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The Morning Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N 1 N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., PublUhw. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thi AMOciatwt of which Th# Bm li a m«nib«r. \» exclusively to tha um for republioation of all ntw* dispstclies credited to It or not atterwlaa credited In tht* paper, and alao tha l'«sl nawa ptibliabad herein. All nghti of rapubllcatltma of our apeclal diapatchea are alao reserved. BEE TELEPHONES PHvata Branch Exchange. Aek for the Department y^X lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: iftnn Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17tn and Famarn Co. Bluffa - - - 16 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N , New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. NATION WATCHES A SICK BED. President Harding’s illness will distress the na tion, even if it be accompanied by no result more serious than the ending of his vacation trip, which was proceeding so joyously. It is a matter of na tional concern when the president is taken ill, no matter how slightly, for he is in a position of pe culiar importance to all the people. That is why in all parts of the country news from his bedside is awaited with such intense interest. It was so when Mr. Wilson was stricken, and when any president before him was threatened by sickness or danger of any sort. Mr. Harding’s present indisposition is reported to be of a nature that might easily be thrown off, were it not accompanied by a bodily depression in cident to the fatigue-producing-effects of the long trip that has been such a heavy strairt on his physi cal strength. That he will recover is practically as sured, but he has prudently abandoned the rest of his tour, and will return to Washington with all speed, once he is again able to travel. The incident well illustrates one of the dangers to which the chief executive of the United States is exposed. He is required to give close and unremit ting attention to a steadily multiplying host of of ficial duties, particularly those that accumulate during a session of congress, and when he does get a few days off from the routine of his position, his people expect him to turn to an even more strenuous form of occupation, that of making speeches and attending receptions, banquets and the like. Mr. Harding has been overwhelmed with kindness, ever since he left the White House on his present journey, back in June, and has in every city endeavored to respond to the wishes of his host, and the big job has been too much for him, just as it would be for any man. Grover Cleveland’s duck hunts in the Carolina inlets and marshes, or his fishing journeys to some quiet Massachsetts bay, were ideal periods of rest for a man whose capacity had been stretched to the limit. Other presidents have found recreation after the manner that best met their requirements, and Mr. Harding has taken little journeys, most of which have been attended by such commotion as put real rest out of the question. His present trip would have covered a greater mileage than any president before him had achieved, on which he would have seen more of the country and met more of its people face to face. Ascribe its end to copper-tainted crabs, and there still lurks the opinion that the president had undertaken too much. His early and complete recovery is the hope of> all the nation, and with his return to the White House a complete restoration to health and strength for the performance of his manifold and exacting duties. MOTHER IS HOME AT LAST. A A singular tragedy of the war was brought lo public atfention by The Omaha Bee on Sunday. It was the story of a woman who has been reunited with her family, after a separation of four years. She had gone to her old home in Denmark, just be fore the war began in 1914, and was held up there for four years. Returning to Omaha, she found her old home broken up, her family disappeared, and she left alone. During the last four years she has gone patiently about her own business, quietly looking out for a trace of her family, and always hoping she would get some word of her missing oved ones. One can easily understand why she kept her own counsel, although the outcome shows she might better have consulted the authorities much sooner than she did. Omaha is not such a large place that whole families can be swallowed up and leave no trace, yet it seems that such was the case. Day after day she want along, always trusting that news would come to her from her children or her hus band, and night after night she laid down to sleep, disappointed, discouraged, but never entirely des pairing. One day last week, she saw on the street a young man driving an auto who resembled one of her boya in appearance. This gave her new hope, ind at last she applied to the police for help. A systematic search commenced, and in a very few hours the mother was clasped in the arms of a son who had mourned her for dead. This is only one of many cases of families that were scattered by the waves of warfare, and not in all these has the sequel been as happy. The one point in the tale is that much sorrow would have been prevented had the mother been less proud and more willing to ask for assistance from those whose chief business it is to render aid to those who are in need. WHEN SENATORS DISAGREE, WHAT? Wonder is beginning to be displayed as to why he senators went to Europe at all. Each professed when he was going abroad that he only wanted to ttudy conditions at first hand. Having made that «tudy, each as he returns to his native land expresses himself as unchanged in his attitude. Why, then, did he go to Europe? Senator Wheeler of Montana comes home con* vinccd that the soviet government of Russia is all shot to pieces; Senator Brookhart of Iowa comes back with the tidings that the soviet government is the greatest thing that ever happened. Neither of these gentlemen saw anything in Russia or else where that made the slightest differences in views he had uttered before making the trip. By the way, Senator Brookhart at Eldon, on Saturday, de clared a war of extermination on the “standpatters," by which term we believe he designates those who do not hold to his views. He clings to his opinions with a tenacity that might justify another in calling him a standpatter. Senator Johnson, Senator Sherman and others of the junketeers are hack and standing just where they started. Each went abroad to get facts to sup port his personal opinion, and each seems to have succeeded. In the meantime, the plain American citizen is just a bit puzzled to determine what really is going on in Europe, when so many able men make personal investigation*, and gain such widely vary ing result*. A land where the farmer* own their own tools and their land, and the workingmen largely their own homes is not subject to violent revolution. 0 NINE YEARS AGO AND NOW. The approaching anniversary of the World War will be observed in different countries in various ways. In England great demonstrations in favor of no more war are planned, exhibiting the temper of the people, which already has had a very impressive illustration. We may be very sure that had the British government felt the people would have supported another war, the reported outcome at Lausanne would never have been reached. Other European nations are equally tired of war, and are really making efforts to bring to an end the effects of the one recently concluded in the field. France, alone of the great powers, seems bent on perpetuating government by force. The Poincare policy has gone so far along this track as to bring about what looks like a new alinement of political forces in Europe. A recent note from Premier Bald win, addressed specifically to France and Belgium, . but communicated to all the Allies and to the United States, without being made public, has had a marked effect on Brussels. While the French government has declined to meet the British proposals, the Bel gian government takes the other attitude, and now endorses, the suggestion for a further conference over reparations to be exacted from Germany. In this it includes .discussion of plans for reorganizing German finances, the readjustment of Allied debts, and other details. Italy has made definite proposals for the reject ing of the French suggestion that all war debts, in cluding those owed the United States, be pooled. Mussolini proposes that the British plan be followed. These announcements leave France alone in the po sition into which she has been maneuvered by Poin care and his associates. She must now go it alone, or retrace some of her recent steps. From Germany comes a more optimistic note than has been heard recently. Revolt threatened against the Cuno government has collapsed, while President Ebert and the premier have appealed to the people to stand firm in unity for the support of the government and the restoratibn of peace and prosperity for the nation. Cuno insists that the threat of famine is groundless, and that while the life of the nation is being throttled by the condi tions in the Ruhr, these will not stand forever a bar to the way of progress. Whatever may be England's reason for the course now taken, with the co-operation of Belgium and Italy, it will lead to a reconstruction of certain ' terms laid down for Germany, and perhaps to a re adjustment that will permit the renewal of industrial activity in that country. Until the German indus tries are again in operation, there is little or no chance for any reparation charges to be made. One can not collect a debt by choking the debtor to death. As it is the disorganization of the industrial life of Germany by the French occupation of the Ruhr is being felt all over the world, and the depression of business is almost as great in France as in Germany. Nine years ago war was in the air; today the ef fects of that war linger in hatreds and exhibitions of greed that sow the seeds of new wars. The fur ther conference proposed by Premier Baldwin, and which may soon come to pass, ought to remove some of the obstacles. Unless it does, France will doubt less find herself alone in the course she is following, and in that isolation will taste the Dead Sea fruit that “tempts the eye, and turns to ashes on the lips." LET NATURE DO THE PAINTING If a group of New York women have their way, the wash rag is to be shortly substituted for the pow der puff, and good soap and water for the rouge and other paint that now shines from the flapper’s face. Some reason for this. Not that the flapper will not do pretty much as she pleases, anyhow. She always has, in every age. It is her birthright, and whether we say her nay or not, she will exercise it. Here is the point. The objection is not so much to the use of paint as to the way it is used. Tastes have changed. A generation ago the girls were using flake white, to give to their sun-burned cheeks the pallid hue that was considered then the limit of attractiveness. Arguments of all sorts were used against the practice. Flake white carried its own punishment, though, for it was compounded princi pally of arsenic and the poisoning that followed in dulgence was serious. Harmless face powders are numerous and gener ally used. Something must be at hand to subdue the luster of a shining nose. Equally, there should be something to give the tinge of healthy youth to checks that are sallow by nature. For nature will not do it all. A girl may be ever so healthy, normal in all regards, and yet be cursed with a complexion that needs treatment. Plenty of useful cosmetics are available, so the girl who knows how to use them can attain very satisfactory results. Many of the younger girls do not know how to apply the paint they use, but daub themselves until they resemble Indians ready for a ceremonial dance. If they really need paint, they should take lessons in its use. But until she is well out of the flapper stage the average girl has little more need of paint ! than a cat has for two tails. When they learn how much better looking they are without it, they will let their bright young faces shine as nature intended they should, lit up with the bloom of young girlhood, a beauty that passes, but which is unsurpassed while it lasts. The “most favored nation" sounds good in con nection with Turkey, but it doesn't mean much. Michigan may have blue laws, bu nothing like a blue Sunday. Any complaint about the weather for the last week? Homespun Verse —By Omaha’* Own I’oet— Robert WorthinRton Davie IT’S EASY M's easy to shun, and easy to darken a path that * man may go, It * easy to seek for hla trifling faults and burden hi* heart with woe; It's easy to gaze on the gloomy side of the vision he views afar, And shadow with doubt, within and without, the light of hla beacon star. It's easy to tarnish a noble desire by lending a Jealous frown, And keep a man In the lowly mire when once he has fallen down. It's easy to measure tho thing* that nre for th# little they show of worth, And steepen tho grads with a barricade wrought of prosaic earth. Its easy to flout; Its easy to jeer and fashion th# future grim It’s easy to shackle the very soul that call* to I he man In him, And humble his hope of reaching the goal for which his dreams nsplre Hut belter Is It to mark him flt for the loftiest mortal desire. t “The People’s Voice” EiM«ri«li from roadoro ol Thu Mrraint Boa. Rradera of Th« Mornlag Boa aro Invltod to um thla column froat* far axproMlon an matter! af public lattnef. "Co-Op*” Here to Stay. Walthill, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Everett C. Brown, who occupies the position of president of the National Livestock exchange in Chicago, made some remarkable statements in an interview some time ago. His statement has been exten sively quoted. It is a well-known fact that the farmers' co-operative commission companies in these large terminal stock markets, which have been doing business less than two years, are handling, in several instances, as high as 40 per cent of the livestock reach ing these terminal markets. The Na tional Livestock Producers- associa tion, with headquarters at Chicago and branches in all of the leading lievestock terminals, has returned to the farmers who ship as much as 30 per cent of the commission ordinarily charged on the business handled. Mr. Brown is evidently quite con oorned about the constantly increas ing amount of business done by this organization of farmers who propose to handle their own business and fol low it to the market, and his state ment. blames the co-operative for the reduction in the price of hogs. He says In substance that the concentra tion of a large volume of the hogs under the control of this farmers’ co operative has limited competition and reduced the price. It does not take very much calcula tion to see the fallacy of this state ment. In 1911, the same condition occurred. There were no co-operative selling agencies on the market. Corn went up in price and a lot of hogs were rushed onto the market so that the corn could be saved. I-ast year's crop of hogs was above the normal. The prices were good. Every avail able hog was put. on feed. An abnor mal number of feeders were put in the feed yard. The corn crop was fed up; the foreign demand was exceptionally strong; and com prices in the primary market, whirh opened at 40 cents last fall, encouraged feeding, but they gradually advanced until the spring prices in the primary market were between 60 cents and 70 cents. This drove the hogs to market. Many of them were unfinished, and the com was turned to supply the advancing market. Neither the farmers nor the public are deceived by any such false state ments as were made by Mr. Brown. His statement was made for the sole purpose of discrediting the co-opera tive movement, which he knows will succeed and handle the major por tion of the stock reaching the term inal markets. The organized dealers tn farm prod ucts might just as well realize that the farmers co-operative organizations have come to stay; they have made their mistakes and profited by them; that they are placing their business organizations on a safe, conservative hasis, and the farmer today demands, and will avail himself of the right that other organized business enjoys, namely, the privilege of following his products to anv market he choose*, even though It leads to the consumer. HARRY L. KEEFE Words for "A Business Girl." Wausa, >$eb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Just a word In re ply to "A Business Girl," whose let ter appeared In Friday's Bee. If "A Business Girl” would put in more time to get informed on condi tions as they exist today instead of finding fault with the old fashioned. God fearing mothers who raise a voir* of warning to the Godless people of our age and day, she would not ac cuse a mother of being ignorant. It is mother’s heart that is bleeding for the welfare of her wayward son and daughter. "A Business Girl'' admits that all is not well with the modern girl, but she tries to shift the re sponsibility on to the men. For the sake of argument, let us admit that the men are the most to blame But the girl who finds her name defamed through being an accessory to a crime so black that It is impossible with words to properly describe It will find very little consolation in that But I can hear ''Business Girl ' say; "We girls can't help that we are taken advantage of." Yes, you can, listen! Don't go out for a wild night: don't get drunk on white mule or bootleg whisky: don't get drunk;don't go out with one whose character Is questioned; don't get intimate with strangers or those whom you know very little about. In other words, choose your companions with care But first read your Bible and follow Its precepts, and I'm sure that there will lie more moral men and fewer girls that shall have to drink the hit ter cup of remorse to its very dregs In "Business Girl's" letter she says that she Is what thev term "chicken." I do not question her assertion to that effect. Her letter seems to bear that out But. rememtier. skunks prey on chickens often with fatal results In conclusion "A Business Girl" says; We are a happy lot " God grant that this was true, and no one front the bottom of the heart would wish It more than I But Itefore I get through 1 shall try to convince you that any one that can make such a claim Is either blind, ignorant or a fool Quoting a man who knows what he is talking about, a member of the Federal Reserve board, working with Hoover, Wallace nnd Davis, at Washington. D C , says there Is more crime committed In the automobile with the curtains pinned down than was ever committed through the aid of the pistol anil whisky In the palmiest days of the saloon. A decade ago the divorce was a scandal that It was a dlsgrare to men tion. Today divorces are ao common Daily Prayer f will pi Ain# The* with my wh^l* heart, before the gods will 1 e|n* praise into Th»** I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and pralar Thy Nam# for Thy loving kindn*sa and for Thy truth for Thou hnat masnlfled Thy word above ail Thy Name.—re rxxsvtll, 1 ? Dear Father, we thank Thee f**r i restful night, for sleep, anti for Thy rare Now we look to The* for a blessing as wt* begin a tiew day May we pass through It without hurt, or sickness or death May we not fail In doing our work in everything may we remember Thee, and honor Then in our words as well as our nets. Olv* us love for Thee in our hearts, and perfect trust that Thou will direct us and bring t«» pnss what Is for our good Supply us with everything needful, and ntske us happy In Thy love llless Thy people everywhere, and help the missionaries and ministers in their w'ork. that nil who dwell upon this earth may soon learn of Jesus Christ and Ills love and desire to save them Clive help to those In want, and strength to the weak Remember al? who are dear to us. according to their nteda And forgive all mu sins for the sake of .1 this Christ, our bn vlor Amen wjr.i.tam r sior\KH. Philadelphia, fa Back In 1880 the local editor of The Omaha Bee didn't seem to care if the paper had any aubncrlbera at all in Council Bluffn. On September 2, 1880, Rutherford U. Mayen, president of the United Staten, visited Omaha, hla spe cial train running through Council Bluffn without mopping, and over the Union Pacific bridge to Omaha. In the evening edition the big headline wan: “Fog Town Furious—Rutherford B. Runs Through the Village Without Discovering Ita Whereabout!!.'' Skipp ing the further details of how the re porter rubbed It into Council Bluffn. the ntory of how Omaha received a president 43 yearn ago may be Intereat ing. "At this side a number of army ambulances and carriages were In waiting, into which the party stepped at once and drove out to Fort Omaha. The president took a seat with the driver in front, carrying an umbrella to protect himself from the rain, while Cleneral Sherman and daughter, Mrs. Hayes and sister rode Inside the same conveyance. "General Hayes Is, It will he remem bered, quite a property owner in this city. He came to Nebraska first in 1866 with an excursion party, the t'nlon Pacific road having been Just completed to North Platte at that time. He called on Byron Reed and Invested In some city lots. He still owns these, Byron Reed acting as his agent, and says he will not sell them at present. He has great faith in the future of Omaha, and expects to'make a little spec' on his property, which is located on Tenth street, tack of the B. A M headquarters, and on Six teenth street north of Jefferson square The drive to the fort was by way of Sherman avenue. After visit ing the fort, the party was driven to the school house, the new government corral, the customs ^touse, and else where about the city, and about 1 returned to the depot, where a new special train was made up and wait ing for them. They were also Joined here by Secretary of War Ramsey of Minnesota, who arrived on the North western at 9. The party as it left here consisted of President Hayes and wife, Ruther ford B. Hayes Jr., Burchard Hayes. Secretary Ramsey, J. W. Herron and wife of Cincinnati, Mrs. Mitchell of f'olumbus, Dr. Huntington of the Soldiers' home. Washington: General W. T Sherman, Miss Rachel Sher man. Mrs Hunt of Oakland. Cal Mrs. Audenreid of Washington. General McCook of Sherman's staff, Mr. Jameson. P. O. D.; C. L. Barr, Secre tary Ramsey's private secretary and wife, and Mr. Furness, the secretary's son-in-law. "From Omaha they go to Ogden, down to Salt Lake, back to Ogden, and thence to Sacramento, where they will attend the state fair September 29 and 30. From there different place* of Interest on the Pacific coast will be visited, even to a trip to the end of the Southern Pacific road, ar riving hack in Washington about Oc tober 25. covering in all a distance of over 8,000 miles. "Their train over the t'nlon Pacific to Ogden consists of a waycar, one Baggage car. special C , B & Q. cars Nos. 50 and 99: the dining car, St. Charles, which Is to accompany the party through on Its trip, and the t'nlon Pacific directors' car. ' The train run* as third section of No, 3, and will make only the regular time of 22 miles per hour, "There wss no excitement whatever over the visit of the chief magls trate of the nation visible on the street* or elsewhere. At the depot there were not 25 persons drawn there from curiosity, and had the papers not announced his comic, g the president might have come and gone snd none been the wiser of It.' 1A Book of Today 1 A volume of poetns. "In Diverse Mood," by Cletus Zembrodt, ha* lately been published by the Stratford company. Boston Mass. These poems describe life through the seasons. Spring a* youth'snd delight: Summer ts drowsy content and beauty: fall as doubt and sorrow: Winter as peace and appreciation of faded pleasures The meier is iambic tetrameter, while lhe arrangement of rhyme I* unlver sal and fits appropriately the nature of the poems. "Infunitlve and Other Mood* ' con tain* timely articles and ilever thymes, written by Henry Harrison, vnd concludes with a series of witty verses from the pen of Vaughn G Hannlngton Perhaps the most con Owing thing alsvut these miscel lanies is their tendency to Impart the frolicsome shade of everything In general The hook Is published by Molomime Publictlon*. Inc, New fork. N. Y that they don't attract our attention In a great many parts of our other wise grand and glorious nation Out of every hundred marriages nearly 00 per cent end til the divorce court. In many of our large cities they have so-called trial marriages If something I* not done to remedy this condition It will not l>e long before the mar rtage will he done away with If a "llusiness Ulrl" wants to verity these statements, let her writ© Judge Hen Iilndsoy of Denver, i'olo., and I'm sure she will get a reply (hat is an eye opener. Vour* fov a higher standard of moralit) C R ANDERSON. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for June, 1923. of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 72,799 j Sunday. 77,783 Do#* not InrluiU return*. I#ft ov*r*. •nmploa or pnpcr# apoitod In printing and inrludta no gp*ci«l talot. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE. Cir. Mgr. Subitribrd nod i«orn to bfloit m* this 7th day of Inly. 1923 W H QUIVEY. (SmII Notary Public i “From Slate and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— South Dakota's State Park. FTom the L>eadwood Telegram C'omparatie ely few of the people have adequate realization of the re suits of the action of the legislature of 1911 in providing for the creation of a South Dakota state park. A book let on the "Custer state park,” as it has been christened, will be a revela tion to many of the beauty of this area which has been set aside for all time as a playground for the people of this slate. The Black Hills are now popularly referred to as "the playgrounds of South Dakota,” because It Is to this cool, Invigorating, scenic area that many come during the heat of sum mer on the prairies And there are many beauties in Spearflsh canyon and other secluded sections which will always attract visitors and hold those who come to remain awhile. But In the area, known as the state park are found many of the major attractions of the Black Hills, and It Is welt that they kave been set aside to be preserved In pristine beauty and made by modern conveniences a summer home for many, as It will shortly become. The original state park is an area of 61.440 acres lying north and east of Custer. It was originally planned to be a game preserve, but the larger possibilities speedily developed. By exchange of lands with the federal government and by purchase of some of private owners, an enlarged com pact area was brought under control of the state. It contains the game preserve, several thousand acres, which Is enclosed by a high woven wire fence, wherein are confined buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, moose and mountain sheep, thus preserving to the coming generation* a remnant of the wild animal life of the west which has bees almost extinguished by the march of civilization. As originally constituted the park tlid not include Harney peak, the highest point in the Black Hills, Syl van lake and other rugged beauty spots in that vicinity. But as a re sult of the efforts of officials of this state, in 1920 Harney peak and Sylvan lake districts, comprising 30,000 acres, were by act of congress meiged with the original stats park area and placed under control of the state park board, being designated as the Custer state park game sanctuary. How ever, the forest service retains super vision over the timber and maintains lire patrol. This enlarged state park, now con taining nearly 100,000 acres—156 square miles, and Is the largest state park In the t'nlted States, requiring a 60 mile fence to surround it. With in lti confines are Harney peak, eleva tion 7.J54 feet, highest point between the Atlantic coast and the Rocky mountains; Sheep mountain. 6,100 feet, and Rurkhorn mountain, 6,000 feet. Between these and other lofty peaks are numerous gorges, canyons, pine clad hills and mountain streams. To make this playground for the people of South Dakota more accessi ble and attractive, central highways l ave been constructed and a "State Dodge" erected. At this I>odge hotel accommodations are provided at rea sonable cost, and at Sylvan lake there Is a good hotel, though not large, under private management For those who desire to remain longer and get more Into the solitudes of na ture. camping privileges are given under regulations. And many have obtained permits to erect summer residences to which they can retire und rest in comfort, yet surrounded !>y alt of these great beauties and wonders of nature. There are enough' points of inter iwt in the state park for many trip* of those who temporarily sojourn therein. Sylvan lake, Harney peak. The Needles, the Giant’s Window, and many other entrancing scenes are ever new even to those who have seen them most. And it requires no vision to see. in a few years, hun dreds of summer homes In this area and hundreds of thousands of visitors to the "Switzerland of America." Already federal and state officials and' other prominent citizens have erected such homes there, and others »re planning to do likewise. While Srenxftsh canyon, the most beautiful In the hills, will continue to attract many who desire deep solitude, and Rapid canyon, conveniently located, will draw many campers and others for a few days' outing, it is probable that Custer state park will he most favored for the erection of summer home*, at least until such Unit as It becomes too crowded and •’civilized" for those who desire seclusion and restful qtflet. Forbidden Fruit. from ibe Manchester Guardian The member of the Bath city coun cil who has offered a large number of fruit trees for planting in the pub lic parks of his city take* a some what unusual view of youth's respon slblllty. To plant the trees and leave the fruit to follow the blossom in Its season would provide, he suggests. *• a lesson In self-control for the boys of Bath." It would also, perhaps, provide occasions for one or two lec tures on the desirability of that self control, lectures which would have to be provided by those who are In charge of the boys of Bath. A re spect for the apple trees of other peo pie Is not exactly an Inherited characteristic In the young of the hu man race, and unguarded apples In a public park might well present them selves as the legitimate spoil of the agile. All the same, it seems no bad thing to suggest that the appl»s should be left unguarded and that the responsibility for respecting them should remain with their natural ravishers. Few modern tendencies that really matter are more clearly marked than the tendency to push the "age of discretion" farther and farther on Into manhood. We are a very long way from the days when Gibbon was packed off to school at 9 years old with the assurance that he was now "going out into the great world.” and would henceforth he re garded as chiefly responsible for his own virtues and misdoings In our view the human animal at 9 is scarce ly fit to be entrusted with the declin ing of a first declension substantive, and to suggest it* responsibility for an adequate distinction between right and wrong is almost monstrous. Per haps it is; the 17th and 18th centuries produced prodigies, but. having blos somed early, they' had a habit of dying comparatively young But It is also possible that now and then we in our different turns demand too lit tle from youth and adolescence: the fruit must be not only forbidden, it must be definitely walled off. There Is no doubt that we are justified by the average of vital statistics, but in the matter of character and applied Intelligence there is no equivalent test. The donor of the Bath fruit trees would evidently return to the earlier standard of strict, personal re Abe Martin - - - If Shelby, Mont., is a rube town, how about New York, where 100, 000 people paid t' see Jess Willacy drop on one knee an’ pick up $1*0, 000? I’ve tried my best t’ play golf, but I alius git homesick," said Lafe Bud, t’day. ('opjrirlit. 1923. sponsibility; it is to lx? hoped that the increase in real virtue will b» a fa.r offset against the loss of ripe ap ples. \ Poor Prophet. Ex-President Wilson assured la d Robert Cecil that the United Fta'c* would join the league of nations i/ord Robert should not get too h- r r ful. however. Up until election night Mr. Wilson was absolutely confde that Governor Cox would be elec’ed on the league issue—Kansas C.ty Times. HAVE The Omaha Morning Bee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation, Phone AT lantic 1000, Circulation Department. 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