THE DAILY
NEBEASKAN
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C. A. TUCKER
JEWELER
S. S. SHEAN
OPTICIAN
1123 O STREET
The Dutch Mill
AT THE WINDSOR
Lunch at 11:15
Special 25c dinner
for students. One
block from campus.
MRS. E. J. BEAM AN J
Manager
GOOD MUSIC
234 No. 11th St. Lincoln, Nebr.
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We Receive New
Shipments Daily
From the Growers
Enslov Floral Co.
Phone B3695
I35 So, I2th St., LINCOLN, NEB.
Work brought to our office
any morning by 9 a. m. will
be ready at 6 p.m. if wanted
GLOBE
SOFT WATER
LAUNDRY
Office 340 S. 11th
Plant 1116 to 1130 L St.
For Quick Serrice
New York Chop House
1340 O SL
Always Open
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Jersey
Sweaters
Guaranteed all Wool in red
and white or Grey and
Maroon stripes.
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stltutlons carry with them grave re
sponsibilities which can only bo dls
rhArsred by the performance of those
duties which public intelligence and
make clear. The
events of the last year have shown
us both our grave perils as a nation
and the duty that lies before us iu
protecting our heritage, and in pro
tecting the future of our children.
"We are, therefore, of the opinion
that Thanksgiving Bermons this year
may properly include at least refer
ence to the duty of adequately safe
guarding here in our own land the
spiritual advance that the world has
made at such a great cost. We are, of
course, earnestly and ' ardently for
peace, but we feel that the peace-at-any-price
plan is by all historical pre
cedents only an unmistakable invita
tion to aggression by those who covet
what we possess. As I have the non-
or to be the chairman of the confer
ence committee, on national prepared
ness, representing in an organized
way a very large membership among
educated and peace-locing persons
who are concerned for the welfare of
our country, I should be pleased to
have you write, if you will, of your
proposed co-operation in the manner
suggested. Yours very truly,
"Henry A. Wise Wood.
One of these letters was addressed
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to the Rev. Dr. wuuam . merru,
Dastor of the Brick Persbyterian
church in New York City, who has is
sued a statement couched in the fol
lowing language: "I shall be indent
ed to the Times if it will allow me
through its columns to voice an em
phatic protest against the effort now
being made to induce churches to
discuss the duty of national prepared
ness in their Thanksgiving sermons.
I have received many strange and in
appropriate suggestions with regard to
Thanksgiving services, but never one
more repugnant to good taste and to
proper religious sentiment than this.
Even if we grant that an increase of
an armed force Is necessary in the
United States at the present time, it
no cause for thankfulness. At
best it is a concession to a vicious
and abnormal state of things in the
world, and a confession that, we as
a people, are not high-minded enough
to dare act as a Christian should. It
is grotesque to suggest such a sub
ject for the national day of thanks
giving. One might as soon give
thanks that if an outbreak of crime
all over this country should lead New
York City in a panic of fear to double
its police force, spending on It money
which should go into making the
streets and homes of the citizens saf
er, better and cleaner. I hope the
churches of this city will treat the
request the way it deserves by refus
ing or ignoring it."
This spirited rejoinder from the
Rev. Dr. Merrill will be read with
appreciation and approbation by those
people who sympathise with the
theory that it is wicked to prepare
against an enemy and such will ex
tract comfort from the vigorous re
fusal of the New York minister to
lend to the cause the influence of
his voice in the pulpit. He is, or
course, quite right when he declares
that there is no cause for thankful
ness in the necessity of an increase of
armed force, In the sense that it is
no occasion for the giving of thanks
when we are confronted with a war
nr are embroiled in a conflict But it
is the necessity and not the oppor
tunity for protection with which we
must reckon. It Is not a question of
ootin? ' Christians should" when
we are in the presence of an enemy;
it is more parctical to be ready to
preserve our nation that we may con
tinue to exert our influence for good
in the world and not incur the risk
of having nothing for which to exist
When we are fully prepared to meet
a foe, we stand a better chance of
"artlne as Christians should" than if
we did not maker the abominable con
cession and despicable confession
which the Rev. Dr. Merrill discerns in
an increase of armed force in this
country.
There is nothing inconsistent, much
les grotesque, in the suggestion of
the subject of preparedness as the
text for a sermon at any time and
the simile which the Rev. Dr. Merrill
gives is as unfriendly as it Is inap
propriate. If New York City were
seized with a panic because of an
outbreak of crime, the thanksgiving
need not be devoted to the prepon
derance of criminality, but it could
be very properly addrcssod to the
measures which were available for
suppressing crime and' dealing ade-
auately with criminals and so make
the city safer and better and more
habitable with offense and danger. In
the same way, we need give no thanks
because of the prevalence of war or
the possibility of war, but for the
means o; averting war and of protect
ing ourselves properly and fully
when war comes. This is not say
ing that there may not be more con
genial texts for a Thanksgiving Day
sermon and as to that each clergyman
should be 'left to his own devices and
Judgment with the right to ignore
anv suggestions from any source
which seeks to unduly influence him
in this or that direction of thought
and speech. But the request of the
chairman of the conference commit
tee on national preparedness does
not appear to have merited any such
violent rejection of the suggestion as
that in which Rev. Dr. Merrill in
dulged. He is quite warlike in his
refusal to be guided out of the line
of peaceful address and treats what
is really nothing worse than excess
of zeal with a resentment hardly be
coming a minister and certainly not
ustifled by the incident.
Special Uni Dance Friday and Satur
day at Bullard's. 2t
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A New Dress or Dancing Pump
Plain but' handsome note the good lines.. May
be had in
WHITE CALF at, pair 6.00
WHITE SATIN, at, pair 4.00
WHITE SATIN, at, pair. . . .3.00
BLACK SATIN, at, pair 4.00
PATENT CALF, at, pair. ....... .5.50
PATENT KID, at, pair 3.50
FRENCH BRONZE, at, pair. .... .6.00
We have the same style, beaded in some colors.
Basement.
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127 So. 13th
FLOWERS ALL THE TIME
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In Millinery
" The New Chapeau "
The latest dictates of fashion from Paris and
New York.
Snow white, gold and silver, gold and white,
silver and white Hats.
"These stunning hats are
the vogue of the hour."
Are trimmed with beaver, skunk, ermine and
other fashionable furs.
In white hatters plush, white panne velvet,
white erect pUe velvet Combination of Castle
red velvet with gold or silver lace are most
fashionable.
The new styles are particularly attractive in their sofe sweeping
lines and simple trimmings. The most clever and newer designs are
featured.
These hats will convince you further of our moderate prices for
dependable milinery; at
$5.00, $650, $750, $850, $10.00 np to $15.00
Millinery Third Floor
Sale Continued Saturday
of our Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats that are offered in various
assortments at attractive prices.
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