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The Morning Bee MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publichcr. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, ot which The Bee ia a member, ie exclusively entitled to the use for republ nation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of ^publication of opr special despatches are also reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department ATIantic or Person Wanted For Night Calls After 10 P. M.; -g/xfWk Editorial Department. AT-lantic 1021 or AT. 1042. Ivvvl OFFICES Main Offices—17th and Frrnam Council Bluffs—16 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—Syndi. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. Sgn Francisco—Hollrook Bldg Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. Hi-• JOHNSON, COOL1DGE AND THE COURT. Hiram Johnson’s address at Cleveland undoubt edly contains the substance of what he rests his case on so far as the presidential campaign is concerned. Chiefly, this is the lack of definite foreign policy for i he United States. As a matter of history, the United States has never had a continuing foieign Policy, save that which is expressed in the Monroe rifcctrine. This, briefly, is notice to the world that w<: insist on being allowed to manage our own af fairs, and concede the same right to all others. Washington’s advice to his fellow countrymen has been adhered to faithfully. Senator Johnson merely wants to go ahead in that course. His opposition to the League of Nations is well '■stablished, and he bases his objections to the World Court on that. In this, however, he will fail to sat ify a very large number of American people, per ils a majority, who sincerely Relieve that the United States can take some part in the affairs of ' lie world without sacrificing any of its indepen dence. Men as devotedly patriotic as the senator rnom California have held this opinion. When Clover Cleveland was president, the thought of a World Court got considerable attention. So it has I'tpi through the years since. The Peace Palace at T|e Hague was constructed with money furnished by an American, and the idea it represented was fos ered by Americans, who participated in all the coun cils held there, adhering strictly to the agreements fiched. Just because The Hague conference did idt bring about all that was hoped for does not ai|rue their entire failure, nor did they decrease in ifiy regard the influence of America. j The United States may withdraw from any par 'iijipation in the settlement of world problems, and tpi exist, out the wisdom or even the prudence of ueh a course may be doubted. As the most power ed of all nations of the world, prosperous, wealthy, 'rowing, it would be ridiculous should this countrjf decline to take on any part of the burden of the rest ■f humanity. Senator Johnson’s criticism of the World Court hat it lacks the authority to enforce its decisions, or to bring an offender before it, deserves careful con 'iteration. At present and through all ages, peace ha® depended on the willingness of nations as such to- submit themselves to established justice and to he observance of agreements expressed in treaties. The alternative to this is arms. In the World Court :s presented a plan that might serve to minimize the necessity of armament. No act of any American president received more general or stronger ap probation than that of Mr. Harding in calling the Washington conference. The League of Nations is :ust now following the example there set by requir ng that the smaller nations of the world reduce 'heir naval establishments. Such a tendency should - not be overlooked, for it does signify in some meas ure a determination to try negotiation and coneilia ion rather than force in the settlement of disputes. The argument that the World Court is a creature >f. the League of Nations, and can not be dissociated rora the parent is not conclusive. The entrance or he keeping out of the court will not relieve the United States from the effect of its long practice of ubmitting to arbitration grievances, complaints or liaputes that might lead to war. Our government las ever maintained its dignity and firmly insisted pH. its rights, but it has also ever maintained a con iliatory attitude, and has drawn the sword only when all other honorable means have failed. Senator Johnson’s views are entitled to respect, por they are held by an able man, whose patriotism s beyond question. But others who are equally wise qd patriotic differ both with and from him on the »»nt at issue. Mr. Coolidge is an ardent advocate the World Court, and this joins the issue squarely •etween the leading figures in the republican pre nomination campaign. The issue rests with the voters. NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS FROM PARIS. Paris is the headquarters for prophets as well as politicians, deposed monarchs, American expatriates, nd other things that give the gay capital its claim » tourist attention. Once each year, if not oftener, Ites'e seers burst forth with such lugubrious predic ting as make one wonder if they never see any hjng bright in the depths of the crystals they gaze nlo. Battle, murder and sudden death fill their programs, and disaster, disappointment, war, plague, pestilence and famine make up the trimmings. Especially for America, and particularly the mid dip western part of America, is 1924 of horrid intent. What is worse, a lot of folks will worry iver these predictions, for some still concede to 'tKards, necromancers and soothsayers power of Urination. For 12 months, or until a pew prophet rises, the yords of the Parisian practicers of magic ill cling to memories that might be devoted to some hing else, and instead of being mindful of blessings rj/oyed and dangers missed, these minds will be idled with apprehension of calamity to come. Any •ort of disaster, big or little, will serve to confirm 'he prognostication, and things that happen in the ordinary course of events will be taken as proof of the accuracy of prediction. Too bad that this is true. If the jugglers who, s Shakespeare puts it, “palter with us in a double sense,” had promised good crops, pleasant weather, oeace and prosperity, as they easily might have done, 'hey would have been just as popular. Thank the .ord, most of us will sing Frank Daniels’ old song: “Buyer of sooth and prophet old, Header of riddles wise, Hhnll we believe wlmt wo are told, Or shall we surmise?’’ Sometimes intelligence rejects prophecy, and if 'here is a time when skepticism is justified, it is when a crystal gazer undertakes to foretell in ad vance the events of a ye at*. Quite a lot of shirts manufactured by convicts in the Nebraska penitentiary, but wlmt lias become vf that binder twine factory thnt the demo-pops were going to install for the salvation of the farmers some 2ft or 20 years u,"o? LOST MOTION IN GOVERNMENT MACHINERY. The plan for reorganization of the government’* administrative bureaus, as arranged by Walter F. Brown, is to have detailed consideration by a joint committee of congress. Unless Bentiment has great ly changed at Washington, it is probable that the program will be modified jn many regards before it is adopted. The need for a better location of some of the functions of government is apparent. In th« past new bureaus have been created and attached to one or another of the departments, frequently with little or no reference to the specific scope of the depart ment. This has had the bad effect of providing for duplication and overlapping, the danger that always is present when the extension of governmental ac tivities is undertaken. One other point is to be con sidered, and that is the rapid growth of government within the last few years. One item in Mr. Brown’s plan is certain to draw great opposition. That is the consolidation of the Army #nd Navy departments. Some administrative economies could be secured by this means, but men who have grown wise in the management of affairs see serious objections to the proposal. The nature of the service is so widely different and so varied in all respects that it may be questioned if any real saving will be accomplished by the expedient of dis placing one cabinet officer and continuing the general administrative features of the two departments under a single head. Provisions for the relocation and consolidation of certain bureaus will bring a great deal of discussion. Principal of these will be the suggestion that the roads and aviation bureaus be taken from the In terior and Postoffice departments and placed under Commerce. Reason for this may be found in plenty, for both have to do with transportation, and the better co-ordination of that work is certainly desira ble. On the other hand, question may be raised as to the removal of rivers and harbors from the War department to be given to the Interior. At present, and for many years, the work has been done by army engineers, who are otherwise almost without em ployment in peace times. Jhese men are of the highest type professionally, and their work has been well done. To make the shift suggested would en tail the reformation of an engineer corps, not an impossibility, but certainly an added expense. Other contemplated changes are subject to similar criticism. What really is needed is a close study of all the requirements, to the end^ that un necessary service be curtailed, and that the ends of efficiency and economy be considered, that the peo ple may have good government at the lowest possible cost. KEEP YOUR EYES, SISTER. She hag seen enough, writes a young woman to a New York paper, offering her eyes for sale. That is a sad admission for anybody to make. Nobody ever has seen it all, and none ever will in this life. Probably everybody has seen enough of one thing to be surfeited, fed up, on the spectacle, but who knows what is waiting just uround the corner? Each new day is a miracle, whether sunny or cloudy, stormy or calm. Opportunity is offered with the rising of each sun to do things, to enjoy life, to worship God through honest labor. However hum ble and obscure one’s employment may be, it is necessary to the carrying on of the great business of life. Aspiration need not be checked just be cause position is lowly. Each day brings another story of how some one has risen to power and af fluence from obscurity and poverty, just by dint of steady plugging and making good in one position after another on the way up. "The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight. But they, while their companion^ slept, Were tolling upward in the night." If we were close enough to that young woman, we would advise her not to sell her eyes, or any thing else, save her power to work, to do something. Should she take this advice, she will find plenty of use for her eyes. She has used them 23 years, she says, and they have done good service. But she has no idea what she may sep the next minute, let alone the next day or the next month. When she has recovered from what seems a mood of despon dency, she will find so much use for her beautiful eyes she will marvel that she ever was so foolish. Tha mere fact that it is leap year will not suffice any sensible girl to drop her $30 a week job to propose to some young man who depends upon father for his spending money. The indications are that when Walter Camp next dons the high powered spectacles he will be able to see some fairly good football players west of the Missouri river. Italy also protests the American immigration regulations, giving additional proof that life in America is worth something to the liver. A New Year clergyman predicts the coming of e. new deliverer. He will find plenty to fill in his time. Obregon is our great and good friend, De la Huerta is a rebel, if you want to know the distinc tion. Might be a good idea to set some reportorial sleuth to unearthing the fake political diploma mills. The bashful office is just now finding out how much it really means to some of its admirers. Those little earthquake shocks may just the throes of the old year trying to shake off its load. The new year started with what looks like a general schuetzenfest all along the line. “Success attends bigheada,” shrieks n headline. Sometimes it is held back by pinheads. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie “SMALL TOWN STUFF.” "Brnall town stuff" t» a phrase you have heard If you'vo chanced where tho buildings nre tall. And. perhaps, you have been unexpectedly stirred To express your disgust for it all; Or, perhaps, you've observed In a nonchalant way And smilingly taken tho quip, And where there was reason had nothing to sny By which to remember your trip. Kill surely you'vo thought of Ihi wisdom Immense Where buildings arc strikingly high. Anil longed lo he out them repairing a fence With nothing hut dust In your eye, Anij’mayls! you've laughed ns a fellow oft will That's tickled plumb down to Ids to.* When It Is a erhno If lit has tu ks'-'P *1111 A shame If he tells what he known, I “THE PEOPLES VOICE” Editorial Iron roadaro of I ho Marala* Baa. Baadari al Tha Maralnf Baa are -laoited la aaa tula colon* lro.1, lac aatraatiaa co natter* al tokllo InUroit. To End W’ir. Chicago.—To th* Editor of The Omaha Bee: Probably the shortest article submitted to the American peace award committee, in charge of the Edward W. Bok prise, was from Omaha and contained only 10# words. The substance of It was that the day war was declared every one ip tho country was to be virtually un der military rule. Each one from his wage, income Or business could retaiu for himself the same amount a private soldier receives as pay, and in addition, for himself, and for each dependent, what it costs the government to feed and clothe a private. This shall continue until the war debt is paid. Strict itemized account shall be kept of every transaction, including name of party, so accountants can compare reports sufficiently to know they are correct. Failure to do so subjects the party to court-martial and punishment, the same as other disobedience. This will not win the prize, as no suggestions were n.«do for co-operat ,ing with other countries. But any country passing this or something better would, a» far as tt is humanly possible, end war in that country. If congress fails to do something to end war, the people ought to pass this or something else over their heads. If congress fails, I'll submit a sug gestion to accomplish It. E. A. P. Hr be Is. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: Who have been the most despised creatures down through his tory? Answer: The rebels, betrayer*. It is not a Judean heathen who sent Christ to an ignominious death on the cross, but one of His own, Judas Iscariot, the most despised man in sacred annals. It was not tho arch enemies, the tories. who brought down on their heads the greatest hatred of our half-starved, half-naked, struggling colonists, but one within tHeir own ranks, Benedict Arnold, the traitor. It was not Tom Paine and Robert Ingersoll, the mas ter agnostics, who have wrought the greatest havoc to the Christian faith since never in their histories were the churches of the land so deeply spiritual ns for many years after the death of these men; and never did the churches exert fcuch a benign in fluence in our homes and our social and political life. But it is the semi agnostic doctors of heresy who, until a few years ap'o, were only apologetic and compromis ing in their ministries, but who now openly attack the faith, who are causing the churches to tremble on their foundations. The preachers, inflated with intellectual gas, who are declaring that Christ is not di vine—the Christ who has given us such inspiration to love and strive, to have hope to live and faith to die, through His blessed life and sacri ficial death, although Cod declares He was His son divine. The preachers who declare there was no flood, that it* story ts but an oriental legend, although God de clares there was a deluge and vol uminously portrays It. The preach ers who declare God did not create the universe in six literal day* and rest on the seventh and hallowed it as the Sabbath, as He declares He lid, and (hat he was millions of years n forming it. and that we humble followers see God's greatest light, the siln, ruling iho literal day and His moon ruling the literal night, os He declared they would; that even these preachers have not asked us to work 6,000,000 years and keep 1,0001)00 years hallowed as the Sabbath, still God Is mistaken in reckoning His time. What is to be done with these men who are educated, many of them at the expense of the churches, who kill the faith in the millions they ore supposed to keep glowing? No Christian who has felt the power of the Holy Spirit could say that they should he dealt with as our army deals with traitors within their ranks, though the church is far more vital than the armies, even if they should utterly destroy the temporal churches. Hut what can be done? Would tt not, since during the last years the churches have weakened themselves through compromise, through social functions, neither lur Inglv, worldly nor socially Inspira tional, be better th?t a little rem nant of the people, faithful to tho gospel, he left to attempt to again leaven a nation than that an army of half believer* destroy It? Other wise why build churches? Surely not f.ir amusement, for preachers half educated In theology and half to de stroy its tenets, never would com pete with the professionals In furn ishing entertainment through the the aters. the dances and the gambPlg dens. Bit by bit shall these ser* infldels be permitted to pick tho scrip tures to piece*. GEORGE B. CHILD. Who* 1» tho Matter With the Churches? Omaha—To the Kdltor of The Omaha Bee: There seems to be * general complaint ntnong sincere Christian cburi h workers of un In dlfferenco or lack of Interest in church work, church attendance nnd Christian devotion. Why, then, thla seeming lack of Intercut? It seems to he ft lamentable fact that a large part of the membership of the -churches tako their religion and the host Interests of the church as a secondary matter, a question to ha considered after other Individual deslrea are fully satisfied. This seeming Indifference on the part of many church nwnibsrs casts Its reflection upon those who ate not members of any church, but who be lieve in Clod and Christian religion, yet never come to that definite de cision which In their own hearts they know they aliould make, and with proper evidence that the church was really sincere, would make, and glad ly Join the fold In the church of clod. Then, where the vital cause of this delay? This Is becoming ono of tl)e most serious problems for the real devoted Christian worker to solve, anil a source of worry, and a cause for most fervent prayer on ihu part of ttie min istry. While this tack of Interest can he attributed to dlffVi- nt i ruses, yet the fundamental principles of the churches Is not at fault, hul rather an Individ uul Indifference, tho principal Indif ference being almost wholly wltldn the church membership, and this in difference casts Its reflection upon those outside tha church, as precept and exatrigdS have u wide Influence. Tho deplorable fact Is that there sol-ms sufficient reason for lack of In ti ii-d In the church, from those out side the church, when one takes a general view of the situation as demonstrated by men In business, who would never ho suspect,-d of h*’ log churchmen if not known from other soinces of Information that thin were really professed church mem hers. Another deplorable fait seems to exist In tho fact i hat since tho ecu nomio upheaval since Ilia late war. promoted a tendency to unduly raise the prices on almost all com modities. that real church principle ami Christian devotion have been lost in the ecramble to make the ulmighty dollar, seemingly on the part of some tiecauee the other fellow reeorts to unfair method to make the dollar, and the seeming desire to reap a har vest while opportunity offers, as many business men seem to be im bued with the idea that such an op portunity may never come again In their lifetime—so make tha dollar first and consider the consequence later. How true this seems to be in many of the commodities on the market to day, that seeming reluctance on the part of many, yes, church members as well us others, to hang on to the last possible opportunity to make even the last dollar of big profit. The thought appears here as to what part real true Christianity and church de votion might have hud in more read ily and fairly adjusting business mat ters. and is it more advantageous to God's cause to have worked as He would have had Ilia professed church members work to this end, or to make God’s cause a secondary interest as long as the opportunity to make an extra dollars was in sight, and then say to God: “Just as soon as this opportunity lias been taken ad vantage of then we will devote our attention more closely to our church." One of the strongest evidences that the church member In business has made God's cause und His church a secondary matter is that many busl-, ness men are church members, and that through business combinations the church member has stood on the same platform and the same business principle that men who are not church members have stood on, and for mak ing no decisive stand for the fulr busi ness principles that would have read ily adjusted business on more of a righteous principle. Are there not c hurch member busi ness men enough, yes, right here in Omaha, who might have said the word, ancf whose business influence might have prevented known busi ness combinations being formed for the definite purpose of filching from the people the much needed dollar simply to unjustly fill the coffers of the greedy and unfair business man? Can any one find even a semblance of a line drawn in business generally which will distinguish the church member in business from the non church member? In known combina tions for large profits do not all share alike in prices charged? If Jesus Christ was to apiiear upon earth to day would He find a line of demarka tfon lietween the church member In business and the man who makes no profession of church affiliation? If Jesus was to appear on earth In bodily form and attend the Sunday morning church services would He find His professed followers in their places in church or would He be com pelled to go to the golf links or to the picture show to locate them? Perhaps this might indicate some of the things which might be men tioned as to what is the matter with the churches, but many more can be readily found. GEORGE \V HAWKINS. 2S20 Ames Avenue. Three Railroad Watchmen. Fremont. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I happened to be in Shelton, Neb., when I read a com munication in The Omaha Bee over the signature of Oscar Olson. in which he complained about the Union Pacific requiring the watchmen to work 12 hours a day. I asked the old gentleman who guards the Shel ton crossing what he thought about the matter. He said that he worked 12 hours, but that this was necessary, as the company kept no man there nights. The company works watch men 8, 10 or 12 hours, as conditions require, hut as each man gets paid for the number of hours that he works, there is no dissatisfaction. The Shelton wnitchman in no way shares Oscar Olson's opinion and is well satisfied with his Job. My business is not defending the railroads, hut Oscar Olson’s article implies that all watchmen work 12 hours, I believe the erroneous impres sion should be corrected. It is my understanding that when a 24-hour service is maintained that the watch men work only eight hours. Oscar Olson says that he believes that the government should control ths railroads because the watchmen work 12 hours. As long as mankind falls to know n perfect government It is perhaps best that we should live under a government whose legislative and executive powers are divided be tween a legislature and a supreme court, but with a perfect man at tho helm, a unified authority such ns we find In the Union Pacific company, we can get better results and more effective administration. Recognizing the people as the gov ernment, I believe in government control, lad we, the people, reduce freight end passenger rates by first reducing salaries, hair cuts, show soles, clothing and almost everything except farm products. If Oscar Olson wants government control under such men as Secretary Fall of Teapot Dome faros, or Wil liam H. Taft, who gave t4flO.OOO.OO0 worth of California oil lands to the Southern Pacific after having immor talized himself in the Ilallinger Pinehot controversy, 1 opine to the contrary. CLARENCE RECKMETER. Nautical llistiii-)-. Fort Calhoun, Nell.—To the lklltor of The Omaha Bee: The flint]amen tallut* hdleve In Noah s Ark am! the modernists say the ark was a myth. The ark was 3(i0 feet long, 50 feet wide and had three decks. Ilow the news got oi|t to the animal*, binds, snakes, bugs and microbes we do not Know. Probably some donah or Peter tho Hermit gave the alarm, but, any way, they cams to the nrk to be saved from the flood that was to come to drown out everything that was on earth. In the ark the animals, birds, sunken and bugs, all came In pairs, n ale and female. Thu crowded con dition of the ark? Well, there were over a million species of animals, birds, reptiles and Insects In the nrk that are hi the world now. Jlow they all lived there in the ark with only Noah and his throe Solis In attend to them we do not know. The funda mentalists* fiid decided to drown out the world except eight grown mar ried folks, and wo suppose they helped lo lake cat e of the animals. CHARLES STOLTKNBKRO. \bseiiliulnilcd. The burlier on our block bad a sad expt i leucc A flapper came In to get here hair bobbed. There Is money In ibis business, and lie thought lie might please her so much that she would bring In In r mates. But after hoblilng tier hair ha ulmelll mludedly startril in lather tier for a slims.— Louisville Cnurlei Journal. Nut tiinsldcralc. Mapper Look here, father. I wish that you wouldn't'leave my millinery hills lying mound on the table Just when Arthur was on thu verge of pro posing—Judge “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers—_ A Pattern for Party Platforms. From the Misneapolle Tilbuae. A dispatch from Washington has it that if Calvin Coolldge is to be the republican nominee for the presidency he will not be content with a party platform that is not simple In term, concise In form and direct to the point at all stages. One who read the president’s mes sage to congress can well believe the dispatch exactly reflects the Coolldge mind. In that address, which he delivered orally, the president did not beat around the bush. He had things to say, and he said them in the fewest words and plainest language he was able to muster, and at that sort of mustering he is a master. He did not strive to make any reader be lieve he was saying one thing when he was in fact saying something else. He picked his adjectives to Illuminate, not to obscure. He turned his sentences and phrases so that there could be one and only one interpre tation. It will be possible to write a re publican platform as clear, straight forward and understandable as the Coolldge message to congress, but it won't do for this purpose to trust the writing of it to some of the old hands who got In their work in platforms of the past. These old chaps are too highly trained in the business of trying to make black seem white, and vice versa. They are the gentle men who have scratched their heads behind closed doors to find the most circuitous route to an apparent end, rather than a straightaway course to a real end. President Coojidge has set a most ] admirable example in the framing of a state paper. If the republican leaders, whoever they may prove to be next year, will set another ad mirable example in framing a party declaration of principles and policies, they will have earned the gratitude of millions of voters who Judge parties by what they do, rather than by what they say, but nevertheless wish that the saying shall be plain and that it shall be squared with by the doing. Mr. Coolldge gave himself up to no false pretenses in stating the coun try's case and course as he sees them. He would not like to carry a Istnner at the head of his party in a political campaign under false pre tenses. The more one thinks of the dark and devious ways of many politicians of all parties, the more respect one feels for the frank statesmanship of Calvin Coolldge. Rural Teachers' Salaries. From the Kansas City Journal. The vital necessity for an Educa tion year, rather than an Education week, such as has Just closed, Is shown by the United States bureau of education, which lias just made puB lic the results of an exhaustive sur vey of rural schools throughout the country. About half the counties are represented in the tabulation. According to the survey, there are 87,758 one-teacher schools in the coun try, the average annual salary being 1709. In only six of the 48 states does the annual salary reach $900, while the highly discreditable show ing Is made that of the 91,758 teach ers of one-teacher schools 3,160 re ceive less than $300 annually. Four thousand five hundred and eighty ro reiye from $300 to *399: 5.589 receive from $400 to $500; 8.367 receive from $500 to $600: 16,625 receive from $600 to 7700; 16.432 receive from $700 to $800, and 20,*26 receive from $800 to $900. The low salaries prevail for the most part in 12 states; in Indiana and Ohio the minimum salary for rural teachers is $800, regardless of the length of the term, and in New York it is $800 .for a term of 40 weeks. In the two-teacher schools the aver age was only a little higher—$738 for 21 634, while 1,188 receive less than $300. In 19 states the average ex ceeded $900. In the cities a better showing is made. Elementary teachers In cities of 3.600 to 5,600 population receive an average salary of over $1,160, in cities of 5,00o to 10.000 the average reaches $1,200, in cities of 16,000 to 36,0071 it Is $1,277, in cities $0,006 to 40,000 the average is $1,4$T, and fn the larger cities the average salary has already gon* beyond $1,875. It is idle to deny that the showing with respect to the rural teachers is discreditable in the extreme and that the nu>st desirable results cannot lie expected under the conditions now prevailing. Don’t Know What Family fa. From the l.ivlux Axe. A questionnaire circulated among young people working in one of the large Moscow factories dealt with their attitude toward family life. Sev eral of the replies indicated consid erable confusion in the young per sons' minds as to what a family really was. ijume confessed that they did not know. No one spoke of a family as a circle dear to one's heart, where one lives among kindred who under stand and love hint- Most of the re plies indicated little tenderness for the mother. She is described as "an educator,” or "a person having au thority,'’ or "a manager,” or ”a housekeeper.” or ‘‘a cook.” Fifty four young persons gave the last of theso definitions. If the answers showed little evi dence of sflToctlon for the mother they showed no indication whatever of this sentiment for the father. In every instance he was defined as “the family manager.' "the food provider.” "the worker,” or by some kindred term. Communists interpret these answers ns proof that children brought up un der modern industrial conditions never leam what family life and fam ily sentiment are. Critics of the pres ent regime In Husain attribute the character of the replies to the fact that young workers spend most of their time. When not at the factory at their elul*s and in other communist organisations, and not only see little horns life, but grow up in an atmo sphere unfavorable to Its develop ment. LISTENING IN On lb* Nebraska Presa ■ ■' ' Mentor Brown of the Kearney Hub, noting that Hlrarn Johnson has prom ised to Issue another pronunciainento In January, renders thanks for tha tip and assures us that the Brown cyclone cave Is In readiness. • • • Cass Barnes, the old-time democrat who edits the Madison Star Mall, Is greatly puzzled. Ho cannot under stand why Congressman-Editor Edgar Howard always sees red when con fronted by a democrat and acts like Mary's little lamb when confronted by a republican, especially if that re publican is one who has not been roped and branded by President Cool idge. The amity existing between the democratic brethren of the Third Ne braska district is really touching to see. • • • The Pierce Call asserts Its belief that Adam McMullen Is the strongest candidate yet filed for the republican gubernatorial nomination. • • • Noting that a Los Angeles woman is narfied Etta Harness. Editor Botkin of the Gothenburg Independent says it reminds him of the last restaurant steak he tried to eat. * • • The York News-Times, voices as an objection to the primary laws that th' re is too much red tape, and ex pense for the benefits accruing. The Farmer-Labor Herald Is a new newspaper venture at North Platte. It Is edited by Joseph Gilbert and Its avowed purpose is to "act as a me dium of Information concerning eco. nornlcs and politics.1’ • •• The Palmer Journal remarks that a lot of fellows who are trying to get Into the political band wagon are going to get into the dumg wagon by mistake. * • • t Dan Webster of the St. Paul Phono graph denies some soft impeachments in thie department and challenges the pilot to a snow shoveling contest. Challenge accepted .and as the chal lenged party the pilot names pitch forks as the weapon, July 3 as the date, and the place some neutral point between Omaha and St. Paul. • • • Gene Huse of the Wayne Herald, after delving in Biblical lore for a considerable season, emerges with the stupendous information that Delilah started the bobbed hair fashion. BLUE CAB CO. Meter Rate*—Prompt Service CALL AT-3322 Abe Martin Wives are wonderful thing* - they either want t’ spend ever'thing, or save ever’thing. It seems like it takes an’ unusually smart feller t’ git by with a good education. (Copyright, lSi4 > The Spice oj Life “There s a n«n outside, sir, that wants to see you about a bill you ov. e him. He wouldn’t give his name." “What does he look like.'” “Well, he looks like you’d better pay It.’—Life (New York). Shop Foreman—You ain’t one of them blokes wot drops their tools and icoots as soon as knock-off blows, are j ou? Lily White—Not me. 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