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THE BEE: OMAHA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915. THE OMAHA DAILY DEE FOUNDED AT EDWARD ROfrKWATER. VICTOR ROSKWATER. KDITOR. The Pe ruMlwhlng Company. Proprietor. r.r.B nriLnixn. v arn-am anij ukvvstkkxtii Kntered at Omaha postoffte secnnd-rlasa matter. TKI1MS OP BVUSCniKTlON. Fy earner Py mall par month. per year. t i e 4 fee .00 1.0l ally and "tindar llv without ('unitsT....' Kvening and Annriay i-.ventng without sunaay.. Sunday Rea only fend "notice of char.ae of andrcre or complaint of irregularity In delivery to Omaha IV, circulation Department. RKMITTANPR. Remit br draft. express or postal order. Only two rent etsrnpa received In payment of small ae roiinta. Pergonal check, except on Omaha and eastern eichange. not accepted. i i - - i officios. Omaha The, Bee ButMtna. Pouth Omaha 3H N afreet. Council-Hluffr-M North Main alreet. Lincoln--? I.mia Biilldlnr. Chicago Ml Hearst Hulhltng. New York B'ww III. ts Fifth avenue. 8t I,oul--Ma New Hank of Commerce. Wahlngton-r73i fourteenth Ht.. N. TV. i OORltEPPONDENCH. Address communications relating to newa and ed. torial matter to Omaha flee. Mltorlal Department. UKCKMBKK CIKCVI.ATIoS'. 54,211 Plate af Nrbrnaka. County of Douglas, aa. Dwlsht WllllninN, circulation manager of The Itee Publishing company, being duly aworn, sayn that the average dallv circulation for the month 'it December, 1H, w !4.5tt. IUVIGHT WILLIAM. Circulation Manager. FuhscrJbed In my preKetice anil sworn to before We. thla Id Uav of January-, lilt. I P.OHLHT HtNTIin. Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the rlty tr-mnorarlljr should have The Ilea mailed to thpm. Ad dress will be thantrwl M often rnqneftted. I January 8 Thought for the Day 5a acres' by EdtearJ Rntrufattr "Ltt us hav faith that right maktt might; and in that faith -at dare to do our duty at wt find it.' Abraham Lin.oln. Contradicti Our Neutrality Profession. As It p.iod tlio senate, the Immigration bill, with the literacy tem applying to Ibo j?opl of all nations except ilolrlmii, qnarr-ly contradict our national profession of neutrality. An ex ception In behalf of one combatant la a clear cut discrimination a It would be for our gov ernment to come out openly and express sym pathy on one side or the other. If we are to maintain our neutral attitude, na we should, then rongrcK will have to mistain the presi dent's veto, which the bill In Its present form Ih sure to invlie. So far a that la concerned, the president has declared his Intention of veto ing the bill because of the literacy test, not to speak of exceptions. Adding the exemption pro viso as to BelRium would seem to be, simply heaping on another objection. The overwhelming majority by which the ,blll passed the senate naturally would suggest a sufficient majority In (hat branch to repass the measure over a veto, but that does not necessarily follow. Senators often vote for a bill In the first place and then vote to sustain a veto. It will be Interesting to see whether It will be done in this Instance. Should the veto be overridden, then. It would mean a widening of the breach between the president and some of his party's leaders In. congress, particularly in the senate. It la worthy of note, however, that three of the most conspicuous anfl-Wilson dem ocratic senators Reed, O'Gorman and JJartlno are with the president fn the present controversy. Aimed at Omaha Let the save fall, and atrike for the right. The man who gives, but never .receives ad vice, usually needs It most. ' Europe la terribly in earnest about this war,' says Dr. David Starr Jordan, Who Jsn't? "Coma on In, boys; the water' fine," ta the cry of the early bird candidates preening them selves for tbe city campaign. It la well to remember, however, that the first bill in the hopper ia not necessarily the first law on tbe statute books. Who is it that decree tight money and re stricted employment in a country that produces $10,000,000,000 worth "of farm, etufr in one year? ',' , . . . Notice the democratic colons at Lincoln. If jou want to be boosted in the senator's newa paper boost for the senator's prohibitlon-of-arms-export bill. ' - , Another place where, the modern , war 'aba-' enmery seems lo be detective, is in providing an. adequate relief corps for victims oaught on 'a sinking battleship. ,'" ' '- " 4 ";, '.' ' ; Now England proposes to arbitrate the mat ter of our shipping rights at sea. Well, relnom berlng the crse of the' Panama toll' .'question, can you blame England?.' .' .'. On the ground -of amall favors gratefully re ceived, American poets may accept the British writer's compliment that 'the, best war; poetry, has been written in the United States. Another twist Is to be taken by the city to mark the boundaries of the electric lighting franchise. But what has that to do with getting lower ratea for electric light right now? The supreme court'a action In the Leo Frank case by implication enunciates a principle which lower courts ahould follow, and that la that hu man rights supersede legal technicalities every time. Kven if the street car company has" been taking In fewer nickels, there if still the com pensation that walking Is a moat healthful ex ercise, and It is too bad more people do not get tbe habit. With our newly elected business School board In complete and unimpeded control of the affairs of our public schools, retrenchment and reform will soon be either the real thing or a dissolving view. r- i mi A strike among the men employed in ruttiur for tiny ft Kltch today took on a epectacular aspect About eeventy-fire men In the san demanded SI a day. and ploVed up etragglere unlit the numtwr reached 1.0 men. while they marched along up th liver to set other Ice rultera to Juln them. The J'lattJeutach. r Verela' haa oraanUed a die. matic aectlon with J. V. V. fkhnell. pre.ldent; V. liam Itudeck. wretary; U llueppler. treasurer, anl W. P. tstoecker, etase ntatiaser. The county treaauicr and county aurveyor have taken up Aiuartors In the new county court houae TJ.e office, for County Olerk tavtt are not qjlte ready. Utile liertle WHkU.. the nephew of W. 11 Wil kin.. la lying eertouely n, nU homf OB KoTth Nineteenth atrset. lr. U M. nheem of the A. D. T. company sa- tlie twenty-aeveo mcwseDcera a Nw Tear V treat In the form of aa oyster auoper at the reetaura-it of J It Getiy James B. Crrtghtow. proudly anorta a sloaey beaver won on an election U-t fitm aa unlucky republican. The poniKrs for the clarity ball bava Invited the follow isc women to act aa a reception committee: MredatiM-a J. K. M. Tatik k. Jlerman Kountae, J. . I'addiH-k, J. I. Ilawkina. Jamea K. Uoyd. J. M. Wool woilli. B. H. H. ftark, Guy C. lUrton. A. J. I'opple ' llillard. T. ii. Cumings and M. Uo.illttle.. ontrlbiuloiie lo the Child's hoapltal during De cni:l.cr are acknoH Iruied. oini l.ig hem being a do l atua of l;t f,, urn. tnry Anne Dgvl.n of New Spirit of Wholesome Eivalry. The Hee recently referred to base ball, foot ball, golf and other popular outdoor games as the safety valves of our strenuous American life. Since then It appears that 25,000.000 Americans' last ' year derived personal advan tages from these safety valves; that is, accord ing to reliable figures, 23,000,000, or one fourth or our population, attended and partici pated In some or several of these popular pa tlir.es. Who will say that we are not a bigger, bel ter race for It? To get at a clearer apprecia tion of the value of these sports and games upon our national life let us imagine their elim Ination. What would we do for the impulse they offer to the spirit of wholesome rivalry, not to speak of their positive rest and exhilara tion on mind and body? The' good sportsman is usually a pretty good sort of fellow wherever you place hlpi.. He generally makes a good loser and no one is worth much in this life, whatever character of competition he has. to deal with and all must deal with some aort unless he knows, how to lose For life is not ordered entirely on , the "flowery-bed-of-ease" plan, f Incidentally, 19H, which gave the 'United States Us greatest farm output, achieves new fame for this other record of being the' best, sport year In our histbry. ' A Peace Treaty Buffer. Those bellicose Jingoes who are afraid of -war between the United States and England over the commerce matter aeem to forget that one of Mr. Bryan'a -"breathing' spell" treaties precludeaWh precipitancy. The demanda which the United Slates has made upon Great Britain for fair treatment nf A TmsTfi tn re AnniMaaa. .Ill .be respected: they wllt.brtng an amicable adjust- mem, putrtney did not, th two countries only a;. few weeka ago , bound tUemselvea by treaty notto go tp war-in any circumstance until .the issue has been thought over for a year. If these treatlea aro what they are cracked up to be, then we are estopped from any 'form of belligerency for a good twelve months, in which time a way around the" difficulty certainly' will be found. But, seriously, no cool-headed American nor Englishman, is thinking about.war as the result of this dispute. The United States is simply demanding ; its right, and England haa thus far indicated no intention to withhold them. Furthermore we are able to support and demonstrate our position to England by its own precedents, established during the Boer war and later the Russo-Japanese war, when England , warned Russia against unfair inter ference wUh British commerce In terms almost Identical with those contained in the present American note. Prohibition in the Colleges. , The recent convention of tho Prohibition In tercollegiate association, which brought together at Topeka large numbera of( students from nu meroua colleges, welled up to a high pitch of enthusiasm for the fight against Demon Itum furnishes a striking exhibit of the quality of headwork being done by some of the dry forces over the country, Even the liquor interests, themselves, muet have been Impressed by it. The advantage of rooting any such propaganda In the soil of college life, where young men and women, too, are naturally inclined toward ethi cal and idealistic vlewa. is not debatable. The prohibitionists displayed rare tact and atrategy when they launched this college campaign which too on a strong Impulse at 4he time Mr. Bryan got most of the students of the Michigan university to take the abstinence pledge wtlh him. And Mr. Bryan continues among the per suasive speakers who drop in on these students' conventions, keeping close to the young men and womea who are to make and mould public sentiment In a feV years to come. Thla la only one of numerous ways in which the present-day rade of a few yeara ago. who reljed chiefly on . vu na ui iao uquor irarric and as serting demand for prohibitory laws on theory that temperance can be legislated into men from the ouUlde. l . ; Governor West of Oregon has named a woman to fill a vacancy as state aenatbr. who, by the way, if seated, will be the representative from Douglaa county, and the first woman to serve in that capacity. Any significance for Ne braska In that coincidence of county name? larly upholding his commercial rights. The new bqok entitled "Amaiing Uraee" refers to a typical American self-willed girl, not a piodigy in spiritual virtue. Norfolk Newa: The Omaha morning papers are tieually able to agree on the weather. On other questions they are not likely to find common ground. When, therefore, they are both agreed that the offl of coroner la a ueecM one and ouht to he abolishe.'. In the Interests of economy, the mutter la worthy of careful atudy. The coroner waa orialnatly an offltwr of the crown and hi dutlce hav- varied greatly In modem times. Jt l urged that Inqoeata Into aua-Pl'-lotis deaths might aa well be made tmmedlale'y by the prosecuting authorities, thua aavlng the fees of the coroner and the expense of his Jury, gevernl tatea have already abolished the office. F,oup City Northwestern: Billy Hunday. the evan gelist, cloaed his meetings at Dea Moines last 8unday with Ifl.fOa pereons converted from the error of thlr ays. Sunday etlll cojJtlnuoa fo he the i Kteatest rcjloloiia drapnet among the evangelist ever.- Tec pie ai0 huey wondering what wilt happen when ho trie bla hand on Omaha, the g eatest of unconverted cities, or the west. Grand island Independent: The campaign for municipal Denting plant In Omaha Is on. There la little doubt about th- result. The votcra aro finding out how such cltleg as Mncoln. Uaetlnm and Grnnd Island have secured lower ratea tor electric lighting than Omaha, with all of the letter's advantage In larger cotiaumption end neceaserlly clteaper produc tion. And they are qt lie apt to adopt the same .system. McCoolt Tribune: .Sunday' Ilea contained a fine Illustration of the champion high achool foot ltli team of southwest Ncbraska-the McCook High, to gether with Irrefutable data setting forth It claim to the title. . Norfolk Tress: Jerry Howard, leglalator for Houth Omaha, says he Is hlown boa and that I.e.' not going to Mneoln wearing any man'a collar but that he will flfiht for three bllla. a minimum wage, woman auffra,ge and the consolidation of Omaha ?ud lta ruburbs. Here's aucceea to you. Jerry, we need men of your type down there. Grand Island Independent: It ia aald that "Doc" Tanner, the South Omaha editor, has moved Ma resi dence to Omaha- The annexation of., the rest of th packing suburb oucbt to be easy. Hastings Republican: If Omaha la wise it will get bi-ty and see that there la not only proper water power legislation, but Its citixens will likewlae get busy In promoting the completion of one or ecvural of the proposed power producing- plants on nearby rivers, to supply electric power for that metropolis aa well as for other towna and cities In that portion of the atate. Here ts ail opportunity for Omaha to I.oa AngeJlce northeaatern Nebraska In the way of becoming a great, inteiurban center. Kearney Democrat: Emphatic endorsement ought to come from home. Omaha does not appear to be very strongly behind Mr. Hitchcock In hla afforts to prohibit shipments of war material to tbe warring nations. Laat week . the, Omaha smelting works shipped UXio tons of lead to the European allies from which to make bullets. Mr. Hitchcock ahould get Omaha into line and atop such monkey bualneaa cr hla opponents will be pointing with pride to hla home town. . , Fremont Tribune: An Omaba man, speaking be fore the Real Estate exchange of that city, said If interurban rotfds were built it would hetp bring a rtal eatate boom. But the foreign war. and the growing uae pt automobiles make Interurban roada more and more improbable for Nebraska. The SrtO.MO.000 the people of Nebraska have Invested In autos has bought something that Is a good substitute for Interurban. Hastings Republican idem.): Mayor Jim Dabl'man' is not of the kind to loae alght of other good thlnga In sight He had no sootier become convinced of tlio hopetesaneee of an amicable agreement between Sena tor, Hitchcock and Secretary Bryan over who should be who, as 16 the, appointment for internal revenue eoUeetor, than be made public announcement be would seek re-election mayor of Omaha. It Is a little amaiing to democrats out over the state why Hitchcock la not willing to permit the aj.polntment to go to Jim,. but It la evident that he Is not. 1 Twice Told Talcs i He Had to Stay. There Is a government official at Washington whoa entertelnmonte are rather dull, -but who hlm elf poaaeasea a sense of humor. One evening he was leaning agalnat a wall for a few mlautca refreshment and surveying the throni; of guest gathered at his wife's bidding, when a talkative young man stepped up to hlm , "Pretty alow, eh?" volunteered the lively youth., "I wonder If the parties these people give are never any llvller than thla." "Never," said th unrecognised hot promptly. Then I shall go away." aald the youth. i "Lucky dog." aald the host, with a grin. Tiif obliged to stay." , There muet havt been something In his tone thai enlightened th yoLth. for th latter flushed anl began te stammer kits apologies. But bis host held out his hand la most friendly fashion to his India rreet guest, "Tom can ge wl'.h a clear conscience," aald hei pleasantly, "for you've given me th only amusement I've had thla venlng." New Yrk Times. - '. ' , r Tk Lerel Needed llel, A certain -preacher. In en of th southern-atate, waa preaching away on Sunday night, when a fir alarm broke th gttentlv stillness of the sanctuary. "Sit still!" b ertod to his disturbed congregation. "If there is a fire th Lord will take care of His own and not let anything happen that shouldn't." Just then two children, who had slapped outside." ahrteked: "Oh, It'a the parsonage! It's the parsonage!" Without a word of farewell that preacher mad a wild bound from tie pulpit and struck out for hla burning residence. i "They ts times, U seems." aald a lean member of the congregation, "when th' Lord aoeda he'p." Na tional Monthly. , ' " People and Events Fearing that Ireland might claim Und Kitchener . , , ,. " """" l Present-aay aa it own. English iavestlgatora put out a atatement dry cruaader Is "puttiag.lt all over" hi. com- showing hi. ance.trai hom. f be In Uke.i.:" rade Of a few veara mm l. . i - - v . I a,,re..iu .-.. in. u . - ..... k . ... ........ . . i 1 1 1 oapp-nea lu oe ftia. Ireland, when th tluned In th "Kingdom of Kerry,' stork Tew In. Precious few people, out of their own experience, fashion a good word for rheumatism. Mr. Kauai Hchnltser f Chicago 1 on of the few. Her "rhi.il matli." a twenty-year eompenlun. got unusually busy on Chrtstraaa) night and kept her awak so well that an discovered a fir on th premiaea and gave th alarm In time te aav the occupanta, gome twelve In number. ' Tile moat welcome Chrtstmaa. bag that rolled Into the Indiana atate boua sine Tom Mara hall waa kit w aa a fee of tous.Oje for filing th oonaoJUation papers of th New York Central aad l.ak Shore rallroa.'a. laat week. At th time th Slat each boa waa empty and a deficit shadowed tke Joy of the chair warmer. The railroad Santa Claua transformed gloom lntj radta'at optimism. . ' Those London papers criticising the Wll aonlan diction re respectfully referred to' cer tain Identical eUtcmeuta, if tot language one used by Mr: j; Bull in a aote to Russia alml-' lin hundred-to-n shot that fker win b a l.rl. .mhnMtn. Ki- .... umber of swell load take n in New York - - " i n . . 1 .1 iwuiuiriLlll i lull . . . imxigo in iwntr 01 in new year, tteaervailoes In Chicago holela and cafes already number IS Oil, with abating room for :&.& persona, la New York tht lid goea off for all night, nd 1T7 special licence have been taaued for placee which will rater to tj overflow from regular boosciie. V nitc 1 Ktoae Tkroelst and .la II SCOTT'S HLUKK, Neb., Jan. t.-to th Kdltor of The Hee: la reply to tho 'heavy artllh-ril." recently trained on Bcott a Hluff through tho Lettcrhog f The Bee, I teg ppace to say there Is only one Ijiand of the explosives fired that Is worthy of mention. Uermony searched tho world In vain for an ally In her rautelee struggle, She tried to force Italy t dn her In ier unrighteous slaughter, but failed. Finally she Induced the most barbarous and degraded nation on earth to espouse her cause and n w the "bjody Turk'" haa proclaimed a re llgloi' war to Incite the ' superstitious Turk to murder. What Ireny then to criticise the allies for making an al liance ,w!th Japan, the most pregrrsslve people of th orient. People who live In glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The moral sentiment of th t-lvlllicd world Is avalnst Oermany, beatise she waa the aKsreasnr and Is 'wrong and must even tually euffer the retribution ah Justly deaerves. True American rltlsVn should not up hold, tl-se kaiser and Hy war party In thrlr dlsplcabl methodslof driving the frower of the Oerman nation Into the slaughter pen Ilk cattle. y j. v. wkbrioht. Sorlallat View of CommlaaiXi Plaa. OMAHA. Jan. 4. To the Editor W The Hcc: The article by E. H. cappedcom-. mission Plan a Failure ?" vindicated so far aa he condemns the commission of city government, the position t by the socialist In opposing the comm sion form when this question was up ( consideration of the voters. We- claimed it made no difference wk.lh.i. t Haw called reunrllmen or commissioners, the results would be the same. This Is meant as no reflection on the character of any of our commissioners, but to call your attention to the fact that capitalism 1 breaking down and these experiment in government forms do not fill th bill. Our present commis sioner are simply victims of th system, the asm a any other public official ts, no matter what position he fills nor what they call him. The commission plan was established primarily for the purpose of shutting the oung giant, aoclalism, off the ballot, but It haa railed In everything that was claimed for It, and Its successor, the city manager plan, will receive th same fate. Mak your municipal officers your servants Instead of your master by put ting ever their heads an operative recall, and make those servants do your bidding by having an operative Initiative and referendum law, and then elect social ists to the Jobs, ' and than you will gee something different. JESSE T. BRILLHART. Ml Farnsm Street. Weatern Manser Little Careless. OMAHA, Jsn. .-To th Editor of Tie Bee: I made quit a hit with aom ast ern people by remarking that western people are Just a little careless In their manner. One lady '.n the party quite agreed with roe, and said that she did not want to say t -for fear of offending me and "Zeb ".. (my sonr but, really alnce. I had admitted It, and aa we were good friends, she thought that, most of the young folks are Just a little lacking In politeness. At. the petty that "Ker." and 1 attended th other night, for Inst a ace, one ef your flnat young men ran arrosa the floor, and skated up to me, nd asked me to dano Ilk this: ','WouW yeu ilk to dance thla tm with me? 'el would hav mad aom wxotiae, but "Zeb" saved the day by nodding t me that it was all right. I found hlro to b a delightful' dancer and very Interesting, .also that ft wa a cashier th a bank. When our dance was finished, be did not thank m for It. but saUl, "Ge, kid, but yon'r some dancer. We must have anotlier soon. Goodbye for thirty minutes." His thirty minute wer three times thirty, for h did not get back until next to Mi last dance. He wanted to know If I did th "bear" or "turkey trot." I told his "No. I never liked those ronph dances." "Gee."' be said. "I think they re the finest ever, hut some of the old fogies won't stand for 1t, so he had to cut it out." Ktlutiet '.has alwaya been one 'ot "Zeb '' hobbies. I used to think he wss a crank about good manners, but when we travel In th eastern states. I ee that he is only on of us westerners who Is living twenty-five year ahead of the timea. I have not th least notion of finding fault with our western people, for there's none better than w sre when it cornea to the real teat, but we lack polish back east tby call It bad. ered-lng-but it Isn't that for wo age thor eughhred. and for that reason we should be Just a careful with our manners aa we are with our dress. Som . on ia always watciilng ua. and ' ia going to form some kind of au opinion. I meet men every day who do not thank you if yoii open a door for them, or hand them the drinking cup, or any little favor. If they do, It' mere ortme at thanks Jui kind of a grunt. They will reach arroas th table In front of you. and not eay "Kxrus mo," and they are people who know better, but have Just l.ecora eareles and don't car, and t evn hear them mak light ot Dome polished gentle men. Jt aeems that we get a grouch at time, and all get it at the earn time. 1 got on he train '.he other day feel ing at peace wth th world, a good feel ing for all fellow men. The train was well filled, snd in view of the fact that some of the passenger wer occupying two and three 'seats. I iol on that t might take one of them. I got one ct tho zero took, and right away felt that "1 did not want to -sit by such a man. Then there' another kind of a man that I have not a good feo'inc for: the other day a refined looking man crowded a omanand tao amall children to on aid and passed ahead of them: he then bumped into nv and almost, knocked the breath out of mq. and never said fc-'xctiB me" or let on that he bad done thing. I not Wed that b maJr t e aero man Sive up one of hi seals, a ad heard them quarreling about it. I we -it Into the next car. There were two women, and an o'i man. and a young fellow I had seea in several town In whitn' I had stopped. Hu waa .reclining In hi chair with his feet In th opposite aeaL I Vok to him aa- I prepared to tit acroea th a is la, and !d. ")ou.eem to b taking It ry." - "V," .fee replied.- "auti-t-4oo't want te be disturbed, cither.'" ' ' 'I was mad; tber warnt any on then I had a good feeling for. I felt that t would Just like to teUaom on what I thought of them. I waa ooMnad that I would not hand th conductor my ticket, but mad him take It ut of my bat 1 tried to give him one ot tho mean look, but he aald, "You're getting te be quit a -eady euetonier on thla linev" "Yes," I said, feeling that pis ybe sum en ws In gnod' humor." Then he letan tsiking to me about tome business pre-ro-sltlon he had been figuring on. and 1 found be had taken me for another, and -when I Informed him of his mliak the temperature went dewn again If we have something to sea, er, the saying used to be. "n ax to grind," we ran he pollt enot.gh, and that show It Is ' Just ctreleasnese. ' So, let tis all get th Jolly, happy tpltlt and be more polite. , Wi may hare to prftend some times, but, eve It we do. It's better for us all. S. Z. LANDOM. t SMILINO REMARKS. Editorial.Viewpoint Pltttrnjrgh Dispatch: Mr. Winston Churchill' application of th name "baby. killers" to the naval Germans who alrVrd the English coast Is nt a com plete explanation of the fact that the multlturlinoas British ; navy wts wholly absent from the brilliant opportunity to Jurn th rsd Into a naval defeat. . PMIsdelphia Record:, The poeta are tight. It Is the women who bear the 'brunt of war. The msn who fight may die- in the trenches or' lose a leg an5 get a. pension, but the woman left at home must make her way s best she can without th aid Of msl Support, be she mother, wife or sister. ,. . ftrooklyn Esgle: The sworn report of cr,ipslgn expenditure of candidates Sot United States senator at the last election Indicate that If all the senators wer elected at ciico such expenditures wouH amount to II. 34,000, And the plain, everyday, taxpaylng cltlsen may very well doubt whether the aenate Is worth It. Springfield Republican: If the president and the senate should make war on each other because of nominations to office, th president shouli not neglect that 1m- ftant element of preparedneoa consist of good nominations on which to rest case before Ithe Country. Thaddeus vens, fifty year ago.- could cynically , "Which I our damned 'rcl?' " but this Jsn't fifty years ago. - "Tou knew that strong drink nint.es a msn tslkstlve.'- "Yes." replied the .-tatremAn who ha'l been listening to l-ee. lies. "Hut so ilur-. prohibition." Baltimore American. First Chauffeur-Who wss that feller yeu ran over? , Secoml Ditto I gue It must o been th' glass eater t.hi vodyvllle theater took st thst tire! t'levi land Flnln Ieaer The A nary One For two cents I d knock your bio. k off! 1 The Cnlm One Well, you won t g'l your working capital from me. Boston Transcript. ' "Business Is readjusting itself, but along new lines." "How so?" "A toreipn noblewoman hH Just mar ried an American millionaire. "Puck. Th Sultan-l want to' speak with you about the light of the harem. CJraml Vlaler-The tcautifu! Fatlma? The Sultan No: the gas bills. They're getting too goldarned high. Philadelphia Ledger. , "You can't pet wine here. sir. This place Is dry." "Well, all 1 want is something extra dry." Indianapol's News. S . OUR BABY. Bnhv came J;st for a visit, Csme to brighten en cur life. Fringing with her floods of sunshine, To denote onr esrthly stiife. To divert our earthly snr.c. To a higher, brighter p:ico. Thanks. Oh. Lord, for every hour You let Esther linger here, . Thanks for cverv tear slid sorrow When her end was i1iolng near. For Thv arace to lot her. come. As our daughter in our homo. L"rd In grace, be with Thy children, Help us through this weary day. Let us feel Thy very preserice When her body s laid nway. Let us foel. It wss Thy will That our baby llrs so still. ' When our dtivs forever Vanish And the night will come no more. Lord, wo pray that" we msy meet her Happy on the other shore. Fntll then, we shall nh'dc, Inlng, waiting, by Thy aide., Omaha. AG N ETA JOHNSON. IS. O'Ef e n S5 i 1 "B.art HOTEL GOTHAM 7 Hotel of nefirieci Celegance. located in NcwYsrkV social centre Easily accessible to Aeatre and slioppimtL districts.. f. Simtte rooetAowwDtJl-42?0n3?? SmirW rootra with bath 399to5? Doable rooms with bamt iitod2 Wetherbee Wood RttH Ave & my?mi st. V NEW YORK. CITY FLORENCE is to be given next and, believe me she is a very pretty dolly. She haa such sweet' v winning ways that we would like " to have her go to some . little girl that didn't get a' doll for Xmas. She would make that littlo girl bo happy. j Put on your thinking ! caps little Busy Bees, and ecc if vou cannot re member some such little girl, and try to make her happy by collecting a few pictures to help. ' her win Florence. Florence will be given free to the little girl un der 12 years of age that , brings or mails us tae largest number of dolls' pictures cut out ot the Daily and Sunday Bee before 4 p. m. Saturday, January 9. Florence pictureK vli ! Ie in Tho Bee every day -" this week. Cut them cut, ; and ask yuur friends -to save tbe pictures in their paper for yon too. See how many pictures of Florence you can got, and be sure to turn them in to The Bee office before 4 p. m Saturday, January 9. , - , You Can See Florence at the Bee' Office V-: mmmxm u . V - ... y '. ' a ' , ' f ' i " ' " ' ' t t ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' ' - J i v f ' . ' :!:.: r - . r 1 -vs . .KTnU Sled Nimibsr 4 FREE THIS WEEK Tlie picture of the S!cl will JUj in Tho Bee even day this we.k. y Cut them all out and ' ask yortr friends to save S the pictures in their pa - per for you, too. Seo how many pictures you : ea get and bring them to Tlie Beo office. . Thfrsled will be given Free to" the boy that fiends us tho ruott pic tures before i p. ra. Hat imlay, January 0, ... , No-'