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The Sunday Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO. NELSON B. UPDIKE, President B. BREWER, Vice President end General Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tb« Aiaoclatcd Press. of which The Boa Is a member, la wtcluiltely onUtled to the uee tot republlcatlon of all news dispatches credited to it or hot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republications of our special dispatches are also reserrad. _ . BEE TELEPHONES Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department IT lantic er Pereon Wanted. For Night Cells After 10 P. M.: ,nnn Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. *uuu OFFICES Main Office—17th and Faroam Co. Bluffa ... 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N _ New York—286 Fifth Avenue Waehington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. LOOKING AT OUR NATIONAL FAULTS. It ii much more pleasant to regard our virtues and ignore our faults, but it is good for our soul to be hauled over the coals at times. Married men know well that there is no one who understands better than a wife the failings of her mate—and no one more sympathetic and forgiving. It is in that spirit that a number of prominent women point out in Current History magazine what they believe are the main faults of the American people. Feeling that there are great tasks to be dis charged, these domestic critics address themselves to the consideration of the national characteristics that make progress difficult. Mrs. Thomas G. Win ter, president of the National Association of Wo men’s Clubs, catalogues our greatest national faults as follows: “Lack of law-abiding spirit. “Snap Judgments—leading to undigested activities. "Tendency to divide Into groups, blocs, classes. “Inadequate education.” Mrs. Imogen B. Oakley of Philadelphia, chairman, division of civil service of the General Federation of Women's Clubs,'says: "We are too cocksure of ourselves; too sure that we are right and all the rest of the world Is wrong. This may be a fault of youth, but, surely we are old enough to have outgrown It. "Ws are too confident that we can assimilate all the races of the earth. We refuse to admit that the Velting pot no longer melts, that non assimilable particles are floating on the top and spoiling the whole brew; that the whole brew Is, In fact, a supersaturated solution, and we are not an American nation, but groups of diverse, un asslmllable peoples, and that in consequence, there are rocks ahead for democracy. "We are too desirous to live to ourselves and leave Europe to fight her troubles alone, forgetting that the world has become too narrow for any one nation not to suffer when the others suffer, but this fault Is less of the whole nation than of our rather mediaeval, If not antediluvian, senate. "We are too prone to worship financial success ■without Inquiring whether it was achieved hon estly or by following devious paths. "We are willing to see our cities governed by the worst elements of our people rather than the best. We sit by calmly and permit graft and ln competency In high places. So far as our cities go, and often our states also, we remain 'corrupt and contented,’ as Philadelphia was once described; and, ns I fear, she remains, although she has for company most of the other cities of the country. "We tolerate In our courts antiquated procedure that Impedes and prevents Justice and encourages crime. I have served as a Juror In the criminal court and my experience has left me profoundly depressed over the situation in the courts and the absolute Inefficiency of the Jury system as at pres ent administered." Reading the summary of these opinions made by Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, head of the Parent-Teach ers’ association, and considering her plea that na tional faults be made a regular topic for women’s clubs, one feels that the women of the nation are ready to undertake the mothering of the entire race. It Is obvious that they understand perfectly well some of our national shortcomings. Whether these are superficial or fundamental, it is hard to My. Certainly they are based on social rather than economic grounds. It is easier to point out failings than to suggest methods of overcoming them. Consider Mrs. Tilton’s summing up of the four great American paupers: "Poor Idealism—Worship of the man of millions rather than the man of vision. “Poor Thinking—Excess of emotion over thought. "Poor Democrats—Refusal to bow to majority rule and obedience to law. “Poor Persistence—Enthusiasm that puts through the law but peters out In the harder task of enforcement." How are we to set about enriching these human apendthrifts? If the women of America are to as sume the burden, they can take part of it home. The start must be made with the children, though there is much also that may be done through pub lic activity. The sins of the men are the sins of the women, too. Let it therefore be inquired whether this array of national failings is intended as an accusation or a confession. It is both, of course, and a challenge, moreover, to the best quali ties in our race. A POET AND THE PEOPLE. The mighty pine falling in the wilderness makes no sound, physics tells us, unless there be an ear to f hear it. Sound is nothing in itself, and has no ex istence except someone receive its waves. Delicate instruments reveal Innumerable vibrations whose pitch is too high to be l\eard. And so it may be with a poet, that his songs may languish and fail for want of hearers. It is accordingly easy to understand the touching expression of John G. Neihardt, the Nebraska poet, upon accepting the proffer of the chair of poetry at the University of Nebraska. “Greatly as I feel the honor of thus being connected with the university of tht state I love,” he writes, “I am no less moved by the loyalty recently revealed throughout Nebraska when it was believed that I might consider an offer from another state. I am writing for people, and the consciousness of my own people’s faith in my purpose has made me stronger to achieve.” Splendid as is the verse of Nebraska’s poet lau reate, finer still Is the appreciation that the people of his home state have given him. To create gTeat poets there must be great audiences. And this in stance Is so heartening because it serves not only as an Inspiration to Mr. Neihardt, but also to en courags those youthful creative spirits who can now feal that there awaits them, not neglect and Incapac ity to hear, but the ready appreciation and under standing of their neighbors. The effect of this gracious recognition by the regents of the state uni versity will be lasting, for it serves to stimulate the development of a real literature here on tha great plains. “Pussyfoot” Johnson says Alexander the Great knew nothing of atrong drink. Mebbe so, but the “light wine” of those days must have been remark ably potent. Persia reports a damaging aarthquake, but most of th# Persian* thought it was just another political upheaval. Mora brick pavement for Douglas county high «aya U proa# that our folks know a good thing. VISIONS. Dreams are valuable; so the president of the Omaha board of education told the coming graduat ing class of the Central High school. He is right. All life is in some way “such stuff as dreams are made of.” If we deal with realities only, we must have but material success, and that is limited be cause it has little if any horizon. But the dreamer looks ahead. It is the old story of the three men who were cutting Btone. One was cutting stone, one was earning $8 a day and the third was building a cathedral. It is the dreamer who looks beyond the block of stone he is chipping with hammer and chisel, and sees the pinnacle of the cathedral spire piercing the sky. Long before any of man’s great achievements were wrought in enduring material, some one had dreamed them, in outline and detail. Discovery, invention, progress, follow dreams. Ambition urges on to dreams, aspiration feeds on dreams, achievement comes from dreams. Not idle dream ing, building castles in the air, blowing bubbles that burst, but the dreams that linger and haunt the memory, and stir the mind to action, \hat the vision may become real. "For a dreamer lives forever, And a toller dies In a day.” Keep your dreams, cherish them, and try to give them life, and make all to live and glow, keeping in mind that “Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end and way. But to act that each tomorrow Find us further than today." TIME OUT. One of the greatest indoor sports is now in full swing in America. It is picking out where to go for the summer vacation. First aids to the victims will be found in the advertising columns, while the railroad and steamboat agents stand ready to' ad vise, assist, direct or manage any sort of tour one decides upon. The trouble is to make a choice among such a wealth of opportunity. Mountain or seaside, northern lake or western woodland, all have their allurement, and among these such a variation of prospect becomes confusing. But the summer vacation habit is too firmly fixed among our folks 'to be shaken just by a little indecision as to where to go. Sooner or later the mind will snap shut on some point, and away the traveler will fly, forgetting everything but the pros pect of getting away from the routine of his daily life for a few days or weeks. Railroads, steam boats, automobiles, horseback, stage coach, even on foot, these birds of passage will be flitting from scene to scene, peak to peak, pond to pond, enjoying or desponding, but acquiring sunburn, tan, freckles, bites and maybe bruises, forgetting all other troubles in the one immediately present. Perhaps in no other country are such elaborate preparations made for the vacationer as in this. The federal government has set aside great stretches of mountain scenery, the wonder regions of the world; private enterprise has developed other places as at tractive, and certainly as expensive; even the stay at-homes may have a share in this. “All work and no play” is not a rule of American life, and the play season is now starting in real earnest. WHERE BRUTALITY FAILS. “Give the inmates of prison three things—bread, ' water and hell—and there won’t be any repeaters!” This remark is attributed to State Senator Foss 0. Eldred, a Michigan lawmaker, who has concluded i that reform by gentler methods is impossible. He would make prison such a terrible place that one i term would make any criminal willing to do any- : thing rather than be sent there again. If Senator , Eldred did say what is ascribed to him, he has been a poor student of the subject he pretends to be ex pert in. For many centuries, and in some countries : yet, severity of punishment was the rule. Not only ' were prisons terrible torture holes, where all imagin able forms of shocking cruelty was practiced, but cap ital punishment was common, under a delusion that by exterminating the criminals all crime might be done away with. If human progress is marked by any one change more than another, it is the methods of dealing with prisoners of various types. Thoughtful people j no longer react to the idea of severity of punish ment for all cases. Degrees in crime are recog nized, circumstances are given weight in making ; up judgment, and the average man is always in clined to think what he himself might have done, had he been placed as was the culprit. All are not , of the same strength, morally or physically; what < one may resist another can not, and any may fall if the temptation be sufficiently strong or longer per sisted in. Somewhere in Omaha a copper ball gleams at the top of a flag pole. Like a globe of burnished gold, it gives bark to the sun his own rays, and yet that ball not such a long time ago was in the scrap heap at a plumber’s shop. It was encrusted with mud, overlaid with the accumulated ruHt and cor rosion of long service as a float in a tank. Yet the man who took it was patient and persistent. He scraped and scoured and at last he got down to the virgin metal. , This wfas cleaned and polished and lacquered, and now it is an ornament in posses sion of which the owner has pride. It is so with the human soul. Underneath the corrosion of sin, the accumulated crust of crime, is the metal, which must be reached. First comes the prison with its discipline, to remove the mud and rust, then the moral and physical training, which brings the virgin metal into view, the kind and gentle treatment, that burnishes and brightens the life, and then the lacquer of sober, orderly liv ing that holds the soul firm in the right path through the coming days. Such a routine is the ideal of the social workers who are devoted to prison re form. They do not get 100 per cent results ail the time, but that is due to human frailty nnd not to faults of the method. Good men sin, bad men repent, nnd none is so strong, so secure in righteousness that he may not be tempted beyond his strength. But the Law of Love, as preached to nil the world by Jesus, oper ates to reach all. Bread nnd water and hell in prison will reform none. If the sinner anywhere, criminal or otherwise, is to be reached, it will be when the crust that encloses his better self is broken open long enough for the gentle healing love of mnn for God and God for man to get in and do Its work. The pure metal is there, the problem is to reach it, and age-long experience has proved that force is not the way. Another woman has been elected to parliament, so Lady Nancy will not be so lonesome hereafter. Just why does Douglas county need a new elec tion commissioner? The Wappich incident is not, closed, just post, poned. "They’re off at Ak-Sar-Iien track 1” Opera Under the Trees How St. Louis Turned Its Old Fair Grounds Into a Mu nicipal Theater. A distinguished Detroit publicist was extending his congratulations to St. Louis because of that recent bond election which, by a vote of from 2 to 1 to 6 to 1, authorized the expendi ture of $87,372,500 for municipal im provements—the largest program of the sort ever undertaken by an Amer ican city. Analyzing that program he found $48,922,000 purposed to be expended in public health, public welfare and ti'af tic developments. And $38,450,000 for the beautification of the city, through a memorial plaza, a civic center, beautiful public buildings and a new street lighting system, and including the establishment and beautification of parks and playgrounds. "Yet it is not surprising,” he said, "for St. Louis has a soul.” Then he cited municipal opera, to prove it. • * • That spirit was first manifest when, in 1914 St. Louis established a land mark In the history of civic drama in America by presenting its cele brated Pageant and Masque of St. Louis, with a cast of 7,500 actors, who to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the city, re enacted historic scenes on a great natural stage at the foot of a big hill in Forest park, the city's biggest natural playground, and the site of the World’s Fair of 10 years before. The pageant was by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Masque by Percy MacKaye and they served to entertain and inspire four audiences on as. many days, each of which numbered more than 100,000 persons. • • • * Following that pageant and masque and because there was $13,000 left in tlie treasury from the subscription fund which had provided for a civic drama of really national significance, the St. Louis Drama Pageant asso ciation used its fund to celebrate, June 5 to 11, 1916, the tercentenary of the death of Shakespeare by an out-of-door performance of "As You Like It,” given also in Forest park where the city permitted some im provements to * provide a sylvan theater and allowed a charge fur some of the seats provided the im provements be turned over to the municipality. There, when Margaret Anglin played Rosalind to the Jac ques of Robert R. Mantell, the Or lando of Frederick Lewis and the Touchstone of Sydney Greenstreet. the St. Louis Municipal theater, which last summer numbered almost 270, 000 among its opera audiences, was born. Another year saw St. Louis build ing a concrete open air auditorium where that sylvan theater stood— the beginning of the beautiful struc ture which this year will seat 9,270 persons at dally performances through a 10-week season. That was to entertain the 1917 convention of the Associated Advertising clubs of the world. The entertainment com mittee had approached Nelson Cun liff, then park commissioner, now di rector of public welfare in the city, with a proposal to expend $6,000 in providing seats for an open air theater in which open air perfor mances of "Alda” were to he given. The city countered with a proposition to give an equal amount and make thfe installation permanent. Thus the theater In the embryo of Tts present form came into being. The Municipal theater has become probably the finest equipped plant of its sort In America- It haa now 9,270 seats. Including 1 200 free seats, permanently Installed In the concrete amphitheater which slopes down to the stage from an elevation of 53 feet at the pergola shelter at the rear. Many of those are comfortable opera chairs with which t»e earlier folding seats are rapidly being replaced. The amphitheater Is surrounded by a roof ed over pergola which is capable of sheltering 10,000 persons In case of a sudden storm and which gives sheltered egress to motor car or the municipal bus line by which the huge crowds ore nightly moved to the streetcar lines. The concrete muslctans’ pit Is now large enough to seat an orchestra of 100. Kight back of It Is the permanent Ht ige, 90-fret deep I v 115 feet In width, from which arises two massive oak trees, 70-feet tail which them selves frame a sort of proscenium arch. At the hack of the sf«g# a growth of shrubbery and smaller trejes still provides a sylvan character and adds charm and beauty to outdoor scenes. These trees border the River des Peres, soon to be placed within concrete culverts throughout the city of St. Louis at a cost of $11,000 ono recently authorized by bond issue. Across that river bridges lead to the dressing rooms, separate buildings for men and women on either side of the "hack stage lot" and to the scenic studios, built in 1920, and In the roomy quarters of which the fire proof and water-proofed settings of every production are designed and built. It Is a great plant. And It Is paid for by Itself, Here amid most beautl ful natural settings the largest stage In America is devoted through the summer months to the entertainment and delight of thn citizens of St. i/ouls in good music and clean fun. Roth of civic spirit it has beenms a great municipal playground, a civic melt ing pot. Everybody goes to the opera. Nobody begrudges the reasonable price at which it Is offered whether one pays $2 for a box seat or sits In the free seats at the rear. • • • Under the terms of Its arrange ments, the Municipal theater ossncla tlon must put back Into the Municipal thenter and Into finer productions any profit its ventures show. Just as It must each ntght provide at least 1200 free seats for those who esnnot pay to see its performances. During thr season of 1921 It -was estimated that 70,000 people enjoyed the opera from the free seats. • • • Frank Moulan returned to head the cast of 1921 as chief comedian, with Katherine Galloway as prlma donna soprano for the first hRlf, and Anne Bussert for th« second half of the season. Tn that season "The Chocolate Soldier,” "Fra Diavolo," "The For tune Teller," "Ran Toy,.fhe Beggar Student," "The Pirates of Penzance," "Rnrl” and "The Chlmee of Nor NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for APRIL. 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE Dally .. 75.820 Sunday. 82,588 Do** not Include return*, loft overt, tamplrt nr popart spoiled in prlntlnf and Include** no apodal tala*. B. BREWER, Gen. Mirr V. A. BRIDGE. Cir. M«r. | 5tibiriiliP(l and iwntn to bilari till* 2d Hay of May, 1921 W. H. QU1VEY, (S*»l) Notary Public )L^-—1 mandy" made up the repertoire of which only the last hnd been pre sented on that stage before. William Parson, chorus-master, had under his direction a chorus of 84 of whom 46 were St. Louis boys and girls. Eight operas were seen during the last season by audiences totalling 269,082 persons of whom 72,000 oc cupied free seats. The repertoire in cluded De Koven's "The Highway man," Victor Herbert's "Sweetheart.” Halman's "Sari," Gilbert and Sul livan's "Yeomen of the Guard,” Jones' "The Geisha,” Itetnhardt’s "The Spring Maid," Johann Strauss’ "The Queen's Lace Handkerchief,” and Kalman's "Miss Springtime.” Production cost ranged from $19,111.78 for "Yeomen of the Guard" to $21, 057.11 for "Sweethearts." Only "The Highwayman" showed a loss in the season's books. At Its close the sea son showed a profit of $41,873.40. Out of Today’s Sermons “The Need of Moderation” Is the topic of this morning’s ser mon at the First Inited Presby terian church. J. Clyde MahafTey, pastor, will say in part: Last Wednesday at Indianapolis 135,000 people gathered to witness the annual speed classic. Twenty-four drivers, with perfectly tuned motors, engaged in a 500-mile auto race. At least two were seriously hurt, and we are Inclined to ask—why is it necessary? Why would 135,000 peo ple wish to watch such a contest on Memorial day? Only a few weeks ago, two of our army officers, guiding their airplane, crossed our country from east to west In about 23 hours, hanging up a new record in the air service. And now there are those who claim they will make the same distance in a day time flight, from sun-up to sundown. Far be It from us to dispute their claim. One of the most noted pioneers of the air service confided to frlpnds in the year 1913 that he would be com pelled to give up flying, for. said he: "I simply cannot be moderate.” But. one day, two years later, during an exhibition of fancy flying, he de scended so rapidly in a spiral glide that he crushed one wing of his new monoplane and fell 8,000 feet to his death, furnishing in this the most thrilling of all his daring perform ances. His weakness is ours. Today we "simply cannot be moderate.” The frenzied financier was not al ways so wrought up with excitement. There was a time when he was easily satisfied. He Imagined when he reached a certain financial level he would be satisfied, but he desired to mount higher and higher until finally his machine crumpled and he has failed. It Is Just as true rnnrerntng the man on a small salary. Often he cannot live moderately. He feels he must outdo hts neighbor—he would rise a little higher. His house must be a little better, his service a tittle grander; his dress a little more pre tentious; his wife's hat a little more costly; his automobile a little finer (even though secured by a mortgage on the home). Even as the airman went too high and attempted to outdo every other pilot, so men today are preparing for a destruction that must assuredly come. Let u* be moderate in speech and behavior, remembering that "He who ruleth his own spirit is better than j he who taketh a city." Hev. Albert Kuhn, pastor of Bethany Presbyterian church, will preach this morning on the sub ject, "After Death, What?” He will say: Most folks believe in a Judgment and a life to come after death, and yet they live from day to day with their mind so focussed upon the passing show of this life on earth ns' if they hnd no thought of a bigger fu- j ture. White-haired old men, in the last stages of diabetes or dropsy, with one foot in the grave, are thinking of nothing hut the old story of mak ing money, of doing their chores, and of nursing their hatreds. When the hearse has unloaded our ac-j qualntances at the grave we f rget j them like yesterday's newspapers:! they are hack nutnliers. for widen I -Mine of their folk reserve a litth ' We Nominate— For Nebraska's Hall of Fame. Mrs^y jl I fe&rtiedL Jr I MRS. MARY POPPLETON1 LEARNED, wife of Myron Learned, has won recogni-1 tlon in the literary field. She is a native of Omaha, a daughter rjf the late A. J Poppleton, well known attorney'. Mrs. Learned at tended Miss Aiken's school in Stam ford. Conn., and was graduated from Miss Brown's school in New York City. She is a member of the Omaha Woman's Press club. Mrs. Learned Is the author and pro ducer of "The Three Masques," "The Spirit of Waldron Woods." which was given about six years ago In Hanscom part for the benefit of the Red Cross; "Pan and the Rose Fairy," given a little later at the Brandeis theater for the benefit of the Day Nursery, and "Voices of the Dunes.” which wag presented at the Prairie club, near Chicago. This last was screened and shown at various theaters throughout the United States. A prologue for a Christmas ballet by Mrs, Learned was given at the Urandeis, and "Once a Year." a one act play, was presented by the Craik Studio players before the Omaha Drama league at the Fontene-lle hotel. Mrs. Learned has also written nu merous music and art criticisms for the newspapers. space in the attic of memory, but for which the rest of the world has no room. To the Christian the thought of his life after death should be a constant companion. "X go to prepare a place tor you," their Master promised them. Some people say that preachers talk too much about Heaven, they should bother themselves more about this world. I don't agree with them. If folks would think more of Heaven. I and of hell, for that matter, they1 would beware more of living the life of misers, liars, thieves, blackmailers, bootleggers, home wreckers here be low; the captain of industry would r.ot think more of hoarding his pile than of giving his working brother a living wage: the plumber would not charge us two hours for a half hour’s job; the politician would not scatter s lot of fake stories about his political opponents. No. folks keep their eyes too much on the ground Instead of lifting them to our Eternal Father and our eternal destiny. Science may not be able to prove continued existence of man's spirit after death, but it certainly cannot disprove it. Snne spiritual faith never has to fear that sane science will up set it. Man's bel > f in his eternal life la part of his very constitution, and that was given him by a God who is the Truth. Let us think much of Heaven: let the thought of it be a consolation to us. when this Ilf* seems gray and dull; let it inspire us to plan otir days wisely; let' It chasten us If we have been too absorbed in trivialities. Overdoing It. The Screen Comic—Why are you givln’ me the gate” Ain’t I funny enough for this picture’ The Director—You're too funny. Tou made the camera man laugh so bard he spoiled 500 feet of film — Houston Rost, The Cable-Nelson Artist and Amateur both find in the Cable-Nelson that wonderfully satisfying something that has ever distinguished the “aristocracy" of high-priced pianodom. Yet, due to unusual selling and manufacturing methods, the Cable-Nelson is offered you at an easily affordable price. Come in today and see for yourself. You will like the action. You will love the tone. And you will be captivated by the finish. This, we believe, has never been excelled by any pianos. Come in Today Sit Doirn to a Cable-Kelson Sold on Convenient Terms iVljospe do. 1513-15 Douglas Street AROUND I NEBRASKA Omaha Is getting to be the. eham ' plon convention city Of Nebraska. Welcome to the honor.—York News Times. In addressing the umaha Bar asso ciation John L. Webster urged that current propaganda oy those who would alter or cnange the govern ment from the original plan laid down by the constitution must be answered and combated it the American gov ernment is to be perpetuated. A revival of the spirit or the signers of the Declaration of Independence is needed.—Kearney Hub. Whjt a chance for the shoe manu facturers to claim it was their brands of shoes that won out In the fox trot contests now spreading over the coun try like an epidemic of the dancing mania of the middle ages. And may be we are only entering the beginning of idiocy. Here comes an announce ment from France that a couple there just completed a nonstop roller skat ting performance of lis!> miles in 24 hours and 7 minutes. Now who will be the first "loony” American to lower that record?—Grand Island Inde pendent. Wouldn’t It be tine If we could only make ourselves believe dande lions are beautiful and ornamental? What a delightful city we would have! —York Republican. Wealth may be disease, as Mr. Bryan says It is, but if so It is not as contagious as we would Itke to have it.—Norfolk News. President Harding declares that a * conservative line must be drawn be tween those who want to tinker dras tically with our form of governmeat and those who are too timid to try anything new, and he suggests that ihere should be greater interest In government displayed by the people of these United States. These are words of wisdom. But are the people In a mood to listen?—Kearney Hub. A local girl when told that Amer ica's next war would probably be In the near east, said she didn’t believe there was really that much ill-feeling between Fremont and Valley,—Fre mont Tribune. That business Is good and sound in America Is attested by numerous facts, among them being the growth in numbers of the chain retail stores, and the avidity with which subscrip tions are filed when the government offers treasury notes for sale.—Mc Cook Tribune. The headline of an editorial in one of the dailies says: "Is chivalry dead? Men no longer protect women.” Men do. The trouble is we call all things in breeches men. But they're not.— Sidney Enterprise. Some folks think they are democra tic Just because they eat pie with a knife.—Harvard ('uorler. My idea rf auto suggestion is when my wife tells me how to drive one.— Gering Courier. Jack Dempsey is playing golf In preparation for his fight with Tom Gibbons, which is the proper thing to do provided Jack is a dub. A golf game has much the same effect ■n the fighting propensltes of a dub. is a drink of Texas likker has on a jack rabbit—Norfolk News. Folly After all perhaps It's folly, dear, The greatest kind, I feel whene'er I think of it alone, and yet, . This folly sweet of loving you Is something that I 'ant forget. The fact remains that it Is true. Sometimes I doubt If It be wise, But when I look Into your eyes And presa your half-reluctant lips. Its folly seems so sweet to me I thrill from heart to finger tips. Then folly, folly let it be. The wise ones sneer and say I’m mad. But thoughts of you make midnight glad, And, since, dear heart, you under stand, I pity them they never knew The soft caress of your dear hand. The folly sweet of loving you. —H. H. Fariss. A Book oj Today It has been many years since a more interesting figure than David Lloyd George was prime minister of England. Even now, when out of of fice, he has a position of great influ ence. The narrative of his career could therefore he nothing but inter w-ting. The publication of Mr. Frank Dilnot’s "Lloyd George," (Harper’s), is timely. Mr. Dilnot knew his sub ject Intimately and tells well the story of the rise of the Welsh village boy to the prime ministry. In his narrative he relates some old, some new. and some good anecdotes of English politics. The new' edition of "The Sea Hawk" of Rafael Sabatlnl. (Houghton-Miffiln), will confirm the opinion of those who see in this writer an historical novel ist of the first rang. This is another pirate story, a tale of Barbary cor sairs and an Englishman who fell among them, and a love affair which was Interrupted by the strange events which befell Sir Oliver Tresilllan. Daily Prayer l He that trunteth in the Lord mercy shall compaea him about.—Pa. 22:10. Our Father, ir. Whom we live and move and have our being, we thank Thee for Thy care, for our home, for our parents, and our friends. We thank Thee for the joy of salvation, for the halth of body and vigor cf mind, for the joy and delights of so cial Intercourse. We thank Thee for Jesus Christ, for His sacrifice for us. and for the promise of eternal life through faith ir. Him. Teach us. our Father, how to ap preciate Thy love to us. Thy bound less care and Thy constant watchful ness. Indicate to us the things which Thou wouldst have us to do. Teach us how to he helpful and kind one to another. Teach us how to live so as to bring joy and blessing Into the lives of others. Give unto us the Holy Spirit, that we may know the true meaning of Thy will. Help us to watch and pray as we walk In the midst of temptation. Make us to ab hor evil and to cleave only to what is good. Strengthen us In the day of adversity. Protect us from the snares of prosperity. Help us to do only the things which are pleasing to Thee. H»ar us. O God, in this our prayer, for Jesus' sake. Amen. REV. R R BT-TTCRWICK Mount vine. P*. Funeral Home of F. J. Stack & Co. A reputation for fairness in the conduct of our business means more to us than money. I < Ambulance Service Pierce-Arrow F. J. Stack & Co. Funeral Directors 3324 Farnsm Street -iEWx Jf<iils. i&mfh Baknll " * Thirty-ninth Year A Select Boarding School for Girls Offering instruction of high class, in tws’ve grsd*», to a limited . number of additional students. Large Faculty—Small Classes Our Junior College Department Gives an Intensive First Two Years' Course in Standard College Work, With Individual Attention to Each Girl Special Classes in Art, Music, Voice, Domestic Science Endowment! make moderate term! possible here. The School for Y our Girl bor interesting literature, please address Misi Eunice Peabody, Principal