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The Morning Bee _MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEF. PUBLISHING COMPANY KELSON B. UPDIKE. Publi»h*r. B. BKEWEK. Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Axaociatwd Pres*, of which The Bee !e a member, is ercloriiely mtiUrd t" P»e bee for rehUbUcatiun of eit news dinpabhca credited p» it or ■of otherwise credited tn this imper. and also the tnc.ul news published berem. Ail righla of rupublivatimta of our * pet I a 1 dispatches are also rescued. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department at t or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 F. M: ■■"tic Editorial Department. AX lantic 1021 or 101‘i. 1000 OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffa - - - 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 21th and N New York—28S Fifth Avenue Washington - 122 Star It Id tg. Chicago - - 1720 Stcger Bldg. CLOSING UP THE CAPITOL INQUIRY. Architect Bertram Goodhue closed his address to the senate investigating committee with repressed indignation. Defending himself against charges that appear, from the showing to have been unwar ranted and without foundation, he was justified in exhibiting a little warmth. In the course of his lalk, and probably as a result of the ordeal he was undergoing, he let the cat out of the bag. At least, it looks like a cat, for it gives a possible reason for a proceeding that has been mysterious in its every aspect. According to the architect, the state engineer sought to act as general contractor on the new cap itol building. This may serve to clear up in the public mind something of the puzzle. Members of the capifol commission expressed themselves as much surprised as anyone when the state engineer six weeks ago exploded his bomb. His startling charge of neglect and incompetence against the architect astonished everybody. Members of the commission, who had worked in close touch with the architect and the engineer, in examining plans, opening bids, and Awarding contracts, have testified that they were totally unable to account for the charges. 3o far as testimony goes, the state engineer has not made good his attack. His act has brought out fully the fact that the whole course of Mr. Goodhue has been for the protection of the interests of his client, the State of Nebraska, and for the protection of his own integrity. He has declined to accept Mr. .Johnson’s judgment in lieu of his own, and has declined to substitute inferior material be cause it was cheaper. In this he will be generally upheld, i To charge a man of Bertram Goodhue's stand ing with being both incompetent and negligent re quires considerable assurance, and in justice to all, such charges should be supported by the sound est of proof. In this case the proof appears to be entirely lacking. Such points as have been made by Mr. Johnson are trivial when compared to the gravity of his accusations. A little money has been saved to the state on the stone contract, which could have been readjusted without any such hullaba loo. But the delay in the work has or will cost the state far more than the amount saved, so that in that way the proceeding has been unreasonably ex pensive to Nebraska. The eenate committee will deliberate and an nounce a conclusion at its convenience, hut the pub lic has heard enough of the affair, to be ready to vote on the verdict now. It has been a case of “much cry and little wool” from the start. In time ihe animus of the whole proceeding may be made clear, and then it may come out that an apology is due the architect from more than one source. POLITICS AND PROFITEERING. Some of our mercurial democratic brethren ’ are running round in circles, shouting a war song, the burden of which is that the republicans are respon sible for the price of sugar. This is bad tactics on their part, for it compels folk to remember what happened three years ago. In December. 1919, Woodrow Wilson approved the McNary bill, which was to re-establish the sugar control However, the president then announced that he would take advantage of the law, because he believed the natural ‘‘iron law” of supply and de mand would be sufficient to adjust the price of sugar, and all other commodities. Was the president’s foresight good? Just look hack to the old days of that well remembered spring, when Omaha users were paying from 25 to 30 cents a pound for sugar, and only able to get a pound at a time. President Menocal of Cuba offered President Wilson the entire sugar crop of fluba at 4 Vi cents a pound. The offer was declined, and within* four weeks sugar was 11 lit cents c.i.f., Havana. Some ’still recall how speculators with headquarters at Omaha kept trainloads of sugar rolling between the Missouri river and the Pacific toast; how other trainloads were sent east, west, north and south, sold over and over again without stopping to dis charge cargo; how local retailers were arrested and their sugar taken, simply because they were in position to supply their customers; how after a long inquiry United States District Attorney Allen informed Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer there was nothing wrong in the sugar situation in Omaha. It wasn’t the tariff then; it isn’t the tariff now. It was the situation under control of the foreign sugar producers, keep that in mind, and also re member they have it in their power to destroy the American sugar industry. This may help a little when considering the sugar profiteers. OVER THE RIVER AT YANKTON. Half a century ago Nebraskans were seeking a more direct route into eastern Dakota. Equally, the Dakotans were looking for an easier way to reach Nebraska. Ferries and such did not meet the requirements, but ;t took a long time for the people to reach the point where the decision to build a bridge at Yankton took on the form of action. Now that the structure is well under way, it is up to Nebraska to complete its part of the under taking. Money is lacking for the construction of the approach on the Nebraska side, and this the legisla ture is asked to provide. A bill making the appro priation is well under headway to its final passage, and should be delayed no longer than is absolutely necessary. The Yankton bridge means a great deal to the people of both states, for It affords direct com munication now interrupted by the Missouri river. Better trade relations will result; Dakotans ran reach the Omaha market more readily, and a great volume of business will flow in this direction. Other advantages are obvious, and benefits that will arise from the existence of the bridge will be shared in by citizens of both states. South Dakota’s part is performed, and Nebraska will come right along with her share, so that a great public work will be completed for the service of all. Mr. Harding resumed his cabinet meetings with out delay and without firing anybody. WHEN A WOMAN TAKES A JOB. Those who have relied on statutory law for the adjustment of various economic problems will be disturbed by the decision of the United Slates su preme court, holding the District of Columbia mini mum wage law to he unconstitutional. In the very nature of things, this opinion will affect all such laws. Five judges concur in the majority opinion, read by Justice Sutherland; Chief Justice Taft dissents for ' himself and Justice Sandford, Justice llolmos dis sents independently, and Justice Brandeis did not take part. The majority opinion takes the ground that a minimum wage law affects the individual right to j contract. Adult women in the District of Columbia I were deprived of that right under the law, and that I they may in all matters exercise every possible j liberty, they should also he permitted to bargain ! as to wages. The minority opinions hold that wage ' bargains arc on a level with agreements as to hours and other working conditions, and as the law making bodies have a right to regulate these, so they should be allowed to fix minimum wages. Minimum wage laws have been enacted on the belief that those who came under them were at a disadvantage when it came to making agreements of employment. Almost exclusively, they have been for the benefit of women and girls, the class that, if protection of the sort is needed, needs it most. We are pleased that Justice Sutherland took oc casion to defend the girls, saying that the relation between wages and morals is not a fixed point. Conditions exist that must be dealt with in a practical way, and some of these have to do with the employment of females. The right of liberty of contract is sacred, but it is not of especial service | to one in urgent need of money to purchase food ■ and clothing, and such instances are not rare. A way will have to be found to relieve such conditions. .Methods so far adopted have not proven uniformly beneficial, and in some ways have been as bad if not worse than the evil sought to he corrected. Woman in industry will find her way a little more difficult, maybe, in the absence of the mini mum wage laws, but she will surely be vigilant in protecting her own interest as far as she can, and, probably in the end will strengthen her position because of her greater experience and consequent solidarity of purpose. Our women folks have shown a noteworthy capacity for managing their, own af fairs and solving their own problems, and they will surely bring to this the fullest of their powers. A minimum wage law was more of an expedient than a remedy. If the court has now compelled women and girls to go to the root of the employ ment problem, they may be depended upon to do so. LOOKING FOR THE STRAYING SHEEP. Somehow we sympathize with that group of de voted women who have accepted the challenge of a city prosecutor, and attended police court. The prosecutor, stirred by some impulse, declared that “club women would rather play bridge than interest themselves in helping the unfortunate.'’ He spoke in his haste, as David did, when he said "all men are Pars.” Like David, he is finding out his mistake. Club women are intensely interested in all the problems of community life. Of course, many of them like to play bridge; so do a lot of other goi-i people, who are concerned in. all manner of projects for the betterment of humanity. At any rateyHniefl of the women who are members of the committee of I .">,000 journeyed to the central police court Monday, and saw the wheels go around. Just how they will apply wiiat they learned, or if they saw enough to give them difinite notions of practical value, is not here to be considered. The fact is they saw something that not many of them 1 ever had witnessed. It is an everyday experience to the judge, to the prosecutor, to the police, and to re ! porters. To most, if not all of these women, it was revelation, for it gave them their first glimpse at i the seamy side of life. They aw culprits haled Le | fore the court, to be dealt with according to the | weight human justice puts on their varying offenses. | Drunkards and bums, petty thieves and some of more importance, the dissolute woman, and the one who is taking the first step# on the downward path, all ; are the grist that pass through that null of the gods. Maybe the women found out some opportunity of service to those who need it most. We hope they did. It is for them to determine if their first visit is to be their last, but they have seen enough to know that the great problem is not easily approached, nor j readily solved. Yet, if it ever is solved, it will be 1 through bringing the two edges of society little I closer together, and letting^the upper and the lower 1 fully understand that men and women are human ; beings, wherever placed. Nebraska is soon to have a new state seal, hav ing “outgrown” the old one. This opens the way I to the suggestion that the seal be changed from \ time to time, like the bill at the movie . Brazil has a revolution, but it is such a large j state and with such unfilled spaces that a band of i rebels might easily be lost. One revolution more or j iess in Latin-America counts for little. Local churches are showing outward and visible signs of "prosperity, while spiritual progress s noted in the number of accretions to membership. All of which is entirely as it should be. New York is going to teach school by radio. That's one way of solving the shortage of teachers. Life in Chicago is interesting; when not dodging ! taxicabs, the wayfarer is,kept busy with bombs. Frank McIntyre now has a chance to spring that old classic of the stage: “One of us is rotten.’’ “Sunny Jim" McCandless brought it with hint. Homespun Verse By Robert Worthington Davie VIRTUOUS WEALTH. ’Tis not the wealth of them who Hoard till «!• -«th lloir effort* close TliHt given the rich a place on • u»h .1 gra< i«»u* as a rose— Whose opulence Is meted out for things of Joy and worth As monuments to memory when they oi" gone from earth For they who hoard and put uw.i\ in pil'd hy naught but greed Take nothing with them to tho clay, nor do no worthy deed For which they may he Idolised and given l isting praise, ’ And make the world a beauty spot of p dm and para phrase. Hut others who hy wealth are blessed, with motives wise and kind. ffo to the golden land of rest and Wiv* » marl. Ishlnd; 'Po them the world supplies her thank for kindliness Which given Material gain a virtue that instructs, and UfLh, and lives. “The People’s Voice’’ Editorial! from reader* of Tha Mornlno Br*. prarfrr* of The Morning Bee are Invited to nae this column freely for •xpreiilon on matter* of public Interest. Billies and Miracles. Omaha—To tha Editor of The Omaha Bee: Rev. K. G. Smith describes ihe story of creation and the Garden of Eden as related in the first 11 chapters of the Bible as ■ i mythical narrative of Brest, eternal, moral and spiritual truths." lie emphuize his definition of legend or myth as a "nonhistorical narrative based on fact, but handed down by word of mouth so many generations that it has accumulated so much Iliai is romantic and fictitious that it is difficult to separate fact from fancy." ir the story of creation and of laden is so romantic and fictitious, how may wo distinguish fact from fancy. Wliy not go a step further and ignore the whole story? Consequently we must consider as fancy what Johovah speaks through Moses in Ex. 20:11. ' For the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all tii.it in them is, and rested the seventh day, etc. Dr. Smith discusses also miracles. ' Is a belief,” he asks, "in the literal historicity of all tho miracle stories necessary to a sincere acceptance of that Bible ns tho word of (Jod and to a g< tuiino Christian life.” He defines "miracle” as something that cannot be explained and assures us that his Intention is not to tear the miraculous out of the world. Ho tells us not to get scared about mir acles. They are all around us. A flower is a miracle of God. Every iis-ns life is a miracle. No man understands it. There is something about the mir acles of the Bible that Dr. Smith would like to understand, something tht.t ought not to be there, lie warns us for reading into some Bible stories kings which are not there at all. There he tries to read into the story of Elijah and the widow that the meal in the barrel and the oil In the cruise were replenished, which is out side of the Hilile story. What Is the matter with this miracle? Did Elijah do it is liis own power or in the power of the Lord? And the miracle when Christ fed the 5,000. How much shall we add or subtract from this story? Had not Jesus power to muliply the loaves v hen necessary? What have we if we take away the miracles from our Bible? If we do not believe in the Bible as the word of God. how sh ill we know what is the word of God and what is not? AH scripture is given hy inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for Instrue tion in righteousness. Two Tim. 3:16. "Therefore as the fire devoureth the stuMile, and tho flame eonsunieth the chaff, so their root shall bp as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have east away the law of tlie Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One in Israel.” Isaiah 5:24. . The duty of a minister of the gospel is to "Preach the Word " (2 Tim. t:2-3i. v. hich abid 'h forever. We shall in>» , ■ ape If we turn away from bint that speaketh from heaven. Hoh. 12:25. O. W. NELSON. Politics and Women. North Platte. Neb.—To the Kditor of The Omit ha Bee. Can tho modern women with their new' ideas of the century, capture ami charm the cen tury's monster, politics" Can vanity case* and politics go hand in hand? Proverbially women gossip and jn»n do not. although women strongly deny this accusation and retort that men's clubs and bachelors' apartments are private gathering places where they can peaceably fill the air with scandal. But as correct statistics on tl >s subject are difficult to obtain, I wi)m°n posses i greater love of per sonalities in conversation thah do men. One may find a thousand women who will discuss divorce laws and 10,000 w ho wdl discuss life and love for one who will take even an iota of interest in the tariff. Mere men pr** fer women that way. Imagine the dinner conversation being devoted cn tii'lv to the senate or American and foreign valuations. Women are gen erally bored by argument on public questions or mat* rial busine* But if w omen are to mic< epsftilly capture politics, they must adopt this gen eral and detached point of view. Women are also governed by prej udici ». Kven if as thfr y claim, they were the Instigators in the putting [over of prohibition, it w ^ due to personal prejudices caused by their friends or their own relatives drink ing too much. High-minded women have been knbwn to change in the past two years from vntlng fervently '(try to voting fervently vet. not be cause they had studied the question st hind, hut because bootleg gin did j not acre* with some number of their family. Statistics prove that women I a re less broad-minded than men. Poli tics are based upon broad rnindness and unprejudiced opinions, and in these things which lead to politics. | women are hopelessly weak. Politics 1 and women ate destined |o lie enemies. Vl88 WHO. Daily Prayer ..... ... ... .. For tin* Father Himself Isvsth you-— John 17:27. our Heavenly Father, we thank Tfu’c for the peace, the rest, the com fort of the night through which we have come. We surely have reason to be grateful fur Thy Increasing care. Thou art ever thinking of ns. and we •deep in safety under tho shadow «*f Thy protecting presence. Now we enter Upon the light and blessing of another day. May it be a ••lean day, .1 glad day, an undellled ilav! May ito dark, impure thoughts obtain pos -•■salon of our hearts! May we have the grace to put away cvci ythlng that Is sinful and suhlsli and unworthy of ' Thee! ISnahlo us to overcome rvi-ry form of temptation, if moment- of w eft k n * ■ s s. or weariness. or doubt conn* t'» n**, may wo have gracious help from Thee. In our business life, our home life, with our associates, with our friends, may we he thought fill, tender, loving, generous, ever hearing in mind that we are to have i he Spirit of nor Bivine Mastter “Who went about doing good.” Teach us to be pitiful, to bn kindly affectloned to speak Word of gentleness, and to remember especially the poor, the wayward, tho unfortunate, tho sur row stricken. So fill US with Thy Spirit os to moke IIS io>«»us, i idlant, eager for service, anxious only to do Thy Will. We ask all these favors In i he Name of Thy Sun, our Bnvior, b us Christ. Amen UKV J WF.NhKY .tOHVSTi >,\\ I,ITT |> . Brooklyn. N. Y Kngllsli Conner v at Ism. The Kriglish ding to old ways. A hunk In B(»ndon tint ho* h t cel* hinted Its 2f»0th nntilv i ■. \. Ill n. ilittalns the old practice <>f hnvto on* member of the firm sleep ev«i > , night in a bedroom that overlook.* the peaceful garden In the inr of, the building, livery morning it M o’clock he opens the front door with (A huge key.— Youth s Companion. i a . “From State and Nation” Editorials fmm other neivsjmpers. The Hattie Over tlie ( ode. I From th« Gordon Journal. The legislature has spent a good ! 'h.al of its time arj^uing over the code law and Governor Bryan seems to be j spending most of his hours in trying to get through his pet scheme of run ning the government. Not that they | see m to be greatly enthused over what ! they are trying too accomplish. They m* both simply trying to write a ! party platform on which to run next year. '□p code law has always been mi* I understood. An example of what tlie 1 *d<- jaw really did is about as fol* ,,n' ■ might take the different • ounty officials. Change the county 'clerk's title to county recorder and then placH the county assessor’s wotk under that office. Make the county judge also clerk of the district court and give the judge a deputy to do that work. Then changes, the county super intendent's title to secretary of coun ty education. You H<»e tlie county would largely be where it started. No new laws would be enacted. There would simply be a regrouping of the county’s activities. The code law re grouped tlie state bureaus and com missions in the same manner and we think it was an Improvement, as it centralized the governing agencies so that the public would know’ whom to hold responsible. But certain newspapers and politl < . ns took hold of the rode law and by blaming everything that happened to it they worked up a political issue, l.oty iif people think that every law which has been passed in the last four years is part of the code law’. They blame it for salary increases which were voted by the people themselves when they adopted the new constitu tion. They blame it for dry weather and dry throats. In other words, whatever happened which doesn't seem right was caused by the '‘code.*’ V\ * do not think the legislature is apt to pa.-s any law which Governor Bryan will approve. They may pass some amendments, but the governor is \ \ likely to veto w hatever the republic ana present. The outcome then will be that the state will con tinue to run tinder the same system of administration under which it has been operating. If this happens, it may be that people “will believe it is a poor system of government which allows politics to tie up all legisla tion. But we feel that when the peo ple of th<* state come to understand the code law, they will approve of it and it may be that, the present tie-up will turn out to be for the rs»st inter ests of the state. Selecting a Newspaper. I rti ib»* ' hi* :go frum.il of Commit.-? Even the highest priced newspapers are so cheap that no financial consid eration enters into the selection of one for daily reading. What should tl»e one chosen yield to the buyer? The important news of the day, of course. That is the first requirement in which accuracy, truthfulness and careful editing play star parts. So much of the news printed is frivolous and worthless, improper and degrad Jr it. that papers which weed it out to make room for matter of value and -gniflr-anew, render their readers a gr**at service If i man can say. after reading a newspaper, that he has a better knowledge of world, state and city af fan" of moment than he had before reading it; that his thoughts have been turn** 1 to subjects which have strengthened his hold on general in ti l!ig*»nce; that he is intellectually freshened and letter equipped for his day's work, he may be sure his selec tion was W'ise. Newspapers are potent !n Influenc ing minds. When a man s thoughts are scattered after reading a worth ies- p»p* exactly a-* they nflg when a garrulous i*>re has gut admis sion to his office on a busy morn ing. he has made an unwise selection. The right newspaper will give him consciousness of fitness for the day of a righteous impulse to do his best, and of a sense of increased knowl edge id things which bear on his vo lition Choice of newspapers is very like choice of friends. H iiaf It a Biker? From the I'remont Tribune It may he that the clays of extraor dinary extravagance, the so-called silk shirt era" of 1919 and 1920, have 1*eeti superseded in great part by *41 more sane appreciation of the value of money and Us purchasing power • *n tin* part of Americans, but v\e are still harboring among us h relic of postwar excesses which is seriously disturbing our economic equilibrium. Not enough of us are pikers! Re membering the popular conception of 1 a ‘'piker'’ as a person who is cheap, selfish and generally disreputable, thir^ may sound qqulte paradoxical. Rut I tin* word has taken on a new mean ing in recent years. It has come to mean a man who is so mentally dis pos'd that he tan permit a coin to rest unmolested in his pocket without itching to spend it. Ruder the mod ern interpretation, a piker is a man who lives within his own income. A well-known young man of Fr»*. mont indulged in a healthy bit of self analysis th** other day and brought forth this startling statement: "I have been wondering, for a long time why it is that at the end of the year my bank balance is conspicuous main- ; 1\ by its absence, although when I come f make out my income tax re port I find that 1 h ive earned and re cc,\ ed a verv r» peclahle amount of. money during the* year. Every time I have to pay last year's income tax. I am forced to dig into this year's receipts to niyet the bill. ■ I had pi"tiii-Ml myself that If 1 . v* ■ got l»act\ to God s country and out of thf' sea vic e. I would make up for Inst tint*- I would have the pest of clothe* , tlie finest food, good quar* ' til m, and the like Well. I got all the.,*- tilings all t !■ lit. it took all my money, hut that didn't worry tno be- j tuse I vv.isu t used to being over burdened with cash nnyw.ic, and l*e ides 1 was nn optimist and figured on getting rich tout suite*. • Aid then I nt marred Mv wife* was the finest gill In the world and •lie was entitled to the best I Could give her We maintained about the j f living an I had ( NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for MARCH. 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Dfjilv.73,997 Sunday.80,029 j Due» not include* return*. tsft» I over*, ssmplen nr mperi tpoilrd in printing mat Includes no spedll H. BRF.WER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE. Cir. Mgr. Sub.rrth.fi nnd .wmn to before me flit. Id <1 «y of April, 192.1 W If QU1VF.Y. (Srel) Notary Public We Nominate— For Nebraska's Hall of Fame. / ^ EOKGE C. 8HEDD, novelist, I y whose work is finding inereas ing favor year by year with the reading public. A native Nebraskan, his interest in fiction was developed while .1 student at the state univer sity, which materialized soon after his graduation In short stories, produced in various magazines, i-ater he turned i to the novel as an art form that gave-' him broader scope and furnished I greater possibilities for character portrayal. His books now number eight. The latest. "Cryder.” (Doubleday, Page A Co.I. was published last autumn, and reveals his steady growth in art and power. done while single, and as a rtsult we ; are in about the same financial posh : tion at the end of each year now as I have always been. Tliat means wo have nothing to show for our year s | work. We have a good home, of course, nice furniture. We see all | the shows, go to. the dances, attend I our clubs, pay up all our bills, and j now and then take a trip to Omaha. Naturally we have a small car. "J!ut, here’s the rub. What about the future? Our little family is going to be a three-cornered one l»y and by, and it Is that/faet that has set mo thinking. No doubt we can go on like we are indefinitely, but some day •something is going to come along and kick the props from under me. What was I looking forward to hack in 1913 when 1 was saving 70 cents out of ; •very dollar 1 earned? The future f cour - Well, ther- s still a long f iturc . head, nm only of me. but of the ones dependent upon me. Pm thinking It's alsiut time I was getting down to bedrock and starting all over again." There are a lot of fellows in the same I mat with this anonymous young , man. They went on a great splurge after being released front the stringent life of military service, and now they have a greet fear of being "pikers." In other words, if they .live within their incomes, they think their friends and neighbors will point them out as , "cheap, selfish and generally dis- j reputable." Many of them have set their sights too high in making a start in bust- ■ ness and domestic life. They weren't willing to let their possessions ac- I cumulate naturally. like their fathers have done liefore them, but they had to have everything at once. Conse- I ctuently. most of the Isos were forced ! to go heavily into debt to satisfy this , desire. As the months and years I have passed, the debt hasn t dwindled u f»v! vs they expected .and they are beginning to fret under the load, i There is just one thing to do under these circumstances, and that is to j revive that old "70 cents out of a dol- i lar" theory. It is a mighty hard ! thing to do. some of us call it impos- I i iiih We are self conscious enough to b-lieve that if we suddenly start; cutting ilown our expenses to the point where we will tie living far 1 enough w itliin our incomes to permit ! tlte accumulation of savings, our I friends will notice the difference and 1 talk about it. t l,e them talk If they are the right ' kind of friends, what they say will be ! • ilirelv to your credit, ami a lot of | them probably will find your example a good one for them to follow. I>ratli iii thi* Ilnur of Triuni|ili. ! Froi^i th«* KaiiMi City Star. It was one of those chance* of fate that ended the life of Lord Carnarvon i in the hour of hi* long deferred triumph. For 17 years he had been engaged in Egyptian exploration, al ways hoping for the reward of finding •me gre.it treasure of the life and in ti ust r\ of the remote past. Then came the discovery of Tut ankh Amen’s ! tomb in the nx.k of the \alley of the kings. The tomb, with its contents, proved one of the richest finds In archaen- I logy. Through its furniture ansi ot>- ; jects of art the life of a distant age wa* recreated before our eyes. For week* the world read with eager in* terest of the doings of the excavators. ' L d Carnarvon had the satisfaction ’ of feeling that Europe and America j was v.'iitg to school to him. It would 1 he difficult to estimate the advance! in the general knowledge of ancient life iu«! history that • tine from the uncut eri:ig of the burial place of this l*ov king of 3.000 years ago. So. if death came prematurely. It j still deferred its coming until a great ambition had been fulfilled Ix>rd Car narvon might have wild with Walter Savage Landur: l warm'd both hands against the fire of life; It sink*, and I am ready to depart. •fust an Ordinary Man. In a book written by somebody at V. Isl ington a thrifty man is defined is one who saves 20 cent* of every Ituild Your . Home | A Dream* Can SjP^I Come True rPRi our service- 12 i yearn advising, plan* ning, building, financing (all AT lantic 8102. Mattson & Smails “Builders of Good Homes** Whm in Omaha Stop ai Hotel Rome ___ True in Ohio? Same in Nebraska eats. Of7 YOUK tfiVOKi' I Schooldays arc about over! From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. dollar, spends r,0 cents on living and 10 cents each on education, gij-ing and recreation. How about the man who has to spend the entire dollar for the necessaries of life and has noth ing left for other purposes?—Pitts burgh Chronicle Telegram. I-et It Sleep and Dream. The suggestion that the league r.f nation* settle the Kuhr dispute now comes to disturb the uuiet of Geneva. Why can't they let the league enjoy a little peace—isn't that what It was organized for?—Kansas City Star. PHONOGRAPH PRICES TUMBLE 75 new and reconditioned Phonographs must go this week, regardless of price and terms. We need the space they occupy. $200 Value » Brand New Period Model Only $89.00 Our Spring shipments of new Phonographs are on their way to Omaha and we MUST make room for them. More than 75 splendid bargains are to be sacrificed. We have priced them so that every one will be sold this week. Terms «to suit your indi vidual needs. SI.00 to $5.00 sends one of these beautiful Phonographs to your home. NOTE THESE REAL BARGAINS Brunswick, oak, regular $75.00 value, now. . . $25.00 Pathe, cabinet, oak. regular $100 value, now $50.00 Columbia, golden oak. cabinet, regular $125 $60.00 Columbia, mahogany, cabinet, regular $125. $65.00 Victrola. mahogany, cabinet, regular $150...$85.00 Mostly all euipped with automatic stops. Every used Phonograph in this sale ha* been thoroughly over hauled by our factory expert*. Many look and sound like r.ew, and the prices are so very low that if you wish one of these unusual bargains, you must come in socn. Sdunolkr&JHuelkr Piano Co. 1514 l6-18 Dod4e St.* * * Omaha The Cmr With m Linger Life For Business and Farm Use The Westccrtt Closure is an ideal car for busi ness man or farmer. * Plate-glass windows afford perfect weathsr-protection. Yet they disappear in fine weather if desired or when the car is needed for carrying bulky things. CHANGSTROM MOTOR CO. Quality Car* and Square Dealing. 2555 Farnam Street. Omaha WESTO >TT _ ii ■ ■issr irmi-i iwr —«n—— THE OMAHA BEE DICTIONARY COUPON 3 c<Tdn* 98c ••cures this NEW, authentic Dictionary hound in hlack seat (rain, illustrated with full pages in color. Present or mail fo this paper three Coupons with ninety-eight cents cents to cover coat of handling, packing, clerk hire, etc. 22 DICTIONARIES IN ONE All Dictionaries Published Previous to This One Are Out of Data MAIL ORDERS WILL RE Fit LED—Add lor putHin t’p to ISO miles, fc; up to 300 miles, 10c, Fee greater distances, sell Pes'master rats ter 3 pounds