THE OMAHA KUXDAY BEE: DECEMBER 13, 1914.
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NOVEMBER SUNDAY CIRCULATION.
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State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, aa.
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Publishing comiieny, being duly aworn, aaya that
tha average Sunday circulation for tha month of
November, 1914. was 44,471.
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Rubacrlbers leaving the city temporarily
hontd hare The lie mallexl to them. Ad
dress will bo changed ai often aa requested.
Tim Is flying In which to ah op early.
Cleaning snow off tha walks, like charity,
ought to begin at homo.
People ran In time get used to almost any
thing eren to war tax stamps. -
Never contested, Missouri Is kicking again
because Its mules are going to war.
At that, tbs German nary has succeeded In
giving a tolerably good account of Itself, ,
Just h i reminder to the man who was complaining-
for the want of snow, let it be noted
that "the next day It snowed."
So it appears that while Mr. Bryan la for
both equal suffrage and prohibition, he has a
time-lock, on his combination.
Perhaps the weather man is Just getting Into
practice to make cure that he can glre ns a
white Christmas If he wants to. '
It seems the president passed up the chance
of making a gallery plsy by naming Mr. Harbor
surveyor of the port of Kansas City.
Now that the administration has promised
to "let business alone," let us attend to business
and try to make up for lost time.
Jnst let the small boy in Omaha try to Im
agine himself living in a town so Cat that a
sled would not move unless pushed or palled.
Does the president's omission of Mexico
from his message to congress mean that he no
longer considers "watchful waiting" worth, mentioning?
Eight more postmastership prlmarte have
been ordered by Congressman Dan V. Stephens,
And, to add insult to injury, one of them goes
to Edgar Howard's home townl
The man who sits up nights to Worry oyer
Europe's licking us when It gets through with
thrashing itself is our Idea of the man who
hunts for something to worry about. .
Things are not always what they seem) for
instance, they tell us the Bine Danube) is not
blue, at all, and we know that the Blue Alsa
tian mountains" are now white with snow.
Men with million-dollar incomes were
mighty scarce before the income tax coll act or
started out on his rounds, and they will doubt
less be scarcer when he again rides the circuit.
To start agitation for a barge line on the
Missouri Just as the river is getting ready to
freeze up looks a trifle incongruous. Would
not-the barge proposition find clearer sailing
about the time the navigation season reopens?
Secretary Bryan is now trying to hedge on
his pronouncements in favor of suffrage and
prohibition by Qualifying his support of them
as state issues, and not as national issues. If
Mr. Bryan thinks this wU please either side he
is mighty much mistaken.
"Met" asks why John C. Wharton," Omaha's
republican postmaster, should be supplanted by
a democrat when Mr. Wharton has a good dem
ocratic record lasting for at least two whole
days, which he can establish by reference to
"myxoid notebook." 'Why, we also ask to know?
Perospg Postmaster. Wharton could be per
suaded to be. a democrat for two more whole
days if "Met" will guarantee him reappointment.
CV.
A mee ling of taxpayers presided over by H O
Clark, appointed a committee to confer with attori
neya with a view to contesting the St. VUrya avenue
ewer tax. The committee named consists, of B. E. H
Kennedy, Warren Bwitaler, C. W. Hamilton. M Halll
man. William. I'rt-sUm and Hubert I'urvla.
Drtef A Maul have Just completed their flrat
year aa a firm, dorm which time they dlipoeed of
f.i ooftlna, which, on the average death rate of the
city, la about three-fourths of the buelnees la thla line.
Axctiltect Charles Y, Driacoll baa gone to Chioege
for a week, on bualneaa.
Albion W. Tourgee, the author and former editor
of the CoBttaect, la In the city.
W. 1L ChJlaon of New York stopped ever ea route
to fan Franclaco aa the sunt of bis friend, O B
Clara of thla city.
John J. Cavanagti has opened a plumbing and
li establishment at 13 North fcUxteenlh.
The Lutheran baxar clewed with a aatlafactory
una reaiied. the remaining goods being Sold at aJO-
tua.
A New Europe in the Making.
, Writing in the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
on "New Nations Already Rising Out of the
War.' using France, with which he is most
familiar except England, as an example, Vance
Thompson declares that "a new Prance has
been born In war palna unspeakable. For fif
teen years Prance has been In the bands of the
politicians, whereof you know. Came the war."
And then he proceeds to show the transform
ing effect upon the people. "In a day in an
hour war knit together the old energies of the
race. And it was a strange thing to see laughter
die In Prance; The old energies came bark, and
(he old high-born idealism." and further:
If thla war were merely a dirty squabble of
greed trade-grab here jostling for places In the sun
there would be small hope for civilisation. But
the men who have watched It es I have coming
slowly to an Inane, since 1WT, know It la the Inevi
table struggle between the old forces of democracy
and armed arlatocracy. And It la already bearing
fruit In all the natlona. I know more about that In
England and France, but I am sure It la true of the
others. Humanity la knit pretty clone In these days.
The Bee was warmly congratulated for its
editorial, which, under the caption, "The Sur
vival of the Fittest," declared that "the net re
sults of this hideous humsn slaughter will be a
new Europe representing the beet of the old as
embodied in those ideals which demand a higher
abltrament than that of force." This view is
deepened with the progress of events. Even the
warring nations, themselves, have begun to re
flect it In their changing attitudes and expres
sions. ' As Mr. Thompson shows, "In the first
anger and surprise of war lots of foolish, bad
things were said and written in England and
elsewhere. What you hear now is different
andWhat you read." He goes on to show that
as Lloyd George phrased it, "the nations are
shedding themselves of selfishness" and Risking
a "new Europe a new world. And the news
papers are. dropping the tone of brag and
anathema."
Incidentally,, here is another reminder for
America to continue a national policy of sober
minded neutrality. If already, with the war
as yet nowhere near Its climax, such .progress
has been made toward the only profitable goal
to be expected as a result of this awful up
heaval, can anyone doubt that "net results will
be a new EuropeT" And if the warriors, them
selves, have' come thus early to the view, can
ws of America afford to lower our vision be
neath UT
Edison's Greatest Discovery.
People almost without number are voicing
their 5ov that Thomas a mtinn.
- - ' m I9VV1UI UU
private laboratory were not destroyed by the fire'
vuuauuitg ma nanuiacturing plant. These
expressions go to show how widespread is the
l4rst in Mr. Edison's personality, and in
wrerytlrrnf he does, and this widespread interest
is to be, esDlalned by bis remarkable success in
making practical aoDlication nr m. t i
, - w anew uiow V 131 ICS
and Inventions.
Edison has failed to work out a lot of prob
lems which he has tackled, but his failures are
overlooked in the multiplicity and usefulness
of his successes. ' Where Edison has scored an
wantage over ail other scientists lies in his
appreciation of the sractloal. and hi.
tlon to limit his efforts strictly to things that
A 4 1 A - M .
v ... noia promise of serviceability to the
mass of the people Instead of to the very few
If Edison had put in all his time Inventing huri
glar-proof safes for nultlmlllosalres, or bomb
proof armorplate for big battleships, or tele
acoplo cameras for astronomers, he might have
ucceeded every time and still fallen short of
filing the place he occupies In the popular mind
and in the people's hearts. '
Edison's greatest discoverey was the discov
ery that he could do most for world betterment
by devoting his talents V the perfection of oom
ffion everyday things, or bringing exceptional
things down to the common everyday plane.
The Promised Rest for Business.
Business certainly welcomes the rest which
the president promises in his mesage to con
fess, in which he says: :.
Our program of legislation with' regard to ho
regulauon of bu.inea. now vtrtually complete.
The road at last lies clear and firm before bu.fn..
UrrUnTent ,Ch.U tIwl.-,Mt''
Let congress fall in with this and 'the whole
country will breathe easier. -Let us also cease
to make the false distinction between big and
little business in this connection, bearing In
mind that their interests are mutual when it
comes to the program which the president says
is about complete. Not only the "capital class "
but the wage earning class, every class 6f men
dependent upon their Incomes for liveli
hood and that Includes all Is affected.
The president told us not so long ago that
there was nothing the matter with business.
Itself, but that the trouble lay with the evil
spirit In business like the man of the Gada
renes, who was all right as soon as purged of
the demon within him. Naturally business,
too. resented correction of certain of its wrongs,
which was begun, however, before President
Wilson took office. Now if that purifying pro
cess hss been completed, and' neJd fear no
further dsturbance from hostile legislation,
business may go on its way rejoicing, for It re
quires all the elbow room compatible with safety
in order to- recover lost ground.
On Hoarding.
In a remarkable illustration of the extent
and Influence of hoarding money, Albert W At
wood la the Saturday Evening Post, cites this
among many typical cases that came to. light
during the recent scare following the declaration
of war In Europe; .
Intl' "'TL "-kno" bualnee. man walked
Into the office of the present of M cf New Tork-.
treat banks and opened a email aatchcL Thla jnna
had Important connection. In four or five Urge west
ern cities, with bank accounts In all of them. He
opened the satchel and took out HoO.txe in sold certlM
cetea. 'I want you to put this In a safe piaoe for me "
be said, -I don't Want to take any chances. J drew
all my money out of the banka."
"1 never knew you were an aaa." replied the
banker, "but I know It now. I won't touch your gold."
'Do you mean ou won't take lir aaked the
startled man. "What ah ail I do with it?"
"Take it away from here, shouted the banker.
The writer declares that many similar with
drawals took place In 1107 and for that reason,
more than any other,' the country suffered so
severe a depression. To a limited extent the
save practice was repeated last August and
later following the outbreak of the European
war, and, as Mr. At wood shows, it probably
would have reached widespread proportions.
with most disastrous results, but for the swift
action of bankers In checking what they
foresaw.
If It be true, as It hss been said for years,
that fully 1500,000,000 Is annually hoarded l
this country, It Is easy to realize that the evil Is
not confined to periods of stringency, but exists
as a constant obstacle to larger business expan
sion. Money Is hoarded for two reasons. Ignor
ance and fear, neither of which is excusable.
Both, we think, might be lessened by a campaign
of education bringing the facts to the attention
of those apt to indulge In this useless and culpa
ble practice.
No Matter Abont Credit. .
Collier's Weekly gives credit for the Chrlatmsi
hip idea to Mr. Jamea Keeley "of the Chicago Trib
une!" Oh, wlrra, wlrra, what will Mr. Jamea Keeley
of the Chicago Herald think about that? Kanaaa City
Mar.
And yet. Just to keep the record straight,
James Keeley of the Chicago Herald gives credit
for the idea to a woman Lillian Bell, the au
thoress, who suggested It to the Herald In a let
ter, as The Bee, quoting a Herald editorial, pre
viously pointed out. But why bother about the
credit for such' an enterprise, when, In the words
of a great sea captain, "there is honor enough
for all" for Lillian Bell and James Keeley and
the Herald original sponsors who with The
Bee and a hundred other newspapers over the
land, the railroads, the government, the ship,
and last, but not least, the people who responded
with their gifts, made possible what has been
done. No one sought "credit," bujt all sought
results.
Does City life Produce Insanity T
Does city life produce Insanity more than life
in the country? The insanity statistics compiled,
by the census bureau apparently give an affirma
tive answer to this question.
The census investigators have found that the
total number of insane people reported in insti
tutions has increased 25 per cent In six years as
against a population increase of only 12 per cent,
and that the Increase in asylums, and asylum
accommodations,' has not been proportionate,
with the result of over-crowded Institutions and
the necessity of turning patients away. Part of
the increase, however, may be explainable by the
great Improvement in the agencies for discover
ing cases of insanity, and the more ready means
of bringing the patients into regular institutions.
Aside from this, it is noted that, of the Insane
asylum population, the number per thousand
coming from cities, towns an 4 villages is more
than twice the number coming from strictly
rural communities, contradicting the popular
impression that the loneliness of country life Is
more calculated to cause Insanity than the strain
of competition, the congestion of vice, and the
depression of city life. Everywhere we are told
"the ratio of admissions to Insane asylums Is
higher, and usually much higher, from urban
than from rural communities."
The flaw in this analysis is the assumption
that because an insane person is sent to an
institution from the city, the incitement to in
sanity was operative in the city, when residence
in the city may in fact have been only a way
station to the insane asylum for a patient prop
erly classed as rural. As is common knowledge,
the great majority of those living In the city
have come from the country town or country,
and the real question is whether the tendency to
insanity was brought along to the city or was
acquired or stimulated after arrival. Manifestly,
statistics showing only the last locstlon of the
Insane patient before confinement in an asylum
cannot possibly be conclusive as to whether city
life or country, life contains mere lnsaoity
produclng factors.
How it This for Wheat!
The Nebraska farmer, indeed, the farmer
throughout the middle west wheat belt. Is once
more wearing the smile that won't come off be
cause of this made-to-order winter wheat
weather.
, Go find the chronic trouble-borrower, who
was bemoaning the fear that wheat might go
into the winter under ground dry-frosen and
ask him what he thinks of himself now.
A week or so ago we had several days of
qneer little rains that brought lots of moisture
and then followed abundant snows. The re
sult is the ground is well covered before the
hard freese, which makes Just about an ideal
condition for winter wheat. Even those sec
tions further west that suffered slightly from
the continued dry period subsequent to the sow
ing will derive their share of this benefit suffi
cient, it is said, to counteract any injury done
by the previous condition.
From now on there need be no apprehension
about not getting snow enough, so that so far
as wheat is concerned we of this section ought
to rest Tery easy until spring, though, of course,
no one can tell exactly what is in store for us in
the next few months. . Experience proves, how
ever, that the wheat grower generally has little
cause for complaint it his grain goes into the
winter well.
"There is no invention about building a big
gun, anybody can do that," retorted General
Crosier to congressmen aroused by the genius
that produced the slxteen-inch Howitxers for
Germany. It recalls the late Charles A. Dana's
reply to an ambitious southern editor, who had
proudly sent a special 100-page edition of his
laper to the great New York Sun editor for his
opinion. Mr. Dana wrote: "It's a big thing,
but could be produced by anybody with enough
ink and paper."
. The Bee's suggestion that an invitation be
extended 'to. President Wilson to make Omaha
a stopping point on bis return trip from the San
Francisco exposition has been acted upon
through Congressman Lobeck. If the president
accepts, he may feel assured of a hearty greet
ing and a cordial reception.
Here Is another on old Demon Rum Billy
Sunday says he thinks, though he is not yet
sure, that the hoof and mouth disease was
caused by cattle eating the refuse food at dis
tilleries. He promises to run down the story
and verify It, if possible.
A fleet of 100 submarines would be an
extravagance, says Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels. Ittertaloly would be it they kept going
down, like McGlaty, to the bottom of the sea
as fast as those European submarines have been
going.
People and Events
The proof of man's tlckativeneaa may
be ahown In the copious use of Red Croea
seals on Chruitmae packages. .
Paces adorned with wh led ere are be
coming a rarity In the financial district
of New Tork. A smooth face la moat be
coming to a smooth business.
, It Is Inferred from remarks mega
phoned from Washington that while the
nation cannot lick everything,-it can do
a pretty fair Job with war stamp.
A "gentleman's agreement" among the
kid escorts of lonely maids In New Tork
calls for an overhead charge of 10 cents,
coupled with this admonition: "An de
guy wot cuts hla prloe gits his block
tipped."
The first annual taten?ent" of the
Rockefeller foundation, Just published le
New Tork, shows a total of $103.9.10,817 i
the fund The income for the year
amounted to about 15,500,000 and the ap
propriations W,500,oon.
Nobody loves a fat man? A cruel .asper
sion on the jolltest of mankind. A Mla
sourlsn traveled from Alton to St Louis
to return to a man weighing 306 pounds
a suit of clothes taken by mistake. What
greater proof of love could be given?
The esteemed Charlea W. Morse, whose
health waa restored by a pardon. Is be
coming a big factor In the promoting
world of New Tork. His lateat venture
Is a steamship line to Bermuda under the
American flag. Charley is a smooth one
aa well aa a live wire.
It waa at a soiree muaioaie of the me
chanical variety. "My Old Kentucky
Home" waa turned out with soul-searching
tones. In a remote comer of the room
a guest was weeping copiously. The
hostess went to him and Inquired sympa
thetically: "Are you a Kentucklan?"
Between sobs came the answer. "No,
madam, I am a musician."
Admiration for the nerve of the anthra
cite coal barons grows apace In Pennsyl
aranla. Two years ago the state Imposed
a tax on each ton of coal mined, and
warned the barons ajralqst passing It
down to the customer. The barons passed
It down all right, but Instead of passing
the money up to the state they chucked
It Into thfir Jeans, where it will remain
until the courts pass on the constitu
tionality of the law. Already the pile
amounts to 1600,00s.
KUITLED KNOCKS.
Blessings may come in disguise. But
trouble never bothers about putting oa
any makeup. .
A man hasn't a very good religion
when he regards 8unday as the longest
and dreariest day In the week.
Most men can't understand a bank
statement, but you can't fool them when
It comes to a boa score.
A man buvs a new hat because the
old one la greasy or shabby. A woman,
buys a new hat because the style has
changed.
It may be embarrassing to a girl to
have you look her over. But she would
rather have you look her over than over
look her.
Borne of the gray stockings you see the
girls wearing look as though they might
have been white when they were first
donned.
There are a lot of conflicting descrip
tions of heaven. But our idea of heaven
Is a place where there Is a fish for every
flshworm.
In the game of life a man likes to see
hla hits and runs printed In big type,
but he hollers murder every time one of
his errors la recorded.
When a wise old crow of 10 snares a
lad of 21 Into marrying her, part of the
performance is to have the bride's mother
sob around the house on the day of the
wedding because her daughter Is being
"robbed of her girlhood."
A man never brags much about the
prises he won at Sunday school when he
-was a boy. But he doesn't mind letting
you know that he led his own gang and
stole apples and whipped aU the kids in
town. And he usually adds, with a grin,
that he waa a devil among the girls.
Father can always see where with a
little economy the family could get along
with one pint of milk a day Instead of
three. But if mother suggests that they
also use economy and get along on one
case of beer a week Instead of four,
father wants a divorce. Cincinnati -Enquirer.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
A machine has been devised for imi
tating the noise of an aeroplane engine,
with the bject of alarming hostile troops.'
In the location of Newcastle, England,
there la aald to be coal enough to last tha
world 800 years that la, 6,000,000,000 tons.
By crossing certain fiber plants In the
Philippines an excellent grade of arti
ficial silk of much strength has been pro
duced. A European violin Instructor has in
vented a diagram printed on paper to be
pasted on the neok of an Instrument to
show a pupil where to place his fingers
to produce desired notes. ,
For removing and sifting ashes at the
same time there baa been Invented a
sooop with a double screen In the bottom,
one portion of which la agitated by an
attachment on the handle.
French cotton aplnners hSve estab
lished a laboratory for determining the
percentage of moisture or any abnormal
dryness In cotton, that which la too dry
being regarded as detective.
Prof. Otto Lummer of Breslaa has
melted carbon. He Inclosed a large era
light, formed of two carbon rods, in a
heavy glass container and exhanseted the
air. By ualng a powerful electrlo cur
rent he placed such a heat that drops
formed at the tips of the carbons.
EDITORIAL SHEAPNEL.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Time is tha
great equaliser. A European stamp tax
led to an American war, and now a Euro
pean war leada to an Americas stamp tax.
Chicago Herald: We may not have as
many long-range torpedoes as we should,
but when It comes to loner-range military
strategists the country is almost over
stocked. ,
Indianapolis News: Dr. Bernard Pe re
burg, former German secretary ef state
for the colonies, la dead risht la one Shins',
anyhow, and that la when he ears that
the war Is "stupid, unnecessary and un
called for."
Houston Poat: The exchanges are
bringing an interesting batch of Thanks
giving doing throughout the country.
And we infer from the Nebraska's papers
that old Jim Dahlman was thankful that
be had nearly completed the year without
somebody he trusted as friend give fcim a
political stab In the back.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
rittsbursh Dispatch: Those Berlin
clergymen who pretested against their
exemption from military service as an
lnrult do not seem to be ambitious to
preach the Christmas sermon on pace
on earth to the Oerman public.
Houston Post: A Baltimore preacher
eye It Is not Important that man should
leave a fortune, but only a good name.
Rubbish! A man ought to loave a good
name, an attractive, and comfortably
provided for widow and at least eleven
children. ,
Baltimore American: "A missionary In
West Africa tried to blow up a warship.
Hie explanation waa that he was a sol
dier first ani a missionary afte'rw-ard.
Corlaeauently, he was denlt with ss n
soldier first and his missionary labors
are lost to the Cause.
Brooklyn Katie: The Rev. Addison
Ballard, rongregatlonallst. died In Puts
ficld the other day at W. The Rev. A.
E. Ballard. Methodist, la living and In
good health at 94 in Ocean Grove. Per
haps sounj seasoned timber lasta longest
In the pulpit. At least the coincidence Is
Impressive.
New Tork World: At a baptism last
Sunday In the church of the Social Revo
lution., "before the child was permitted
to receive the pleasing his parents were
required to swear that they believed the
existing social order o be evil and In
need of radical readjustment The first
words of the service called upon the
parents to teach the child well In the
ways of the social revolution." Has not
Infancy troubles enough as It Is with
out the additional burdens Imposed on
It by professors of every kind of IsraT
MUSINGS OP A CYNIC.
Have a little sense and the dollars will
take care of themselves.
Many a man expects even hie own con
science to Jolly him along.
Touth must have Its fling, but no fel
low likes to be thrown over.
Seeing Is believing, but even the blind
man may be convinced he Is "right.
It's ne fun for a woman to tell a secret
to anyone she thinks will keep It.
Many a fallow Is left hanied who still
feels that he does everything right.
A dog's bark may be worse than his
bite, but we prefer his .bark, at that.
All that glitters Isn't gold, but some
people are perfectly satisfied with glitter.
Even the big game hunter may oc
casionally Indulge In the sport of killing
time.
Where some people are concerned, rub
bing It In will "keep you on the outs with
them. ,
Nine-tenths of all the flattery in the
world Is expended on either women or
tombstones
Any man la apt to take water when
he finds himself between. the devil and
the deep sea
Musio. hath charms, but at the same
time it Isn't the song birds that make
the best pojtplea
Look not upon the wine when It Is red.
It Is apt to make you color blind, and
the first thing you know you are order
ing champagne. New Tork Times.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Clerk Mr. Ooldbug. aa I am rolng ts
mairv. I would llk more salary.
Huns-How much do you wantr
V I I K I 11 U".1 " 1 "
J ilosn-Uir gracious! How many women
are 'tt going to marry? Chicago ruewe.
First O rl I do hats a slow man.
Fecurwl (ilrlSo do 1. )M Sat bes'.df
I me In the Car this morning reading a
novel, and he was never reaoy o urn
the page when K ss. it was aggravating!
Bost.n Transrrii't
"In rome courts stolen kisses are held
' t be worth mote and In others lesa.
; How can there le a standard to assess
, ihem." ,
"Only. I suppose, by their face value.
Baltimore Amer:can.
1 Customer Here, waiter. Where are th
ollvia' rioll n. Brlnt Me half a melon
(ird am cracked Ire.
The X alt r I iud v) I 'c.niduins, hall a
'bomtshed nnd a bowl of shi apncl. Cleve
land leader.
f lmrrs You're a poor sort of a club
neirer. very seldom see you around
the rliibbovM".
Tirr mi Why. I got around once or
twice wk. ., . .
! Pimm Well, lok at me I m there
! eve- v rig!'.
Tlmms Te., but you re married and I m
' single. New York Timea.
j "We are going to give up having Johnny
get an education."
"For whrtt reason?"
"Well, we can t get him sterilised every
morning In time to go to school.' Puck.
I "Quick, quick, my dear everybody else
'is in the lifeboat. The ship Is sinking!
"Wii m mm.nt 1 cannot be seen like
this. The lifebelt makes my coat pucker."
The bystander.
" THE CHILDREN'S ARMY.
Kllaa Lleberman, In New Tork Sub
No tune of tootling fife.
No beat of the rolling drum.
And yet with the thrill of life
Th. hnnlo. rtt children come.
i Freckled and chubby and lean.
Indifferent, good and baa.
Iledrs cried ami dirty and clean,
Rlrhly and poorly clad,
They comr on toddling feet
To the schoolhouse door ahead;
The neighboring alley and street
Resound to the Infant tread.
Children of those who came
To the land of the . promising west.
Foreign of face ftnd name.
Are shoulder to ehouHer pressed
With the youth of the native land
In the quest for truth and light.
As the valorous little band
Trudges to left and right.
Creed and color and race
1'nlto from the ends of the earth,
Blending each noble trace
In the pride of a glorious birth.
Race and hate and the past
Fuse In a melting heat
As the little hearts beat fast
To the stir of a common beat.
A fresher brawn and brain
For the stock which the fates destroy
Belong to the cosmic strain
Of American girl ani boy.
WHAT CITIES ARE DOING.
Chicago has one homicide a month for
every 110,000 of its population.
In Los Angeles, Cel., 64 per cent of the
laundry workers earn less than f a
Week.
San Francisco has arranged for a giant
Christmas tree, which will be loaded with
good things for the kiddles.
Philadelphia proposes to build a stadium
which will seat 100,000 people, surpassing
the Tale oval by 30,000 seats.
Salt Lake City business men and nearby
farmers are co-operating In raising funds
for the establishment of a beet sugar
factory,
An epidemic of robbery prevails in See
Francisco. ' Burglaries, holdups, pocket
picklng and short changing average
twenty a day.'
Laramie boosters are tightening their
STlp on a glass fadlory. The Chamber
of Commerce . guarantees $15,000 to pur
chase a site fqr the plant
Despite its reputation for piety, Phila
delphia la. about to receive a month of
roasting from Billy Sunday. Failure to
win the world's series calls for additional
mortification .of the spirit
Expert accountants have been put to
work on- the books of the New Tork City
Telephone company by s legislative com
mittee, which seeks Information oa whioh
a revision of rates may be based. Phone
service In the big city Is on the meas
ured basts and is very high. The com
pany values its property at lS7.Ka,Ot4,
which Includes "special franchises," t3.
000,000, and. "going concern value," tit,.
400,000. The company's set earnings for
the current year are placed at t!0.S4,9aa
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