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The Sunday Bejl MORNING—E VENING—5 U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. PuW»h*r N B. UPDIKE, Prudent BALI \KD DUNN, JOY M HACKLED, Editor in chief Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'J he A uoclitfd Press, of w hich The Bee is a member, •xeitttivel) entitled to the u«e for rrpubliegtion of ail .lews dispatches credited to it or not mherwiae credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republicat.''n of our special dispatches are also reserved. Th- Omaha Bee is a member of <h« Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bees circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, a? Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for a nr !__-*• 1 AAA the Departm^it or Person Wanted. " * WHIK 1 wW OFFICES Main Off'ce—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs -15 Scott St. So. Side.N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York — World Hldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—-Tribune Hldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. >8t. Louis— Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Hldg. S*n FApo.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. , ^—!\ J ^ PATRICK. APOSTLE. Almost »t\,cC<N • centuries ago a man entered Ire land to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is re lated that he found the land without a Christian, and that he left it without a pagan. As an example of effective proselyting it stands alone. No other gospeler in all history can match it. What wonder, then, that all over the world men and women of Celtic blood do honor to the memory of Patrick? The bits of green that will decorate coat lapels or dress bosoms tomorrow has a deeper significance than most understand. It is the fealty of those who remember him, whose love for service, even though it was performed centuries ago, still is potent enough to move them to that little recognition of the man. -- Patrick, born Sucat, according to best accounts was a Celt, son of a deacon at a Scotch town which is partially at least identified with present Dumbar ton. This information is said to rest on his own “Confession,” which was autobiographic in a consid erable degree. He was kidnaped and sold as a slave in Ireland when a boy. Escaping, he made his way to France, where at Marseilles and Tours he learned much of that which afterward made him the great preacher he became. His desire to return to Ireland and tell the story of the cross to the people there led to his ordination and his mission. Many legends and much controversy hang around the name of Patrick. These are but collaterally in teresting at this time, and of little importance any how. What the people of today care to know is that Patrick went into Ireland to try to teach the natives a better way of living. He succeeded, but it was not without work. He had no brass hand, but did have a bell. He had no press agent, but did have a fol lowing of pilgrims, who journeyed with him from place to place, converts who hung on his words, and who found content in his service. • * • No wonder he was canonized. If ever mortal man won that distinction through genuine service, it was Patrick. He i* supposed to have been 90 years of age when he finished his earthly labors and was called to his rest. Sixty of those 90 years he spent in his ministry, the most fruitful we have any record of. It would be marvelous indeed if he wag not the subject of legends, of fanciful tales, concerning miracles and such. Even the iconoclast can find in him much to admire and very little to criticize or carp at. That is why the green will be worn tomorrow by millions of Americans, many of whom have no connection with any church. They will be honoring a great man, who did the most remarkably thorough job of converting a people the world knows any thing about. FOR THE BOY WHO IS DOWN. Conrad V. Dykeman, imperial potentate of the fchriners, gave Omaha something to think about on the boy question Thursday. He only talked ten min utes at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon, but he said more than many a man could put into a book. The neglected boy, the substratum boy, was his sub ject. Mr. Dykeman did not detract in anything from the work of the Boy Scouts or the “Y,” but praised these. Yet, as he pointed out, there is a boy that neither of these organisations reaches or can reach. This is the one that society must take in hand. To the business men he said in substance, “You must meet him now, while he is amenable, or you will meet him later on, at the bar of justice or be hind the bars.” This boy can be reached, for the apeaker told of what is being done in New York, where the problem is more serious for the reason that there are more of the boys. There the boys’ club is the solution, a place where the boys are treated like human beings and where they learn les sons of telf-control they can never learn at home I or on the streets. Chairman Hiller, who is directing the Boys’ Week movement locally, says the object was clearly stated by Mr. Dykeman. Omaha will make an effort to sup ply the deficiency, and provide ways for getting hold of the boys who now grow up under unfavorable conditions. Dr. M. J. Ford, who is deeply concerned in the boys, also endorses the Dykeman message. When we get the understanding knowledge of the conditions and the need for remedy we may be sure the good people of Omaha will not lag in pro viding the means for correction. Boy Scouts did not have to wait long, and the “Y” is assured of support. Now, let us go out to do something for the boy that is not reached by either of these methods. "SELLING” RELIGION. Can religion be “sold” by personal solicitation? A visiting divine, connected with the Methodist denomination, says he is not an evangelist, but an in vestigator, He visits a home, has a definite, matter of fact talk. He Invites attention to Christ, to the work the church is doing, and presents a blank ap plication. The name on the dotted line closes the transaction. Wonder what either one of the Wesleys would say to this method of spreading the gospel? It cer tainly is a novel idea, and one that will perplex many old-fashioned folks, who look upon religion as some ilhing that is not acquired but comes as a revelation. A Pentecostal experience has long been held the es L sential thing In conversion. To be born again, to I receive the force of conviction, to he changed by * that conviction from nature to grace. Taul wrote '■ earnestly to the Romans and the Corinthians, the p Philippian* and the Colossians, the Thcssalonians and the Hebrews, discussing the foundation of their i faith, their conduct and the assurance they might I have, yet did not describe the process by which one might become s Christian. Hr did tell, however, many things that a Christian ought to dn to prove himself one, not for the satisfaction of the world, but to se cure the reward promised in the life to come. Proselyters of all times have relied on their elo quence and their ahi|ity to expound a text to per suade the unbeliever to accept a message. Yet, after . it is all said, the simple fart is that fellowship with Christ rests on acceptance of Him, belief in His teachings and a readiness to follow His precepts. It may be that the investigator is on the right road in trying to get folks to accept his doctrine through quiet personal appeal, rather than by means of emo tional upheaval. It is a new note in evangelism, and its effect may well be watched. SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS. “Could she have thought of a sweeter way?” says Bret Harte in his poem about the lady and the mignonette. And the world agrees with him. Some would substitute another flower for mignonette, be cause the tastes of individuals vary. Yet the lan guage spoken by the flowers is always the same. It expresses sentiment too deep for words. Joy, sor row, love, sympathy, friendship, devotion, cheer and hopefulness, all are borne by the petals in bloom, wafted by the delicious odors, and glorified by the lovely tints of the beautiful blossoms. Omaha is to have a flower show this week, the first in several years. Our florists have decided that they will also say it with flowers, and invite the pub lic to attend and see what is going on in a world we all know too little about. Not that the people of Omaha neglect flowers. On lawns, in parks, along boulevards, they are everywhere throughout the city. Visitors to Omaha may see in season the evidence of the residents’ love for flowers and taste in their dis play. The object and purpose of the flower show is to acquaint the people with the developments in the florist’s science, for it is a science as well as an art. New blooms, improvements in older ones, varieties that arejnore beautiful or more practicable, all these thing* and others'will be on exhibition. Anything that tends to make life more bearable by adding to the attractiveness of its surroundings is worthy of support. Therefore, we say, the flower show to be held this week is deserving of every attention. We congratulate the florists on their enterprise, and urge the public to see to it that the attendance is such as will encourage the promoters to greater effort. It will repay in many fold by enhancing your knowledge of the beautiful. DEATH AND THE DOOMED MAN. The offer of a man to allow himself to be exe cuted instead of the one convicted opens an inter esting field for speculation. Accepting his own statement, that he is of no further use to society and so might as well be dead, we must conclude that the young man who is sentenced to die is in almost the same predicament. The one is exhausted by reason of disease, which has worn him out. The other, full of the vigor and great strength of phys ical manhood, has made himself useless through his passion. The law has adjudged him no longer fit to live, and has set a day when his existence will be terminated. If it could be assured that society would gain, the proffer might be considered. But the young man has already forfeited his own life by taking that of another under such heinous conditions that the law exacts him the extreme penalty. It will be argued that he might from now on be of service, and would never again offend. The maxim of the law, that a man's intention* arc only to be deter mined by his actions, interposes an objection here. So long as one lives a peaceful, orderly life, he is in all outward regards considered a good member of society, no matter what his inward thoughts may be. Once he has broken the rules of society, he is never again restored to full fellowship. Always his recori} will follow him. No matter how kindly people treat him, his crime will be part of his rec ord, and even when forgiven is rarely forgotten en tirely. Grave doubts, then, must be held as to the like lihood of a condemned murderer actually becoming a really useful citizen. What he might do would be to devote his restored life to such penitential employment as would at least indicate his contrition. Little more than this would be within his power. Few men have committed murder and still lived usefully. The man who makes the proffer deserves a little consideration. No matter what brought him to his present sad state, he admits that he has lived too long, and is ready to die, that he may escape the burdens of an ungrateful existence. From his own viewpoint, he would sacrifice very little. Yet, he Is earnest enough to think that by paying the penalty for another he would serve society by restoring a strong and vigorous body to' replace one that is worn out. This much of generosity is noted in the offer. Death will soon find him, and he would make h!s passing a benefit, however doubtful that might be. A greater consideration, however, is that life and death are in the providence of God. As Hamlet so eloquently soliloquized, “The Almighty hath set His canon against self-slaughter." One may not his own quietus make, even by substituting for an other who is condemned by law to die. A political seer predicts that the democratic nn tional convention will be in session a month. The country would be well served were the convention to remain in session until after the 1 uesday after the first Monday in November. A prohibition enforcement offirial declares that 99 per rent of all liquor sold illegally in the United States is fraudulent. That is within one half of 1 per cent of the alcoholic content of the stuff that is sold legally. Mr. McAdoo may not be able to serve his party as a candidate, but. there is ever the opportunity to help it along by splitting his fees with the compaign committee. The return of spring brings forceful reminder of the fact that the man who lies about his catch of fish is the least harmful member of the tribe. It will have to be admitted that when a girl wants to have her hair bobbed she will find a way to have it done, despite parental objections. Mr. Bryan has been visiting in Havana. Gracious, we hope he didn't dig up a Cuban for preferred candidate while he was down there! Every now and then we have the spectacle of a man who is too good for his parly being perfectly willing to accept, the support thereof. Mr. Sinclair has nrrived in Washington with six attorneys, not one of whom is n democratic candi date for the presidential nomination. When it. comes to designating a punishment for a dog poisoner we are a hidebound fundamentalist. It isn’t so much the oil speculation that the I people complain about as it is the oil peculation. By EDWIN G. PINKHAM. Adjusting the Balance Between State and Nation Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Euro/te, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security.—• Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, No. XXIV. XXXVI. SE now have to consider some of the more important clauses of the constitution over which political con tests have arisen, and whose interpretation by the supreme court has developed and extended the fed eral power as we know it today. The clause in the constitution on which parties early divided was that giving congress the power "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for the carrying into execu tion” its express powers. Here was a power almost limitless, and its future applications could not have been foreseen even by the most ardent advocates of the doctrine of implied powers. I-'or example, con gress, under another clause, article I. section 8, had specific authority to regulate commerce among the states. There were no railroads when the constitution was written, but when they came congress was able to regu late them, because the railroads were engaged in commerce among the states, and congress could-do anything "necessary and proper" to the carry ing out of the commerce clause. The commerce clause itself Is one of the great nationalist principle. of the constitution. It wiped out the tariffs and other commercial re -1. lo tions tlie states had Imposed under the articles of confederation, and gave the federal government a long arm in maintaining equality among them. That commerce should he free among tlie states was a first essential to na tionality, and without .this power to keep it free the federal government would have been helpless before the rivalries of the states. For example. New York tried to give Hubert Fulton n monopoly for the operation of steam vessels on the waters of that slate, and under this grant Fulton's heirs tried to exclude other steani vessels from operating between New York and New Jersey. The supreme court held the New York grant was invalid as conflicting with the power of congress to regu late commerce among the states. 'I hat court has held that commerce "comprehends traffic, trade, naviga tion, communication, the transit of persons and the transmission of mes sages by telegraph—indeed, every species of commercial Intercourse. " To this commerce clause we owe a mass of important legislation design ed to promote the "general welfare" by protecting the public from manifest evils, such as the shipment of Im pure food and the distribution of lot tery tic kets. The anti trust laws also were enacted under this danse, and every article of merchandise that goes Info interstate commerce Is thus brought under the regulation of con grass; and It can readily he seen what an immense power this clause confers on the government and to] what extent the public's protection isi involved in it. The express powers of rongtess are enumerated in the constitution— there are 18 of them. The flret of the enumerated powers is the power to lay and collect taxes, but the same clause that confers the power specifies the uses "to which the revenue may be put. There are three only—tu pay the nation s debts, to defend It. and to provide for its general welfare. On the point of what constitutes the general welfare, the political par i ties again divided and remain divided) to this day. The strict construction lata in congreas voted steadily against the appropriation of money to im I prove rivers and harbors and to build | roads. They held these were not na. tional functions, but belonged to the states. The other party took the view that to facilitate commerce and com munication among the states was to promote the general welfare. The i broader view has latterly prevailed, but at first the use of national rev enue for internal improvements was strongly opposed. A hill for the great national highway, known as the Cum berland road, failed of President Mon roe's approval. President Jackson vetoed all Internal Improvement bills that came to him, and declared that the spending of public money for "local advantages" was unconstitu tional and a great evil. Although highways anil waterways then were the only means of binding the expanding nation together in those bonds of communication essen tial to nationality, these strict con structionists could not see how the public welfare was concerned in their development. The constitution gives congress the power to dec dare war and to raise and support armies, hut the fear of mili tary establishments which the found ers Inherited from their English an cestors caused them to limit strictly the time for which an unity could he provided. Th<- limit is two years, which is the life of a congress. Thus no *ongre*s can bind a future one to any military policy, and the people havp a chance at every election to say what that policy shall be. And the president, although he la tom mander-ln-chief of the army, is pow erless to maint ain one. This balanc ing of powers, and the limitation placed on military appropriations was conceived to check the evils that in England, had been produced by con tests for the control, by king and par- j (lament, of the military arm Congress also has power to organ ize. arm and disc ipline the militia and to call these forces Into the servic e of the nation, but the power to appoint militia ollirri was leserved to the states. T'.i* reservation Is a not iter evidence of the fear that lath century statesmen had of the military power. The states wanted to keep the militia in their own hands, and they felt that as long a* they had the appointment of its ofitcers it could not be used to destroy local government Hxporlcyic f has proved this reserva tlon of a part of the military power to the states to have ben a great mistake. It was a natural one in view of the fears then existing, but those fears, we now know, were ground less; while the harm wrought upon our national‘defense has continued. The system operated to deprive the nation s military establishment of uniformity. It produced a distinct class of officers differing in training and experience from those of the reg ular establishment, and has had a bad tendency to oa^jse the state forces to regard themselves as apart from those of the nation. The states, moreover, atwaxs haxe neglected their militia.' and when called Into the national service these forces have, by reason of their military unprepar*dne«*. been found 111 adapted to prompt and satis factory welding xvith the national tone. The militia, in theory the popular arm. always has been the weak link In our defensive system. Dim] civil government we have made to xvork. A dual military system Is against all military precept and experience and lexer has been made to work (Copyright, Kansas City Star t Mud Gunners of the Senate l_.___y From the New York Kvsnlns PoC There will com* a day when Wash ington will rerover its now lost sanity. When that day comes the senate of the United States will wish It might blot from Its records all traces of Thursday. March «. 19*^4 On that day It sank to a new low level In Its history. For weeks its mud guns have belched and splashed. What once was a great deliberative body has been resounding to the partisan yelpings of little men and the snaps and snarls of character assassins. They have made charge* under the protection of the senate they would not dare utter as man to man. They have made the oil Invest!* gat Ion the excuse for an orgy of par tisan denunciation the like of which had never been seen In tlvf senate and hardly anywhere else In America. The country lias looks* on in grow ing amazement. The public has been shocked and finally disgusted by this brazen exhibition of poison tongued partisanship, pure malice and twitter ing hysteria. Thursday capped the climax. That day two private telegrams from the president of the United States were read into the record of one of many senatorial inquiries. This was done In the hearing of the same Senator Walsh, chief Inquisitor of that com* mlttee, who had taken exceeding pains to see that certain telegrams and let ters exchanged between himself and K. D. Hoheny were "explained” 1h> fore they were spread upon the rec ords. Walsh and his commute* took no such pains with the White House massages. It would have been easy for the investigators to establish the Irrelevancy of these messages before they were made public with a round flourish. They chose to do nothing of the kind. Did these White House messages ie. late in any May to the oil scandal? They did not Was there anything overt In them? If so It does not ap pear.* The> were, In fact, such mef sages as are sent as « matter of off! Hal routine and ordinary courtesy bv any man In public life. The White House explanations of both were nde quate ami clear. Hut they did not convince the nar row and hate filled minds of some sen ators. Hardly were they In the record before the filth batteries of the sen ate, manned by the three mud gun ners, I Ian icon of Mississippi, r.ira May of Arkansas and Heflin of Ala lama, wept Into action. Senate ilfle pits spat venom. The drum fire of senate Innuendo mss laid down upon the White House. Not i man of them nil had a scrap of evidence. No matter, thev made hearsay, rumor and suspicion serve; j hearsay, rumor they mouthed venom [ oils Insinuations and bespattered the i name of the president of the United I States with sinister Implications In all the MMintr hut one man hud I the courage to stand against them Senator Dodge has knnwn the senatei in Its great* i days. When he rose; and made dignified protest against these sa\age innuendos and sneering vinification, the rabid pack turned on him as wolves wheel and snap. They would not h« cheated of their dally hour of hate. A* they turned to a new victim, yyhatever la left of the de c»ncy, political fairness and honor of the seflate rat mute aa so many dumb, cowed and driven cattle. \Vh»n the senate was the senate, there were men who would ha ye risen and read these whirling dervlahe* from Dine a lesson In elementary de cency. Where are they now. these older democrats and republicans' Where yvere the saner, fairer demo crats of today. Underwood, Glass, Bruce, Simmons and Kalaton ’ Do they condone such exhibitions' Where was the courage of those republicans yy ho sat allent and shivering, leaving the white-haired I.odge to stand alone and fight alone' Where for Instance yvere Curtis, Watson, David Bred, Moses l’epper and Willis? Where yva* Pepper, paladin of fair play, and Borati, the pure of heart? The situation in the senate has lie. come Impossible. The upper house haa worked itself into a frenzy. It has made Itself the home of arsenic squads w ho poison reputations and of "ell poisoners who destroy character. Weeks ago it wandered afar from the main and prlncliml alma of its inyes ligations. It Is noyv the haunt of political gunmen. If these are the breed of senators that popular vote sends to Washington, then it yva* an evil day for the nation when it ap proved the 17th amendment. Disgust with senate tacllcs is iislng to a danger mark The people of this country are fair minded ami believe In fslr play. They- are noyy realizing that the senates lotions are the yery pith and essence of pettiness. There Is actual danger of a backfire of na tlonal disgust that will discredit all Investigations and all Investigator* A wearied ami resentful people is about ready to cry out to both parties "A plague on both of your houses Gentlemen of the senate, you yy ill do 'veil to get Imck to your work. Let there |>e an end to tile savage, unfair ami partisan tactics Hist aie disgrac lug a ome great body. The > untry Is weary of It. If Is beginning to he weary of you You rant am) pose and talk too much. Get back to your original Investigations and bold n, them, gull trying to make political capital of everything y ou tom b. Your attempts lit smear tile White House with oil will react upon you. Nobody is going to believe on (be word of a nos* road politician that President Coolldge got any ,,|| „„,nr% tenting anybody who did. .a that lie is tainted by this black tiling that stalks In Washington Gentlemen of 111* Senate lie good enough, for your own sake, to put your political mountebanks, vonr par tisan clow na ami y our dial aakers back in thelt place You are gambling yyiih your own reputations and dicing y\it|i the good repute of I he senate. r Sabbath Day V-—-* Hy <AROIAN BELLE ADAMS. One more week ha* ended—oh. hie** the Sabbath day. When we leave our work aside and toss our care* away. Let man's heait rejoice as he rests from care and strife. And appreciate each blessing that smooths the road of life. Let Us dedicate these hours to glad ness and to song. And discipline our heart* to forgive for every wrong. If some life you've brightened through the days now flown. It will bring a Messing that will en rich your own. There's joy for earnest tollers who work with love and vim. And A happy conscience, and peace awaiting him Who never is too busy to give the word that cheers To some heart that is troubled, to help It smile through tear*. If love and joy and service wc will freely gi\e, The world will tie lietler just be cause we live. So. blessing, serving, singing, let us go through life, And remember, loving thoughts every wrong will right. Yes, one more week ended—it is the Sabbath day— Let u* leave our work aside and toss our cares away. Let us not forget the source from whence all blessings come, But let us live and serve, that lie may say ‘‘well done." LABOR. We get no pleasure from the diamond in the rough. Though worth we know full well is there Whan the crude stone is sizable enough To polish into perfect solitaire. ft take* the skillful hand lo bring its virtue out. To sparkle and attract admiring eve* By tiny ray* of light that play about Deflecting true the colors of the skies. The friction plied by n-aa with dreamy hrsin Creates a priceless g'm from un shaped stone; Unpolished it woud ever rent in vain— A clod untreasured and unknown.. —J. Norry Harris, Malvern, la. THE LIGHT GOES 01 T. The light goes out but once. Life slowly fades away. Our candle flicker* out. And darkness ends our day; The final curtain drops. And man is dust once more; The earth receives us all— Embraces rich and poor. The light goes out but on<e— The light behind the eyes The soul's light never fall* To burn, and never dies. And when the lifeless corpse Is placed upon the bier, The soul shall still march on— 'While only dust lie* here. The light goes out but once— <>h. k#<p it burning bright While yet you may, my friend. For swiftly cornea the night. And when the stern command Bids you to cross the bar. Your soul s light will not fail To he your guiding star! —Catherine Elizabeth Hanson. He Qualified. He had gone into the library to put the thing up to her father and she sunnySideUp $ake iomfort, nor forget cJftat 'Sunrise ne\,erfafl^duruet‘‘ A PRAVKB Dear Lord. 1 come with contrite heart Into Thy preseilt-e here, A time drawn from the world apart To ask Thy help and cheer. 1 ask not wealth that Thou canat give— 1 only ask that I May underatand how best to live, Then I'll know how to die. I aak not power, wealth or plate. Hut strength to persevere With humble heart and smiling face While life is given here. pear Lord, Thy hand reach from on high Thy greatest gift to give: Teach me the greatest way to die By helping me to live. Dear Lord, before Thy throne today 1 kneel with humble heart And ask Thou teach me the way To play the manly part. Teach me to serve well as I go, wa To work while passing by: To live so at the end I’ll know **' How best a man may die. Dearly beloved, for our brief sermon this morning we will take as our text the very last verse in the 10th chapter of Matthew: "And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these my little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily 1 say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.” "Service" ha» come to be a very hackneyed word, and yet service Is the one great need of the world today. Not lip serv ice. but a real service that is founded upon the deep founda tion of a desire to be something, to be somebody, to give to the world something that will help it to higher and better things. The greatest service to the world is not always rendered by those in high place. Rather, the greatest service rendered to mankind comes from those in humble place. To do the work In hand the best one knows how. To strive earnestly to make today’s work count for more than the work of yesterday. To make honest effort to take one step forward. To lift a part of the load that is bowing a neighbor to earth. To sacrifice something that others may have a chance to rejoice. To con tribute In some measure, however small, to the sum total of human happiness. That is the kind of service this old world stands sadly in need of today. To joy in your work and do it the best you can. To take pridg in the products of your hands and brain. To gladly give instead of to selfishly take. These are the things most needful in our complex social, Industrial and political life. "This Is my Job, and I’ll do it better than anybody else ran do it.” The world needs millions of men and women who will tackle their tasks every day with that thought swelling their hearts and nerving their brains and muscles. He lives best who selves best. "He w»nt about doing good." In that on* abort sentence Is written the greatest tribute to the Man of Galilee. His life was a life of devoted service. He gave all, and in the giving won all. Monuments are not erected in memory of men who took from the world, but to men who gave to the world. We erect towering shafts of marble and of bronxe to men who served, not to men who selfishly grasped and held. — Will you answer the call for workers In the vineyard? Will you Step out on the side of real service, joining with those who rejoice in opportunity and seek earth's richest reward—the knowledge of duty well done-' If so, while we stand and sing, ".lust As I Am Without One Plea." step to the front and dedi cate your lives to service to humanity, thereby dedicating your lives to the Master. I-et us stand and sing, an.) may we sing with the spirit and understanding. WILL M. MAUPIN. J was waiting anxiously on the piaxxa 'or his return. "Well?" she breathed is he came out. "Well," said her suitor. ‘ he asked ms hew I was fixed and whether 1 had any money in the bank, and I told him Jl.000 .” And what did he say-1" "Nothing mueh." he replied gloom ily, but he borrowed it.”—L'gion Weekly._____ When in Omaha * Hotel Conant How the Funeral Director First Became Known as an “Undertaker” I J I HE task of caring for bodies of the dead was one of grim necessity in the old world, perhaps a century ago. It was not the science it now is—it was a serv ice repugnnnt to all men, and therefore performed re luctantly, hurriedly, even horridly. History tells us there was usually but one man in each town who Mas Milling to consider rendering this service at any price. Imagination need not be very' vivid to picture this man as almost a social outcast—classed not as even the equal of the hangman. Because he Mould "undertake” this (at that time) greMsome task, he Mas termed the “village undertaker.” Thus the term came into use. Today the funeral director has replaced the undertaker. He serves, not of necessity but from choice; and his skill is recognized as that of a professional man to whom men and women turn Mith confidence in their hours of dir* need, and greet as friend and equal in every Malk of life. To sucn a service I have dedicated my life M-ork. To render it I have built a special plant M-ithout an equal in this section. And I have surrounded myself with men and women m hose understanding sympathy, trained skill and gracious refinement have made possible the perfection of the great work I am trying to do. Hoffmann Service is recognized as without equal in this vicinity. Twenty years' experience has made it so. Hoffmann’s prices meet the need of every case—no matter M-hother the amount at the command of the family is but S100 for adults or many times that sum. TO SERVE H 1' M A N 1 T V B E TTRR HOFFMANN FUNERAL HOME ^ - 4nd Podtjf StOft s Ambu1«iu» Service OMAHA Phon* 3901 tC\ r> right Spr' ed For)