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j; Var It bell, and nothing to like it politics!
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i The army of poets laureate will get In their
deadly work later.
! War drains present resources and mortgages
tuture generations.
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Japan Is going to have peace in the far east
ven at the cost, or a tight.
i Evidently the men who put up those Liege
jtforts "built better than they knew." ,
3j California primaries are scheduled for next
peek Tuesday and there are others, .
! The latest matrimonial joy ride Is that ot
rjje Boston widow with 1600,000 who married
Jer chauffeur.
Tea, but what is the Water tosrd going to do
bout nonpartisan employes nominated as oar-
fisan candidates for office?
Liberal Interpretation of the decision Droves
of the
tihe Harvester trust to be a good trust, which,
lilowever. ll in bad whan It atarta.
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V.Not the. least among our patriots la tha man
who served on the election board because his
-Appeals to be let off met only a deaf ear, ,..-.
T! . That, story or , tn- tapriired' Carman! agle
lng hung on Napoleon's statue is a screamer.
I jut wait till 'the emperor's 'men seize a few
i 'rench flaca: - ' '
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roriunateiy, sugar Is an. article oiu which the
j rdlnary person can cut down on his coniump-
Jon materially without Injurious effect or real
privation. '
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I t, Every scalawag that wanla a public office la glad
. ia.t attention Is held by Europe. 'hloao Trthune.
, j Yes. and some have already slipped pert
i -ay under cover."
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; How President Wilson, in filling that pros-
Active cabinet vacancy, overlooked our own At-
prney-general-for-a-llttle-whlle Arthur Mullen
i . t mains inesnllcabl. ..
The captain of an ocean liner has a tourh
b these days; , be must steer .between eaniura
i Biiucu ouinn ana suipwrecK unaer tne oaii
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T the protecting fog.
: The world just cannot have another battle
:. f Waterloo. W'e have seen what eon fn. Ion
iiiich duplications produce In our first and sec
bji4 battles' of Bttl Hua. x 12,"; ; ; ...
The pity is that little countries like Belgium.
Holland, Denmark and Greece, with no direct
Interest, are in danger of being made to furnish
jnoat of the fuel lor the war conflagration..
How many votes under tha progressive party
leading wJU the official canvass, of the Ne
braska returna disclose? Make your own guess
nd see how close It comes to the final figure.
How would It do to compel all wholesalers.
Jobbers and commission men to list publicly the
wholesale prices of their wares so the consumer
could tell how big a boost the retailer becomes
.responsible for?
II4.10 MOM e rdi.t-i
The BurUngton A Mlaaourl. River Railroad la"' Ne
braska la rushinc work to rea h Aliland by more di
rect route, by" which' the diatame will b ahortenaii
fourtaaa mllea. and likawlae. bring LJncola and points
beyond that much nearer.
Mr. Edward Stephen and illae Kate teller were
united la marriace by Rev. J. g. Detwe'ler at the
teeidea of tbe bride. 'All Hurt atreet
Mr. C. R. Barge, formerly of Omaha, died at Loa
Ansetes.
. Mr. Clement Chaaa will uiwn .ji. .. .
luiwr 01
rutlictioq to be known aa the Omaha Eacelaior, to
oevoiea vo aoiieiy, dramatic and literary notea.
Mlaa Ines M. liaakell went to HlaJr for a brier vis
to frlenda.
Mr. aad Mra, Jorsa II. B have returned from
a four weeks' pleasure tour of the lakea.
Mrs. James ikanimo of Kanaaa City la the guest
or Mr. ano airs. j. w. Whltntarsh.
Mrs. M. L rrm who has bi vUitina
tsr, M.-e. i. U. t'a;pQter, for the Ust month, returned
noise.
Iter. B. lKrian. a l.uthrna divine of Waahlnjrtoa.
ttl-Pd off with hia old friend.' Dr. T. is Iisenrlo
-f Utntth. for a couple of day, whrw'be goes
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Appeals to the People.
Ererrone must be Impressed with the
earnest fie of the appeals which the various
sovereigns of wsrrlng Europe are making to the
patriotism and valor of their respective peoples.
Eloquently the kaiser, the tzar, the king of Eng
land and the aged emperor of Austria-Hungary
have southt to stir the blood of their subjects
(or tbelr countries and rally the troops In the
field, until their souls are animated with the
martial spirit. ,
And our own chief magistrate sends out an
appeal to our people, but of peace, not of war.
fortunately ftr us and pity the American who
does not appreciate It our nation Is not at war.
But that makes' tbe appeal of President Wilson
for calmness, consideration and fairness none
theless Important. He urges us to refrain from
manifesting our partisanship and prejudices, if
we have them, as between the opposing nations,
first, because our government stands the friend
of all the belligerents. As the president makes
plain, we cannot hope td preserve our national
neutrality except by preserving our Individual
neutrality. A nation such as ours must be In
tbe concrete exactly what Its people are Individ
ually. It would be a form of hypocrisy for a
government to pretend neutrality If Its people
were persisting In Impassioned partisanship.
But another and, If possible, more cogent
reason counsels us as Americans, who love peace
and respect our European neighbors, to heed
tbe president's appeal and refrain from taking
sides, and that is that we are largely made up
as a people from tbe constituent elements of the
various nations now at war In Europe, and we
are going to continue to live together here on
this continent after the war Is over.
The Primary in Donglai County.
While returns on the primary election have
been much delayed,, the outcome In ' Douglas
county Is definitely Indicated. Here the leaders
for standard-bearer on the opposing tickets are
Governor Morehead and Mr. Howell, respectively,
and. the momentum of their following has car
ried with them most of the candidates linked up
with them." Mr. Howell has a right to be par
ticularly self-satisfied over his showing In hta
home county. On the republican side It Is Inter
esting to note that despite loud outcry about
'machine,'' the onfy machine that was fully
manned, and In successful working order, was
the "Fontenelle machine," on which' Mr. Howell
rode, and that on the democratic side the terri
fying "Dahlman machine" seems to have slipped
several cogs. The distractions of war will, we
take H, klndy come to the rescue to provide a
lull In the political strife until the lines are re
formed for the subsequent campaign that will
end only with the onslaught at the polls In No
vember. In' the meanwhile, for the outcome In
tbe state as a whole, patience will be required
until the conclusive fuller returna are In.
' Reform and the Pulpit.
, That' fourteen ministers In the Ban Joaquin val
ley have within the lust six months lost their paJ
toratea through meddllnc with reform movements
which they should have let alouo was tha assertion
mads yesteiday by Rev. Curtis S. Tanner of the
Uncoln Park Presbyterian church before the meet
ing of evangelical ministers at the First Baptlat
church.-ami Fruuclsco Chronicle.
The Rev. Mr. Tanner proceeds to say that
reforming U not. the province ot the preacher;
(hat, the preacher should, keep out of the lime
light; that temperance and social evil problems
do not belong to his scope. That, of course,
arouses the retort, "Vbat. la the minister of the
gospel to havo.no part In opposing these pivotal
evils?" Probably no one ever thought of saying
so, for It la generally admitted .that, the church
has a very definitive part In It, but that it la
chiefly by Inspiration. ! ' .
The only reason, as many see it, "why certain
admitted evils continue so widespread la .because
tfiera has been too little of that Influence that
inspires men and women to do right and live
decently. We are far enough along in .this
country with temperance reform to see that. the.
progress of the present la largely along educa
tional lines, Just as the progress of the future la
likely to be. And back of this kind ot progress
Is Inspiration. Medical science la exerting a
potent Influence agalast excessive drinking to
day, but, however righteous the cause, medical
science proceeds on '.the theory that teaching
and not fighting Is Ita province.
Let the 'teacher and the. preacher and. the
fighter each do his beat Id hie own field, and
together they will accomplish something, while
If they all stop teaching and preaching and go In
only, for .fighting, but partial and '.doubtful re
sults tan' be -looked" for. .)', .
An Exhibition of Deep Value.
The value of the annual tractor demonstra
tion at Fremont lies not alone In the display of
modern farming machinery, but also In the em
phasis Istd on scientific agriculture. In which
Nebraska has taken a prominent position. It Is
well In this very practical manner to keep be
fore our farmers the Importance of modern in
tensive methods. No state holds out richer re
wards for tbe proper cultivation ot the aoll and
care of crops. It la gratifying that these trac
tor demonstrations are gradually drawing larger
and larger crowds, which means larger Interest,
and yet there is room for greater extension. It
will be better yet when such exhibitions become
still more popular over the state and at the
same time diversify their lines ot Instruction.
The real object, as the Fremont exhibition Sug
gests, lies muth deeper tbsn mere show.
It pays to remember that there are two aidea to
most questions, and good and honeat men on both
iHotes. World-H'eraJd.
Unfortunately, past records show no more
chronic offender by wholesale accusations that
every one on the other aids is dishonest or dis
reputable than this same World-Herald.
The successor to Attorney General McRey
ncids is to be a man from Texas. This will
make three cabinet places assigned to Lone Star
statesmen, tbe other two being Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson- and Secretary of Agriculture
Houston, who stopped over enroute In Missouri.
According to Treasury department ruling.
Imported opera singers will have to pay an In
come tax on their American earnings Just the
same as tbe rest of us. That's only fair pro
vided the precaution la taken that it is not added
to tbe box office extortions.
If. as a New York paper reports, the' war
kills tbe tango erase, we shall have to admit
that war haa Its comtensatlona
Slavs Present Their Case
By tha SoaeiaUa-Aaaorleaa rrm AaaeeleUosu
" The Oermana !iae- appealed to their American
fellow cltiiena to suspend their Judgment In the pres
ent crisis and give them fair play. It should be given
to them by every level headed, fair minded man. But
In their meeting In Chicago, and day by day In the
Qerman press, the name flav. Slavic rarely haa been
mentioned without ihe adjective barbaric 'Asiatic.'
or at least 'seml-Aslatlc' '
Is that fair play?
"In the rame of iiOO.ouo Slavs. (Bnhemlana. Poles,
Russiana, Slovaks, Slovenes, Croatiana end Serbs I,
living in Chicago, and 3.CflO.0 living In the t'nlui
States, we protest against thla abuse.
"We do rot want anything else than a square deal
and fair play. If tho Austrian-Hungarian government
had given fair play t all of ita cltltens and to Its
weaker neighbor, the world at the present hour
would be spared thla swful carnage that la going on
In our old homes. And we abhor the Idea that the
spirit of racial hatreo. and Intolerance that obaessea
the European peoples could be transferred Into this
land of liberty and equality, which we love and honor.
"We have a true respect for our German fellow
citizens and our sympathy la with all thoae who de
plore what has happened to mar the peace of Europe
and what still will happen. We highly respect their
manlfeetat'on of the love and affection for their fath
erland. But we. the American Sls.vs. before the
tribunal of all American people. Implore our German
fellow cltisena for two- ,faVors:
"First For Justice's sake, do not assert that the
Austrian and Hungarian Slavs have no reason for
discontentment, do not call them Ingrates against the
fatherly government, do not call them traitors sgalnst
the venerable emperor.
"We have thousands of instances to prove that II
la the Austrian government that Is ungrateful to ita
Slavic subjects, who bear the biggest bitrdenl and
have the least rights, that . Austrian government,
which peraecutes every national movement of Ita own
people, can te Justly called traitor against the welfare
of Ita own subjects. This present war has been
started against the will of nine-tenths ef Austria's
people. Vlnna juat forgot that there Is also soma
Austria beyond the Klngstrassa and started the con
flagration In which thousands of young lives will be
sacrificed and millions thrown Into misery.
"Yes, t.iere la a Panslavlstlo movement In Austria,
but who haa oroate.1 It? The nbeolute and German
ising Austrian oligarchy has built It up by driving tha
non-tit .mat, nations to tha wall. .The Austrian Slavs
have learned that, enly by united efforts they will
save themselves from the fata of the Prussian Poles,
who are being exterminated slowly but surely. The
same fate haa been prepared by the Austrian and
Hungarian government to thu millions ef Bohemians.
Moravians, Slovaks, Slovenes, Croatiana and Serbs.
The things have gone ao far that In aome places It is
considered a favor If the people are allowed to talk in
their mother tonguo 4n their own land!
. . "And ServlaT Please ' do' not call Servians un
grateful to Austria. The whole world knows, imd
Austria has never attempted to disprove It that It was
the Vienna diplomacy that has robbed the Servians of
the most fervently longed for fruit of their victory
over the Turks a seaport. And it was again the
Austrian diplomacy that has wrested from the little
kingdom ot Montenegro the city of Scutari that had
been taken by the Montenegrins with untold sacri
fices and sufferings and save same to the newly
created principality of the savage Albanians. Have
the Servians sny reason to be grateful to Austria?
"Second For history's sake do not call Slavs bar
barians or semlbarbarlana, Tou cannot do It without
hitting the history of human progress In the face.
"We do not sanction caarlsm. We hate It as much
as we deteat the absolutism of the Austrian emperor
and the militarism of the armaa kalsen Todey-we
look upon the csar ony as a rough, slovenly man, who
has seen another person maltreat a boy and makes
himself ready to whip the violator tof peace.
' "But to call the great Slavic race barbarlo! Shall
we line up before the eyea of the newspapermen and
orators who have made - this serious charge the
shadows of great Comenlus the Bohemian, who over
three hundred year ago started a reform of educa
tional system la Engl end and Germany and showed
.the- path that Is followed today by the greatest of
educators?
i "Shall we mention Copernicus, the Pole, the fore
goer of Newton and the real founder of the modern
astronomical aystem? Or the Immortal Bohemian
martyr for liberty of conscience and predecessor ot
leather, John Husa? Shall we recall that the Bn
hemlana In Prague had their university, first In middle
Europe, decades before the first German university
waa founded?
"Is It fair to call barbarians a race tbat haa given
to science such men as ,iomonosov, Mastorovich,
Nicola Teisa, Purkyr.e. Pavllk. Alea HrdUcka, the
anthropologist of tho Smithsonian Institute? And not
to forget that Prof. Metchnlkoff in Paris, the
great bacteriologist, la a Russian and Mme. Currier
SRIbdowaka, the Inventrix of radium, is a Polish lady.
"In literature the Slavs have given to tha world
Dostojewsky, Turgeateff Pushkin. Toiatoy, Tohek
hoff, Vrechllcky. .Bienkiewlcs, If ww want to mention
only a few of those whoee works have been trans
lated Into foreign languages.
"But It Is In the realm of art that the Slavle
names resound all over the world. The compoal
tions of Dvora. ' Tchatkowaky. Chopin Smet
ana Mousaosorsky, Rlmskt, Korsakov, In the lighter
class Nedbat, Lrhar,, rrlml furnish a substan
tial part of every program, be It classical or popular.
The sculptors and painters are legion, Verestchagln.
Broaik, Mucha, Svablnaky, Myalbeks. Prince Trubeti
koy, Simon, Preisaig, Korbel and last but not Jeast
Kupka and Holarek. whose worka are now so often
reproduced In the American publlcationa and who
both are Bohemians. '
"let history ao Its way. Let the events develop
themselves. , Let every nation and race prove Ha
value. The result will be that we all will be brothers
of a free world.
"The dlfftrence yt languMe and place ot birth la
not and ougl.t not be a reason to hate and kill each
other. When the tnteieets of the few who now gov
ern tha natlona of Europe will yield to the interests
of the people, such tragical happenings aa the present
war will be Impossible)."
' People and Events
Alfred O. Vanderbilt haa prtaented his stable of
sixty valuable horses to the British government for
uae In the army.
. Franklin . Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, announced his candidacy for the I'nlted States
etmate on the democratic ticket from New York.
Otis Skinner Is to sppear In "The Silent Voice,''
under the management of Charles Krohnian. The
production will be made early la October In Washing
ton.
Major General William S. MoCaakey, V. . A . re
tired, died on Monday at his borne la Pacific Orove,
Cat, at the age of rt ara- He wks born In Lan. aster
county, Innyivanl. on October' x, IMS.
General Thomas Muldrup Logan, brigadier general
la the confederate army and prominent aa a financier,
dlod at hia boms, 4 Mornlneetde Drive, New York.
last Tuesday. Aa a private he served through the at
tack on Fort Sumpter and later waa snade a lieutenant.
Dr. Albert Smith Btekmore. a noted educator and
a trustee of tbe American Muaeuaa ef Natural His
toric, died at his summer, home at Koaqultt, Maaa, In
hia seventy-aisth year on Friday last. Ha eoccumbed
to aa attack of pneumonia, from w hich the naturalist
appeared until shortly before his death to have re
covered. '
Brief eeatrlbwtleas) em ttsaely
ftee laslisa. The Bee as see
ne reepenaiMlity fee eytatewa eg
eeireereweearsa. An testers evn
Jec e eaasas by edits.
For a Prwteetlve g: apart Tariff.
LINCOLN. Neg., Aug. !. To the Editbr'
of The Bee: The wsr has put In our
hands an advantage that If we do not
take It we will never again have tha op
portunity. Four thousand million dollars
Is the prize. Today Japan buys our raw
cotton. She manufacturers It snd sends
It back Into the Vnited Ststes snd sells It
zS per cent cheaper than our own manu
facturers can produce It. Why? Because
she paya 14 centa to 24 oenta a day for the
beat skilled labor In the world, and they
work sixteen hours a bay. China means
to do the same thing. Ten years wltl see
Japan and China owning the manufac
tured cotton trade of the world.
How csn we get It. Put sn export duty
of f ISO on every bale of cotton going out
of tha United Statea. 'This will tart the
erection of a cotton mill In every town
and hamlet In the United States. Europe
by this wsr will change these conditions
and now- offers us the opportunity that
could not come In 109 yesrs of peace.
C. 8. HAMMOND.
A Rejoinder.
FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 19. -To the Edi
tor of The Bee: I should like to ak B. C.
Pflugg, who communlcatea conoernlng the
libel trial of Mankato, Minn., men why
anti-Catholic papers and organisations
dare not apeak of nor accuse a man of tak
ing an oath that appears in a recent
Congressional Record? The fact that A.
M. and O. E, Morrison were convicted and
sentenced to Jail doesn't necessarily prove
the falseness of their assertion. We might
be Interested to learn aa well the per
sonnel and religious beliefs of the rest of
the Jury and the court. A victory given
in the courts does not slways mean a
final one, particularly when it Is of vital
Interest to a higher tribunal, the American
people, who believe In a free press free
speech and free public schools. Since
The Bee seems to be the only paper in
Omaha that Is not under strict censorship.
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I send this reply to it. U R. IRWIN.
NOTE-We have several communications
of same Import, but print only this one of
them.
Another Slae-l w of the Fray.
ARLINGTON. Neb.. Aug. To the
Editor of The Bee: The present war will
go down into history as the Wsr of the
Nations.
It seems to have started over a small
affair and 1s likened to a kettle of water
LTU
It
on a fire where every stick of wood made
it hotter until it boiled over. So with the
European countries, each nation steps In
until the crisis has arrived.
It seems as though the kaiser ot Ger
many could have settled the controversy
without wsr, but no doubt thought he
could defeat Russia and humiliate France
soon, but really did not figure on England
getting Into the fray.
It seems to me that Germany Is In the
same position France was in 1900-1815 w hen
the powers were against er and she wss
crushed.
Now, In a century from then, the same
great natlona are engaged In a great war
on almost the same around that Waterloo
was fought on. War Is awful and we all
hope this will be the last one.
FRANK a RETNOLD8.
A "Mere Maw" Saffradat.
OMAHA. Aug., l.-To the Editor of
The Bee: "Observations of a mere man:
last Saturday's "Bee, "-a few observa
tions In response:
"Mere man," the expression sounds
hammered down by the man-demollshlng
blows of present-day feminism. "Man."
that used to be enough,' when men were
real men and women were real women.
The psychology back of "mere man"
unconsciously reveals the weak, waver
ing" and unvlrlle attitude some fmlnlatt-
cally recast men take toward grave Is
sues of social existence today.
Mrs. Oilman s a-sexuel chairmanship
of the suffrage association bears fruit.
As If "man" were not sufficient! When
women feel ashamed to be women, men
may also feel it a weaknesa to be men.
They aign up "mere man."
A "mere man" watching "with glee
the travel of the suffragists and anti
suffragists," Is hardly liable to be "an
ton partial and unprejudiced observer."
Two to one, be wilt .be a mere Joker
and Issues of life playthings to him. Hs
may have famous capacity for "chort
ling over the pictures presented to my
vision." but light "chortling" In big
problems constitutes the difference be
tween "mere man" and a real man. who
takes manly and womanly Isaues seri
ously; serious they are. '
"The mere man" seeks refuge In dic
tionaries, "The Standard," for definitions:
Oramercy, the method itaed to be famous
In ancient ages to begin sn address with
a dictionary definition. Here Is a proper
place for mere man to "laugh again."
and assuredly at his own Joke. Dic
tionaries for definitions of feminism!
Why suffraalam runs at . a sped that
lexicographers race up with about as suc
cessfully aa the tortols and the hare la
the famous Greek fable. And "The
Standard." dictionary, at that. Ah! If
the dally newspapers published a fresh
dally .revised dictionary it might have
a definition of feminism of some worth.
For It could follow the dally growing
advance of auffraglsm of the now antique
type. Into its oresent fe'mlniatlo type
"The Standard." observations of mere
man are ancient. Read Ines Milholland.
Fola I Follette, Mra. Oilman, and set
dfcflnittona. They are up-to-date!
ro? "The anti-suffragists and their
paid leader." listen, she Is not salaried,
fortunately doea not coma la for ."mere
man' a" strictures. If aha writes.' as she
doea, "beautiful letteis to the papers"
they arj at least not salaried. Even if
she were salaried, were that an objection?
In ten thousand forma r.f service to social
problcma salary Is given. Why not also
In this?
Ellen Key, Margaret Deland not suffra
gists? The "mere man" must be guess
ing. Head their books and see. . Tbe
gentlemen may know Margaret Deland
enly by hearsay. Read bar Essays. Raad
Ellen Key's numerous writ Ins a She is a
suf f ralst, but , A - ff mlnlatlc suff raalsC
She wants tbe ballot, but "as ' a ' feminist
more, and that more la what makes her a
feminist. 'She has a spirit similar to her
lighter thoughtlesa Imttatore, Ines MUhol
land. Mra. Oilman and Fola La Follette.
When the Sioux City gentleman dis
til tsee the writings ot Sirs. Belmoat and
other feminists by railing them "Tether
Weak stuff.' "rather ridiculous.' he Is
partly In the right. But "weak stuff as
a social proa ram ef tea magnitude of
fcmlniatie auffragiera aad "weak stuff"
as the principles of the great suffrsge
leaders like Mrs. Oilman, chairman. Is
the tragedy of the situation. This "weak
stuff should be honestly styled coirupt.
It's that, nothing else. Tbe "sane, level
headed American woman,' formerly re
fused "weak stuff.' Today she allows
the promoters of "wesk stuff" to be herl
leaders.' This wss the bitter point of my I
original article In The Bee, July 25 1914.
on "Suffraglam Gripped by Feminism."
The historical advance on the now ta
booed old-style suffraglam plslnly lies be
fore us. Suffrsglsm passes Into femin
ism. Messes of "sane, clever-headed
American women" not only do not root
out the- feminists, they" elect them to
leadership. That la the alarming snd ssd
phase. I ask again, have such good wo
men ss Jane Addama lost their capacity
for sacred resentment? Is any sort of
fellowship good enough? Any woman
with any kind of principles adequate
fellow workers. If not. I asked, that
"suffrsglsm gripped by feminism?" No
one hss so fsr disproved the fsct thst
It Is.
"Mere man' may laugh at the "weak
stuff" that now pronounces the ballot as
only a tiny part of a far greater social
program, the complete enfranchisement
of home and marriage, absolute libera
tion of the love desires.
The real man will not laugb, for he
knows that finally "mere man, will weep.
If manhood there be left in blm to grieve
ever the social disintegration that fem
inism already has brought on, and still
further must bring on. ADOLF HULT.
A CHALLENGE.
Dolores, nd one. all my fears have floa a
That I must travel llfe'a Ions; road alone;
For unto thee strong forces bid me turn,
As sunflower to the sun, not as the worm.
Who. finding his way blocked will twist
about
Aad seek another passage leading out.
No clinging vine are thou, who shrieks
and flies
From peaceful mooley cow with soulful
eyes.
A fearlcs maiden, thou, I know, because
You've broken all the crude, unwritten
lams
That, through traditions, to a mold deny
The right to angle for the smallest fry.
I'm diffident and shy, but pen and Ink
Can say the thtnge I only dare to think
My tongue is dumb. 'Tie sad. so sad, you
know
To love a maid and dare not tell her so:
But "sight unseen" before the world of
men
I challenge thee to combat ot the pen.
And I will woo thee with my pen and
mind
Until so strong have grown the ties that
bind
Our hearts that mush and milk a feast
will seem;
My cottage email a palace for a queen;
And o'er my evening pipe I'll dream ot
theo
And know, somewhere, your thoughts
will be of me.
Thus while the earth through Infinite
space Is hurled,
W'e'll live together In a spirit world.
Where soul communes with soul and
mind with mind.
My heart and your to all else love is
blind.
'Twill fill my lonely life with happiness
And make good reading for the publio
press.
And when we've finished our poetic muse,
W e'll Rive it to the public to peruse.
Wo'll have It bound In calf, if you prefer.
And sell It to the world at so much per;
Then spend our honeymoon In pleasant
ways
Upon the proceeds of our courting days.
-DAVID.
Cllsaate and War.
Houston Post.
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