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'The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY * NELSON B. UPDIKE. I’ubli.hrr. B. BKEWF.R. G.in. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoc I*ted Press, mt which The Bee la a member, is axcl«elvslr entitled to the us« for reiubifctUna of ad new* dispatches credited to It at not otherwise credited Id this taper, and also the local new* published her eta. All rights of mublicstloos of our special dispatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Aek for the Department AT lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: fAAA Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1UUU i — .— - - i OFFICES Maiu Officc-yl?th and Farnam Co. Liuffa - . - - 15 Scott W So. Side. N W. Cor. 24tli and N , New York—^186 Fifth Avenue W ashington • - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - - 1720 Stager Bldg. > Pane, loanee—420 Rue St. Honor# CHRISTMAS CHEER ANP CRIME WAVES. It is not easy to think of the gladdest of all holidays in connection with sin and misery. The mind turns at this season instinctively to the mes sage of "On earth peace, good will to men.” Yet we have the sad anomaly of Christmas cheer being mingled and stained by shocking crimes, and by de plorable instances of misery and sorrow. The philanthropist is perplexed when viewing the facts. Omaha has so many kind, generous peo ple, all willing to help any in need, to comfort and console, not only at Christmas but at any other time of the year, that the presence of unrelieved distress is both a surprise and a shock. Welfare workers long ago realized that many who are in dire need will suffer even to death, rather than make known their ease so that relief may be given them. "It is more blessed to give than to receive,” a noble maxim, indeed, but does it mean that one must endure with patience and resignation want that another will rejoice in relieving? The mother who sought to take her own life be cause she could not provide the things her children asked for Christmas undoubtedly knew of the many organized efforts to reach just such cases as hers. She had the pride of a free woman that revolts at the thought of asking help from another, as that would be to aiiniit defeat. Her view will be re spected by all and sympathized with by most of us. Yet our generosity at Christmas does not intend to humiliate any; rather, it is the outpouring of the genuine spirit of brotherhood and fellowship, and should be so taken by all. Some different basis must be sought to account for the crimes of violence that stain the season. De sire for means to make a display may be responsible for some part of the outbreak of crime that has shocked the community. Some of it must be as- ■ cribed to the fact that men and women are des perate, animated by unworthy passions, perhaps, and thinking more of their own plight than of their obli gations to themselves and to society. Envy plus discouragement stirs the foment and hatred takes the place of love. Crime springs from this combi nation as certainly as water runs down hill. ( hristmas should contain something that will be an antidote for the false pride that leads the needy to desperate a(>d futile actions. It is not a time for rivalry and display'in having, but for emulation in giving. One great change that has come over the modern idea of Christmas is to devote it almost exclusively to the children. Perhaps this is a nat ural outgrowth, because of the willingness of parents to sacrifice themselves for the little ones. But it ought not to be exclusively for the' little ones. Grownups have a share in the day, should imbibe its animation, and find opportunity to sink self in service. Service, finally, is the great message of Christ mas. It was the work that Jesus came into the world to do, to teach men by precept and example that service is the highest form of worship and the greatest victory of man over himself. This message Jesus gave continually, and in Himself He showed, how well one may serve his brethren. What a fine world this will be when the day comes in which service will supplant self in every heart, and false pride will no longer restrain anyone from accepting that which is offered in love. There is nothing in common between Christmas cheer and crime waves. There is much in common between men and women in all walks of life, and we have only to lift the veil and look within to find ' that we are very much alike after all, brethren, in our weakness and children of one loving God, the Father of All. I • THE RURAL SCHOOL. Those who are inclined to doubt the efficiency of the rural school .should have the privilege of see ing a demonstration of what is really being ac complished by some of the well trained, wide-awake teachers of the o'utlying districts. The uniform course of study, used in all public schools throughout the state, is planned and ap proved by the Uuiversity of Nebraska and repre sents the experience of those who have made the study of school problems a life work. If this course is followed closely, as it should be, the changes necessitated by the removal of renters the first of March will cause little, if any disadvantage to those who enter new school environments. The question is asked, “Is .the school work prac tical?’’ Those interested were recently invited to attend a session of a county institute in which the pupils conducted demonstrations of what is being accomplished in the rural schools, through the dif ferent clubs organized. The sewing clubs used younger girls as models and with the products of their own labors, estimated cost, suitableness and wearing qualities of the different materials, and ex plained explicitly directions for cutting, fitting, sew ing and finishing the different articles. The health club gave talks and demonstrations of their work. These talks were made clearer by the use of health posters, made by their own hands and of their own devising. The cooking clubs, organized into groups, con sisting of- cooks, housekeepers and bookkeepers, al ternate each week in order that^each has experience in cooking, keeping house and keeping a systematized account of food cost and food values. Boys are ad mitted as well as girls. The hot lunches prepared by the school daily give a home atmosphere and, at the same time, promote health and sociability among the children. A demonstration of what is actually being done may be seen in the large display of jel lies, preserved fruits and vegetables, as well as bak ing and articles of clothing resulting from the year's work, in the educational hall of the county fair. Also the large display of grains, vegetables, fruits and live stock will show what the boys accomplish in their classes in agriculture and through the calf clubs. Here in this broad training and multifarious ac tivities is to be found mpeh of the occasion for high school taxes. If drastic cuts are made in the levies for the schools, a sacrifice will have to be made. Thus is explained the feeling that whatever is done to lower taxes should not be done at the expense of the schools. HOW THE FARMER HAS BEEN HELPED. The War Finance corporation makes report to congress that the American farmer has demon strated that he can weather the worst of storms if properly financed. Furthermore, the report sets out that 41 per cent of the loans advanced the farmer already have been repaid. The rest will come. The experiment of the loare to farmers from the government was not a risk in the ordinary sense of the word. Millions of dollars were poured in where money was frozen tightest, the ice of sus pended credit was thawed, the jam started, and the steady stream of business soon was flowing in nor mal current through normal channels. This story has .several times been repeated, for The Omaha Bee has watched this enterprise very closely, because it was the first genuine attempt on part of the federal government to be of real assist ance to the farmers in a great crisis. That agricul ture has weathered the storm is due to the fact that help was furnished in a practical form at the time it was most needed. It was like a refreshing rain to a field of corn that was drying up under the blazing sun of midsummer. Another thing has developed, indicative of the clearing skies ahead. A Nebraska banker is author ity for the statement that most of the expected fore closures are taking the form of renewed or ex tended loans. Steadily advancing prices of farm products, and a reduction in interest rates at the same time has made a w'onderful difference in Ne braska. Men who but a few months ago considered themselves bankrupt arc now on good foundation again, with credit renewed, interest reduced, and in come increase^. All of which makes the coming of the new year look much brighter. The clouds have rolled by, the better days are ahead. ■How much of this may be ascribed to the activi ties of the '’ederal government, working through the War Finance corporation, may never bfe known, for it is impossible to measure a calamity averted, but it is sure that without those loans at the time the situation would be desperate now. __, i THE BOY AND THE GUN. A terrible tragedy was that in which the little boy shot his baby friend. He did not know the gun was loaded, and so in childish play he pointed it and fired. That is only one of many similar trag edies, the result ot allowing children to have fire arms, or leavfrg them where the child can get them. Omaha has suffered extensively in this regard, and ^s likely to suffer more. Any weapon, whether it uses air or powder, that fires a bullet is dangerous, even in the hands of those who are accustomed to the use of weapons. For tTfe matter of that, those who are most familiar with the use of handling firearms of any kind treat them with greatest respect and ut most care, to avoid accident. Yet in many parts of Omaha boys go about, armed with air rifles or rifles using the little “BB” caps, shooting at birds, targets or such things as at tract their fancy, and so endanger their own and other lives. Eyes are put out and many lesser mis haps are endured because of this condition. Parents should see to it that tljeir children are not allowed to play with dangerous weapons. Cau tioning the youngster is not enough to secure safety. More stringent measures than word of mouth should be taken. Parents shopld be held responsible, too, because no amount of sorrow or remorse will ever undo the effects of an accident that may be avoided if those who have control of children will only exer cise that control. It is well enough to instruct boys and girls who are old enough to understand in the use of firearms, but the first lesson to be impressed on them is that any sort of a gun is dangerous at all times. Too much care cannot be exercised. Boys and girls of tender years should never be allowed to go abroad with a “plaything” that may kill a companion. / SHUTTING OUT THE “SLICKERS.” A report is sent out by a great subscription, book selling combination that it now proposes to do away with a certain class of salesmen. These are de scribed as “slickers,” and constitute a group of ex perts who in a large sense would make good con fidence men. They worm their way into homes, and through persistence frequently succeed in securing orders for books that are now wanted at prices that are unwarranted.^ In this way they have brought discredit on what should be regarded as an honor able and useful occupation. For the book agent deserves a place alongside the school master. It is through the printed page the thirst excited by the school is finally slaked. Reading one book is certain to stimulate a desire to read another, and the habit once set up never is broken. The service of the book agent is to supply this need* One great publishing firm advertises it has put over 50,000,000 volumes into American homes, and all through agents. Mark Twain’s great est works were sold by subscription in advance of publication. U. S. Grant died With a smile because he knew enough of his memoirs had been sold in advance of publication to make certain his debts would be paid and his widow provided for. Calling good literature to the attention of the people is the real work of the book agent. Even the “slicker” has helped it to some extent, although he has also been a serious drawback to the legitimate work. Whether he is put out of business or not is for the publishers to say. In the meantime it may help to keep in mind that the total output of the printing and publishing industry in the United States in 1919 amounted to $1,128,278,952, and that fully four-fifths of this is sold by subscription through agents. Bootleg whisky has blinded an Omaha victim. None are so blind as those who drink the villainous concoctions. i l Fruits of Experience From (be St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Whether mankind, taken collectively, learns from ex perience, may well be called a moot question. History repeats itself in outlines only because men commit the blunders committed by their predecessors, and of the nature and effect of which history has advised them. The value of experience is a good thing to speak of. but there are many who, like Falstaff, can more com mend than prollt by it. Among these must be num bered the commanding officers of a considerable num her of Atlantic linerf who, as is related in the annual report of the navy hydrographic office, have been court ing the fate of the Titanic in aiming to have a few hours' time. It falls In the line of duty of the navy hydrographic office to find the course of icebergs in their pilgrimages from north to south, and Issue daily warnings to all shipping. The annual report makes the startling state ment that, notwithstanding tliese frequent and repeated official warnings, and in plain disregard of their own agreements and obligations, many reports have reached the office of vessels. Including some of the passenger type, persistently following the usual ocean tracks. That collisions with ieelx^s have been escaped lias been a matter of luck and not of prudence or discipline. The Titanic, it will be remembered, was -running In de fiance of "safety first" at a time when and where It was known that icebergs were afloat. Pop Shops ha#"t AH / /P€A t WDPLOj ! I CANTCVM k’MEMKR ^ wawr \i rfioTTfe ■t LAST f VEA*> » ■\WEIL WHERE r DO I 60’. Len I >CE/* utMKn l WAV-v 7 . T > ^ : }roxo*t <FLOO«!i Ai \<JOOD Ai ^ANOTHER S' I JUbT KNOW \_ (MELi. BE PELl6HTEP]/-> J AND I THINK Af^<: \ VOijR TASTE \ beallv r>-w ■4>J[rcEMPwA».?V* VX w CHRIST1W> { “From State and Nation” —Editorials from other newspapers— Mr. Smertooko Views Iowa. From tho Sioux CUy Tribune. A topic dose, albeit somewhat bit ter, is handed to Iowa by Johan Smer teoko in the current issue of The Na tion. If taken in the proper spirit. It can hardy fail to stimulate. The ar ticle, rather pithily called "Iowa, A Mortgaged Eldorado," is curiously out of focus. It Is a strange Jumble of over-emplmsls and under-emphasis. Where right there is a bit of wrong in it, and where wrong there is a bit of right in it. Patently it Is the per formance of one of our modern social crusaders whose imagination and emotions are apt to distort their rea son. Mr. Smertenko, now a lecturer at Hunter college, New York city, was Irritated by Iowa during his two and a half years on the Grinnell college faculty. To one of his peculiar sensi bilities the solid and at the same time stolid virtues of Iowans are ununder standable. The environment does not suit him. A fish, finding him self on dry land, might easily he led to argue that the land was all wrong; that it should be covered with water. Mr. Smertenko is a good deal like such a fish. Consequently he writes with a degree of splenetic feeling which Iowans can afford to find amusing. It did not take Mr. Smertenko to tell us that too many of our farms are mortgaged to the danger point, and that our culture, such as it Is, leaves much to be desired. Iowans have known these things for some time before Mr. Smertenko cut loose with his hyperbole; but Iowans refuse to be as pessimistic about them as Mr. Smertenko is. And it is a happy circumstance, for it enables Iowans to go ahead Improving their schools, their colleges, their libraries, their museums, ami paying off their mort ga ge.«. Mr. smertenko, with t lie short sightedness characteristic of his kind, fails to realize that culture, which he no doubt feels that he possesses, cul- \ ture with all its splendid idealism, is necessarily erected on tlie solid rock of materialism. He does not realize that the glorious culture of ancient Greece was hut the fine flower which grew out of tlie dunghill of slavery, The Greeks had the leisure for cul ture; their staves did all the work. The ruling classes in Europe are cul tured: the rest of the people do the work. But in America, in Iowa, the work which forms the basis of cul ture has jet to be done. No Compromise. From Capper* Weekly. , The proposal to nullify the 18th amendment by allowing the sale of beer and wine is often described as a "compromise.” •t is no compromise. It would bring back the .saloon. It would bring the brewers' asso ciation bark. It woud bring back more than 90 per cent of the entire liquor trade. It would bring back a now evil In the cultivation of the so-called "home trade” in tyeer. It would bring back a five-billion dollar liquor bill and would violate every economic argument against license. It would bring back a lower stand ard of living; more pauperism, and more drink-caused crime. It would bring back whisky as a bootleg adjunct to beer saloons. It would bring back everything the American people have tried to destroy by the prohibition law. It is no compromise. To Make Art Popular. From the Brooklyn Eagle. A novel anil striking plan to make American art more widely popular is to transform the dome floor of the Grand Cental station into a series of show rooms and sales rooms for Amer ican pictures and sculpture. The serious character of the under taking is shown by the names of many wealthy art lovers, while the nanles of thaprUsts w ho have agreed to join the plan are headed by John S. Sargent and Daniel Chester French, The idea Is to extend the interest in art and th* patronage of it to a far wider public than is now affected by picture shows. The location is ad mirable. People • from more widely scattered places and more different sorts of people pass through great railroad stations than any other buildings. Access to the big new gal lery will he easy to that mixed throng, mere idle curiosity will take a good many travelers there, and most Americans travel with pretty full pockets. After an American "has made his pile" he Is comnymly sup posed to acquire an interest in art, NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for NOVEMBER, 1922, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily.73,843 Sunday .78,10r> B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr. ELMER S. ROOD, Cir. Mgr. Sworn to and subscribed before rue this 5th day of December. 1922 W. H. QUIVEY, (Seal) Notary Public frequently .13 a social asset. But thousands of Americans who are able to buy pictures never become infected with the taste. The opening a gallery in what is almost an arcade In a railroad station is a highly commend able and seemingly a rather shrewd attempt to spread the infection. For a Showdown on River Improve ment. From the Kansan City Slnr. Friends of Inland waterway de velopment in the house indicate their intentions of standing solidly together for a 56-million-dollar appropriation for river improvement. The appro priation desired is the amount de clared necessary for a practical pro gram of river improvement by the army engineer corps. a'he budget bureau, with a dominating idea of economy, has set the figure at $27, 000.000. Here is a question that can and ought to be settled, once fur all. River improvement in the United States so far has represented nothing but a zigzag course of dallying, hesitation, irregular effort, wasted funds and lit tle actual accomplishment. Millions have gono into the enterprise, and little profit has been had therefrom. Capital and the best business brains of the country have been kept away from river transportation because of the uncertain policy of congress in the matter. The Missouri river affords an out standing example of what has been going on. A promising program of improvement was started ten years ago. Two million dollars was to bo spent on the river In each of the years. By today, the Missouri might have offered a six-foot navigable chan nel. time after time declared feasible, that would make certain profitable operation of a line of barges and 1111 important traffic outlet for a good portion of the west. But, as a matter of fact, nothing is offered today, be cause tho program was not carried out. The Mississippi river barge line has operated at a profit in the last year and has demonstrated that river j transportation is no longer an exper- j intent. Yet today operation of that line is being hindered because of fail ure to rpntove five miles of sandbars in the river which, according to the improvement program, should have been removed several years ago. 7'lie difference between genuinely economic improvement of the rivers and of a waste of funds in the task is ‘only a few million dollars a year. Ad vocates of real improvement are to fight for that difference in congress. If they are not to get it. neither they, tlie rivers nor the country ought, to get anything in the form of an ap propriation. 77ie budget bureau's al lotment would not allow anything worth while for the Missouri, nor would it provide a sufficient sum for maintenance and Improvement any where else. 77iere ‘H. neither business nor common sense in wasting $27,000, O'OO niore on the rivers. Make tlie appropriation nothing. f#o-get al] about the subject, or mak< It adequate to carry forward a prac ticable and ultimately profitable pro gram that will offer badly needed re lief In the country's transportation problem. I--1 SAVE 25 to 50% on Any Kind of Typewriter We sell all kinds, guar antee them to give 100% service and back up our words with action. All-Makes Typewriter Co. [ 205 South 18th Street t Cuticura Stops Itching And Saves The Hair Shampoo* with Cuticura Soap, preceded by light touche* of Cuticura Ointment, do much to cleanae the , scalp of dandruff, allay itching and Irritation, arreat falling hair and promote a hair-growing condition. »aa»l# Saak rraa kr Mkfl. A aratacba.DaHlsr. MaMaa wiiare Snap Sc. Ointmaat »yCaHioaraSoaa atwaaawith—«—*■ j itrl he People's Voice" Editorials from readers of The Morning Baa. Readers ol The Morning Bee are invited to use this column troeljr tor expression on matters ol publk inta.tat. Old Testament Accounts. Council Bluffs.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Ministers discredit themselves rather than the Bible by denial of the flood ns recorded in the Scriptures. The word of (>od is everlasting, and those who attack it only Injure themselves. It seems appropriate to recall that historical incident in which one of the English kings, for some reason personal to himself at the time, un dertook to deny and discredit the au thority or authenticity of the Bible, and the answer of his religious ad viser: “Sir, I warn you. the Bible is an anvil which has worn out many a hammer.” The history of the flood is element al In the true Christian faith. It re veals the absolute necessity for Jesus Christ, and the certainty with which mankind will become wholly evil with out a Savior. % Jesus adopted, affirmed and approv ed that record, by the statement found in Luke 17, 27 28, ns follows: “And as It was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man.” ■'They did eat. they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah en tered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all." If the flood did not occur as record ed iu Genesis then Jesus Christ was guilty of false pretenses. Rev. Smith, although denying that record, says the Bible is a very great book, and worthy of the highAt praise, but his position is inconsistent and impossible of being sustained. If false in a mai ler so vital, then the whole book is unworthy of consideration or belief, and to approve it means to approve things which are untrue. The attempt-to make God a liar is a grievous sin, and especially when it occurs in the house of His reputed friends. Jesus asked on one occasion: “If they believe not Moses and hla writings, how can they believe my words?'" and He foreclosed the whole matter as absurd and unthinkable. I„ H. MONROE. Supplements Bishop Shayler's Re marks. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Bishop Shayler's ad dress before the Rotary dub would indicate that he has his car to the ground, and warns his hearers of the unrest that is prevailing In this coun try. He seems to think that educa tion has failed, and intimates that the main cause of our condition Is the fact that the lower class breeds faster "than that of the superior element.” It Is natural for a man of his standing in life to look at conditions as they are. from the standpoint that be takes. He asserts that here duty is the greater factor in advanced civili zation. The question is, who are the civi lized or superior element? Would a man lie considered civilized, that has millions of dollars more than he could possibly use in this life, when bis fel low men were starring to death all round him? Would it be any easier to die of starvation in a savage coun try where they did not know enough to provide for the future? Than to die for want of food, when our country is overloaded with it. and cannot find a market for it? We must not got a false impression as to what civiliza tion consists of in America. To civilize is to r""laiwi from a savage j state, to refine and enlighten. Some I might tmag'ne thnt to hoard wealth, is civilization. If that be true then ! we have som» very highly civilized people In America. Id the United States in 1350 capitalists owned 37 I per cent of the nation's wealth. In j 1370 they owned 63 per rent. In the report of the commission on industrial relations, published in 1916 by con gress, 2 per cent of the people owned 60 per cent of the wealth; middle class. 33 per cent owned 35 per cent, and the poor, or 63 per cent owned 5 per cent of our wealth. This means that less than 2,000.000 people own 20 per more wealth than all the other 97, 000 000 own. History tells us that when Egypt went down 2 per cent of Her popu lation owned 79 per rent of her wealth. The people were starved o death. When Babylon went down, 2 per cent of her population owned all tlie wealth. The people were starved to death. When Persia went down, 1 per cent of her population owned the land. When Hmiu® jrent down, 1.800 men owned all the,imuwn world. It is the avarice of the wealthy, that has borne down upon the helpless, that has always caused the downfall of nations prior to this time. When men see their families suffer for want of food, they heroine desperate, and then is when reason Is forgotten, and rev olution beeomes the order of the day. The poor man that is down and out may' have a better education than the millionaire. He might be a better Christian than Ihe one with millions to spend. His family might be just as intellectual, and make better cltl Common Sense l.rarn to Sell Yourself. Before you go out looking for a position take nil Inventory of yourself. Know what you have to offer a prospective employer. Deckle what are the best selling points you have in regard to the posi tion you seek. I,earn to sell yourself. Do not go after a Job you feel you cannot fill. I ~ * Hotter wait and prepare before mak ing application. If you cannot convince yourself that you are capable of filling a Job you cannot convince the other man. Iji other words, if you cannot sell to yourself you cannot make a deal with a man who would consider em ploying you. Maybe you have some better job in view. Try to put. yourself into the place . of the man who might consider em ploying yofl. What would you demand? Could you fulfill the require men « you would make if some other man were to apply to you for the Job you hope to land? (Copyright, 1322.) He Went Through. The prison visitor sighed. “How sad! How aad that you are in here, you who went through three colleges. What course did you take? ’ "Me?" said the convict, “t went in over the second story window sills an' out th’ kitchen doors; but I only got $37 in th' three of 'em."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. zens than the over Healthy. Then who will be the cause* If we have a revolutionary upheaval? History tells the story and there is no use trying to lind the cause tanywhere else. A. M. TEMPL.IN. Daily Prayer They that mn trust in th» l-ord shall bn as Mount Zion-which cannot ho ro mond. hut gblitctl^ for over. A» tho mountains are round about Jrruaatcirt. so ttio Lord ta around Ilia paoplo from hence forth even for ever. For the rod of tho wicked nhail not real upon tho lot of tho righteous: teat thr righteous put forth lh*1r hand unto iniquity. Po pood. O l-ord, unto these that bo good and to them that era upright In thetr heartgv— F*. Out- gracious Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the light this morning. Undue our hearts with gratitude and love for the blessings of the past week. May all we do be acceptable In Thy sight. Grant that we may render Thee service that will not only give us joy and comfort, but that our example and influence will lead others to love and serve Thee God grant that we may realize and appreciate every day of our lives that we owe all to Thee and that all tin- good things of life come from Thy mercy und gra cious kindness. All this we ask for Christ's sake. Atm-n. OKOROE T .ll-.'STER, 4'ornicana. '£>*«.•* ^Ukxtkr nijots. It wus with surprise we nuid that Mr. \V. J. Bryans auto hail crashed into a woman candidate's car out west, as we had never known him to run quite so dose to another candi date before.—Grand Rapids Press. “German immigration la inervas ing."—News item. Hans across tin seas, eh?—Asheville Times. If you haven't anything elso to he grateful for. he thankful just because Thanksgiving day will swift be here. —Asheville Times. As nearly as can he gathered. Rus sia has been invited to the party st Lausanne, but with the understand ing that site is not to share in Ihe re fresh ment s.—Scut tie Times. r Save Money by Asking Questions Here It's wise to get expert advice be fore doing any painting and varn ishing. Our experts will gladly give you that* advice — without obligation. A few pointers may save you many dollars. 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Dewar Challinor The following soloists will appear: joprano—Mrs. Grace Lattin ioprano—Mrs. Mabel Holmes • -'oprano—Mrs. Hattie Ripley Soprano—Miss Paulin Lanyon Contralto—Mrs. Mabel Zimmat Tenor—Mr. RuHolph Gamerl Baritone—Mr. Myerl Reeves Bass—Mr. Frank Faux SchmollerSjllgell^ftQnoCb W-ft-B-Dodte St. Omaha United States National Bank 16th and Farnam Streets A