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The Morning Bee _MORNING—EVENING^—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO. NELSON B. UPDIKE. President B. BREWER. Vice President and General Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tbe Associated Press, of watch The Baa is a member, ts exclusively antltlad to the uae for republlcatiun of all newt dispatches credited to a or »ot otherwise credited In this paper, and also tbe local news /published herein. All rights of repubUoatlous of our ispscial dispatch** are also resisted. BEE TELEPHONES _ _ _ Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AT lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: 1000 Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Officfe—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs ... 15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Oor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington . 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Sieger Bl^g. [ PYROMANIAC EUROPE. Events in Europe give eloquent emphasis to the utterance of Senator Willis of Ohio, talking to the Ad-Sell League of Omaha. Senator Willis said: "In regard to Europe, why should we be con tinually holding out the helping hand, or rather let ting her dip Into our treasury? As long as wjp con tinue to foot the bills she will be in a turmolL We can serve the world best by building up our own in {dustrles. When we arc ourselves stable, we may help others.'' * Dispatches from Lausanne f in the same paper tell of the declaration of the Greeks that they will fight before they will pay the Turk demands. The Turks quietly inform the Allies they will fight be fore they will submit to the terms presented as u basis for peace. The Allies have informed the soviet delegates they must keep in the background, or they will be expelled from the city as well as from the ccmference. So much for the conditions that govern at Lausanne. Poland, just emerged from subjection and dis memberment, has laid siege to Danzig, its window on the sea, expecting by starvation to compel its citizens to relinquish some of the rights granted when the neutral zone was set up; Ryssia has no tified the world that it has an army ample to defend whatever the soviet government determines to be right and proper, no matter what any other nation thinks. Great Britain serves what amounts to an ultimatum on Russia, and gets in reply a concilia tory action. And France gives us a splendid exam ple of how military occupation contributes to ad justment of diplomatic differences, Belgium and Italy supporting France. ' So much for the survey. Millions of Europeans are hungry and would starve, were it not for Amer ican generosity. Yet money to support armies is found somewhere, and the sound of marching troops disturbs the quiet of the world, while the throb of industry is silent. Until the fires of age-old racial disputes and hatreds, national jealousies and politi cal ambitions have died down in Europe, America can do little to help Europe. Our people stand ready at any time to assist their brethren overseas, but until the day comes when assistance can be given in a way that will benefit all and not injure any, we will have to wait. As. Senator Willis says, we can do more for the world right now by helping ourselves. Europe will need us more than she does now when the right time comes, and then we should be ready. BEYOND THE FRONTIER OF THE SKY. Cuyamaea mountain has given up its dead, but not its secret. The remains of Col. Francis H, Mar shall and Lieut. Charles Webster have been dis covered and identified, and will be given decent in terment. It is known that they met death when the airplane in which they were riding irfas wrecked on the mountain. What caused that wreck? Speculation already is active, and various things are suggested as possible explanations for the dis aster. One of these is that, lost in a fog, bewil dered and confused, the pilot drove his ship into the side of the mountain. Another is that engino trouble developed, and an effort to land brought the flyers into collision with a thicket of trees, where a little more elevation would have cleared the tops and permitted a safe landing just beyond. Other similar theories are advanced. What is known is that Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant Webster wont out and did not come back. Search for them was kept up for weeks and finally abandoned. The discovery of their bodies was accidental. Some expert may extract informa tion from the wreckage, on which to base good for the future of aviation. What the incident does hold for the world is the evidence of intrepidity of American officers, who plunge into the unknown, trusting to their wit and strength to bring them through. This spirit has led our soldiers through the jun gles of Cuba and the Philippines; it stormed Cheru busco, and followed Captain Jack and his Modocs into the lava beds; it swept through the wheat field at Gettysburg, and the wheat field at Chateau Thierry. No 'hope was ever so forlorn that some American soldier would not volunteer for the duty, and Marshall and Webster belong to that army. WHEN THE SEAS ARE NOT SO FREE. One of the “fourteen points” had to do with freedom of the seas, an expression that has received varied expressions since the aborigine first floated across a primeval rivpr on a tree trunk. Just now it is coming in for a little consideration that was not contemplated when Mr. Wilson announced his theses for the establishment of peace on earth. Russia has politely informed Great Britain that the right to limit national authority along the shore is not to be denied, and that Russia believes in the twelve-mile limit, rather than the three-mile. In sup port of this position, M. Litvinof refers to several acts of the British government in extending the limit by rones. Americans easily will recall the so-called “constructive” blockade that was maintained during the war, and wonder just where the line is to be drawn. The United States is particularly interested in the question just now, because, of the embarrassment the three-mile limit gives to the prohibition enforce ment officers. If federal control were extended four times farther, and the rum fledt were required to lay twelve miles off shore, the problem would bo gre*tly simplified, or at.least the burden of effort would be on the rum runners rather than on their oursuers. The three-roife limit was .set up in the day? when ■ cannon could shoot only that far. The opposition to increasing the limit now that warships can throw shells twelve miles, shows bow slow and uncertain is anything connected with the development of it ternational law. Nations do not part readily with any right that is or may he of advantage to their nationals, no matter how generous they may he when disposing of others' rights. A further and most potent argument for the World Court, where such matters may be settled, is presented here. RESTITUTION PART OF JUSTICE. Moses had the right idea for punishment of theft, former Mayor Smith told an audience at the First Central Congregational church. When a theft was committed and the culprit located, four or five-fold restitution was exacted. The law that merely sends a thief to jail or peni tentiary for a short or long term only partly meets the case. Such a penalty in no wise meets the loss sustained by the victim of the theft. One case may be cited as an illustration: A young man was taken into a retail jewelry store not so very long ago, that he might be taught a vocation. He was given pny on which he could live—$2G a week— and was being taught as rapidly as he could learn. He picked up values in a very short time, and made away with a watch valued at $1,250, and a few other trinkets and gewgaws to the tune of about $5,000. Most of the plunder was recovered, and the young man was sent to prison. Two of the watches stolen were found in a pawn shop, hut dis appeared before they could .be replevined. Suit was brought and judgment obtained against the pawn broker, who went into voluntary bankruptcy while the suit was pending. This means that the firm which owned the watches will lose the value of them, in addition to the expense of pursuing and prosecuting the thief. Why should that loss fall on the owner of the property, especially after it had been located and identified? Would it not be better if the law re quired restitution and indemnification, so that the owner of property is made whole at the expense of the thief? Let it he known in advance that the man who steals will be compelled to restore in full the value of what he steals; the man who maliciously or reck lessly damages or destroys property must replace it, and the loot of theft will not look so profitable, nor the pleasure of inischief of any kind be so keen. Imprisonment is all right, but it is not the whole of punishment. Until our laws follow more closely the Mosaic code, they will be short of reaching the disease with an effective remedy. FITTING REWARD FOR VALOR. When the war was on {he flame of patriotism burned high in the hearts of Bohemians domiciled in America. They saw a chance to gaih what they had lost in the Thirty-Years war, independence for their homo land. Many of them went back to join the armies of the Allies, and some of them were from Omaha. Now Judge Day of the Douglas county dis trict court tells the world this sacrifice was not in vain, and that the act of enlisting in a foreign army did not deprive the soldier of his chance to become an American citizen. A young Bohemian enlisted in the Czecho-Slo vakian forces from Omaha, after having filed his declaratory statement in pursuit of his quest for naturalization. The government set up, when he ap plied for full citizenship, that his act of enlisting to fight under a foreign flag invalidated his first papers, and that he would have to begin all over. This the court wa\es aside, saying: "The court takes Judicial notice of the fact that when the United States was at war, the Czecho slovakian army was recruiting "here with the author ity of the United States. "The court finds specifically that enlistment in the army of Czecho slovakia was not incompatible with this man's declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States." We are inclined to view this position of the court as logically and therefore legally sound. It would be injustice to those men who went to war ahead of us, but for the same cause, to deprive them of rights i when they were actuated by the same motive that inspired the United States. Judge Day's decision is merely carrying out a compact sealed long agq. and which all American courts should recognize. It j places an even higher value on American citizenship by recognizing valor. A PICNIC FOR THE WOMEN. The most loyal support any church could have is that of the women, who give their personal serv ices to the upbuilding of the denomination oi their -faith. The bazars, dinners and entertainments given by the wofhen of these congregations bring lapgc sums into the treasury', but at the cost of a great deal of hard work and faithful sacrifice. Untiring as these'good women are, yet it '.s fit ting that they should, now and then, be extended some relief. That was a stimulating example set by the men of Rt. Mark’s Lutheran church recently who served a dinnor for the mothers and daugh ters. Men do not recognize readily the pleasure a house mother finds in occasional escape from culinary I duties. The example is one worthy of imitation, j The season for picnics is almost here. How about the men of your church giving a steak dinner or a ■veiner roast to the women folk, who would not be I asked'to bring even as much as a sandwich? The I annual barbecue of the Omaha Chamber of Com merce shows how easily this can be done, lea\ing the women free for once to enjoy their ease. Captain Kidd’s fortune may have provided the basis for the £st.or fortune, but it remains true that a considerable ctuantlty of whisky was carried into the Indian country by the furtrnders, and that buy ing seldom commenced until the tin cup had been sent around many times. Then the Indian generally came to with nothing left but the headnche and a cast Iron hatchet. "Old Bill" White has again attracted national attention by nn editorial. His first ofTense will be the better recalled, however, for that wus when he gave Kansas the advice to “raise less hell and more corn." The soviet has overplayed its hand at Lausanne. _ Homespun Verse tiy Robert Worthington Davie_ MINE IN THE YESTERDAY. When tho hills nro white I often dream of the mound In the Knra way; When the snowflakes fell I often dream of the golden Yeaterday, . Of the evening kiss nnd the true caress nnd the kindly words she wild, Amt tho knowing smile of Ihe faded While she tucked me down In lied When Ihe spring norms hock nnd the rosea bloom and tho trees grow green and gay, 1 often think of the Mother who was mine In the Tog terday; When the treamMa how wuh .1 melody ns soft as tho halm of breath. 1 often tit- lie .If the Moth. I Who was called awnv by Death. When ih- stars glow bright and the deep of night like a shadowy phantom II'*. I often dream of a sac,-..I spot beneath the tranquil skies; . When Ihe blue down of She morning gleams and .lie rising sunbeam* l>l*y. I often dream of Hie Mother who was mine in the t tetdaj. * I “From State and -Nation” — Editorials from other newspapers. The Governor'* Veto. From the Osceola Hecord. The message of Governor Bryan, vetoing H. K. 537, the Mathers code, bill, is a state document of quite ex traordinary character. Tho two par amount ooniiflaints which the gover nor makes of the bill are very inter esting. He says first, that it takes the executive authority away from tho governor whore it belongs and farms it out to other state officers where it does not belong and secondly that it confers these powers and emoluments upon a sot of republican officials. Examining the second question first it should be noted that the bill places two of these departments in charge of the governor and secretary of state and that Is all of the elective state officials where the voters chose democrats last fall. The four code departments that were given to re publican officials could not well have been placed elsewhere unless the law provided for putting mure than two of these departments into the hands of the two democrats who were elected, viz. Governor Bryan and Secretary of State Bool. It should he observed that the law which he1 has vetoed gave code departments to 1 all of the democrats whom the peo pie elected, whereas It did not give code departments to all republicans who were elected and yet the gov ernor complains because the repub lican elective state officers were to get the departments. Examining the other objection of the governor, it will be recalled that the key stone of the Bryan condem nation of the old code, arose from the fact that it gave the governor too much power—made a sort ofezar"1 of McKelvie, hence the pledge of: Bryan and his platform to "regroup; the code departments under the elec-; tlve state officials" which is absolute ly what the law did which Bryan has vetoed. The plain promise of the Bryan platform was to eliminate the code secretaries and put these \ departments under the elective slate officers, thereby returning constitu-1 tionul government into the hands of, the officials whom tile people elected. - It may be that the governor will ! he able to explain himself out of the , hole Into which he has placed him | self, but his criticism that these code departments were placed under re publican officials In H, It. 537 which lie has vetoed, will make this ques tion a great and growing question, to-wit "Would Bryan have vetoed the hill if the elective state officers of the state were democrats instead of republicans?" Every taxpayer of Nebraska is entitled to give his own answer to that question. Pave Road to Omaha. From the Fspllllon Times. Pave the two miles of road to the Douglas county line and Papllllon will double In population In five years, is the prophecy of many. Papll llon is beautifully located, has many fine building sites, ha* churches for all, one of the best public schools to ho found anywhere, and also a Cath olic and Lutheran parochial school, has an Interurban car line to Omaha, in fact every advantage for a fine suburb town except the hard sur faced road that would permit people living here to drive to their work in the city in all kinds of weather. Aside from the benefit to Papllllon, the en tire county would b<- benefited as the miio of paving in Papllllon coupled with the two miles to connect with, the Douglas county paved roads would mean that once arriving here would be virtually driving In the city ; over paved streets. What, do you say, people of Papllllon and vicinity? Can we do It? The Times is sure it can be done and at no great tax but* • let), either. Eventually this Will be done, as well as paving several trunk lines through the county, so why not start the good work now? Let s con centrate this Improvement in the county and we can put It across. What do you *ay. other village* and communities of Sarpy. Let's hear from you. Fun and Religion. From the Miami Herald. A young man said the other day of his father, "Dad is quite a church goer. He attends morning service. Aftor dinner he goes to the hall game At night he dresses up again and goes, to church." And the young man seemed to think that hla father was a pretty good sort of a person, though there nr* doubtless many pious people who will say that he is not a good Christian. Thei e is a notion among many folks that religion has no relationship to the normal human life. In order to be religious according to this standard It Is necessary to eliminate all kinds of ordinary fun and enjoy ment. Thla belief finds expression in legislation or attempted legislation Religion ought to b* Juat one ex Daily Prayer j Yst will I not forget thm—Isaiah *t IS Our Heavenly l-’nther, with grateful hearts we offer Thee our thanks this morning Thou lias caused us fo dwell in safety during the night refreshing sleep has Invigorated us. and wa look forward courageously to the duties of this new day. Were it not b r the assurance we hnv* that whatever the trial, perplexity, or difficulty which the coming hour* may bring, they tiring no *urpr!sea to Thee, we should In spate to step out Into the unknown future. We pray that a* we sepirate from on* another to engage In our daily vocation*, there may tie no separation from Thee. As we work for others, may our service be given ralthfully, ns unto Thee. If our labors ho those of the common round of the home, with many Irritating Interruptions enable us to triumph irf the display of a calm, unruffled temper, and thus witness to Thin* own Indwelling power In our lives. Let not the enemy of our souls gsln advantage over any of us this day. Thou art stronger than he. Help us to be on our guard against him Lord Jeaus. may we have Thy mind today, that we may exhibit unselfishness, and be Concerned about the needs and the sufferings of others. We make those requests in the name of our Lord Jesus. Amen oitnnnit M FATIKN. Plttahnrgh, r» We Nominate— » For Nebraska's Hall of Fame. (buries S. Elgutter. SOMK years ago Charles S Klgut ter, an attorney of Omaha, wrote an original dramatic oom sition on the story of "Iphlgenla at Aulis." The play was printed for private circulation by the late Clement Chase and it was submitted to emi nent critics. The play stood the test of their review and wns in line for consideration by the New theater of New York City, founded for the pur pose of producing original works of merit by American authors. The am bitious idea fell through, however, when the theater's wealthy sponsors withdrew thair financial endowment. A German preparation was In preparation at Leipzig and the prom ise of a premiere at the Leipzig thea ter. which in all probability would have matured if the world war had not intervened. Recently Wallace Wheeler of Oma ha, a pupil of Andre Giplet, director of the I’aris Opera, composed an original musical setting to the words of Iphlgenla. last year the Omaha Women's club May festlcal presented the love-duet between Iphlgenla and Achilles, with soloists and orchestral accompaniment, the product of Wal lace Wheeler. At the concert of the Omaha Women's club May festival May 15, 19113, at the Orpheum. the finale of the third act of "Iphlgenla " will be sung by Miss Beryl Burton, with full orchestral effect under the direction of Wallace Wheeler. When Mr. Wheeler completes the musical score, "Iphigenia" may take ita plaea in the repertoire of grand opera on a plane with Gluck's great opera on a similar theme. presslon of a normal life. A man can not b« religious in spots or at speci fied times. Humanity seems to have a tendency toward fun. The most uncomfortable person In the world is , the puritanical Individual who Is pained and grieved that other people1 find it pleasant to laugh. Some of the evangelists to the contrary not withstanding. it is hardly probable that the God who put a song Into the throat of .a bird and a smile upon the petals of the flowers.'and laugh into the billows of the ocean, will send anybody to hell simply because he loves activity and fun. The President is Right. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. President Harding is convinced that no man may f*.iy long In the White House and retrain a convinced "isolationist.” He has turned to the permanent court for International justice and fights for it in the face of a very considerable amount of pres sure upon him to dewort it. He is equally convinced that the people of these t'ntted States ate not such stiff necked and shuddering ' isolationists” that they are fearful of the world cou rt. He is right. Politician* and vote chasing witch-doctors may be afraid of It. but the people are not. He is a thousand times right when he tells the General Federation of Women's Clubs that in the matter of this court "the national heart, conscience and Judgment are alike enlisted, and against these we need never fear that any opposition may pre vail,” In this the president reads the signs j of the times very clearly. The Irre-j concllnbles and bitter enders ope miss ing or misreading these sign* The world court question is in the way of becoming a moral Issue, an j issue of "heart, conscience and Judg- j ment.” It* supporter* are not con- j cerned ahout partisanship. The people of the church** of j America are not nfrald of tills Court. . They welcome it and demand that we j enter. The friends of the league of nations are not fearful of it. Neither are the workers for world peaee. the foes of 1 war nor the believer* in clam and legal adjustment of international1 quarrels, it is strange that the presi dent should find that on no question since he came to the White House has there been "so impressive a dem onstration of substantially unified opinion." The president, having set his hand to the plow, is not looking back. There is no need that ho should. He has the nation with him In this, ir reconcilable*. bitter-enders and am bushors to the contrary notwith standing. • “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE’ Edltdrlst from >»«•'• of Th. Momlni Bh. Roodori of Th. Bm art Invited to t*e IMt column trwl> toe ex»rte*lon tn mattere of tublie Internet. Our Police Courts. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: What, high above all other public institutions, holds within Its hands the personal safety, the property rights of all the people, and which can keep crime to o minimum or let it run rampant, as It all too often does? Answer: Our police court'. Unafraid and often wc be labor the public officials In other pub lic institutions for their profligacy and laxity lit dbnductlng our affairs; but until a little land of courageous wo men—may a kind Providence a thou sandfold Increase their numbers and influence—-dared to rise up and score these courts, did they escape long mer ltcd rebuke. Why lire our police courts the most important Institutions of the city and county as affecting all the peo ple? Because they possess greater ar bitrary jiower than do -any others. There two men sit as virtually sole arbiters between '200,000 people and the criminal elements of the city, and of the thousands of criminals who drift In here from without knowing our weakness. Because here sit two judges holding arbitrary power In that they constitute the only courts extant wherein those charged with crime are denleT) the right of trial by jury, save through expensive and long delayed appeal; because here sit two men. having arbitrary power over the labors of 150 police officers, who risk their lives In arresting law breakers. only too often to have their labors set at naught by the police courts, thus discouraging them from doing their duties. Doubtless if we would elect to these police court benches sober minded. courageous. Justice loving men. who would know not levity and buffoonery in the conduct of these of fices, who would hold up the hands of the police officers in their labors, crime would be reduced one half In Omaha In 90 days. But as long as we regard their offices as country people <lr> 1n electing their road overseers. Just so long will crime flourish, for here In the police courts rests the panacea for crime eradica tion GEORGE B. C HILD. A Woman Defends Wappleh. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee; As a taxpayer and a voter of Omaha. I would like a little space In your paper concerning Judge Wappleh and the \V. C. T. U. Iam a woman and always in sympathy with the under dog. He or she is the one who needs help and understand ing. not condemning I for one agree with Judge Wappleh by saying we need a red light district and the sa loons. for It is true, as the Judge stated, a decent woman can't walk on the streets of Omaha without being molested. .Maybe those ladies don't walk; no doubt they all have their own cars and don't know of these conditions; no doubt they attend the social tea parties lTTvte.nl of booze parties and don't know the poison that is sold and the lives that are wrecked and ruined. Now then, Mr. Editor, I would like to make a few suggestions at^d state a few facts to those ladles of the W. C. T. U. Do they know what causes crime end prostitution and the reme edy to help and sometimes cure? No. I'll bet each and every one of those ladies has a kind and sympathetic heart, but they are ignorant when it comes to human understanding for the weak and fallen. I for one have never met & woman who was hard-hearted. It » not their nature, but women are too quick to condemn and trample a weaker sister instead of lending her a helping hand, lifting her up, mentally and spirit ually. find the good points in her in stead of the tiad. Now. ladies, wouldn't it be much better to have these women in one district where we could find them, instead of their being scattered in our homes amongst our daughters and sms. There the tVuth and polio* department could check and control the disease. Wouldn't it he far more Christian and Chrlstlike to find those who need kindness, sympathy and hu man understanding and pull . them out of the gutter Instead of sending them to Jail nnd burdening the tax payers? It does no good, ladies, to send those people to Jail. It only hardens them the more against so ciety and is only lima wasted What this country need* is love and charity, and 1 for one say that Judge Wappleh is now dealing with the modern criminals. The people who vote,! him In office snould be the better Judge as to his ability than a f-w* women who mean well lu their own way, but who are ignorant In regard to the criminal class that our Judges have to deni with. I am for Judge Wappleh and his ideas In every way A WOMAN. Need of hound Judgment Today. Omaha —To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Judnient is defined ■s "the mental faculty of deciding oorroctiy by comparison of facts and ideas.1' There seem* to lie quit* a number of elements that enter Into the forma tion of a sound judgment- Among these might be considered: Knowing the facts on which we are to base our Judgment, thinking of ourselves, unselfishness, fairness, fearlessness a consideration of the future nnd a will ingness to uot in conformity with our Judgment. Very few people In arriving at what they rail their judgment, try to be in Ask this question When yon are urged to buy another baking powder be cause it costs less than Royal, ask — “Is it made from Cream of Tartar? ** ROYAL Baking Powder Made from Cream of Tartar derived from grape* Contains No Alum—Leaves No Bitter Taste formed upon the farts which are the \ very basis of judgment. 'Vo fre quently jump at conclusions from whut other* tell us. or from what some newspaper says, but are unwill ing to take the time and go to the j t rouble of getting the facts without which no fair judgment can be had Our experience in the past has led us to believe that in a consideration "f tyiostions we were often woefully at a loss mi the real knowledge of the f j| ct ft. Few people there are who think for thegiselves. Generally we let .others do the thinking on matters govern mental, financial, political, social, re ligious and pertaining to the general; welfare. And we are guided very tre quently by our desire to think in a certain direction. 'Ve will doubt that which does not conform to our views, but are glad to believe that which conforms to our views. Very few people speak or act uni- - pronjpted by a selfish motive. V > say that is human nature. That must i l>e admitted. 'Vc see the danger of selfishness all around us .even among those who are chosen to arbitrate or | pass judgment upon others’ tights, j Sometimes views are excusably j formed by training. Sometimes they . are inexcusably formed by desire for j seme advantage, such as favor se- } cured by votes and the like. Many persons have good judgment, j think for themselves, know the faett on which th«dr thoughts are based, and are unselfish, but they are lark ing in courage to express their thoughts or act In accordance with them. That is the most serious dan ger in human life and activity. Our eonselc-nces generally are very good guides, but the fear of the loss of money, prestige, position, injury and the like turns us from the straight I path which our conscience directs. To frequently In our actions we are ■ controlled simply by the present. In’ anger and passion, greed and crime, that Is the solo guide. That which is apparently best for the person very frequently In the long run is not for j the best. The thief, the profiteer, or [ the man or woman, governed by pas- ' slon, do not realize that which gen erally follows. The man or woman , of sound, broad judgment not only takes into consideration the present, j but the future also. No one can be a true citizen unless his thoughts con sider the welfare of those who are to live after him. One of the essentials tn the lives and characters of these individuals j who make up a nation and contribute to it* failure or success, is sound judgment. ELEANOR SLABAUGH ; — Proposes legislative Reforms. Beatrice. Neb.—To the Editor of * The Omaha Br-e: After serving two ' times in the Nebraska, legislature. 1 i would like to ask a few questions through your paper. Would not 15 men be sufficient to make the laws'? Should not all state officers and ail i member* of the legislature be non- j partisan? Should not all taxpayers In cities : and towns pay for the sewers and ! paving? The legislature to meet only on a i referendum call? CHARLES V ALLEN. \ Little More Than I suaJ. New Orleans has a Paint-Up week The girl will doubtless take fpll ad vantage of It.—Minneapolis Journal. Abe Martin jbRyCL&wii I Farmer Jake Bentley says he coudn’ have paid expenses last year if he hadn’t pulled a few ca? - out o’ the ditch. Mr. Lemmie Peter wuz poisoned on amateur whisk;, t'day. (Copyright, 1923 > The Spice of Life Teichw—What is a geyser* Pupil—A waterfall gong up —Life. Kat*—Say. driver, not *•<> fM*.—thu ■* my first trip jn a taxi. Driver—Mine, too—Sydney Bulletin He—Whit do you *;y to a tramp - Richmond park? She—1 never apeak to them!—Londo Mail. Lovely furnished room in pr v»*» fai Uy vrilh bath on car lln^.—r*la»rfi»4 »«j in The Florida. Tirnw-Union (Jackson trills). Little Wi He (pointing to a picture of a *‘ih re) — Whale tb' V Littlr Johnnie—It look# like a her** m a bathing ault.—Parrakeet. Th* > »ung Jadjr p;« at in r> *r ^ bazar said to one of her gir! • .er. i i •ee by your bainl you are going to be married '•Woadsrful,* eaid the gir!. "Ton are engaged to a man r.am* 1 W; krtii," continued the amateur #**r. "How amazing," ga*-ped the g.rl, “sure, the tinea yn my hand cao not reveal iLe name—" "LlBce,** anlffed the palmlat. "Who m rl anything about liner* You ar» wearirg tfcc ring I returned to Mr. Wilk.ng three week* ago.”—Argonaut. Husband—My dear, there s*eda you*vs orders won’t float r until the summer. Wife—Oh. that * ouite all right. 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