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The Morning Bee j MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publi.h.r N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKT.ER, Editor In Chief. Business Manager. 4 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of alt news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in thle 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 Rureau of Circulations, the recounted authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee'a circulation is regularly audited hy their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28. 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for » i n(; 1 Ann the Department or Person Wanted. 1 lantlc 1WU OFFICES • Main Office—17th and Farnam . Co. Bluffs—15 Seott St. So. 8ide. N. W. Cr. 24th N. New York—World* Bldg. Detroit- Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Brynnt Bldg. St. LoaU—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bidg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. ------- ABOUT TAXATION IN NEBRASKA. It was inevitable, perhaps, that the tax ques tion should be raised from the state house in advance of the primary election. Governor Bryan, who hopes to succeed himself, feels impelled to make it appear that he has redeemed his promises, made during the campaign of 1922, to reduce state taxation. His tax commissioner, therefore, comes out with a statement to the effect that under Mr. Bryan taxes in Nebraska have been reduced by 40 per cent. Ths annual report of the tax commissioner and the State Board of Equalization, lately published, doqs not bear out this assertion, so far as taxes levied for state purposes are concerned. On pages JC and 97 of the report is printed "Statement No. *, showing the distribution by counties of the state taxes for the general and capitol funds, and the total of the two funds for 1823, as well as the total by counties for 1922.” The grand total of these tabulations shows that in 1923 the levy for general purposes was $5,437, 818.34; for capitol building, $969,615, a total for the* year of $6,397,433.34. For 1^22 the total of the two funds was $7,340,953.10. This shows a reduc tion of $943,61i.76, and is the only adduction in gen eral taxation for wiiich the governor can by any stretch of authority claim credit. • • * The total amount o4 taxes collected for all pur poses in the state, which includes city, county, town ship, village, school, irrigation, drainage poll tax, and all other forms of taxation, amounted to $53,280, 124.74, in 1923. Tlfls compares with $53,457, 481.66 for the year 1922, or a total reduction in aV taxe» for the year of $177,356.82. County taxes foi 1923 were $143,103.32 greater for 1923 than for 1922; school taxes were $361,231.31 less; city and village taxes were $186,868.72 more; township taxes were $118,906.03 less; drainage taxes were $135,942.96 less; irrigation- taxes were $66,282.41 more; poll taxes were $12,663.35 more; and all other tixes combined aggregated $770,325.39 more in 192t than in 1922. • • • Going back to 19JU, wa find that the total tax levied in the State for all purposes that year was $99,366,699.26, and this compared with the 1923 total shows a reduction of $6,086,574.62. But of this the sum of $5,908,217.70 was cut off in 1922, the year before Mr. Bryan went into office. On the state taxes alone for the year 1921 the total was $10,930,607.11, and fn 1923 this had been cut by $4,525,149.45. This probably gives color to the claim that under the present administration the tax levy has been cut by 40 per cent. But against this claim must be off »et the fact that in 1922 the cut under the 1921 levy sras $3,564,498.06. , • ■ These figures are all taken, save the comparisons, from the report of the tax commissioner, and there fore are regarded as dependable. Whatever of con solation may be gained by the administration in sup jort of its claim to having reduced taxation in Ne iraska, it is welcome to. The fact is that the great change had been made before Mr. Bryan went into office, and the only material difference that is ap parent is due to the cessation of certain state ac tivities since he was inaugurated. For even the cessation of activities that reduced the tax levy the republican legislature is largely re sponsible. It had the final say on all appropriations. MOTTO FOR THE WINDSHIELD. Waif. You may lose.” This has been adopted by the American Railway association as its safety campaign slogan for the current year. It is a good one. Four words that tell the whole story. Just as effectively as did the famous three, “Stop, Look, Listen.” - If this advice is followed, railroad grade cross ings will not be nearly so dangerous. You may lose. Only on rare occasions has an automobile come out on top in a contest with a locomotive. An engine weighing frqm 100 to 150 tons has it all over an automobile weighing one pr one and a half tons. Again, the locomotive can not turn aside. Its path is fixed, and it is bound to travel dong the rail*. Eventually the longest freight train will/ go by and clear the crossing. A freight train of 100 enrs will hardly consume more than five minutes passing a given point. Much better spend that five minutes, however impatiently, in the upholstered sent of a standing car than to risk and possibly achieve eter nity in an unholstercd box. Drivers frequently outdo any speed attempted by the locomotive.- It is on a speedway track, however, for such driving is not permitted on public high wsys. Ambition to outrun the train may be press ing, but it is safer to repress it. ‘‘Wait. You may lose.”, And, if you do, the administrator of the estate you leave will not be bothered by hnving to dispose of your car. The section hands will attend to that detail. KING TUT A TOURIST ATTRACTION. News that the Egyptian government intends to open the tomh of King Tutankhamen to sight seers brings out the milk in the cocoanut. Carter's quarrel with the government really was, it. seems, over this very point. The government is not espe cially concerned in the 'scientific aspect of the ex ravatlon work. Neither is it worried over disposi tion of the treasures unearthed, although these sur pass expectation. It does seem an opportunity ton good to he omitted. The tide of travel up the Nile hns been wonderfully increased since the announcement was made that the last resting place of an ancient mon arch had been found intact. However much this might mean to the student, it means more in one sense to the mere curiosity seeker. Persons who had never heard of the ephemeral kings, who know less 9 than nothing at all of the different dynasties, who could not say exactly if Luxor were the name of a town or a breakfast food, suddenly developed an intense longing to view a tomb that is 3,300 year* old. Not merely baksheesh is the quest of the au thorities at Cairo. In King Tut they recognize an attraction that surpasses anything the kingdom has developed since first tjie Nile began to overflow and establish the valley. Travel up the Nile exceeds any in history. Even Rameses the Great saw noth ing like what is going on now. Each of these tour ists is a potential patron of the show that Carnavnn and Carter discovered, but the usufruct of which goes into the royal coffers at Cairo. Moreover, it is a good opportunity for the Egyp tians to show how free they are from British influ ence. The peep show at Luxor, in the Valley a( the Tombs, will go on under the direction of the Egyptian government as long as it is possible to extraot Turkish pounds or their equivalent from vis itors. Science can wait, will have to wait. The tourist trade must b*e catered* to. Nothing like King Tut has ever happened to it in modern times. “SEEKING THE BUBBLE, REPUTATION." Amy Lowell, distinguished as the' high priestess of vers libre, has her lucid moments. Underneath the fine frenzy of a poet's mood lurks the saving grace of common sense mated to fine ideals. That is why Amy can come back at an emancipated female in these terms: “If any human being floes not care more for something In their lives than for their own individ uality, then they are no good, and the quicker they lose their names, the better. All you have to do is do something and you will be known whether you have a name or not. I don't av>prove of shouting your individuality or carrying it with a banper." She was replying to Ruth Hale, who, although married to Hcywood Broun, declines to be known by his name. “Miss" Hale resents the control of a father over his daughter, or the implied control of a husband over the wife, saying: “If the world realized , , . how we revolt at having our lives conditioned by men nearest to us, it would then understand our sincerity.” That sounds good, but, fortunately for society, the afe-old institution of matrimony rests on the substantial foundation of “a man shall take his wife and cleave unto her, and the twain ^hall be one flesh.” The “independent” idea is very modern, and shows little sign of taking deep root. Miss Lowell say\ truly that if one does anything worth while the wofld will find it out. The old adage with regard to the rat trap and the beaten path applies here exactly. Many a woman has come to fame wearing the name she took when she wedded. Some have attained fame after marriage. Better than dll, however, is the adjuration that unless one has in life some object that is higher than self, “then they are no good.” An existence entirely self-centered is futile. The world has rro cause for quarrel with anyone who is earnestly striving to achieve something. Fame will discover merit, however it may be hidden. Those who eeek it fcy methods that partake of personal eccentricities are. clearly within their rights. They will be respect ed accordingly, however much they may run counter to custom. Most of us would prefer, though, to rest claims for recognition or distinction on something more substantial than peculiarities. t JAIL FOR FOOL DRIVERS. The American Society of Engineers, which re- ' cently held its annual meeting in Chicago, has some definite ideas on traffic regulation. Particularly is this view with regard to automobile drivers who endanger the lives of others. Here is the code pro posed by the engineers-for nation-wide use: "Jail and license forfeiture for drunken drivers: trial on fcharges of murder of all drivers responsible for fatal accidents, and careful physical and mental examination of all applicants for licenses." If such rules were adopted and enforced, we think most of the danger that now beseta the high ways would disappear. Even the most careful driver has his troubles, but they are few and far between. It is the reckless driver, the one without considera tion for the rules of the road or the lives he puts into needless jeopardy the law should reach. It will be a happy day for all hands when the reasonable use of the highways is universal, and everybody will feel safe in venturing out, because there will be no fools driving cars. Governor Bryan seems to have given the non partisan judiciary law a pretty hard rap in the Fifth district. But party harmony must be preserved, no matter what laws are ignored. Duck eggs thought to be 40,000,000 years old have been discovered in South Dakota. Probably On the site of a store run by some fellow who did not believe in advertising. Royal S. Copeland's name is to go on the Ne braska ballot as a democratic candidate for presi dent. This looks like there would yet have to be a contest to decide. Does anybody think for a minute that "scoffiaw” is the right epithet to apply to the intoxicated man who drives an automobile, hits a pedestrian and then runs away? Mr. MoAdoo claims 'that he ha* been given a clean bill of health. But who will furnish the bill for the politicians who gave him his bill? Senator Reed says he became a candidAe merely to defeat McAdoo. But has anybody noticed Sen ator Reed withdrawing from the race? Count that day lost whose low descending sun sees Mr. Bryan at a loss to tell why some men should not run. i r ' # . Homespun Verse —By Omaha’* Own Poet— •Robert Worthington Davie --- - ..._t I WENT IN QUEST OF BLISS. I pent In finest of hllss when I was young Where rimes In the dawn of .Spring hnd^prung,— I scanned the skies ns lazily I Hung Myself heelde n tree; • I shw the sun nglearn In summer skies, 1 heard the zephyr.*' pillowed lullnhle*. 1 pondered these mute rlasdles -and my eyes And ears brought joy to tne. Alas! some Jealous Dryail whispered thus; ' Htor gazing Is for saintly folk like us— You're typified an ordinary cuaa— flet you In haste away!” I’.ellevlng the uyslerloiis one I went Dlreetly homeward, and with good Intent To see other (hart the Firmament, Nor hear the wind's sweet Iny. The truth of that experience deeper grows As each year slowly come* and swiftly goes,— Hut there e a Itng'rlng sweetness of the rose . Thai Ipiunis my slightest breath; Ibf cosmos lure as some ethereal thing. Within the sides Aregfij glamor seems to illog. And winds with all Ihelr subtle magic sing i While 1 go nearer Death, BJ fEDWia U, riNHHAH. The Military Weakness of the Colonists and Its Causes To place any dependence upon militia is assuredly resting upon a broken staff4—Washington. CHAPTER XIX. HE colonies were now em ^ I | barked upon the revolution, 1 * but the word Itself is a little ] misleading. It was not, for _I example, the kind of a rev olution Adams' horse trader wanted. It. was a political revolution only, by which the form of government, but not that of society or law. was changed. It necessitated a war. but If we think Of that war as one for in dependent national existence of the American colonies we shall have a clearer understanding of its charac ter. That it retained that character was owing to the advanced state of the political education of the leaders who conducted it. They were not theor ists or speculators. The people they led were not a mob rising against so cial oppression. Even their political oppression was perhaps not clearly apparent to the common view of the times. Lord Mansfield told the Brit ish parliament that the Americans were not more oppressed than were the people of Alanchester, and in a legal senae ho was right; neither were repfesented In parliament. The Americans, when they resisted the king, were asserting no new rights such as “the rights of man” about which the French political speculators taught their followers to talk. The Americans had a back ground of 150 years of orderly con stitutional government, and fought to keep institutions ns old as the French kingship. Their leaders were neither political philosophers nor demagogues such as, in turn, led the French peo ple in revolt, but were solid, prac tical, experienced men of public iff fairs. People and leaders fought to assert and preserve principles of Eng lish law and government that had been violated by the king—a king, the English historian Lecky declare, who had committed acts as unconsti tutional as any that had led Charles I to the scaffold. These are the reasons the American revolution, considered as such, was the mildest in history, If we except the English revolution of 1SSK. which was accomplished hy only a show of force. No law and no Institution was subverted; society suffered r j wrench; the objective was attained, and no other was sought, when the govern ment of the colonies was transferred from Westminster to Philadelphia. let mere was one lesson in govern ment the Americans had not yet learned when the war began. Their experience with the crown had made them afraid of two things—executive authority and standing armies Their institutions worked beet, they be lieved. when locally administered. Self government, as interpreted by the colonies, meant the government of each colony by Itself and for Itself. The United States of America referred to In the Declaration of Independence were 1* Independent and sovereign states united only for the purpose of defense, and that loosely. They would not hear of-a standing ermv and each colony relied on ita militia. They were not a. nation, and they were without a common executive govern ment; and until the last year of the war they continued their common defense without on%. If they had a central government at all up to the time th* articles of confederation went into effect in 1781 It was Wash ington and his army rather than the Continental congress. As a result of this weakness, ths congressional support of the war was a failure from the first. Congress could raise no revenue of Its own authority am1 enlist no force not vol untarily furnished by th# states. The Continental army, as organized In 1775. consisted of It) companies of riflemen raised In Virginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania. New England al ready was In arms. The most con gress could do was to recommend "to the Inhabitants of the United StRtes colonies’’ that they form companies of militia for Incorporation into this force. Commissions were scattered broadcast: Anybody who could raise a company of 59 met) could he a cap tain. and anybody who could raise 5,900 could be a colonel. When Wash ington took command at Boston he found the terms of service of every unit In hie force would expire within six months. This defect of the mili tary system, which was a direct result of the defect of civil power, was chiefly responslblo for the prolonga tion of the war and many of Its mili tary disasters. Throughout 1775 con gress steadily refused tn extend any terms of enlistment beyond 1776. As a result of this policy, against which Washington protested from the first, the armies melted almost as fast ss organized. Washington's bat tles were fought for the most part with a small nucleus of continental troops snd with such reinforcements of militia ae he could gather on short notice from the immediate vicinity. Th» militia was opnosed tn serving outside the state in which It wss ... Abe Martin w I _A_J MiM Mutiny Monts Is lrnriiin’ n trails preparatory t' her marriage next dune. Mrs. Lnfe Hurt spoke t' her milkman th’ other afternoon on the street, an' he said, "Kxruae me, hut you ve got th' lost o' me." (Copyright, !•!« ' raised, and usually disbanded and went home the moment its services had expired. Arnold's expedition against Quebec furnishes a good ex ample of the working of the short en listment plan. His small force of 1,100 men. which had dwindled to 7.10 by the time the objective was reach ed, was ready to attack only pn the last day of legal service for a large portion of the troops who were to make the assault. A rapid review of the main mili tary events of the revolution will now disclose how these weaknesses of the civil power, carried into the military administration, repeatedly jeopardized the cause of the colonies and snatched from Washington the early victory he might otherwise have achieved. (Copyright, Kantaa City Star.) “ The People's Editorial* frqm reader* of The Morning Ree. Reader* of The Morning Bee are invited to us* thi* column freely for expression on matter* of . public interest. Honesty In Everyday IJfe. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: The other day a friend of mine in making change gave a man a $5 bill for a *1 bill. My friend did not miss the *5 for some time after the man had gone. Now I will venture to aay that 05 out of 100 would not pay that money back, they would push them selves through crowds in a store, hurry out, get into their auto or street car and get away as fast as they could, and when they were at a safe distance they wtjuld rub their hands together and slap them and pay, "Hal Ha!" Now that kind of money never did any good and never will. Like the old mlaer, for Instance He lay on hts pallet In a dying condition with sacks of gold piled high on chairs and tables. He lay on his bed with glistening eyes looking at his treasure when along came a serpent and twisted himself so tightly about the sacks that the sacks ripped and tore and let the gold fall and scatter all over the floor. The aick man roae on hts elbow and looking at the money scattered about, shouted in his list trenth, ".}ly Ood. save my money for m». ere 1 die.” That was all the good It did, him. Ill gotten money never doea any good. Look at Teapot Dome. Now in the shop where the change was given there appeared a light in the sky and It kept getting brighter and brighter, nearer and nearer, when out of the light a man appeared. It was that man that had received that money. He has actually come back to pay the money he had received wrongfully, something almoet un heard of in this country, and If things go on^Jie way they have been, it will be long before anything like that happens again. Oh, boy, ain't it a grand and glorious feeling to have had the pleasure of witnessing such a sight. Those happy days are gone forever. When an occurance like that happens and the beauty of It is, It actually happened in real life. The aristocratic, well-dressed ladles and gentlemen are no exceptloh. They would say it was hia own fault. We did not ask him to do it. so that ends it. Out of this light came this honest man radiant and smiling with a ' hole some and honest heart in the image and likeness of his Ood. I have put a black mark on the wall a foot long behind the stove as an In dication of something strange happen ing. P. A. Bt’RKE. What Shall Be Taxed? Oakland, Neb.—To tha Kdltor of The Omaha Bee: Senator Capper of Kansas has Introduced a bill providing that all tax exempt securities should he made subject to 25 per cent in heritance tax. hoping thereby to make such securities less desirable. Now all the federal, county, school and municipal bonds alre exempt from taxation by virtue of the law that was prevalent at the time when such bonds were issued, and for that rea son are drawing a very low rate of Interest. Should we In the future make eueh bonds subject to taxation or In any other way spoil the market for such securities, We would have to pay a higher rate of interest, and we would have to collect more taxes to pay more interest. So then what is the use to make tho nation, state, county, school, city and village pay hixcs on their buildings nnd improve ments which would practically amount to the same thing as making them pay tax on their bonds. The Farmers' union at their con vention in Omaha went on record as favoring taxing the intangible prop erty same as other property: that looks good at first glance, but I tell you that in the year 1911 we had $2,300,000 on deposit in our 12 hanks in Hurt county on the first day of April over and ahove the county, city and* school funds which were exempt from taxation, and that local assessors succeeded in listing about $300,000 for taxation, leaving $2,000,000 to the credit of the tax dodgers, nr about $500 for every schedule turned in by our local asses sor. Then we ran see how the dis honest man lies out of sue'h taxes and the honest are left to cerry the burden. Why should we offer such premium for dishonesty? It would of course be better If we could puli the tax dodgers out where God's light would shine on them, but until we do, let good enough alone. Our teachers, too, at their conven tion in Omaha went on record as 'favoring honest taxation, and we have been toid that there were more dia monds and precious stones on the dainty little Angers In that conven tion than all the people in the atate pay taxes on. And the chairman of the state board of equalization said he could And more pianos in two blocks in the city of Lincoln than all of Lincoln paid taxes on. Then let us conAscale all jewelery and pianos that are not being listed for taxation, sell them at publir sale and add that money to our budget. We can get some detectives out and get all of that stuff. NKLS JOHNSON. Lilies Maupin's Verse. Ogailala. Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: In reading the Oma ha Bee the last few days I have no ticed some very fine poems written by our friend. Will M. Alaupln, and Inasmuch as Nebraska has been call ing for more poetry and more Ne braska poets, I have Just been won dering If all of uit have truly ap preciated the splendid writings of Mr. Maupln. I wonder how many people have read "A Valentine" to L. C M? If you did, I wonder if you could see the very fine thoughts as expressed in that little poem? This poem is a great picture in words of what the writer and his good wife have lived. The beautiful com pliments paid to his life's partner are suggestive of a life of happiness and of helpfulness, not alone for the im mediate family, hut for those with whom they have come in contact. In the three short verses the writer has given a complete summary of his life's Journey, for with tin tight and careful study one gets a brief of this happy life I say happv.referring.ofcour.se, to the labor of keeping up a home. In the last verse we read these lines: * 'The years acone are but the out ward token Of what the future from our evog conceals. ' And what a wealth of advice ws can get fmm them. My conception of the twA lines referred to ir that if we have .o lived in the past that we have been able to weather the storms and trials of life, if w-e have accepted the joys and pleasures as such, and have been duly thankful for them, we have reason to believe that we shall he able to live the rest of our time in a manner which shall not alone bring! joy and gladness to us. hut also to those with whom we live Mr. Maupln. your poem is beautiful, and yours is one of the greatest jolts of all Jobs. Why, you ask? Simply because to any one who can help make the way a little brighter, who can help make the load a little lighter, is hound to come happiness, even though it may not be measured in dollars: for. after all. is not that which shall live after us of more importance than that which must be forgotten when we are gone Congratulation*. Mr. Maupln: may you give to us many more such beau ttful word pictures. WALTER C. NTE. • ______ Tells of New Forage Crop. Newton, Tex.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I would lie pleased if you would let me tell the readers of your most valuable paper about Kakarlno, the most wonderful variety of cane in the sorghum family. Makes abundance of seed which are white, | similar to white maize or feterlta. Snd the heads are fully equal to maize or feterlta for stock feed or poultry, while the stalk is sweet, equal to any and superior to many of the saccharine varieties. It is one of the most hardy varieties of the sofghum family. It makes and nra tures early, producing large crops of both forage and seed heads where other varieties have failed. it makes syrup as bright ns honey. As n forage, it has the feeding value of red top. It also hits the curing and keeping qualities of red top or sourless varieties. In Texas have lieen originated some of the most valuable varieties of both grain producing and saccarhlrie sorg hums hut I believe this is far superior to any on account of its making the finest syrup and at the same time producing more grain than the other varieties and Its eariiness and hardi ness puts It in a class bv itself _ tl H. PKRROO. SAY “BAYEP” when you buy Unless/you see (he "Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians 23 years for Colds Pain Headache Toothache Neuralgia Neuritis Lumbago Rheumatism // •/ J/ AtPAcCgPt onl-v lliHi P'^airc whlcn contains proven directions. „ yy' llanilv *'B»ypr" bo\r« .•( 1L> ubl.-u Alan Wtloa'of 2t an 1,100- Pruppiala. Aapirta la iht Ita4* mar a of Ham Uauufaciuro of Moaotcatlra.-nlealar of Sallcj UcacM SUNNY SIDE UP THK JOV OF LIVING. It fs sweet to greet the morning when the sunlight's ,rosy glow Scatters joy along the pathway as to work you gaily go. 'Tin a joy to hear the whistle as it blows its merry tune And you lay aside your labor for the brief respite of norm. Through the hours #f daily labor that the hand or brain employ There's a single thought that's bring ing you a wealth of honest Joy. It's the thought that there is waiting at the door some loving* one Who will smile and bid you welcome when the day s work's done. Sometimes heavy grows the burden and you bend beneath the load. And it seems thst only trouble walks reside you on the road. But the heavy burden lightens as you think of love that waits. And y^ur troubles quickly vanish as you laugh to scorn the fates. Through the duty doing hours you take courage as you strive, Knowing that with loved Ones waiting 'ti* a Joy to he alive. And you praise the Lord for living and for work from sun to sun. And the •mile and kiss that's waiting when the day's yvork's done. Rumors are efloat of a movement on font in centra! Nebraska to run us for governor on an anti reform ticket. While deeply appreciative of the honor we must decline to be a candidate on such a ticket at this time. Rnfortunately for the country there •* as yet no visible recession of the reform wave, and we are not one to butt our head against a stone wall. Sooner or later there will he a re volt against so much reform by legis lative enactment, and then, as one who has long held the gonfalon high and waved the oriflamrne of protest, we shall enpeot to march triumphant ly at the head of The procession that is escorting us to the executive offices at Lincoln. Most of the passions aroused by the war having abated, we are again ready to follow one of those little five plece German bands around the street0 while it discoutses the old-time music that jazz seems to have shoved into the discard. A few of those dreamy old waltzes as played by the Htt!" German hands of the old days would sound mighty good, just for a change. A Lexington friend suggests that those Teapot IaoWie pins should be worn by every loyal American. Sh» says they would represent th» only flung that was not loaned to Europe by the last democratic administration Scientists now Inform us that by careful selection of wallpaper we may take from or pdd to our adipose tissue as desired. We are not Interested on our own ac—nunt, being about as near! normal weight as we could desire. I Put the suggestion opens a wide field for speculation, and we are deeply in j te rested on account of several friends. Would it be possible to select a wallpaper that would ease up that dark brown taste in the morning? Is there any particular pattern of waiipaper that will tend to prevent a nrin of ordinarily even temper from indulging In lurid remarks when the grapefruit squirts nor'heast by east into his right optic? Would it be possible to design and ‘ • • Safety for Jovwf>» • • ■ ' .'WansforWOlMt. : . When in Omaha Hotel Conant manufacture a bedroom wallpapfi that would exert a beneflrlal inMu ence upon the mind of the wife B'her we arrive home unusually belated and with a slightly hazy excuse',' The more we think about this wall paper stuff the more we are inter ested. Just as soon . as we car. thoroughly satisfy ourselves that It k a workable hypothesis we shall see* a design for the office room of th« staff member who fixes the emolu ments of the other workers. It would seem to the casual ob server that business success has romi to be a crime In this country, with « prize of public praise accorded t< failure. Just why the letter should havi been directed to us personally, In stead of to the head of an entirely different department, we do not know But having received it. we harden tr answer. "Dear sir: Has a young man wht Is engaged to marry a young lady the right to embrace her?’’ Sakes alive! What are the youn* men of today coming to? When w« were a young man no such foolist question would have been asked. Ol course a young man has a right tt embrace his fiancee. A right, and s left, too. The only engaged mol who Is excusable for not embracinj his fiancee ia a-n armless man. W. take it from the dainty handwriting of the letter that our correspndent. i: a young lady. If the young fellow to whom she is engaged has thus fai failed to give her a correct initiatlor of how one s fiancee should be em braced, we will, if she will call per sonally, explain in considerable det.il this most Interesting flatter. As a last resort, in case that verba, explanation is not comprehended, w* might be induced to illustrate. It If with extreme cheerfulness that we go to any extreme to please or benefit those who evidence an interest in this column. WILL M. MAt'PIX. « PAIN Get the Safe and Wonder fully Effective Nebrin Tablet*. 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QUIVEY, (Saal) Notary Public This is a street of “happy windows!" Just see how the bright, happy rays of light pour forth from the windows, making more cheerful the way of those who might pass. Your street, too. should be one of “happy windows". We must all help in spreading cheerful ness. Let light flow through every window, spreading cheer about Kleetrir light it very cheap in Omaha! Ta bum a S.% watt lamp in your home for seven hours costs only a penny—almost unbelievable, but true. .A 1 isht All Night For a Penny and a Third! Nebraska ® Power €.