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dree will be changed aa often as requested.
Don't forget "safety first" In Christmas decorations.
After all, our soldier boys had a very good
time In Vera Crus. ,
; Lincoln's distress over .Omaha's 8 o'clock
1 w troubles Is purely Platonic..
. Turkey proclaims a "Jihad" against 8ervla.
It may next declare war, for all we can tell.
Where Is that old-fashioned man who used
to spend his rainy days reading the Jokes In the
almanac?- ', - - r
IrTln Cobb and Lord Kitchener seam to be
pulling one. another perilously close to the Ana
nias club door.
War and rumors of war all about us. '.'Lord
God of hosts, be with us yet; lest we forget,
lest we forget."
' St. Vitus dance used to be called an afflic
tion, and yet it seems preferable to. some of
these later varieties.
I
t ', Of course, we could never have had this
biggest war of all history without our present
advanced stag of world-betting civilisation.
i The theaters in Paris have reopened again,
but the scarcity of American tourists td patron
ize the naughty shows will be quickly noted at
the box offices, " ,; - - v - - -
W 1 .... . , .' . :.!., .
But suppose the people did object -to the
flee president taking pay for his speeches,
would it have any more effect on him than on
the secretary of state? ', .
Presldont Wilson will be pardoned the im
modesty of patting himself on the back for hav
ing. 'so Tar I successf ully kept the United States
out ot war entanglements.
When it comes to manipulating an election,
thofp farmers who farm the -Douglas county fair
are no novices at the Job even if some of them
live out in the country precincts.
Our democratic senator has discovered that
Mr. Bryan's brother Charley has an anchor to
the windward for appointment to Job on the
new federal trade commission.' Here's a chance
for a trade. - ''., "Y ' ' '
Nebraska democrats are beginning to won
der whair effect "Met'i"' return to newspaper
dom is going to have on" the 1916 senatorial
contest. Yes, Bryanor Jlttchcock? "We shall
see what we shall see. ' . v
i That Reminds us again that Omaha was
given the benefit, free of charge, almost two
years ago,' of Costly fire survey made by- ex
pensive experts whose recommendations for the
most part have's" far been completely ignored.
I -: . v .
Treasurer' Ure 'should have undivided sup
port for hls consolidated tax proposal. One set
ot book and one tax receipt would not only
lessen the Vttk in the treasurer's' office, and
redu the ioroe necessary to perform it. but,'
more important tU,, would do: away with the
double payment annoyance to the taxpayer and
save the individual's valuable time and money.
. The Bpard ot Trad U dlacuaatag a three-com,ri
proposition to aei-ure a alta for a new building at a
caab. outlay of .4 to VitOO. The acheme ta to
aiqulro from tha city the lot at tha corner of BU
ter.Lh and Famam atrteta. now occupied by NV. 1
nsltie hou. tava the oounty kiva the city the eourt
housa grounds on. tha oppoait corner, and the caah
At tha meetljir'of the ' A. 'O.' II. niflea. theaa ,.
fli-era were eleir: Captain; ohn O'Brien; flirt
iiruUnatit; Jamea MurpJ'y: sevond lieutenant, James
Connolly, i ' ' ' ' '
- Thomas tlloa and wife have returned from their
eddlns tour, and taken up- their reeMente at the
aiiiiard. ; '. . ' '
v Milton JS'oblee. t noted actor 'and author, la ap
praiins at Bo J s la "UiYm and Lam."
J. B. Southard, deputy county eierk. who haa been
julia ill,, la reported to be Improving- rapidly.
Mr. Reyuolda Overa, bookkeeper of tha Omaha
Barb Wire worka, haa fon to vUU frtenda la Chi-t-aijj
for a few dmyi ! , i,
Ilivl'ig Llda oturiu-d hy Qie Hoard of Public worka
alii. Hmt ap!.alt on t orn role 'baae ia laid by tha
W.i-r Ar.halt rompatiy at ti.Sd per aquara yard with
a fUe r'r s jan.nl y. or at IX w per aiuare yard lth
a tcn-yr guaranty. "; ""--
How ConfreM Can Regain Loit Credit
The reconvening of congress starts specula
lion anew as to the scope of the legislative pro
gram. The reduction of the democratic ma
jority by the people at the recent election does
not become effective until after next March, so
that the party ia power still has the voten. if it
chooses so to use them, to put through almost
any proposition to whose support It can rally
Its own forces. But If the democrats are wise
they will not rail to heod the signiflcsnce of
the popular' verdict on their appeal for a vote
of confidence, and will Confine their efforts to
routine matters rather than to risk needlessly
the hacard of further experimental legislation
The general sentiment everywhere Is that
business should be given every opportunity to
regain normal condition, first upset by the dem
ocratic tariff and then disturbed by the war,
The impression also prevails that the president.
although at different times he has listed a lot
of innovations for congress to enact into law,
will himself be quite jtonteht to let them rest
without further stirring. The one place where
the democrats could accdmpllsh something In
redemption of pledges that would be a relief to
the country and be assured of public acclaim
Is in the institution of economies in the govern
ment and retrenching on appropriations, which
pledges to date, unfortunately, have found no
visible favor with the democratic lawmakers.
If this short session of congress wishes to dis
tinguish itself through an honest effort to hold
down, the money bills, it can redeem some of
Its Impaired prestige and recover a few, lost
credit marks.
' Made-in-America 8tyle.
Whether she wills it or not. mlladv will soon
be fully attired In made-in-Amerlca styles, for
this war, which has sent the Parisian modistes
to the trenches In defense of France, is not go
ing to end soon enough to keep the Yankee from
learning their art. Troe, some of these styles
will doubtless bear strong- resemblances to tha
foreign .Ideas, for they do say that the. best of
American designers thus far have done little
more than learn to copy or Imitate French
fashions.
No matter, we are up against the necessity
and well' that wo are of providing our own
styles. The Bee sometime ago expressed the
opinion that this would be a simpler task for us
as soon as we took up that other more impor
tant duty of making more of our dress goods, as
well as styles, in our own country, where most
of the raw material is produced. If our mod
istes have lacked in originality and ingenuity,
then here is another illustration of the old say
ing that, "necessity U the mother of invention."
And in the end it will be a splendid thing for us
that we were forced to acquire this art, for
Americans ought to have their own dist.inctiva
styles of dress if they want them.
This made-ln-Amerlca styla talk ! aotnaitv
taking Intensely practical form in New York,
where an ingenious yoUDaV Woman h A a rtAon
ployed by the school board as a dress style de
signer. When the war broke and an advertise
ment, of. her work appeared in the papers, she
and the school were immediately - overrun by
"pupils" seeking admission. Two other teach
ers have had to be employed and the school took
in 150 applicants to start with. It holds Its ses
sions at night and the most interesting feature
of the work is that Ibae "pupils" are men. and
women engaged ,,'n the cloak anJ suit business,
who are giving their nights, after hard days at
their regular work, to study to make , them
proficient designers. Business is business and
while our keen Yankee i merchant has gone' to
Paris for his styles, it was only because milady
demanded It and that made it good business.
Hereafter she will want the American styles.
Vindication of the Mule
let ITot Romance Be Marred.
There Is a limit to all things which may be
endured by even the patience of a Job, and there
are some misrepresentations which cajn penetrate
the JOB Of a hllinhlnr hrtH Th. m it.
octogenarian; ex-Boss Richard Croker, could
suiie at me jibes about the marriage of May
and December; she could glory. in the publicity
given to her Indian ancestry; she had no objec
tion to being pictured la aboriginal costume as
she appeared in the pageant la which she posed
as "Oklahoma" but the new Mrs. Croker has
been compelled to interrupt her honeymoon at
West Palm Beach, Florida, long enough to write
a letter to the New Yorg Times to deny the
statement that she once appeared at the Hippo
drome. "There is actually no truth in the state
ment," she insists, "for at no time have I ever
appeared n the Hippodrome stage in any way."
So let not, this beautiful romance be marred
by such a perversion of fact or fancy.
. . Aijain the Literacy Teit
What effect the war is to have la the at
tempt to enact a literacy test immigration law
In the United Btates will be soon seen, for the
bill that passed the house "and was left pending
in the senate at the last session 'of congress is
to be revived at the present short session. Pro-'
ponents as well as opponents of the measure
undoubtedly will argue the results of the war
for and against the bill. The advocates are al
ready contending that with a prospective mul
tiplying of the number seeking admission to the
United States more rigid discrimination of im
migrants will become necessary. That may be
true, but how does that establish the merits of
the literacy test? The literacy test rests, not
upon expediency, but principle, and those' who
oppose it do so on the ground that ability to
read and write not, ad cannot determine
fairly, fitness to. become a candidate for Ameri
can citizenship. The teaching of history and
the weight of experience Is on this side. If.
therefore, our country should) find itself over
run by a Ruronaaa influx following the war
which Is Improbable is must find the re
straint in something more nearly Just and more
compatible with fundamental Americanism than
a literacy test. t
Civil service has two objects first, to make
fitness and efficiency instead of political pull
the password to public 'employment, and, seo
oud. to keep, public employes out of. political
work. , How far does the so-called civil service
we are supposed to have in branches of our
local government, come ep to the mark?
if you feel that you must knock, change
your mind and put in a boost. '
laalrlai Wladom with Bark Oa.
Miasourl polnta with justifiable prlda to Its homo.
STown mule. Tha mule reclprocatea native good will
by Inrrearlns in numbers and Steadily rlalns In uae
fulness and aa a oaehabla aaaet Thla spirit of mutual
admiration blooms In all eeaaons and defies the at
tacks of time. Borne envioua persona attribute th
attachment to hereditary kinship of disposition or tem
perament, hut this assumption la wholly theoretk-a!.
Jt Is enouah to know that Mlssourlans and mules sr
mutual affinities, and that an attark on the latter
hakes the fabrlo of peace from the Osarka to the
Mississippi. This la shown In the hattle waxed In the
courts for five yearn to vindicate the mule from the
eharre of vlclouanes and contributory negligence.
Five Judsea of the elate supreme court solemnly In
vestigated the treasonable charge and dismissed tho
rase with a triumphant exordium on the Missouri
mule. Tlie court through Chief Judge Iamm vocalised
its opinion In part aa follows:
"Aa I see It. the case Is this: Dale, a man of sub
stance, a farmer, owned a brown and a tray mule,
both ynung and of a fine growth; one saddlewise, the
other otherwise. Roth, used to the plow and wagon,
were entitled to the designation 'well broke and
gentle.' One Parker was Dale's man servant and In
the usual course of his employment had charge of
these mules.
"On a certain day he had. driven them to a water
wagon In the humble office of supplying water to a
rlover huller In the Osark region hard by Its metrop-ollls-re-wlt.
Hpringfleld. Eventide had fallen-l. e., the
poetical time of day had come when the beetle whetls
his droning flight, drowsy tinkling lulls the distant
folds and all the air a solemn stillness holds. In
other words, dropping Into the vernacular. It was time
to 'take out
"Aceordmgly, Parker took out with his mind flxrrt
on the watchdog's honest bark, baying deep-mouthed
welcome as lie drew near home. Ho mounted the
Hdeable mule. He aaya he tied the other to the hames
of the harness on the ridden one by a four or five foot
halter rope, and was plodding his weary way home
ward, a la the plowman in the elegy.
At about the time Parker had reached nM mr
of Walnut street, plaintiff and two others were in a
nuggy pulled by a single horse and on their wav horn..
to the country. So equipped, theaa several parties met
face to face.
"At thla point It will do to aay that w hlle the mulea
were used to being on the water waaron. it la not
clear that these travelers three were. There are aigna
that artificial elation In the vehicle party that in the
evening springs from drinking CbreathJc freely')',
but on the morning after produces the condition of
Involuntary expiation Dr. von Ihrlna- call.
Jammer.' They dlaavcw belna half
Tken be. Mala Spread Illmaelf.
'when mules and rider SB. n naVles tlW n1 riaaaait (ha
three travelers, all on the same side of the ditch, the
iea muie, wnetner scared bv tha hole in h.
the rick of brick or the ridge, le dar. shied from his
fellow ('spread' himself) and nresentlv hi. t.in4 ,
was mixed up with the shafts and wheel of the buggy.
rv nen me status quo ante was re-established both
leg and wheel were found damaged. iiiK.anllant .
blacksmith offered to repair the damaes to the wheel,
tor, say, a oonar and a half. Thla sum defendant,
though denying liability, was willing and offered to
pay: but plaintiffs dander waa tin en ti. .
owner, demanded a new wheel worth IS and sued.
in me justice court defendant loat nutrient.
appealed. In the circuit court the same. Tho eourt
of appeals could not agree (the" furor scrlbendi being
much In evidence and three learned opinions falling
irom meir several pens) and sent tha ran .-
here It Is. 1 ' ' '. i . ,
"My Brother Graves has well dianoaA of n.
certain grounds, but. tha thema beinrh Kfi.u...
mule, and state pride calling for further expoaitlon,
me saia ruror scnbendl has seised me witness: ,. . ,
' It la argued that it waa nerllmm. tv -la-
w svsv vss I
mule and lead Its fellow by hand. That they should be
halter-yoked, 'neck and neck,' . Parker says he necked
mem in a way. put plaintiff, takes issue on the faot.
Allowing credit to plaintiffs evidence, two aii.Ln.
spring, vis: . 0) Is, the neck-and-neck thmrr 'mm.
law- In this jurisdiction T Zj If o. then was the ab
sence of the neck-and-neck adjustment the proximate
cause f the Injury? . . -. . . . , .. ,
"We may let the first aueatlon be settled In some
other mule esse and pass to the second aa more ltn
portant. It will be observed that the neck and for
quarters of the mule did not do tha damage. Centra,
the hind quarters, or 'business end,', ef the mule were
In fault.
"Ws take Judicial notloe of the facts of nature.
Hence, we know that haltering a mule neck-and-neok
to another will not prevent bis hind parte spreading
His neck might be on one line, but his hind legs and
heels might be Da another, a divergent one. True, the
mental concept relating. to shying, or spreading, would
naturally originate In the mule's bead. But It must be
allowed as a sound psychological proposition that hal
tering his head, or neck, can in no wise control the
mule's thoughts or control the hinder parts affected
by those thoughts.
"So much, I think,' la clear and is due to be aelT of
the Missouri mule, whose bones. In attestation of his
activity and worth, lie. bleached from Shlloh to Bplon
Xop, from Ban Juan to Prsemyal (pronounced a
scholar tells me, as It 1s spelled). It results that the
casual connection between, the negligence ia hand and
the injury la broken and recovery cannot go on the
neck-and-neck theory. Thla because It Is plain, under
the distances disclosed by the evidence, that the mule's
hind legs oould reach the buggy wheel. In plte of a
neck-and-neck attachment,
Aa Elaslve Qaeetto'a.
"The next questlorf 1s ' a bit elusive, but seems
lodged In the ease.' Jt runs thus: There being ho evi
dence tending to show the mule was wlid and unruly,'
as charged, is such a mule per se a nuisance; a vicious
animal? 'Haa he a heart devoid of social duty and
fatally bent on mischief, when led by a halter on the
street of a town, and roust Ms owner answer for MS
aots on that theory
. "Attend te that -view ot t
"There are sporadic Instances of mulea behaving
badly. That one that Absalom rode and ."went from
under him at a crisis In hla fate, for instance. So It
has been intimated ia fireside precepts that the mule
la unexpected, tn sla heel action, and haa other faults.
"The rule of the master's liability for acta of ho
ox la old (Ex. xxl:0). That for the acts of the dog'
Is put thla way: The law allows the dog hla first bite.
lord Cockbum's dictum covers toe master's liability
on a kindred phase of liability for sheep killing
to-wtt: Every dog ia entitled to at leaat one worry.
"So with this mulo. Absent proof of the bad habit
of 'spreading when led and the scienter liability did
not spring from the mere fact his hind leg (he being
scared) got over the wheel while he was led by a five
foot halter rope, for it must be held that a led mule
la not a nuisance per ae unless he Is to be condemn!
on that score out and out because of hla ancestry and
some law of heredity some aselnlne rule, so to speak.
Refleetloaa Aareatry.
"Cskre should be taken not to allow such scornful
remarks as that 'the mule haa no pride ot ancestry
or hope of posterity te press upon our Judgment . He
Inherits hla father's cars, but what of that? The iu'
ear, presented by an angry Apollo, were an affllvtlon
to King aildae. but not to the mule.
."He la a hybrid, but thst waa man's Invention cen
turies gone In some province In 'Asia Minor, and tho
fart la not chargeable to the mule. Bo. the slowness of
the domeatlo ass does not descend as a trait to the
Missouri mule. It is said that a thistle la a fat salad
for aa aaa' mouth. Maybe It U also In a mule's,
tut be It so. surety hla penchant for homely fare can
not so far condemn him that he does not stand rectus
in curia. . .
"Enough haa been aald to show that the aaa la not
without soma righta In the courts, even on sentimental
grounds;, ergo. If hla hybrid eon-tracing hla lineage as
lie does ta the Jacks of Kentucky and Aadaiuaia. In.
WerHa eotne of hla traits he cannot be held bad per ae.
Q. K. D. .
"It la meet that a Si case, having Its Ut root In
anger (and possibly ta U iUor). should nut drag Ita slew
lengths through the courts for more than five years,
even If It haa earned the aobrtnuet of the ceWbreled
mule caac!' "
Taxation M It boat Repreaeatatloa."
WATKKU)0. Neb.. Dec. 7.-To the
Kdltor of The Bee: 1 have read with a
good deal of interest the very lucid and
comprehensive account In your ftunday
Bee of the annual meeting of the foug-
county Agricultural society held at
me court house a:t h'Hturday. Being
present i can say that with one or t
exceptions the account Is substantially
correct. 1 want to say. however, that A.
K. Agee was not trying to speak from
the top of the desk, but, taking the place
of President Wltte at the latter-s re
quest, ha did stem the turbulent waters
and in a measure at leaat brought order
out bt chaos.
It waa oie? lawyer friend. Olmsted of
Florence, who moved to reconsider and
who replied to a Benson booster, who
vociferously advleed all Benson sym
pathisers to vote against the resolution
(which I shall apeak of later) and sounded
a keynote when he said In substance that
If Hie gathering waa a Benson meeting
the man s advice was good, but If a meet
ing to further the agricultural Interests
of Douglas county the advisement was Ill
timed and out of place. Oua Harts from
the body of the room and James Walsh
from the front managed the Omaha sub
urb'e end of the fight most admirably.
I must say, in order to he fair, but dis
astrously for the country.
The resolution to provide the country pre
cincts should be the unit In making up
the board of directors, was based on the
principle as old as the hills, that every
precinct should have representation be
cause all are taxed to maintain h. ......
-fair. 'iho resolution was not intended to
no uniair to any locality and. aa I under
stand the altuatlon. would not have dis
franchised anv nrarlncf k. .
Omahans, and I am sure they ai big
"'""i " dtom enough to admit the
contention of the country that the agri
cultural society ie primarily a child of
the country and the farmers would only
be coming Into their own If allowed to
manage Ita affaire and guide Ita destinies
The spectacle of these farmers of the
farmers loading a meeting aa this one
wa (over) loaded Is not calculated to re
store confidence between the city and
the country, and It Is another demonstra
tion of the effort, so patent to all who
have watched the trend of events for
years, that the great love for the farmer
and the farmer's Interests Is at least not
very deeply rooted-there Is shallow
ground somewhere or the stones have
made the soil barren. Tha iAmii.
money was paid for certificates of men
avoraoie to Benson, If this spokesman Is
correctly auoted. la enoust. f i...t a.
forever damn such methods In the con-
ouci or anything In which the people are
so vitally Interested aa In nue o--ii
tural and related societies.
Let me diverge In rlnatnr r..-in.
county la at leaat thirty miles long east
and west, but so far as representation
In Its political unity. Its boundaries atop
at the corporation llnea of nmh a. .
Omaha and the nearby auburban towns.
The country haa absolutely no representa
tion nor voice In the legislature, the county
. y noining or congress or cor
related bodies of representative cltisens.
Some of our legislators-elect are saying
things about which they think there la
need for reforms and it im .n. v... i..
me call their attention at this time to
the righta not so much the needs, but
rights of . our country precincts. "Taxa
tion without representation Is tyranny." 1
y JAME8 H. RIQ08.
TskereslMli T,
OMAHA, Dec. ,-To the Editor ef The
Bee: Accept our thanks for your little
notice, anent children's lunches served
In one of the South Omaha schools, and
I will ask you to publish this letter In
order to explain further.
First, we are very proud that a Ne
braska city haa gone as scientifically
Into real prevention wcrk as the group
of South Omaha women engineering the
school lunches; second, we ere more than
proud that money from the sale of Red
Cross Seals wes used for the lnltal out
lay In this work.
To the student -in social service It Is
apparent that any measure to uplift
mentally, morally or physically Is a gain
In the long run, a gain which has a
definite cash value to the community.
On the other hand, the Individual who
thinks only along beaten paths, or who
permits some one else to think for him.
may feel that tuberculosis prevention
snd hot school lunches have only a far
fetched connection, one with the other.
In spite of this, however, the fact re
mains thst any measure, which will raise
the physical standard of human beings
is a measure of Insurance, to some de
gree, against preventable disease.
Who shall dare say that a wholesome,
warm noonday meal, served to school
children, shall not put some anaemic or
sub-normal child over the danger line
on to the aafe side, where that which
he does in life may count as s gain and
not a loss to his community. Nine thou
sand dollars Is the loaa placed upon one
death from tuberculosis, after the vic
tim shall have been educated at state
expense and shall have entered upon
Ms career aa a wage earner, and this
,000 la part of the taxpayer's liability
when he does not have sufficient length
of vision to prevent the loss. If then, a
saving In taxpayer's money, not to men
tion the caving of human life, may be
effected through the simple process of
selling Red Cross Seals and wUoly us
ing the Income therefrom, let us go to
the work In hand, today, now. by the
purchase of a square Inch of clear con
aclonce In the shape of a Christmas
sticker. MRS. R. J. EDHOI-M.
, Executive Secretary.
Nebraska Association for the Study and
Prevention of Tuoerc-ulosls.
Aak X'u Sowethlaa Easy.
OMAHA, Dec. 6.-T0 the Editor of The
Be I started down town December 1,
litlt. leaving Forty-ninth and Dodge
streets at about 8:30. There waa stand
ing room only and at Fortieth and Dodge
I was moved to count. There were stand
ing In the car thirty-five people and
oa the batk platform twenty more,
many of them ladles. My eyeaight ta not
specially good and I may have mlseed a
few email ones, but there were that
many anyway. Three others managed to
crowd on afterward, one of them holding
a rather precarious footing en the steps
for a time. We rode that way to Twenty
fourth, where the pressure was some
what relieved. I am told these Farnara
cars aeat comfortably about thirty peo
ple. Having had little personal exper
ience In them, sitting, I don't want to be
too certain about this, but there were
thirty-four sitting this morning. And. this
Is about the average morning and even
ing experience.
Let's see, we pay one mayor S5.000 and
SU ether conimisaloners a year, or
a total of $33,000. Then we pay one city
attorney RUS. I think It ia and a rouni.
r three aestataata (2.0) each. I haven't ,
luvacu uia up carciuii), out mat Will J
be not far from the mark.- Till recently
we paid one corporation cnunel $v a
rtmnth. What f..r7 Adk us something
It. W. MORROW.
Writes Over Ills Owa Kaaae.
POl-TH OMAHA. Dec. S.-T0 the Editor
of The Bee: In your Letter Box Decem
ber 4, 1314, was a letter written hy Hubert
J. Kltxgerald. The directory of Omaha
has no such name. Your readers would
be much Interested to know the address,
because It looks like' It was written up
by The Bee staff. Give us the name of
this writer In your Letter Box.
BEH.IB O'CONNOR.
Forty.flfth and L Streets.
Note The address of Mr. Kltspatrlck
is Jlol Harney street. Omaha. He hns no
connection with The Bee staff.
CHEEEY CHAFF.
te'rLwin.h ,y" thjnk "omo "n look bet
cZ url 5 wh"""B'" seked the trltl-
evprv"''rn''",l fnvnne. "I think
nrtT4i?ir"T arn" ten dollars a week
"".J-SPmla eight of It on you."
-.,!".r" V,pp r'ckl,'." admitted the
girl caressly.
'I shouldn't think your mother would
want you to receive his attentions."
Oh. mother knows that a flnsncler of
his type will never be able to talk mat
rimony. Louisville Courier-Journal.
re onlc h-'t lx illnatioit sntist keep
niovtng. iien st Ton t all right un
til It hernrwn otxanised li!fnce."
NshlnKtnn Mar
THE CAREER OF A RAG DOLL
A biixonV young lass when she first came ,
to town . . .
In hliie rl-oiUf-red bonnet and wo '
And
clieiiueiel gown.
a fresh
frown.
rosy face with never a
you are going to be married,
"So
Mary?
"'p. ma'am, and I'll be leaving you
next Tueadav.
husba'nd," hOP rU.r 'Mn Kood
"If he aln t any better than the one
ot J w,n t kr?n hm lung." De
trolt Free Press, v
Bank Teller (politely) I'm sorry,
madam, but I cannot cash your check.
ou n,ut bring in someone to identify
yoit; that Is, aomcone who Is known to
both of us.
Fair Customer (loftiy)Indrcd! t am
sure our social spheres are rntirelv too
distinct for such a thing to be possililc
Lire. "Ton are not as conservative in your
Idess ns you used to be."
"No." replied Senator Sorghum, "I
But her plump rosy cheeks somehow
seemed to fade,
AH tho bloom was kissed off by a tiny
sweet tiisld,
At whose shrine Sally Ann as a present
wns laid.
Then the poor Dolly's system was soon
out of whack,
f-he grew limn in her Joints and limp
In lier bark.
?Uit of power of endurance she sure had
no leek.
Left out tn the cold with her toes te the
stars.
Run over at raml.m bv wee trolly cars.
And besmirched with the ashes of Daddy s
clKars. ,
Tossel about here and there by we will
ful hands.
Denuded like savage in far hrathea
lands.
And left high and dry to bleach on th
sands. - -
Thrown over the back garden fence to
the chickens.
Left nut In the rain till she- looks like
the dickens:
The career of her life with vicissitude
thickens.
Exposed to disease, she escapetb crema
tion.
But endures all the horrors of atrong
fumigation
And Is nolle 1 to a state ot extreme
emaclatloh.
And then, presto change! she acquires a
new phlx,
Seme expert beauty doctors get right
. down to bis
And he stock on poor Sally above par
has rlz.
In all she's survived a heap of dis
graces Has had seven skins and aeventy-eeven
faces
And 'twas recently whispered in DoTl
Town, She laces.
And in spite of her woes this Dollv still
thrives.
Kho hns one on the cat. she hns nlnety
nliic lives,
And has provon her fitness, because she
survives. ,
Omaha. BAYOU NE THELE.
HOTEL
GOTHAM
p Hotel ofrcSiea
celtsgance, located in .
New York's social centre
Easily accessible to
theatre and sliciml
districts.;
Single rooms with bath 54?oS5?
lAxibla rooms wrth batkaSX-JPASftOO ,
tm wetnerbee I Wood
nttri Ave eFifVfiffh St.
NEW YOJftlC CITY
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Jaclisonvillc
Improved Dixie Flyer dining service enables you to
' obtain a delicious breakfatt before reaching Jacksonville. "
Lr. CUcafe 10-23 p. am, Ar. Jacksonville 7j50 a. as. (2nd day).
New All Steel
DIXIE FLYER
via .
C. & E. I. to FLORIDA
Through Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta.
Steel observation cars, steel compartment and drawing
room tlecpcrt, steel coaches and dining car.
DIXIE LIMITED
(Is service Jaaeary 4. 1915)
Lv. Chicago lUOsa.
Ar. Jacksonville 7.30 p.ss. (next day).
"Only one night on the road."
. . WrtUjor Florida literatun.
j. r. GOVAN
Ceaeral Agent, 103 West Adsms Street
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