts, and she land-ed land-ed a role in "Mother Wore Tights." Now Chet and Tuffy say they can hardly wait for the picture to be released, so that they can begin taking tak-ing bows for discovering her in the first place. Andy Devlne's been signed to a long-term contract by Republic, after aft-er being with Universal for a number num-ber of years. His latest Universal picture is Walter Wanger's "Canyon Passage," his first at Republic will be "Bells of San Angelo," a Western. Hiram Brown, producer-director of the CBS "Inner Sanctum," got the idea for the program six years ago when be heard a squeaking door in a radio sound effects department He acquired the door, and has presented pre-sented the weekly shriek and shudder shud-der show ever since! ODDS AND ENDS Betty Hut-ton' Hut-ton' baby, Lindsay Diana, has a bat-sinel bat-sinel lined with pink satin that us, originally used to decorate an elaborate elabo-rate set in Betty's most recent film, 'Perils of Pauline.". . . Martha Vick-ers Vick-ers made her screen debut as a corpse in a horror picture and now she's considered one of the most beautiful young women in Hollywood. . . , William Wil-liam Frambes, formerly the 200-pound fat boy in Educational comedies, is portraying por-traying a thin, love-lorn sailor in "lime Out of Mind.". . . Raymond Masses signed for five years wills ' Warners'. - 1 m2TJK ". f Properly Identlned Two of the little town's most M reputable characters met In the-" ly morning and became embror"""l an uproarious fracas, which I ened half the village and lend I two contenders in the cai- r Chief witness against then., 0f they came to trial was Unck t0 an old Negro handyman. "Now, Uncle," said the prosecu..ti "tell the court what conversation oc-' curred between the two prisoners." "Ah doan Just rightfully remember," remem-ber," replied the old man, "'cept dat each one was callin' de other whut dey wuz." LITTLE MISTAKE Dad wrote to his son at college: "I'm sending you the $10 in addition to your regular allowance as you re-, quested in your last letter; but I must again draw attention to your; Incorrect spelling: '10 is written with one naught not two." Said It All , Chauncey M. Depew had an ild friend at Peekskill who, after courting court-ing the same woman for 20 years, married her. "Josephus," said Chauncey, "why did you not marry that splendid, woman long before now; wfcy did you wait all these years?" "Chauncey," explained the other, "I waited until she talked herself out You see, I wanted a quiet married mar-ried life." Substitute A doctor received an urgent tele-' phone call from a father who said his small son had swallowed his fountain pen. "I'll come at oncel" cried Ahe doctor. doc-tor. "What are you doing In the meantime?" "Using a pencil," came the answer. an-swer. Experienced Smith was watching the local hockey team getting ready. At the last minute it was found that the referee was missing. "I say," shouted one of the players play-ers to Smith, "do you know enough about hockey to referee?" "I know enough about hockey," replied Smith, "not to referent" Trying Isn't Enough Candidate I want to assure you, fellow citizens, that I have constantly constant-ly labored in your behalf to the best of my ability. Heckler We know it That's why we want someone with more ability. YOUNG CRITIC The young playwright was complaining com-plaining to the famous producer that his three-year-old son had torn up the manuscript of his newest play. "Ah," mused the producer, "the child can read." Noisy Neighbors Tenant The people upstairs are very annoying. Last Monday they were stamping and banging on the floor till after midnight. 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