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The Sunday Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE HEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republlcation of our special dispatches are also reserved. ~ BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department »T lantlo or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: - AAA Editorial Department. AT lantle 1021 or AT. 1042. 1UUV OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Council Bluffs—15 Scott St. S. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago-—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syndicate Trust Los Angeles—Homer-Laughlin _ Bld«- Bldg. Ban Francisco—Hearst Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. MANY MINDS, BUT ONE GOD. Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, talking tq the Metho dist conference at Ames, came out strongly for the present system of subdivision among the churches. Not because he docs not appreciate the benefit of united effort to bring to fruition a common hope, but because he fears that if all the churches were merged into one denomination, it would lead to self satisfaction, and consequent stagnation in the work. The thought of the bishop is in line with much of the economic argument used in debating the trusts or similar combinations of capital in industry ■nd commerce. Experience there has proved very conclusively that up to a certain point the multiplica tion of units or consolidation of effort is worth the trouble by producing good results, but there comes a point at which efficiency is impaired if not abso lutely destroyed by making the organization un wieldy. Just where this point is can not always be readily determined, but great magnates dread the thought of perfect monopoly unless the fact may be accomplished by a relatively small organization. No monopoly of religion is humanly possible, for religion it a personal matter, frequently changing ' opinions and views, and going from one creed to another as expanding thought leads them on toward truth. Eleven great religions exist in the world, and an uncounted number of minor beliefs. Each of the great groups is divided and subdivided into many smaller groups, until the shades of opinion and be lief, creed and dogma, become a bewildering con fusion, yet all aim in the end at man’s salvation and future happiness. Most of them acknowledge the one great God, whether he be called Jehovah, Allah, or what. It would be amazing if this were not so. All be liefs or faiths may have sprung from one root, but the growth has branched into many trunks and limbs, as man’s mind has been caught and worked upon by one or another of the manifestations that impress upon it the knowledge of God. Difference of opinion in this regard is not fatal. God has declared His way and His word, but men do not interpret the message in the same fashion. Insistence on the accuracy of the creed of one and the mistake of the beliefs of another does not convince all. Eyes do not see alike, ears do not hear alike, and thoughts do not run al ways side by side. Bishop Stuntz is right on the main point, for unity of creed or dogma scarcely will be attained. “One star differeth from another star in glory,” and so do the minds of men diverge on even simpler matters than how best to express their faith in and reverence for God. And yet all of us will cross the same river, and enter by the same gate when we de part from this life to take on the new. CAMPUS WILL SURELY MISS HIM. A bit of news came up from Lincoln during the week that was read with sorrow by the boys and girls who have been in and out of the University of Nebraska any time during the last thirty years and longer. Dr. James Thomas Lees asked for and was granted a year's leave of absence; to be spent in the milder climate of California, in the hope of recover ing his bodily vigor. The faculty will approach the Board of Regents with a request that Dr. Lees be put on part time work, along with some other emi nent professors whose health has broken in the service. Dr. Lees was a little more than a schoolmaster, or, maybe it would be a little better put if we said his conception of pedagogy was broader than that of most teachers. He had a deep and healthy inter est in men outside the class room, and his associa tions were those of one man with another and not of a superior being condescending to greet inferiors. If he knew Greek and Sanscrit, and he certainly did, he also knew how to take a boy by the hand, and find out what he had in mind behind the list of studies that made up his course at school. He an swered to the name of "Jimmy,” for the matter of that among a group of intimates with whom he would foregather occasionally, when the talk drifted far away from the campus. These qualifications, as well as his learning, endeared him to those he met in his daily round. Not alone as head of the department of dead lan guages and as provost of the university will he be missed from his haunts, but a host of really sincere friends will regret that he has been so overtaken just when he ought to be the most useful—for he is only 64—all will hope that California's salubrious climate will work one of those cures for which it is famed, and restore “Jimmy” Lees to the campus. "NEEDED THE MONEY.” What sort of a' worm gets into the head of a boy to turn him from the paths of respectability Into those of crime, just because he “needed the money?” The excuse he offers is not sufficient. Young Millard, who haa Just confssed that he robbed the office of the county treasurer at Hartington knew what he was about. He was a law student, and could not help being acquainted with the law on breaking and entering, burglary in its different degrees, and so on. His father is county attorney of Cedar county, and the young man had been deputy county treasurer. Familiarity with the law, the obligation* of office and citizenship, all went into the discard together. Criminologists are baffled to explain such lapse* from the moral path. One of the reasons assigned is that the boy planned on getting married, but even that doea not answer, for he could not help knowing that a happy married life could not be founded on crime. Yet, there be is, under charge of burglary, to which crime he has confessed. His father will de fend him, as a father should, for any boy Is worth the best efTort his father ran make to get him out of trouble. His companion in the enterprise is danger ously hurt as a result of the automobile accident that led to their detection. His mother, too, sorrows, and her situation will get her sympathy from all who ■top to think. The law has a claim on both these lads that can not be gainsaid, and they will have to settle with the law. Their experience is but another of the signs aet up so that all boys can read, and men, too, point ing the way to honest living and showing the futility of crime. When a boy needs the money, the best way la to get it by honest work. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WILD LIFE? “Breathe# there a man with soul so dead” that he takes no notice of the life around him, who does not love birds and flowers, and the bees and the blos soms, the saucy squirrel with his tail arched over his back, or the chipmunk, slipping like a streak across the road or along the fence? Or any one of an unending list of interesting things, animate and in animate? Which one of all our readers does not know of some personal experience or observation of these that he loves to tell to his intimates? We now in vite him to tell it all to the great Omaha Bee family. One is not required to bo profound in any of the ologies to notice what is going on around him. Some of these things are odd, some are common, but all mean something, for they are parts of the chain that links all that is into one great relationship to nature and through nature to each other, binding and mak ing firm the bond that unites every created thing with the Creator.i All, or nearly all, of these experiences will help everybody to a better understanding of what is going on in the world, of the great mysteries of life, and will lead to a higher conception of the privileges and benefits that flow from an exchange of view. John James Audubon spent a life time in the woods and along the streams and up and down the moun tains of the United States, getting acquainted with birds. John Burroughs was happiest when he was watching some feathered or furry friend go about the business of getting a meal or filling in a few idle moments or some part of the program of life. Not all can understand the great works of these masters, but who is not entertained and uplifted by the little stories they tell of what they watched? Your tale may be as interesting as one of theirs. It man concern the antics of a noisy jay bird or a flicker, or by some other chance, it may deal with the pranks of a mischievous squirrel or the cunning of a thievish rat. Whatever it is, it will be interest ing, and the editor of The Omaha Bee asks you to write it out and send it in. It will be published. No prizes are offered, no contest is proposed; just a neighborly exchange of nature notes, for the pleas ure of all during the winter that is coming. “AND MAY THE BEST MAN WIN.” - “He sayeth among the trumpets, Ha, ha; he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the cap tains, and the shoutings.” Thus is it written of the horse, the battle charger, and how much less shall it be said of his master? No amount of sophistry, of fine spun philosophy or hair-splitting logic will change the fact. Men dearly love a combat, even where the principals are not evenly matched. When it is the meeting of two gladiators, capable and even assorted in physique, trained and qualified, the concern over tops all other interests for the moment. From Buenos Aires comes information to the ef fect that the 9,000,000 Argentinians paid no atten tion to the news of revolt in Spain. It was of little or no moment to them what became of the govern ment whence many if not most of them trace their descent, and to which their new country is so in debted. Eyes and thoughts were centered on New York, where a fellow countryman was to engage in fisticuffs with a Yankee, the prize being the coveted championship of the world. Add to the Argentinian group the 110,000,000 inhabitants of the United States, the citizens of the British empire, and a large percentage of those of Europe, Asia and Africa, and you will have a notion of those who waited for the news from the Polo grounds. Every pssible device for disseminating the in formation was called into play. Even the “courtesy of the air” came to be availed of, and along with the song service and the bedtime story news from the arena wag scattered through the air on the wings of ether, to be borne wherever the elusive force mi^rht carry it. Who knows but some of those waves may have escaped into outer space and carried a message to Mars? Civilization, ages old, the burden man has carried from the darkness of antiquity up to the present high light of culture, sits very easily on the best of us when a rattling good fight is in prospect. True, we have other interests, other things to talk about; we revel in the abstract, saturate ourselves with the purer forms of literature, art, and the like, exude philosophy and higher criticism, but we do not dis dain to follow the fortunes of the prize fighter through all the vicissitudes that accompany him from the making of the match until the referee proclaims the victor. A league of nations may be potent to settle in ternational disputes that threaten to breed war, but it will never determine who is champion of the world among bruisers. Only the test in the ring can de | cide that, and that test will not lack for spectators in a long time yet, for man still says, “Ha, ha!” among the trumpets. SEPTEMBER MORN AND CHRISTMAS. These are the days, and they are getting better each time the old world turns over. When the sun goes down In such a glorious burst of color the sky from horizon to zenith looks as if a paint store had blown up and spilled all its brightest colors and choicest hues from horizon to zenith, and even beyond, begins a glorious night, an invitation to unbroken, restful slumber, under the blankets, of course. Then comes the dawn of another day, when all that gorgeous display of wonderful light and color is repeated on the other side of the sky, and man doesn’t need to rub his eyes when he opens them. He is awake with the first impulse, and gets up to breathe air so full of ozone it tastes like cham pagne—some of you may remember what champagne tasted like-—and a day begins with a paean of praise and the knowledge that it is good to be alive. Only one drawback to lta perfection in the life of the city dweller. He must get away betimes to his business, whatever it is, most of them stowing them selves away in little foursquare apartments called offices, and all of them going to work with just a little rebellious longing in their hearts for the big outdoors. Oh, to have a job driving team, or some other such employment when September begins to slow down the wheels of summer, and tajnper the heat with its glorious promise of Indian summer. What an invitation these mornings are to the man with a dog and a gun. Next Monday quail, snipe and the like will be available, but it is a long, long wait until October 1, when one may lawfully take a prairie chicken on the wing. However, the law of self-defense has never been repealed, and any man has a right to protect himself when out in the open. Should he, while looking for a jacksnipe, say, he suddenly surrounded by a great covey of man-eating grouse, and there is not safe shelter for him to retreat to, he Is expected to sell his life dearly. Only, it will be welt if he keeps the matter from the knowledge of the game warden. September morns only come once a year, no matter what the painter may have suggested by his I beautiful canvas. The Lantern By DON MARQUIS. A Plea for Disarmament. (Reprinted by Request.) 'Twas a rollicking, frolicking Bull and he lived in a country town; And his mood was rough and ribald, this Bull of great renown— Oh, the rollicky, frolicky Bullock! The Bull of great renown! He was the bossiest Bullock that ever fetched a snort; When he bellowed it broke the win dows, and war was his only sport; Oh, the rollicksome Bull, he bellowed that trouble was his sport! 'Twas the Big Behemoth Brother that trouped it to and fro With the Mastodonlc Marvels of their Great Gigantic Show— , Oh, the Big Behemoth Brothers and their Great Gigantic Show! 1 ’Twas a ramping, ring-trained Rhino, and he was a cussed crank, He wiggled a wicked temper and he lived in a circus tank— Oh, the rampant, ringtum Rhino, he lived in a circus tank. The rollicky, frolicky Bullock ate rocks as well as grass To nourish his noble rages, and his bones were as strong as brass. Oh, the rollicking, bullocky Bullock, his bones were made of brass! He stood on a little hillock, this Bullock of great renown, When the Big Behemoth Brothers paraded through the town— A pageant with pennons parading through the town! And he saw the Tucky Tiger a-scream lng for his food. And there was the Horrible Hippo and It was sweating blood: Its purple perspiration rolled down In globes of blood! And he saw the Libyan Leopard, that Clawed Carniverous Cat, And all the Poison Pythons so shiny, sleek and fat— The prize, pig-eating Pythons, so poisonous, pink and fat! And the Clowns and the Cavaliers, they rode on the front and flank; And there was the ring trained Rhino a-flouneing In his tank! The ramping, Rlngtum Rhino, aflaunt in his tank! And the Bullock said to the Rhino: "What makes your mug so glum?" And the Rhino said to the Bullock: "Who spoke to you, you bum?" Oh, the rlngtum. rangtum Rhino, he called the Bullock a bum! And the Bullock said to the Rhino: "Vou beat it out of town. Or I’ll burst your warty proboscis! I'm a Bullock of great renownl I'm a roilicky, bullocky Bull! A Bullock of great renown!" And the Rhino said to the Bullock: "I will ruin your bleeding skull!" And the Rhino jumped from the tank and he mixed it with the Bull! Oh, the ramping, Ringtum Rhino and the roilicky, bullocky Bull! They met as If 'twere engines pro pelled by steam and tire, For they were full of anger and they were full of Ire— Oh, the roilicky, bullocky Bullock and the Rhino red with Ire! They met ss if 'twere cyclonei that leapt across the globe To grab each other's innards and tear them lobe from lobe. Says the Rhino to the Bullock: "I'll rip you lobe from lobe!” They met as two volcanoes both bent I on damage fell, Might butt each other, burattng, and scatter chunks of hell! Oh. the ramping. Rinktum Rhino and the Bullock full of hell! And all the gentle townsfolk, they were nc*t sore afraid, And the Pig Behemoth Brothara abandoned their parade— F -r something seismic sizzled In the midst of their parade. Two cntnclyma clashing In cosmic counterpoint Are apt to wry the keyboard a little out of joint— Wagner sometimes wiggles the key board out of Joint. Rut only roaring Wagner with his blethering bellows full Oould have sung the maelstrom music when the Rhino met the Bull— Oh, the rlngtum, rangtum Rhino and the roilicky, bullocky Bull! They met as haughty meteors, all raging and head on— And presently the Rhino and the Bullock both were gone! The ringtum, rangtum Rhino and the Bullock both ware gone. Two vacuums they lay there, deleted side by side. And it never need have happened but they both were full of pride! Full of beanlness and bluster, full of emptiness and prldel And you'll surely get my meaning, unless you've very dull. Of the rlngtum. rangtum Rhino and the roilicky. frolllcky Bull! Oh, Hie rinktum. ranktum Rhino and the roilicky, fiulloeky Bull! First Aid for Authors. Sir: l>on't you think It would be a good ldt a to form some sort of a group and If possible establish a museum wherein standardized wax figures could 1-e ins'.iffe 1. each bearing an itemized chart wit*, detfei ipflva d# tnil regarding IrelghL color An other detail relative to apfseartinew. In illustration: The writer seeking material for a hero to fit Into a mys tery story would not have to conjure up some Impossible character, but Just be directed into the hern depart ment and chons* for himself a red headed hero with green eves to fit ail 'dimension*. In the book a hint may he inserted that the particular charnc ter mentioned waxes patiently at such and such museum on exhibition It might even result in the describ ing of chnrncters by a cod* similar to latitude and longitude without draw ing any special meridian line Such as. "The hero was 45 degrees N. L, hy 50 degrees W L.,“ which should be enough to work any reader <nto a degree of Interest, FRANK PFR. WITT. Tln> ’’ rtla Stnn*. Th* human 1 it h«a Ita nwn htaro glyph* Th* aarrat arript that I.If* haa carvad fharann, Hut thay who lark th* kav ran navar rand— Kxparlanaa la th* Ttnaattn Fiona' HOHKKKR M KIWI Kit MONTHOM-j BRT. _ Hilt Won't tha Autnpav llnrnl That? Sir: A rnrra*pondant auggnatk marking dlatlnctlvrly tha rnra rf danf motorlata.* Would It not ha of *\*n tnora ganarnl narvha to put n dln tlngulahlnn mark on danf padnatrlnna? Might *van afTart nn orrnnlonal rur* A HnItNIIKOWT.lt Tha payrho nnalvat* nartd dr tarmlnnd thnt no ninn ahnll rail ht* aotil hla own Th" Hhiliia of Klharty In Ilia liar hnr, nnd hnak of liar tha Ann it lum' Sotna woman work ao hard living t/i look young Hint It ndda yaars to tliali T Dame Nature and Her Children By John Burroughs in “Under the Apple 7 rec. _I_-_—---J When I saw a chipmunk going by my door, busily storing up his winter supplies In his deen In the bank a few yards below, I thought how cu rious it is that these wild creatures, thrown entirely upon their own re sources In the great merciless world of wild nature, with no one to care for them or advise them, should get on so well, and apparently have such a good time of it. I I was, of course, .looking at the subject from the human point of view; and I could not help thinking how m my appliances, how •much science, how much co-operation, "and what laws and government, and the like we all require in order to live out our lives as successfully as the wild creatures do. , In summer and winter, in storm and cold. In all seasons and In all places, by night as by day, without organization, or power of reason, or supervision, or leaders, or defenders, or government, or schools, or church es, there they go, well- and happy, equal to all, or nearly all, emergen cies, and making fewer mistakes than we human beings do. Think of our elaborate helps and conveniences, of eur machinery for taking us abroad, or for preserving us at home; of our laid up stores; and then think how un equipped are the wild creatures in comparison. Look at the snow buntings In win ter. so triumphant over storm and cold, or the tiny chickadees the frozen winter wpodB. They know where to look for their food, what to do by day, anil where to go by night. They know their enemies; they kriow where and how to build their nests, and how to rear their young; they know ell they have to know in Order to live their lives. When I see a chickadee or a king let come to the bit of suet that I put out on the trunk of the old maple in front of my window In December, I say, "hoe that infant! How can he face all alone the season of scarcity arid cold?" But he does not need coaching from me; he avails himself or my suet, but he would get on with out it. He is wise in his own eco nomies. I dcutit that our winter birds over freeze or starve, unless in ex trSoHJipary circumstances. When I see a band of robins in late October disporting in my vineyards, filled with holiday cheer and hilarity, calling, singing, squealing, pursuing one another like children in some sort of game, apparently not at all dis turbed by the approach of the in clement season and the failure of Jheir food supplies, I almost envy them their felicity. They are wise without reason, happy without fore thought. secure without rulers or safeguards of any sort. When a Ceoffer s hawk makes a dash among them, their mirth turns to terror, but tiiey. are usually equal to the emer gency, and by darting through the vines they manage to escape him. it is said that when a flock of mal lards. or of black ducks, while feed ing upon the water, see an eagle, or a certain large hawk coming, they take to wing, knowing that they can outdistance their enemy, but that when they see a duck hawk coming, they hug the water the closer, know ing well that their safety is not in flight, but in diving beneath the sur face. W hat apes upon age* of schooling In the fierce atruggl* for existence it must have taken the wild creatures to get their wisdom Into their very blood and bones! Yet we cannot think of them as existing without it; we cannot go back in thought to the time when they did not have It; to 1-e with out It would be to cease to exist. What, then. Is Its genesis? We can not think of man as existing without his reason, his tools, his artificial aids of one kind and another; yet there was a time when he did exist without them, just as the monkeys and an thropoid apes exist without them. Sufficient for the day Is the wisdom thereof. Kvery stage and phase of animal life Is wise in those things necessary for Its continuance, but whether that w.sdom comes from ex perience or Inheritance, or In one phase of the wisdom that pervades the whole economy of nature—that makes the heart beat and the eye see, and that adapts every organism to its environment—who can tell? The plants are ell wise In their own way; they have to be, or cease to exist. The cultivated ones cannot shift for themselves like the weeds and wild grpwOis, they have been too long de pendent upon tbs care and culture of man for that: thrown upon their own resources, they perish, or else r* vert to the habits of their wild an cestors, as the animals do. I suppose It Is Impossible for us to conceive of the discipline, the strug gie, the schooling, the selection, that all species of animals and plants have gene through In the course of biologic time, and that ha* given them the hardiness, the hold upon life, that they now possess. The strongest, the cleverest, the fittest have always had the best chance to survive. Natural competition has constantly weeded out the feeble, and still does, but It does not do It so thoroughly among men as among mice, because mice have no medicine, no surgery, no hospitals, no sltulsm. Different species of anlmnls and plants differ greatly In their power to get on In the world. The ruffed -51-—— —— "Daily Prayer I have s stew ardship entrusted to me.— I Cpr. * if Our Father, who art In heaven We are onrne together at the day's begin nlng to give Thee thanks for refresh ing sleep, for release from rare, and for the nulct rest of the night Just passed. We wait before The ns Thv stewards to learn Thy will for us this d.-vj- Give us understanding minds that shall find opportunities for surv ive. loving hearts that shall rejoice in being brother to all who are In need: and unselfish spirits that shall And their deepest Joy In sharing our bless lugs with others. Help us so to live this dm that at Its close we .an come ml dn to Thee and give an aecount of our stewardship of tlm*. of talents and of possessions that shall win from Thee these gracious words that were np"kcTl long ngo to the faithful slew srd: "Well done . enter thou Into the Joy of thy TiOrd" Hear our piuyer, we beseech Thee and send us out Into the day with Thy tiles,'dug. fi t we ask It In Jesus* name Anon. hkv. >nt,ttrnT * hhink, p, n, rhiladll|>hU. Pa. grouse, for example, has a much1 deeper hold upon life than his cousin the quail, mainly because he la a more miscellaneous feeder.* In deep snows the quail is In danger of perishing for want of food, but the grouse takes to the tree tops and subsists upon the buds of the birch, the apple, and other trees. The flicker will thrive where other woodpeckers would starve, because he Is a ground pecker as well, and lives upon ants and other ground In sects. In the struggle for existence the red squirrel Is more than a match for his big brother, the gray, because he Is more energetic, and has u wider range of diet. When hard put, he will come to your orchard and garden and chip up the unripe apples and pears for the immature seeds In them; he wll cut out the germ from the green elm flakes; he wll rob birds' nests of eggs and of young; he will find or cut his way into your house and barn, and will take toll of your crops in a way that the gray squirrel will not do; on the other hand, his lesser brother the chipmunk will survive him, because he regularly lays up stores in his den in the groound, ami Is sung and warm with a full larder, while the red squir rel is picking up a precarious sub sistence In the cold, snow-choked woods. The bear lasts after the wolf is gone, because he Is a miscellaneous feeder, and Is rarely reduced to ex tremities. For the same reason the hawk starves where the crow thrives. If the crow cannot get flesh, he will put up with fruit, and grain, and nuts. The flycatchers among our birds are far less numerous than the fruit and seed eaters, and the herbivorous and grarnnivorous mammals greatly ex ceed In numbers the flesh eaters; they can get their food more easily, for they do not have to use speed, wit, strength, or prowess In order to ob tain It. llow rare are the weasels, compared with their prey of rats and mice and birds and squirrels and rab UtBl Yet the weasels have goodly families each season. If man had not been a miscellaneous feeder, could he have overspread the earth as he has done? if an animal can eat only fish, it must keep near the water; If It can eat only nuts, it must keep near the woods; if It subsists upon mosquitoes, it must live near the marshes; if gras* is its only diet, its range is limited to certain zones and certain seasons. The farmer finds it much more dif flcult to check or exterminate certain plants or weeds than others. The common milkweed and the Canadian thistle defy h.s plow tiecause the parent roots are beyond its reach; they creep horizontally through the soil, and send up their shoot* at short intervals. To exterminate the plants, you must remove the parent plants. I*'inked at in the light of the doctrine ■ f natural selection, it would seem ns if these two plants had learned through experience to avoid the plow by diving deeper into the soil and es tablishing permanent parent roots there. This method or habit baffles the plow completely. What other enemy or circumstance could have so driven them into the ground? In a region unvisited by the plow, would they not succeed Just as well nearer the surface or with only a tap root like most other plants? This habit is doubtless much older than the plow, and it is very doubtful If the ex planatlon can be found in the theory of natural selection. Quack grass is baffling for the same reason; there is a family root that travels horizontally under the soil and sends up shoots si) ab ng Its course; dig out a yard of it, and yet if you have left an inch, the plant renews itself. The chickweed is a wonderfully enterprising plant. It Is one of the very first to start In business In the spring it begins to hi ini in March or Ap(I1; It matures Its sec rapidly, and ’-.cep* on bloom, leg an ! seeding tv: !v all summer so that it outwits tile most industrious hoe or til w that I have yet seen Un less you rateh it In the first blooming, it gets ahead of you. Ths field veronica Is an Innocent weed, but its ability to get on in life is remarkable. It stole into our vine yards like a thief ‘n the night: where It cams from I hive no knowledge: f->r 20 years there was no vestige of It: then suddenly it appeared, and 1-pldly overspread the surface of the gand. It bloom* In April, and by the time the plow starts, a sheet of delicate blue hovers over all the vine yard slopes. It Is a low plant, only an Inch or two high, and ths plow wipes It out completely: but the next spring there it Is again, thicker than ever, painting the ground In the most !• Its cerulean tints: it mature* some of its seed* each spring before the plow starts, and so Is secure. Sooner nr later animal* and plant* learn to plav the game of life well: If they fall to do so, they ultimately b com* extinct. FINEST IN THE MIDDLE WEST On* of the Beatty | Co-Operative System BEATTY’S Henshaw Cafeteria In Henshaw Hotel. N ET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for August, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE : Daily .72,114 Sunday .75,138 Hon nnt tnrluil, r»turn,. left over*, samples or papers spoiled Ip • printing and Includes no special sales. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subscribed and sworn to before me ibis 4th dav of September. IP?.1!. W H. Ql’IVEY, i (Seal) Notary Public. ! j Knights of Columbus Evening Schools Open to All Free scholarships in all courses to service men and women. Moderate tuition rates to others. Classes begin October 1. Register now. 218 Arthur Building, 210 South 18th St. JAckson 8981 * Out oj Today’s Sermons Kev. Albert Kuhn, paator of Bethany Presbyterian church, Will refer In his evening senium to the observation of the coming week as Constitution week. Taking as Ills subject. Delight in the Law," he will say: The judges of the district court of Douglas county have requested the ministers of Omaha to exhort their people during the week to be loyal to the constitution of our country. Tills Is a very laudable suggestion and I am sure that a good many churches will fall in line with this movement for the promotion of good citizenship. The constitution of thee United States is something for us to be proud of; it well fits the genius of our peo ple and it has shown its soundness and practicability for over a century, Rnd at no time more clearly than in our days. Whilst everywhere around us thrones are tottering and parlia ments and cabinets fall like houses built of playing cards, there is not a rippfe of a revolutionary movement in our country. We should all hold our national con stitution in high regard; it deserves It; at the same time we should not make a fetish of it. We should keep In mind that It Is a human instrument and that nothing human is perfect: that after all it is not the office of the life of the nation to conform It self to the rigid letter of the consti tution, but the office of the constitu tion, to conform and adapt itself to the life of the nation. It is not trea son to agitate a change in the con stitution when the conviction has grown upon one that It does not pro mote but checks the healthy progress of the nation. Just to lambast and persecute a man as a "radical," a "bolshevist," an "anarchist," because he attacks certain phases of our con stitution is both unwise and unjust. Every American citizen has a perfect right to use his power of persuasion to bring about a change in the constitu tion; but he has at the same time the duty to conform his public life to the laws and ordinations of that constitu tion until it has been changed by the will of the people as expressed through legislation. In such a way only may we be assured of a govern LISTENING IN On the Nebraska I’ress People do not look for beauty In face and figure any more. The chances for judgment ars gone. Per sonallty, deportment and dlspoaltloi^^ are mostly considered now. If a yg* man has these, she Is beautiful.—Goth enburg Independent. When a snake begins to swallow a rabbit it takes Its head first. Then the rabbit helps things along hy kick ing Itself Into the snakelv stomach. That’s what kitking does. Don't bs a rabbit.—Aurora Sun. The bobbed hair rage has brought forward a question in barber shop etiquet. Should a mere man give up his turn when a member of the fair sex comes In, or let 'em wait?— Ulgin Review. The national Department of Agri culture finds that returns from wheat and oatB this year do not meet the cost of production. The department could further find practically the same with regard to potatoes and other products. The prod’s that the producer should he insured are ab sorbed by transportation and commis sion charges. hat about it?—Keer ney Hub. ment which makes for safe and sane progress. In this matter of loyalty to the con stitution the Judges of our country should set a shining example. During the last weeks the country at large has been Informed through the press that two Judges of the Omaha courts are openly expressing their disap proval of the laws regulating the use of alcohol and are using their power to make the enforcement of these laws a farce. I am not prepared to take sides against these Judges with out having heard both sides of the controversy: but I do say that It Is the duty of every true friend of our republic to demand of our Judges the unquestioned support and enforce ment of all our laws. Including the liquor laws. Any Judge who by bis record shows that his sympathy Is with the bootlegging fraternity and their illegal trade ought to be forced from the bench bv the vote of friends of law and order, regardless of the question whether these Judges are bright and likeable personalities. Glib Salesmen i Bad Stocks WORTHLESS STOCKS may be sold yon by stranger or neighbor who honestly be..eve they are good. 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