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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1911)
i Irih BEE; OMAHA, KKLDA, ShKiEMBLK L9. 1911. . iT he ee Hne f aga z i rp a . U Conspirator Against Time By Nell Brikley CoBTtHtit. mi. Kitiossl fw AMoeisMoa. The Good Fellow I The Boy Scout e J -.J I ,1 y ( 7l V I l!y l'KKCV SUAW. . Have yoj ever thought of the cost of Jtles? Is a million t-o much to pay for ' duchet i," three-quarter of a million :oe much for "marchioness." half a roll Jon too much for "countess?" Preposterous." you declare, "degTad rig '. and o en ad Infinitum. Ask nine oul of ten of your acquain tances how much they pay for the. Amer. tan title of "good fellow." If they tell the truth they will reveal l tragedy; If they lie. they will conceal ona. - Tha title of "good fellow" Is the Amer tan patent of asinlnlty, bestowed ad lib. y a long-eared brotherhood, each on the ther. It Is the hall mark of mutual dls respect. Like holders of other titles the good tellow has ancestors; the fact that he loae not know them encourages him in possession ; If he could gate on their jortrells he would hasten to forswear Unship, but Fate haa handicapped him y. having long ago markrt them "Not worth keeping." Btlll. in compensation, she has left him lomething-a vivid !maglnatlon-or he would not smile when others of hit order srag their ears and bray. One virtue often counterbalances many shortcomings, bene tha good fellow may sava himself through his imagination. And In this fashion: He may call to his sober mind's eye a full pay envelope, a saloon bar and hit wlfa and children. He haa taken his wife for better and for worse, and he hat brought hit child ren into tha world heedlesa of tha Mal thuslan doctrine; avldently he owaa them a good deal. ' Ha meets other men with pay envelopes and the Issue la joined. Just as the duchess, the' marchioness end tha countess must use their andleas American dollars to keep up their titles, so ha must use his few American dollars to keep up hla title. His wife and children therefore auffer; whera they might be happy they are miserable; where they might be proud of their lord and master they despise him. Tor one of the demands of the order of Good Fellows Is Inevitably that the mem bers shall be Good Fellows only among Good Fellows. At the bar he smiles, at home he frowns; he lenda to another Good Fellow a dol lar, to his wlfa he denies a dime; he slaps another Good Fellow on the shoul der. he strikes his little boy In the face. If the Good Fellow is not too far gone ha may see in the shadowy form that r Love makes the whole world young, and his chubby fingers are adept at holding back the sands of time. excites his contempt a face and a figure remarkably like hla own. If he com pletes the resemblance he will have learned one truth every one of the order of Good Fellows has at heart nothing but dingust for every other member. But after all It lies solely with the In dividual members- of the oldest, most numerous and most useless titled body In the world to determine whether they will forswear their patents. r McGuire's' Finish . By Berton Braley. "I'm the wild man of the prairie," says McGulre, aa in he come, : ' "An there ain't a lhrin mortal that kin put me on the bum. I kin lick me weight in wildcats, I kin throw the bouncer out, , I'm the lirin', breathln' image of a terror hear me shout! I'm a cyclone an' a temptest an' a'ragln' forest fire. An' my Christian name Is Trouble -an my Irish name's McGulre." "What," the barkeep answers quiet. "Is the poison you desire?" Now McGulre he swore an' swaggered in a voice that was Immense, But he couldn't get no battle,-'cause nobody took offense; - They just let him rant an' thunder, they just smiled to bear him roar. An' at last he left the barroom with a temper very sore; But he slammed the door behind him an he cussed 'em all at that. An' to show his state of feelings well, be went an' kicked the cat. RHYMO THE MONK By Gus Mager OS Copyright, 1911. Nsttoosl N.wt AwoclstloQ. THE SLfMMEfcs ALMOST GOf and THAT REMINDS HE 1 MUST BUT A HAT I I tsl. "-a ... m l VEST THS 6fiANt) OF 06RBT IS A SiSMT IT MAKES ML LOOK. A PtftFtCr XGmt Which, the same, a maiden lady was a-keepln' as a pet, An' she seen the rough encounter when McGulre and kitty met, So she loaded with a soapstone an' a teapot an' a mop, An' she started off McGulre-ward with a holler an' a hop. An' she handed him his needln's till he fell upon his knees, An' was hollerin' for mercy, yelllnVStop It, lady, please!" All the fellers from the barroom gathered round with smllln' lip When they heard the bad man cheepln' like a chicken with the pip; An' they seen her drive him homeward in a very rapid style, An' they says. "That oughts hold him fer at least a little while!" Which It did an' when there's "Trouble" sort of writ upon his brow Tou kin mske htm meek an' humble If you simply ssy, "mt-ew!" "Take a Siding" An unkind critic is sometimes the best helper we have. If we are quite sure that that which wa propose or have dona la beat then wa may with eaay conscience stand by our colors. But if the Judg ment of others, though unkind, happens to be Just, and if we then open our minds to the good tnere is in It. wa have achieved a genuine victory.' Wa era Ilka a number of trains trying to go In different directions on the same track. Congestions are certain to come, but a congestion need cot degenerate into a collision If wa win remember that there are plenty of si dings. Now a "siding" la a tort of abbreviated second track whereby trains going In opposite direc tions aoay pass each other In safety. la railways they bear curious names; en tha Invisible pathway of life they are all called Lova. Sometimes they are nick named Patience and Common Sanaa. Bo la oaaa of dagger remember tha sidings. It la true that wa are not responsible for others' mistaken notions, but wa are evermore guilty it wa have willfully al lowed a wreck of Peace. J. M. Stlfler, la "Tha righting 8alnt" A Itoa may be beholden to a mouse. Pointed Paragraphs. Many a man mistakes tha echo of his own voice for applause. It Is usually a man s idle curiosity that Induces him to look for work. Perhaps more men would be glad to pay their taxes if It were against the law. ID LOSE NY FRIENDS, IF EVER SSEM WITH TttkS HERE KeULY ON MY BEAN VO-41LB in THIS UD A COLLEGg GOT MIGHT CDK TEMPLATE HIS PHIZ WITH JOT Real Economy J Claus A. Sprecklea. the sugar refiner, was talking In New York about economies In tha sugar trade. , - - "Wa work very economically," Mr. Sprecklea said, "but we haven't got thlnga down to such a fine point as tome folks would have you believe. We are not quite so economical, In fact, aa the lady with the pet cat. "A lady who owned a tortoise shell cat called her grocer up one morning and gave her usual economical orden-an . or der for dried beans, hominy, yesterday's bread, and so forth and she concluded with a requeat for 1 cenfa worth of cat's meat. "The grocer signed, for this order would have to be delivered three miles away. But aa ha was entering tha Items in his order book the lady called him up again. " 'Mr. Sands.' she said, 'oh. Mr. Bands!' " 'Yes, madam.' . " 'Mr. Sands. I want to cancel that or der for cat s meat The cat's Just caught a bird.' " Malherbe. the French poet, waa over sensitive on the score of diction. He had a delicate ear and a refined taste. Being regarded at tha court as the oracle of elegant language, he assumed auch an authority as to be called "the tyrant of words and aylliables." When tha poet was dying his confqssor, In dilating upon tha Joys of paradise, expressed himself Inaccurately. "Stop!" cried Malherbe. "Your ungrammatlcal style Is giving me a distaste for them." By THOMAS TAPPEK. How many American boye have Inquired tha exact meaning of the word "scout?" It la an interesting word. And It means: To har with attention; to lltten. This shows you that scout la a great and sublime word, in that It brlnsa to mind, when you understand it, the ona essential habit every person must form In oruer to do either good uem work or good Individual work. That one habit la: To hear with attention, 'and than go ahead and do what you have been told to do. Thla one fact of following dlrectlona la so valuable that it alone will keep the boy acout movement alive, even If noth ing ele recommends It. But many other things quite as val uable do recommend It. Cf these the first is this: It provides you with all the "gsng" company you want. A "gang" Is a good thing if it be a decent one, devoted to some purpose that does not include destroying prop erty and doing the rowdy act generally. Dr. Luther H. Gullck of the Russell Sage Foundation haa written about this gang spirit of you boys, and ha does not Icondernn It He says qf it that It Is fyour natural Impulse to be with your mates. It Is nature's call to go out and learn what other boys are like, and with them to learn the social spirit. Hence school gamea are a great Insti tution. They bring boys together and en gage them In doing soma one definite thing. i And your school games are not mere Idle pastime either. You learn honest team work; to keep your places; to hold up your end of the game; to play fair. Later in life, when you are at work, you will find that Just exactly these qualities and actions will bring you success. It la merely another game, and one of the greatest games ever Invented, for It per mits you all sorts of "gang" Ufa. and sets body and mind at work In a game Of great Importance. Now, the boy acout movement Is that It teaches you to be prepared. The people who do not make good are they who are not prepared. One sscout master (and' there are now ,500 of them registered with the national organisation), who has twenty boys, re ports that they ere working at acout activities with all the earnestness that they play ball. They go to camp for a week or more. Local doctors teach the boys "first aid." One of his boye, born In the great woods, has taught the others woodcraft. They have all quit cigarette smoking. Factory man are anxious to have their boys learn the scout activities. WhyT Because the result Is a better boy and better worker. Tha boy becomes more manly; he can think for himself; he becomes self re liant and these are the very qualities a boy must depend on -to be a success In business or In anything else. Aa Dr. Qullck aays. the gang aplrlt ie a very natural one. There are two kinds of gangs. The first kind la of boys who: Tell like madmen'. Interfere with other people. Smash car windows. Frighten women and children. Steal signs. Try to play ball In the cars. And more of the same. Their motto Is: Smash everything. The other kind Is of boys who ere: Playing an earnest game. Hearing with attention. Following directions. Learning something. ' Quitting bad habits. And more of the same. Their motto Is: Be Prepared. 1 GOOD OAt, GOOD Oat Now ruis is PLAT I'll wah mt battered summ mat 'J OH WHAT A ST-PltCE - IN fH Xri IT DOESN'T SUIT M 6T A miuE i The Hungarian Revolt J- By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. September 2t. 1848. . filxty-three years ago today. September 39, 1841, the Hungarians began their memorable struggle for Independence, Appointing a provisional government un der the leadership of Kossuth and Batthyany. they threw down the gage of battle to the Auettians, and, though falling to make good their challenge, their heroic struggle en listed the admira tion and sympathy of all mankind, save the few Utt'.t cliques of believer In the antiquated doctrine of the "dl vine right of kings as against the rights of humanity ii general. '. .4 N It there was ever a revolution that was completely Justified, it was the Hungarian revolution of 1848. A great people ware being treated as though they were chil dren. The commonest rights of mankind were denied them. They were cruelly op pressed, and on the soli that had belonged Three Wishes And Their Realization ' ' Artist Herriman's Idea of Which Trio Should Be Chosen eNAjfesSts AMD a A L. it m . . .. " tfctttcr a. , Crt,TNMA?! I I l Vfcij Lie y From Wl XZiZZ'l Kz 3Sr J 7 Jk : ok r fc Ljjl . f r , . xzx ; Ift-- I to them from of old. thw .i. elves, to all Intents and purposes, the slaves and hirelings of the foreigner. Inspired by that incomparable patriot and prince of orators. Louis Kossuth they raised the standard of independence and pledged themselves to die. if neces ary,' Tor the liberty that was dearer to them than anything else in the world. And right manfully did they uphold their righteous cause. In battle after battle they beat the Austrians. and the pros pects of their victory were growing; brighter every day. Austria waa upon th verge of recognizing Hungarian Inde pendence. And then something happened. The exar of Russia, chronic enemy of human rights and human progresa. came ta Auatrla'a assistance, and the doom of the Hungarian cause was aealed. The patriot could not hope to win against tha nighty odda that were created by the ad. 'nt of the giant power of the north. Itill they fought on. strengthened Dy tn hough of the holy causa for which they re pouring out their blood and treas ure. Defeated finally, they preserved , their honor and self respect untarnlahad, and when, by the logie of war, they dropped back Into the old situation, they had nothing to regret They had done all that breve and honorable men could do to secure to their children the freedom which belonged to them, -and there was no room for aay kind of solf-reproaco or shame. There are inanv nf nn, iui. .., ...... who will remember with a thrill the vtalt oauth made to the United 6Utee In 151 at tha Invlutlon of con grass. Our country could not eld the Hungarian In any subetantial way la their struggle for freedom, but It could at least show Its sympathy with their cause by Inviting Its eloquent spokes man to be its honored guest Kossuth's visit was a benediction to us. and like the glory that lingers la the western sky after the sun haa set. the memory of that visit la still one of our most beauti ful possessions. PereoaaJ Oplaloaa. Thera are peonla who rrA h- elation of their own country as a positive I luxury. epencer Leigh Hughes. A trial la eurlouslv ilka a niv. forgets that tha words and the features are part of a seal action, and not a mini I show where tha actors are but shadowa Jamoa Dougla. . .