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    THi: BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1914.'
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dress will be changed often aa requested.
Do yonr Chrlstmai shopping early and often.
"Look Out for Snow." jAYhat's the use, It
will come anyway.
Yet most of us -would prefer to submit to a
war tax than to a war.
It might help aome to decorate Gee Bernard
fc'hnw with an Iron cross or two.
Those war Censor cannot chop the copy too
ranch too auK the telegraph editors.
And bow the courts hare aet a piece of blue
sky Into Went Virginia's blue sky law.
Wonder if the weather man knows that
Christmas ii leu than three weeks off. .
Yep, Sherman knew. The emperor and (mi
press of Japan hare gone to writing poems on
the war.
Congress will now come to order for it
short session, which cannot be too abort to suit
the public.
."Landslides are not so bad this year' aaya
Colonel Ooethals. Some folks may find them
worse In 1916.
The Water board is going to meter the city's
sewer flush tanks. Ntytt th'ng In order will be
meters en the fireplugs.' ''" .
What seems to trouble Mr. Bryan la to de
cide at which one or his winter homes be will
spend his spare time nowadays.
"The Progressive Party Decides to . Oo
Ahead," says a headline. Come to think of It,
how could It not progresa otherwise?
' ' A debate Is In progress between two ot our
state exchanges as to whether the short ballot Is
a progressive or a reactionary measure- Oo
ahead, and we'll serve as umpire! '
Another revolution Is said to be Incubating
in Mexico. Those Mexicans have become ao
accustomed, to the revolution game that they
Just cannot be happy without one.
Mr. Bryan aa secretary of state has been a great
Convenience to his friendt. Baltimore American.
Tell that to some of these hungry home
folks here In Nebraska and watch their mouths
water.
The first experiment In aeroplane mall car
rying Is to be tried oat between Kansas City,,
Wa, and Kansas City, Kan. 'The Poatoffke de
portment must be convinced that the wind down
there la one of she steady and reliable features
of tho landscape. , '
' It is bard to talk against a brass band, and
also hard to run an exposition against a war.
The California people are learning what Omaha
discovered with Its Transmtsslssippl show dur
ing the war with Spain until it fortunately came
to aa end at just the right time for a saving
clause. " '
Vice President Marshall pretends to believe
the people do not care whether he is paid for
lecturing or not, but all they eare'tor is that he
shall be on his Job as presiding officer of the
senate when that body Is in session. The vice
president Is sadly mistaken the people care
even less about having him preside over the
senate than they do about htm delivering lec
tures for pay.
fcuZdtsy&
George II. Hammond is expected to arrive In the
city from Chicago to start up the pork pat' kin a at
the stock yards, and to begin additional houses fur
lif packing. According to one of the stock yards
uunfor directors tbe ' Hammond plant will be
equipped to kill iuv bead of beef and SOS hose dally.
Mrs. t Ruasell B. Harrison of Helena, Mont., is
in the city visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Arvln
U. Saunders.
Mrs. C. E. Moody went to Naples, HI., to attend
the funeral of a sister.
Judse and Mrs. Lipilncott were the victims of a
pleasant surprise party at their horns In the southern
part of the city last night
The ladies of the English Lutheran eburch will
glte a fair and bazar in the basement of their church
builditiS- fur three days beginning Wednesday.
Dr. Dlnsmor Is bark from Lincoln where n
ltciurtd before the student of the University Medical
colk'e.
ilr. and Mis. N. F. English, formerly of Omaha,
but now of fau Fraucix-o, are spending a few Uuya
here
A Job for Car Law-Makeri.
The peculiar methods Just rcorted to, to elect
the officers ot the Douglas County Agricultural
society, and thus to capture the location of the
Douglas county fair, by the lavish distribution
of crlp one dollar bills to qusllty new members
called In from tbe highways and bywsys to cast
a rote, challenges attention to a palpable abuse
This Is nothing more nor less than a fight for
conjrol of the appropriation, amounting to a pot
of several thoussnd dollars, annually abstracted
from the county treasury pursuant to a law
saddled on lis by the legislature, which leaves
the county board no option or discretion In its
disbursement. No other county in the state Is
in the same fit In this respect as Douglas county,
and nowhere else Is the money prise at the dis
posal of a county agricultural society tempting
enough to warrant an appreciable cash outlay
by the chemplons of any particular fair location.
But why the law should be different for
Douglas county than for any other county In
the state has never been satisfactorily explained,
and probably cannot be explained except on the
ground that Interested parties smuggled the
compulsory feature Into It. We do not want to
be understood to say that because the bulk of
Douglas county's population Is urban, and not
rural, nothing should be tsken out of the public
treasury to support the legltlmete objects of a
real agricultural society, but the amount should
net be determined on the basis of the vote for
congressman, nor should It be turned over to a
private association unconditionally nor without
assurance of a bona fide membership, and not a
membership specially manufactured to manipu
late an election.
Let the Douglas delegation to the coming
sesnlon of the .legislature see to It that this
county agricultural society law is amended in a
way to make repetition of the dollar bill meet
ing Impossible, and to retain an audit and con
trol over county fair appropriations in the hands
of some official representative of the taxpayer.
War Literature by the Ton.
O. Bernard Shaw a few years ago ventured
an opinion that fiction be bought by the weight,
to which The Bee retorted that in such an event
there could be small complaint at the high cost
of novels. .
Whether Shaw's Idea arose from the success
ful exploiting of Dr. Eliot's flve-foo"; book, shelf
or not. we do not know, but It suggests the wis
dom now of marketing war literature by the
weight plan and If the grist continues as prolific
as it Is now, the ton would be tho most suit
able unit of measure.
If critics and near-critics, experts and as
sociate editors of military Journals, war corre
spondents at home and abroad, to say nothing
of the commanders of the armies In the field
If these manufacturers of reading matter keep
np their present rate of production we see no
reason why the output should not be disposed of
over tHA scales.
In listing the various classes of war-writing,
current news, criticisms, expert opinions, pre
dictions and descriptions, books, ' circulars,
pamphlets and maps we should not overlook
those voluminous official utterances Issued by
the vsrlous belligerent nations In defense ot
their respective poaltions. These are coming to
amount to a big factor In the whole. They are evi
dently printed by the hundreds of thousands and
sent broadcast over the world. Incidentally, their
publication and distribution is costing a tidy
Utile sum. It Is impossible to say Jut how
much influence these paper bullets will have, as
compared with the steel bullets, but doubtless a
good deal and yet many a critical thinker will
not fall to heed the Intense partisan passion, la
which they are complied. ' Students of European
conditions must feel that the underlying reasons
for this war go far deeper than the fairest ot
these state papers dares exhibit.
What is German 'Culture?'
The Shame of South Carolina.
If states are known by the governors they
keep, then may the good Lord have mercy on
South Carolina. ,
The blatant demagogue. Cole Blease, whose
term of office expires on January 1, Is stxtllng
to the last. Indulging his chief sport, he
pardoned a new batch of 101 criminals on
Thanksgiving day, bringing his total thus far
to 1,430. .How many more he will let loose to
celebrating his own exit is now the question.
Many of his beneficiaries were murderers,
sent up for life. So Cole Blease not only set
courts and Juries at naught and the most hard-'
enedi criminals free to overrun his own and
other states, but helped to make the law a re
proach in the eyes of thousands of men with
already distorted visions of right and wrong. .
But let the blame fall, not on this self-seeking
charlatan, but rather on the state that put
him where he could do such a thing. South
Carolina had a taste ot.Cole Blease In one term
as governor, then gave him a second. Nor was
It done over a protest of any large number of
"good citliens.' The returns of 1113 show
that 43,133 men voted for Cole Blease and only
209 against him. That wag all his sole op
ponent received. Wilson that year polled 48,355
votes In South Carolina, his three opponents,
Taft, Roosevelt and Debs, 1993, so that .Blease
not only got practically all the votes cast tor
governor, but nearly as many aa the head of his
party's national ticket
The ehame, then, is South Carolina's. And
this helps to deepen It: South Carolina's pop
ulation in 1910 was 1,616.004. 336.843 black,
679,1(1 white. As tbey say down there, they
do not "require" the colored brethren to vote.
Just what they gain by disfranchising the negro,
at least in South Carolina, is not plain.' He cer
tainly could do no worse with the ballot than
those 60,000 white men have done in keeping
thla wild man from the mountains la the gov
ernorship for four years. It will take South
Carolina years to outgrow the mark of Cole
Blease's branding iron.
Out in Oregon the progressive vote dropped
so low as to forfeit position on the ballot aa a
separate party, the requirement in Oregon being
6 per cent of the tqtkl as against 3 per cent la
Nebraska. On the basis ot 6 per cent, the pro
gressives would also have ceased! to be entitled
to a party label on the Nebraska ballot.
According to the esteemed Baltimore Ameri
can, they are "Biasing the way for Billy Sun
day" In that city. And Billy's Job will be. to
save them from the biases, which all will admit,
is some Job. ,
V
Sdlterlal la Philadelphia Berth American.
Handle of Translation.
In counting up the adverse Influences which hev
beset Germany In It relations toward the world, moet
of us consider only the armaments allied againKt !t
and the moral opposition rotied arainet certain of
Its srts and policies. Yet there la another thing, a
seeming trifle, which has had a potent effect In caua
Ing misunderstanding of Oerman thought and pur
poen, and misunderstanding la the parent of Injvmtlre
nd enmity.
Thla handicap Ilea In the difficulty of expreenlng
Orman Ideas with exactitude in other languages, and
particularly In English. Next to a democratic form
of government and a somewhat higher conception ol
International morality, Germany's most urgent need
we should Bay. la a competent Interpretation. An ecx
pert translator with sufficient authority to command
attention and sufficient familiarity with both lun
guagea to render Into Idiomatic Engltnh the phraieokgy
of tta publlo affaire and utterances would be a price
less treasure to the empire.
That Germany has auffered seriously by th perver
sity of transplanted worda la not to be doubted. "While
It waa at peace with all the world no great dnmag
to Ita atandlng waa apparent. But no sooner liad It
become Involved In war than Its foea and Its orltloe
made Joyoua uae of distorted translations which had
long been current.
Tho B)lef Victim.
The kaiser, aa the moat noted and moat pictures
que apokeaman of the nation, has naturally been tbe
chief victim In thla regard. Hla exalted myatlclam
and hla profound conviction of hie high mlnslon In
the world hare exaggerated the widespread miscon
ception of somo of his most familiar utterances,
phranes that to his own people ring trtte and are
filled with kingly nobility have been ao marred Hi
being carried into other tongues that thtjr hava aped
round the World amid Irreverent laughter.
"Unpreme war lord" thua, as everybody knowa, ills
Imperial majesty Is sometimes addressed, and thua
he Is wont to name himself In his stirring exhorta
tions to hla troops. It la a moulli filling term,
worthy of tho military magnlflcenca and worahlpful
pomp that supposedly envelop the 'kaieer, and has
become so embedded in popular thougttt that It would
be hopeless to endeavor to pry It out
Tct the fact Is that the phrase aa It has reached
u Is wholly misleading. Wilbelin II. never waa
hailed and rtever described himself as "supreme war
lord" of the German people. The title he uses, with
perfect right and propriety, la "Oberkrelgaherr," and
Ita real meaning la pretty well rendered by commander-in-chief.
title which the. president of the
United SUtes bears in hla rapacity as head of the
army and navy without arousing fears of Imperialistic
designs.
Divine Right of Kings.
Since the beginning of hois ll I tie th em
words have been more closely scrutinised than ever
by hla foes. A perfect fualllnde tJ criticism waa
leveled at him a few weeks ago by persona whose
religious sensibilities had been shocked by a sentence
in an aoaress to a regiment.
"We shall Vet destroy our tnamlu ran k.
port of the Imperial speech. "Our old God up there
will give us th victory."
Thla was really too much.' A belief in the it-i
right of kmgs la bad enough, but it la Intolerable that
me aeiuaion anouid be carried so far that a man,
however exalted, should Invoke th Creator with such
arrogant familiarity. The rofereno. in
God up there," seemed in wretched taate. . and that
ine uerman people did not seaent It proved, of course,
their pagan depravity.
Unfortunately for th value nf thla erii.tm t. .
ver, th kalaer'a worda had no auch meaning as waa
attributed to them. Hla reltgioue faith la on
of th passions of his Ufa and his pious veneration
ror aacrea tninge a nawt founded upon deep conviction.
What he really said was, "Our ancient God on high
will give ua the victory." and, whatever may be th
thought of his theory, th
not Justly complain of his phraseology.
Cans of MlaanSentaadlng.
But the exam Diss nf rrnr In rra rA 4 fTiai-m a
Ideas are trifling compared to a misconception, which
Is even more baseless. If we were asked to nam
th on thing most hurtful to th Oerman cause, we
should hesitate whether to cite the violation of Bel
gium's neutrality, the sack of Louvaln or th phrase
''German culture. , ,
Certainly th first two have created a vaat vol urn -i
of unfavorable judgment, but the third haa had an in
flammatory affect upon th publlo mind that la quit
deadly. And all through' a misunderstanding.
Th prominence of German "Kultur" la the con
troversy la due to its persistent mphaals by all spokes
men for that aid. The kaiser exhorts his troops to
defend th fatherland and "Kultur. It. was Teutonic
Kultur" that was m peril from Russian barbarism,
necessitating an Invasion of Belgium. Th Imperial
chancellor used It in hla oration to th relchatag. ard
It appear In all the manifeatoea of atatesmen, diplo
mats, soldiers, journalists, university professors and
other advocates for th empire.
Oerman J'Kultur." we have been Instructed, la
th very soul of Teutonic otvllisatlon, th uplifting
force in Europe, th on thing needful to regenerate
the world. Besides it th "Kultur" ot any other nation
whatsoever la a pitiable counterfeit It aanctlfled th
ambltlona of pen-Germanism and Justified every d.
vie uaed to spread its beneficent influence.
Now. to moat non-Germans this apparent claim
to th possession ot an exclusive "culture" was at
first merely amusing. Students of th glories of genius
la art. music, literature and science, which are the
heritage of th Latin end Celtic and Anglo-Saxon
people a found th solemn aaaumpUon ot Teutonio
superiority quit exhilarating.
But in time th word became an Irritation. Th air
f bland finality with which It waa tittered by Oer
man sympathisers seemed almost effenstv. and by
common consent their own weapon waa turned against
them.
"Confound your 'culture! " said te exasperated
world. "Soma of ua had scholarship and polish and
spiritual enlightenment when you were barbarians,
and we have works of genius which tower above your
best productions like mountain peaks abov a plain.
Moreover, we do not observe in your social habits,
your politics or your International relatione any
impressive signs of a special seflnement which wo
might profitably adopt."
Hence it became a habit among Oermany's critic
to Ting its culture" in Ita teeth. Th most Inexpert
controversialist could make a telling point by taq air
ing whether th repudiation of treaties and the burn
ing of cities were evidence of Oerman "culture" la
feneration.
Aa All-Baahraelas; Teres.
Yet all thta la lamentably unjust Germany has not
arrogated to Itself the possession of th highest "cal
ture."Atta "Kultur" la something quit apart from th
popular meaning given to the term used to exprets
it in English.
Culture m th narrow sense In 'which moat of ua
ua it Implies development of the mind, refinement of
th aensibUltlea, enlargement of th spiritual vision,
encouragement of lofty aspiration. "Kultur." on thsj
contrary, la Intensely practical and materialistic. H
la an all embracing term for advanced civilisation.
Hew much Oerman y haa Buffered from th world
wide mlacoaoeptton ot tta favorite word It woulj be
Impossible to estimate. But our judgment Is t'aat it
might profitably exchange Ita whel fleet of armored
Eeppellna for a plan that would blot out the Dataily
misunderstood word "culture" from Ita provaganda
and from the memory of mankind.
A a tllS-Ttsa Jikw, '
It happened that Dean Swift, having b-fen dining
at sura Uttl distance from Laracor, h residence,
waa returning home on horseback in t evening,
which was very dark. Just before h reached a
neighboring village his horse Voet a ehra. Unwilling
to run the rtk of laming th animal ty continuing
hla rid in that direction, he stopped at one Kelly's,
th blacksmith of th villas, where, having called
th man. he naked him If he could ah a horse with
a candle. ,
"No." replied the son of Vulcan, "but' I can with
a hammer." flttaburgh Cbronlcle-legraph.
Rater a Prateat.
OMAHA, 1pc. . To tho Editor ot The
Bee: To the thoughtful man or woman
vrho watched the performance of "The
College Hero" at the Rrandela aome ques
tions arose. Thla play waa given for the
benefit of poor children, some of whom
are the products of had environment.
The performance brought Into act lam
many who are but children, in years at
least. It waa presented before four large
audiences, a fair proportion of which
were children. It waa apenaored ny the
prominent and Influential people of
Omaha. A number of the adults taking
an active part in the play were from this
class; people whom many thoughtless,
careless folks would consider aa examples
and Imitate freely.
This play also atood for college life and
the accompaniments thereof. The first
act waa probably up to the average or
above It, but ended by leading un to a
second act. with a grand rush of afudenta
to take their parte In thla second act. In
dicating by their movement an Intense
desire to reach the acenea depicted in the
cabaret.
It would aeem that thinking people
would hesitate to send their boys and
girls to college wKh auch opportunities
to Indulge In the performances of th
second act
What sort of Influence does auch an
atmosphere as that permeating the cab
aret have on young minds and hearts?
Think deeply and earnestly for one mo
ment. Line up the detailed accorr.panl
inents of this scene: Wine tn bottles,
liberally and offensively presented to
view and rehearsed In song: cigarettes
freely amoked by men and lighted for
them by women; dress that In a public
cafe certainly waa not in good taate. and
suggestive dancing, made doubly so by
th presence of win and scant cloth
ing. It seems, to put it very mildly. Incon
gruous that auch a ahow ahould be ataged
for the benefit of a child saving inatl
tute. It would seem ss though K were
time for the women and the men of this,
city to stop and think seriously.
indulge In laxity if you will, hut keep
the children away from such scenes as
th second act of "Th College Heijb,"
and while yon are saving children In
doxens through sweet charity be careful
that you do not aow seeds that will help
In the downfall of hundreds.
I do not believe that there Is anything
but good Intent in such charitable ef
forts as these: but It la growing far too
easy to forget caution and those good
old principles of right and wrong, that
never, change, but that are forgotten In
the luxury and license of tbe day.
The American hones of 1914 needs some
critical self-examination, and if It falls
to get It soon there will be an earlier
repetition of history than people are ex
pecting. j A. 8. M.
HraSlasr f a. 'dkaas.
YORK, Neb., Dec. 4. To th Edlte of
The Be: What la wrana that over
over the statement is sent out, "Business
Is Improving, prosperity is due and will
be her soon." Is that an admission that.
It had left ns? If so, what was tho cause
of Its going; what th signs of Hs re
turn? They tell ns the war In Emv.iv.
caused everything of which tho people,
complain. ' If complaint ef poor buslaeea
la made, the answer la rlvt "tt w
caused It" Whether the cry be high
costs or low prices or no work, they all
gt the same answer "Tho war caused
it."
Now. what would the exeuae be if the
war had not came, for it baa sure bean
a windfall .to this administration. Th
general verdict Is that Condition were
worse before the war then now. We have
their own word for that Aa they keep
pointing with pride to the Improvement In
business, even say there is a big gain in.
some lines over this time laat year an?
especially In the last ninety days. W
ar free to admit the war upaet flnasc
and transportation for a time, but Wak
at the increase in other Unas for vuy.ich
war alone cauaed the rush ordre,' and
raise of .pricea for ao many artlc'-, mx
ported. which la a decided tenet r. But
th increase of Imports only trrUea out
of the country that much mor, money,
leaves . that maay mora , aneri out of
work at home and under free tde brings
ao revenue to the govemmer -
Then tn time ef peace w tiav a "war
tax" put on top ef staggtna; business.
Why? Well, we found t, reason th
revenu did not come wit the trad, so
the rvau must com rom somewhere
to pay running expenses. To Issue bonds
would not. do; while there Is a war any.
wher on earth we can' paaa a stamp act
and call It a war tax. 'for th dear people
will not Be through ft They will be too
busy hunting th Stamp. As th poet
aaya. "It la not tk eira to reason why.
Thetrs la but to dyj and (die) pay." 8o
we flad every aid cloak er worn out
ragged excuse hv'ng up on this war as
though it was a publlo halltre ot theirs.
Olve us a chansa.
FRANKLIN POPE.
r Creator Omaha.
OMAHA. Tec. s.-To th Editor of Th
Bee. I see that th Dundee Improvement
club haa ailed a public meeting for
Tuesday eVeaing. to diacusa consolidation
with Onvs'.ia. Two months ago, when I
asked for such an expression to bo made
at the "November election, so that it
mighty, fairly exoreaa the sentiment i .h
the voters of Dundee, my proposition was
rrowrjMt down. However, I am glad to
e he meeting called.
I Sollevo an honest expression of all the
voera of Omaha's suburbs would bo
snsmtly In favor of th Greater Omaha.
I. am certain that would be ao In Dun
dee, for ther la a mighty high typo of
citlaenahlp la that delightful village. It
la composed of men who ar not blind to
their civic duty and their obligations to
the city in which they make their living,
and which auppUea thorn with all they
have of metropolitan life. If they do
have a few Inconsiderable advantages by
a separata government, which, however,
I deny, thoa cltlaatna are great enough
to atand abov a few petty private ad
vantage and work for th betterment
o' th city to which they owe so much.
It Is the common civic duty that calls
out the heat a up port of all the people,
of theae surrounding towns.
Speaking of Dundee, it has lesa reason
t remain cut of Omaha than any ot the
other towns. Its farthest, western limits
ar about a mil nearer to th heart of
Omaha than la th northern boundary
Hno of tho city. Th otber town
have complete school facilities, which it
haa not They encourage the establish
ment of all kinds of business tn their
midst, which It does trot la no sens
la Its condition similar to theirs.
Bom ot th cltlaon of Dundee take
active part la the affair ot Omaha.
What right bav they to d thla. if tbe
atLto.le of a very few selfish Mllagera
la correct? What righ: hae Joh i I (arte.
Who Uvea there, to secure contracts for
tbtlc buildings In Omnha? What right
haa C. C. George, who Uvea ther. to
constitute himself an active factor In
beautifying Omaha? What right ha If.
W. Morrow, who Irres 11. ere. to be writ
ing euch splendid letter to Omaha
paper, calling attention to the short
comlnga of Omaha's city government?
What right haa N. P. Dodge, who Uvea
ther. to dlaturb himself about honest
elections 'n Omaha and to Interest I..m
eelf an earnestly In the betterment of
this splendid city? Why all the fentlo
raen have tho right to rto what they are
doing, because they recognise that above
aome private Interest there la higher
Interest and that. Is to ccntrihutc tc the
advancement of the city that supplies
them their only means ot livelihood.
I hope thee splendid rltlxena will as
sert In no mistaken tone their recogni
tion of thla higher right and nobler atti
tude In joining In an effort to make of
Omaha the moat glorious city of the
west.
I ought to add that I. too, live in Dun
dee, but am glad to acknowledge that
try highest allegiance la to the city
where my Interests am nd where I earn
every, dollar I receive. U J. QCINBY.
Thlnha Gerwiam lewa Overdraw...
OMAHA, Dc. gTo the Editor of The
Bee: Your correspondent, A. I Meyer,
display a great deal of bad temper when
ever vlewa nre expressed that conflict
with hla. The free expression of ao
much abuse and 111 nature is hurting
the friends of Germany In Omaha, and
confirming! In the mind of neutral the
chargea of arrogance, conceit and of
fensive manners, which have been made
against, the Germans.
I gvatly admire your correspondent
for hs layaity to Germany, but not hla
manner of expression, and I think that
If ha will exercise a little more self con
trol he will be able to win over many
friemda to the Cause for which Germany
Is fighting.
A. W. BULLARD.
Staade for II U Oplalvns.
SOUTH OMAII4 - tw w .i.-
Editor of The Bee.-lf you think you
ught to cut my article down, of course
. vu.i.,t oojeci. aa you huve a right to
ay what aha 11 and a h. ah.ii nn v..
but I do object to having thing printed
. way not meant by me.
In my artlcte on "Democratic Disas
ters." i .aid ln part. .. the QwmanB
take cars of the Belgians, whom they
have despoiled of homes and sustenance
to the disgrace of the world tn the un
called warfare upon them."
Tou cut out all after Belgian and made
It appear aa I have not a particle of
sympathy with th Belgians, when, aa
a rostter of fact. I am atrongly In aym
pathy with them and think tK n.rm.n.
hard no right or Juat reason to invade
me neutral neigian kingdom.
Tou have' printed far worse attack on
the Germane than t wrote and far worse
attacka on the allies In the. letter Mr.
Meyer has written so numerously In the
last four months, r felt that what I
meant to aay waa changed completely by
leaving out the last clause In regard to
tbe Belgians. r
I am willing Jo atand for my opinions
In regard to the war, for I firmly be
lieve that the German emperor could
have stopped the war If he had not been
watching for the chance to conquer tho
whole of Europe. I remember of reading
maay yeara ago when Emperor Bill first
became tbe head of the German empire
that it was feared that he would start
a general war In Europe, and never have
forgotten what I read then.
F. A. AGNEW.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"VVhv are you plunr'ng In chicle and
rubber today?' Inqu.ied the New York
broker.
"ltd a hunch." exclaimed the cus
tomer. Heard an old farmer say, 'By
surn' Just now as I rsme through Wall
street. Ioulsville Courier-Journal.
"Mr. Rllggina . terribly suplctou of
hat he sees In print."
"Yea,'' replied Mlse Cayenne: "the lan
guage he tinea would Indicate that he
doesn't even believe what he eeea ln the
dictionary." Washington Star.
"Some thlnge can 'only be seen at
Christmas," sentimentally remarked Mr.
BK'.l.
"That's a fart." agreed the practical
Mr. Skittles. "For Instance, the duat the
Janitor brushea off your arm.
"Quite a lot of doctora writing for the
Masrnzine these days."
"Yee, and it's a aurorlse to me. too.
"Whv pnV
"I didn't know a doctor could write
anything that nnvbody could read except
a druggist." Cincinnati Knquirer.
"Anil r. t Vis iHvavm l.wa aa very llh-
eral In your section?"
"Liberal? Savl They are ao iinerai
that nobod ever heard oT a woman cry
ing at a wedding out there. Detroit Jour
nal. Mrs. Flatbuah Mv husband gave me a
retboy kisa laat night.
Mra. Beneonhurat-What kind of a kla
la thrt? ' -
Mra. Flatbuah One that follows a
itorm. Brooklyn Cltlaen.
Mr. Rural I wnt vou to kill couple
of Thicker for dinner.
Kmr i'iuiIi Hate from the cltvl Te.
mi'im. Which car shall I do It with?
Puck.
"Marv toliowed Kdward." mumbled the
high school girl, who wsa trying to fix
the sovereiirn of Enaland In her mind.
"What's that?" spoke up grandma, who
hed been dmlng.
"Mary foTTowed Edward."
"Then you keen away from Mary. '
fln't want vou to go w'th them kind.
Girls 1 getting too told." Louisville
Courier-Journal
''Hubby, can you pay me back that
dollar you borrowed from me?"
"But. mv dear," he protested. "T have
already paid It back twice. Surely you
don't exnect It aaain."
"Oh. all right. If you are aa mean aa
all that." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Parrots come from South America,
don't they?"
' f believe so."
"Then what land doea the raven com
from?'
"Why, from Poe-lar.d." Chicago Post.
CHRISTMAS LAND.
Besteat dishes,
liOvely doll.
Cutest store.
Noisy poll,
Pinging top.
Jumping frog,
Crowing rooster,
. Barking dog.
Mischievous monkeja,
Building blocks,
Hook and' ladder.
Tuneful clocks.
Grinning clown.
Sheep and crook.
Roller skates,
Picture book.
Toy piano.
Kicking mule.
Walking bear.
Chest o' tools.
Ticking watch.
Kleuhant. stag.
Fiddle, drum.
Horn and flag.
Bn and arrow.
Sword and gun.
Nine-pin set.
Heap o' fun.
Maglo lantern. ,
Funny mask.
Ark and airship.
Dray and caak.
Glittering wlndowal
Santa Clans'
Little children
Look annNpauae'.
Daxxling sight.
Gee! So grand!
' Tova and toya - c
' If Christmas Land.
-XLUB F. VERNON.
Priscilla waa won by Alice Roberts 4001 Charles St.. '
who sent us 1089 pictures. She is 8 years and attends
Franklin School.
The second doll was won by Marie Conrad, 2527 Decatur, with
873 pictures. She Is 5 years old and, attends Franklin School Kin
dergarten. . .
Mary King, TOO N. 41st St., was third with 703 pictures. v She
is 7 years old and attends Saunders School, 4th Grade.
The little girls worked so hard this week that we added two
extra dolls; the 4th one for Edith Sanberg, 2913 Charles, who bad
6S7 pictures and the 5th doll to Lucile Anderson 1604 N. 34th St.,
who had OA1 pictures.
3 MORE DOLLS
For Our Busy Little Bees
EDITH, MERLE and CATHLENE
Edith is tall and stately
and has a charming disposi
tion, so kind and gentle and
sweet;" that's the way she
looks, anyway, and you will
think the ame when you
look into those deep brown
eyes of hers. Of course, only
one little girl can win Edith,
so we are giving Merle and
Cathlene as second and third
prizes. They are not quite
so big and pretty as Edith,
but you will be surprised
when you see how nice they
really are.
Thee den will be give free
to th 11 Wis sir la, aadea is years
of -, the krtag os aaaUl the
. largest amber f SoU's ptotare
a nS of th Daily aaS Saaaay
m before 4 p. satacaay, So
esaser la.
Edith's picture will be in
The Bee every day this week.
Cut them all out and ask
your friends to save the pic
tures in their paper for you
too. See how many pictures
of Edith you can get, and
be sure to turn thera in to
The Bee office before 4 p. m.,
Saturday, December 12.
It you dont win one of
these Dollies pcrhapa yon
can get one next week. Only
one doll will he given to say
ons person.
You can sec Edith at the
D. F. Corte Furniture Co., 24th and Farnam
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