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"the Morning Bee' MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLER, Editor in Chief. Business Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to *he use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bce'a circulation is regularly f audited by their organizations. __ Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for 1 __**.• 1 AAA the Department or Person Wanted. A * ia.ilIlC IvW OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W Cr. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—HoiIrook Bldg. Atlanta— Atlanta Trust Bldg. —c-—-^ MAKE THE POSTOFFICE BIGGER. Something more than passing interest should be felt in the report of the postoffice commission with regard to Omaha. The main theme of the report deals with the need for a new postoffice building here. One huge building to house the various scat tered and dislocated activities is the recommenda tion. In that building will be handled the work that is now carried on at the Eleventh street station, at 1he Union and Burlington depots, and most of what is done at the main office. All this is needed to ■ properly carry on the service. The main office will i be left for the uses of the local carriers. Such a building has long been needed. It was proposed several years ago by The Omaha Bee. Its ■ erection at that time was needed as badly as now. Makeshift and temporary accommodations have been forced upon the postoffice here. This can not he continued indefinitely. Proper facilities for taking * care of the enormous volume of business transacted must be provided. Some thought of the construc ■ tion of new working quarters for the postoffice in connection with the projected union depot has been , had. The two may even yet be co ordinated. The postal service should not be required, however, to ! wait on the action of the railroads. Recommendation that the local delivery by par cel post be discontinued should and no doubt will receive attention from business men. The reason , given is not sufficient. It is not special accommoda tion for Omaha business men that is involved. It is the future of the parcel post. Before this service was added to the postoffice, an objection of a simi lar nature was brought forward. The-parcel post has answered all objections, and has satisfied the public. Local delivery service has greatly swelled the volume of business at the Omaha office. It was in stituted after a careful survey. Big downtown business houses provide the bulk of traffic handled, as naturally would be expected. Customers have • found the system to work admirably. As an economic measure, the argument is all in favor of the postoffice. A single concentrated service has many advantages over the old system of scattered 1 individual delivery. Instead of several fleets of de J livery cars, racing around the city, covering the ! same routes, sometimes two or three stopping at one house, we have the orderly arrangement whereby ; mail trucks proceed over regular scheduled routes, ; carrying parcels and so reducing confusion to the I disappearing point. St. Paul was chosen for the first experiment I along these lines, and Omaha the second. In each ! city the trial has proved the case. Now the com mission reports in favor of abandoning the service. It is “special” to the two cities named, it is argued. A far more useful program would be to extend the ; delivery to other communities, as was the original plan. Cost of delivery is easily determined. It was well worked out long ago. Instead of curtailing • the postal delivery, the parcel post should be extcnd ; ed in all ways. The Postoffice department is the one agency of the government that comes closely intb ! the lives of all. It ought not to take any backward ! stcP THE PROFESSOR AND THE RABBIT. • Once more the professor wiggles his wand, shakes the hat, and, presto! out pops a rabbit. Garner of Texas, whose substitute for the Mellon plan was adopted by the house, has added a leanto in the shape of an amendment to tax atock dividends. This is mighty nice, and will cause great jubilation among J the downtrodden. It has just one drawback. Twice the supreme { court of the United States has decided that stock ‘ dividends are not subject to income tax or excess I profits tax, or tax of any kind. A stock dividend is ! paid from accumulated earnings, which has been I employed as capital. When distributed as stock, these earnings become capital permanently employed and no longer available for dividend purposes. There fore the stock dividend does not represent incre • ment for any taxable year, and consequently is not • taxable. Of course it is irritating, even aggravating, to see large sums of money so escape taxation. Yet that is one of the loopholes through which a very ; considerable sum gets away from the tax gatherer • each year. The tax is laid on personal income, ; spid until earnings are distributed they are not in come in the taxable sense. Employed as capital the surplus goes to increase earnings. However it is subject only to the tax laid on corporations, and not to the normal or surtax laid on individual incomes. The supreme court's decisions regard the pro posed tax on stock dividends as being in the nature of a capital levy. This is so abhorrent that even the British labor party lias abandoned it as part of its program of policy. Mr. Garner must know of the decisions on this point. But he is busy building up a plan to go to the country on. He shows no scruples as regards deception of voters. What hi wants is to make a record, whether it will stand fire or not. If ; he can deceive enough of the people, that will meet his requirements. The rest will be for the courts to deal with. It does not seem probable that the supreme court will reverse two decisions covering the same point. MR. HOWELL FOR NAVY POST. The president could do infinitely worse, than take the suggestion from the Spanish American War Veterans, and name Senator Howell to be secretary of the navy. Nebraska would lose a senator, who gives promise of being of great service to the pub lic, but >he country would gain a good cabinet officer. Senator Howell is a graduate of Annapolis. He served with distinction in the navy during two war.. He has proved himself capable in many ways of han - * tiling big things. Ilis capacity and ability as an organizer and manager has been well tested in con nection with the public utilities of Omaha. Not that they are comparable to the naval establishment of the United States, but they do afford some proof of the faculties of the man. President Coolidge needs just now someone who is not only familiar with navy practice, but in whom the public will have confidence. We submit that K. B. Howell is the man. His integrity is unquestioned. His character is unblemished. He is entirely com mitted to the conservation policy as exemplified by Theodore Roosevelt. His life record has shown his fidelity to public interests. . If a western man is desired for the position, we know of no one who is better qualified than Senator Howell. It would be a good thing for the country to have such a man as Howell in so important a place. MAKING A RAILROAD OF A RIVER. A new challenge to the giant Commerce is noted in a prospectus just given out at Minneapolis. The Mississippi river from St. Louis to the head of navi gation at St. Anthony’s Falls is to be turned into a railroad. Not by the laying of rails and ties. The old Father of Waters is not like that Texas stream that was paved with asphalt and turned into a boulevard after receiving some millions of govern ment aid. The plan is to establish a unit barge line, to be operated just as a freight carrying rail road is operated. The barges will be collected into tows of suitable .length, each in charge of a competent towboat. Division points will be designated, the s^me as on the railroad, and tows will move between these as trains are moved. Barges may be switched out at any point between, or picked up,' to accommodate shippers. Plan sounds simple enough, and according to the forecast, it has the elements of workability. At St. Louis connection will be made with the govern ment barge line, operating between that port and New Orleans, and thus the main line of the great system will be put at the service of shippers. In time it is to be extended, until more than 14,000 miles of inland water ways are brought into use. While this is being projected for the Mississippi, the St. Lawrence canal project is not dallying. Negotiations between the governments of Canada and the United States are proceeding at a satis factory rate. The pretense that the only matter up for consideration is the agreement between the state of New York and the province of Ontario, concerning the waters of Niagara, is misleading. Neither New York nor Ontario is possessed of treaty making powers. Control of boundary waters long ago was settled between the two countries. The real subject for discussion between the gov ernments is terms on which the Great Lakes-tide water canal may be constructed. Canada is much more favorably disposed toward the project than it was a year or so ago. Congress, too, is taking notice, and the mert who have worked so earnestly and effectively to bring about the result begin to see the fruits of their labors ready to pluck. It will be a welcome day for everybody in the great empire between the Alleghanies and the Rockies when the now idle water goes to work. CUT OUT DUPLICATE OFFICE HOLDERS. Senator Wilkins of Dixon county presented to the county treasurers while in session at Omaha one very practical proposal. He urges that the county treasurer be made treasurer for all public funds in each county. Many years ago the office of city and county treasurer in Omaha and Douglas county was set up. This carried with it the office of treasurer of the Independent School District of Omaha. To this was later added that of the Municipal Utilities district. The plan has worked admirably. Duplication of offices has been cut out, salaries have been saved, and confusion in many ways avoided. The people deal with only one treasurer. If that is possible in Omaha and Douglas county, it should aUo be possible in any other political subdivision of the state. Much comment has been heard in late years about the number of political offices that are required to administer the government. Here is a good chance to shorten the list. Elect one treasurer, and lei him be the guardian of the public funds in his county. By this means money and work will be saved for the taxpayers. After the office of treasurer has been disposed of, some other steps toward consolidating local gov ernments might be taken. A great deal of duplica tion exists, which careful study could easily elimi nate. Dixon county, for example, is a small part of the United States, but it has a far more elaborate system of government. The president of the United States appoints all the executive and administrative officers of the United States. Why could not such an office be created for the county, and one man, with the county board, look after all the business? This would take no power away from the people. It would simplify the processes of securing official servants, and \yould produce results at least as good as the present method. Bad men might be appointed to office, but bad men sometimes get elected to office. That is a risk the public must assume in a republic. Senator Wilkins has suggested a begin ning that may lead to better government for Ne braska. Nor should it be overlooked that about half of the $10,000,000 capital subscribed to the corporation organized for the relief of the agricultural sections of the northwest was subscribed by Wall Street banks. With Grabslty forming: a Polish cabinet and Rykoff prominent in Russian public affairs, perhaps some of our public officials were merely the victims of telepathic impulse. f-* Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie l ___/ WHEN THEY GET THEIR RADIO. It seems to me It s possible since flndloa are here That boys will be more apt to stay upon the good old farm. And listen to the music that will give them zest nnd cheer. And satisfy their yearning for the city’s glare and charm. When day Is done they'll gather ’round the hearth and hear the newe, • And share delightful music of the players far away. And really be enlivened try the voices that enthuse. And bring the needed pleasure at the finish of the day. Their work will lose Its horror and tire samenene he no more, While In their sunny homeland they contentedly will grow. And love the things that often they relinquish to adore. And live tiro lives of dreamer.v—when they get their ftadlu * By EIIWIN G. PINKHAM. The Colonies Adopt New England’s War as Their Own. Britain, at an expense of three millions, lias killed a hundred and fifty Yankees and gained a mile of ground.—Franklin's comment on the Battle of Bunker Hill. XIV. HUE second continental con gress met in May. midway between Lexington and Hun ker Hill, facing a posture of affairs that might well have appalled an assembly possessing more regular powers than this one had. Its proceedings gave evidence that It had small understanding of the nature of the crisis that con fronted the colonies. War had actually begun: blood had been shed; Boston was held by an invading force and was besieged by an army of 17,000 militia. A bottle threatened at any moment. In this situation the congress was wholly lacking in the unity and decision the emergency demanded. It was. Indeed, without recognized authority and had no assurance of hacking from public opinion outside of Massachuset s. It proceeded, therefore, in a zigzag course that resulted in nothing hut a series of inconsistencies. It wasted time in debating a pro posal to draw up a petition to the king, hut at the same time refused to give back the king’s stronghold of Tieonderoga, which had been cap tured by Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain militia. It urged New York against the provocative course of re sisting the British If they attempted to land troops there, but thought the New Yorkers might be Justified in using force if the enemy attempted to eject fortifications. At the moment tt was thus seeking to conciliate the king. It was sitting under the presi dency of John Hancock, whom the king hated above all Americans, ex cept perhaps Sam Adams, and who was at that moment a proscribed out law whom It was the duty of every loyal subject to seize on eight. And at the same time the congress was debating what soft words to use to the king, it was voting to organize a continental army and buy gunpowder to resist the king’s authority. Thus early were Americans given an exhibition of the futility of a gov ernment that larked both power and responsibility. They were about to enter on a long war without any civil government except a factious council powerless. In law. to execute its own decrees. Only by long and bitter experience were the colonies to discover that the source of their weakness, in war and in peace, was in this lack of a national authority. The condition of the army around Boston furnishes a good Illustration of the results of this weakness. It was an army neither In organization, equipment nor discipline. Almost every company that appeared was on a • different footing from every other. The contingents came with their own officers and under terms of enlistment of their own. It might be said there was no authority to pre vent any man from going home when he wanted to. There were no uni forms and no stores. The army lived during the first months of the eieee by a sort of a miracle. George III, when informed of the facts, expressed an opinion not without weight from a military viewpoint. He said the larger the force the Americana as sembled the better, for it must the sooner disperse in order to subsist. What the king overlooked, or had no Information about, was the temper of the civilian population. If the army had no commissary the people had. 8upplli% came in from everywhere, donated by towns and individuals: and the soldiers not only had enough but frequently a surplus to sell. The army lay stretched out on a front of about nine miles, the wings at Bnrrhester and Malden and the center at Cambridge. The men lived ns they could: some In tents, some in churches and public buildings, hut mostly In huts contrived by them selves, of stone, timber or turf. There was hardly any discipline recognizable a* military. The ramp was perhaps more like a great fair than anything else. Farmers’ wagons would he ar riving all day, and the distribution of packages of food and articles of cloth ing would make for nolae and chaf fering enough. A system of barter would come easily into effect, and John's new shirt, fashioned for him by his mother, might And an owner In Abner, whose new powder horn John might fancy more The moth ers and sisters were themselves fre quent visitors tn the camp, and con trived by touches of their own to make the huts of the soldiers more homelike. Within the besieged city the Brit ish force, that had bought Bunker lllll at the colonists' own price, was hut a. single remove front being a captive army. It was doubtful If It could hold Boston, once the Amort cans were prepared to attack, and It was certain tt could not leave except hg water. In thfs cramped position General Burgnyne must have recalled with mortification the unfortunate I,oast he had made on landing n month before, to the effect that bei would soon make rlhow room. The Abe Martin 1 s_ Algonquin, Ih little daughter o’ Mr. am' Mrs. Artie Small, is named efter their favorite Pullman ear. Fiver notice how a l»dy killer facte* after he fit" married? (Cam rich! !».'( ) i Bostonians did not allow him to for get that remark. After his surrender at Saratoga two years later Burgoyne was brought to Boston a prisoner. As he was escorted through the crowded streets an old lady called out from a window: “Make way everybody, and give General Burgoyne elbow room!" For the ill assorted and unorgan ized host that held the British thus cooped up. congress had now to find a leader who could turn If Into an army. It was not yet even a conti nental army, but only a New England one. Most of the troops Were Massa chusetts militia, the rest were from New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Tsland. The war. to this point, had been New England's war. New England wanted It to be the war of the united colonies, and It was for this reason that when congress decided to take over New England's army, John Adams was ready to make a gesture of generosity and nominate for commander In-chief one who was not a New Englander. His suggestion was readily accept ed. and June 15, the day before Col onel Prescott entrenched on Bunker Hill, congress chose for general of the continental army a Virginian of some military reputation in the French war, a delegate to congress from his state and chairman of its military committee, and a. man of weight and increasing influence in ail patriot councils. He was Colonel Washington of Mount Vernon. (Copyright, Karens City Stir.) LISTENING IN On the Nebraska Press. Editor Leggett of the Ord Quiz re ports an Ord girl as saying that the reason she wears her hair so short Is that nil she has to do is shake her head and her hair is combed. • • • Noting that a Missouri mule has been borh with four hind feet. Don Van Dusen of the Blair Pilot declares It to be a sheer waste of feet—no mule ever needed more than two I hind feet. Will Israel of the Havelock Post notified everybody not to expect to find him at home on February 21, 22 and 23. He Is going to the press as sociation meeting at Grand Island if he has to walk. • • • Dave Stevens of the Cogad Local says a lot of people are ready to wel come opportunity when it knocks, provided somebody else will get up and open the door. • • • Emerson Purcell, editor of the Broken Bow Chief, admits that he would like to serve another term In the state senate. He has filed for the democratic nomination. • • • "A great many people would play Mah Jongg if they could pronounce It.” says the Nebraska Cltv Press. • • • The Holdrege Progress says the mnn who hollers the loudest about paying $150 for a rug usually returns It for taxation at about $25. And at that the Progress probably has It about $15 too high. • • • Probably referring to the theory of evolution the North Platte Labor Herald opines that after were through with the Investigations we will be ready to admit that we didn't spring very far The Bloomfield Monitor reports that the girls of the senior class are scrap pine over the matter of graduation dresses. One faction wants to grad uate In white dresses specially made, the other faction wants to graduate in banquet dresses. A third faction, com posed of dads, should step In and force a compromise on calico. • • • Ole Buck of the Harvard Courier explains why there Is so little about candidates In the country newspaper^ these days. The cobntry newspapers have shut down on the free publicity graft. • • • Allan May of the Auburn Herald denies vigorously that Colonel Forbes was caught Bitting on the floor of a Chicago hotel room, shooting craps with a lady. Allan insists that she was no Indy. • • • Frank Edgecombe of the Geneva Signal says that all a publisher needs to do fo make bis paper widely read Is to tell the truth. Charley Kuhle of the Leigh World says that some people would do more than read the paper: they would leave town. Yep. and several editors would take a nice ride from which they would never come hack. • • • The Clarks Enterprise ventures the opinion that the attempt to sidetrack MoAdoo may prove a boomerang to the fellows who are trying to throw the switch. The Tekamah Herald asserts that what occurred In Russia won't be n marker to what will happen in this country if those who betray public Iriifd ami violate laws are permitted lo esrajie the dire punishment they su richly deserve. • • • "it Is easier for a legislator to make (axes than It Is for the rest of us to nay them." remarks the Fremont I rlhtine, after due and thoughtful cogitation. SOS ddam Rreede of the Hastings Tribune Is worried. lie aav« {hS when people get to seeing hv radio I won t do a bit of good to undress In I he dark. NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for January, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,669 Sunday .80,166 Do#a tin! Include returns, left overs, samples or papers spelled in printing end include? no special sales ot fro# circulation of nny kind V. A BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. 5ubsnlhed end sworn to before me this fith dey of February. 1124 W H. QUIVF.Y. (Seal) Notary Public _ “The People’s Voice” Editorials from readers of The Morning Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee are invited t* use this column freely for expression on matters of public interest. bike* Editorial*. Columbus. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I want to congratu late you on the editorials of February IS. "Congratulations. Mr. Beal." and one February 14. "Mr. Vanderlp. Shame.” If there ever was a time when we need officers that will do their duty and public men of influence that should be careful what they say. it Is now. Have been out of the city for a few days, hence this late note of .ap preciation. G. H. GRAi. Elizahrtli Marbury Plead* for Ger many’* Starving People. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: MaJ. Gen. Henry F. Allen, running true to hi* fearless form, has accepted the onerous leadership in the cause of common humanity to stay the stalking famine, a* it threatens to destroy the live* of help less men. women and children in Ger many today. This is a ringing sentence—not our own. It begins an appeal from Eliza beth Marbury, the most gifted woman now living In New York, and one of the most lovable. Gorman blood—there Is not a drop of it In the vein* of Elizabeth Mar bury! Every drop of blood in her veins is pure gold, all the same—like her heart. These, she says, speaking of the unfortunate sufferers in Germany to day, are as much the victims of a cruel war as were the millions who fell before fighting guns. The after math of pence is a hideous mockery to these Innocent sufferers. The war was not brought on by them. The terms of peace w»re not of their mak ing. The Intricate questions of intei nutlonal debt and national capacity to pay do not enter Into their lives. The legality or the Illegality of the occupation of their territory is not discussed. Empty stomachs do not Indulge In words, she adds. They become artic ulate through action. All these peo ple know at present Is that they are hungry, that their children are dying for want of milk, that the sick and feeble can no longer hope for sus tenance, that even the daily rations of blark br»ad and soup are rapidly becoming unattainable, that the con ditions of the near east are now the conditions of the nearer west—and yet in the face of all this appalling •alamity our great country In which the hams are more than filled with plenty, is standing bv literally callous to the appeal and skeptical a* to its veracity. General Allen knows where of he speaks and his statements would be more thsn upheld could we but read the contents of the mail bags arriving each week from Germany. There is in the ring of Elizabeth Marbury's sentences the quality that quickens the soul. This is no question of internation al policy, of further parley or of gov ernment politics. It 1* the emergency of suffering and actual starvation. America has always been Just and eternally generous. No nation baa ever turned to us for food that ha* not been fed. No nation has ever asked u* for raiment that has not been clothed. Therefore, are we at this crisis to be once again loyal to our great heart? Shall we stand by supinely and al low the people of a country with which we have declared friendly re lations to be left during the trying months of winter destitute of the bare necesaitles of life? Shall any of us hate so that we refuse to help' Shall we steel our aouls an that they be come metallic and thus Ignore the cruelty cf w ant? Shall we do nothin* while the voices of little children are niteoiisly crvin* for hread and while the old and feeble are appealing for those crumbs which are falling from our own tab1** of prosnerltv? AfOrST MILLER. 4623 So. 83rd St. Adam and Belief. Council Bluffs—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Having rend the letter In the 'People a Voice" a "Critic of Fundamentalists.” I feel like writ ing. In believing the Scriptures as the inspired word of God. It aeems res sonahle to believe all or none. In Sd Peter. 3:16. I*, we find a reason for a great amount of thla unbelief. It is reasonable to me to believe that Clod crested man sinlesa. and gave him knowledge to know that God was his creator, which Is much more than moat of ua have today. But the ser pent must have had a greater know ledge of God's plan or he could not have fooled the pair. They had par taken of all the trees but this one. ns was their right. It was good to look upon, ond It waa food. No harm, •o they ate. If they had obeyed the voice of the One they knew was their creator, but they didn't. ! wonder If we do? But loo late. Death came by Adam be cause of transgression. And Adam had no power over the serpent until the promise God gave htm In the lath verse of Sd chapter of Genesis God drove them out. for they might have taken of the tree of life and lived forever, not against His will, but because It had the power to give eternal life. 1 am not going to condemn Adam because I see In this plan the propo Ration of the human race. If It had not lawn 1 prohaoly would not have been In existence, nor you. And If God had not preaerved the tree of life I would not have had the chance lo eat and live forever. Rev. 22 14; 1 Cor. 1:19 31. 1 am not much of a believer In .eadlng the Bible through In one eve. plug, hut I do believe If there was more reading and earnest studying of the scriptures there would be less room for criticism. M K. BOWLES. 3703 Avenue C. SUNNY S OF Jake Comfort,nor forget JU Sunri,ewrfaUcdutiVd THE CANDIDATE. The whole blamed world is on the bum: It's bound head-on for kingdom come Unless It quickly can find some (food man to save its bacon. Some man w ho knows just what to do: Whose soul is great, whose heart is true, And that man's me, I'm telling you. And I am not mistaken. Whatever Is. Is rotten wrong. And things can't go on this way long And not raise revolution's song. So some one man must save it. Some man who has courage great. Who always keeps his conscience straight; Some man like me to challenge fate. And's not afraid to brave it. Unless they choose a man who's right The country will go down in blight. And I'm the only man In sight Who knows just how to do it. I have the only proper plan To save my poor, weak fellow man. So don't pick out an also ran. For If you do you'll rue It. For I am Me, and It is I Upon whom you must all rely. Xone other e'en approaches nigh My strength to save the nation. All other men are pigmies email; They simply will nut do a-tall: So trust In me and you'll not fall— I'll save the situation! • Old maids' children are always the models for other folks’ children. Teaching children to hold policemen in fear or disrespect is to teach them disrespect for the law. Too many men spend more time choosing a necktie than they do in’se lecting men to conduct public affairs. Men who boast loudest of being self-made are tacitly admitting that after lathing upstairs they forgot to plaster. An Omaha man asserts that so far as he is concerned his residence tele phone is a total loss. When his wife is aw^y he can't use It, and when she is at home the line is always busy. Scented talcum is not a permanent substitute for the bathtub. Some men’never reach the age of discretion until they are too decrepit to indulge In foolishness. A great many men will willingly pose as "scofflaws" as long as there are so many laws that deserve scoffing A reformer is one who has wearied of enjoying something and is unwill ing to see anybody else enjoying it. A Council Bluffs wife calls her hus band* hat "Saturday," because it covers the weak end. You never heard of a man ac'ulev Ing wealth or fame by watching tha clock. Too many men spend all their time talking about their rights and never giving a moment's thought to their obligations. Some men work hard enough to ge1 "e;e money” to enable them to make twice as much honestly. There can lx* no charity without sacrifice Riving something you do not want or need brings you no cred its on the Book of Life. Rotten politics is due to so many men and women holding that they are too go<xi to take an interest In it. Home institutions, like some men make the mistake of thinking that they can build up simply by tearing others down. Xot all lynchers use a rope. Many use their tongues or pena Flattery is sweet music to the ear* of the mentally shallow. The wag of a dog’s tail is like ealvi tlon—you must earn It. You can not buy it. Of course salvation is free, but do not forget that you have to pay the transportation charges. Some men look upon prayer as * convenient method of telling God what they want. It is easier to claim success to be the fruit of wise endeavor. It js easier to attribute failure to othA^, than ourselves. A lot of men who imagine that they are thinking above the clouds are merely keeping one foot off the ground a part of the time. Very few men but what pride them reiver upon being able to run the other follow s business a lot better. WILL M. MAUPIN. » • • Safety for Savinf* • « • lP«n jmociauc* rr. XGansTorJifffhM.' When in Omaha Hotel Conant SUNDAY SPECIAL Nebraska Fatted Young Roast Turkey . - - With Pecan Dressing and Fresh Cranberry Sauce 35c Served From 12 Noon Until 9 P. M. 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