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Tebraary 1
Thought tor 'the Dayl
SmUctaJ by Rtl. P. F, JuJgt
3fnty ' a jrtmi tirvn, but a poor mailtr.
Money it a good tb ing to po$tt, but a had thing
to bt po,ied by. A trite man thould hav
motiey in hit Au, 6k I wt in hit htrt. If you
vial tnonty your god, it will plagut ym like
tht dtvil. Monty uiually spoilt ftr genera
fios one in the gttting of it, the othtr in the
upending of it.
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Calculation on the cost of the war for sit
months mount high enough into tha billions to
assure posterity icreamlng loud.
The successful alouth work of the sheriff of
Washington county goes to prova that the Urge
tltlen hate no monopoly of Sherfock Holmes
talent.
! Six Months of War.
Today marks the completion of six months
of the great European war, and finds the situa
tion more complicated than at the beginning,
with the ultimate outcome aa much a matter of
speculation as ever.
Anyone venturing the opinion the first of
August that the first of Eebruary following
would arrive with do signal advantage of a de
cisive character scored by either side, would
not bave commanded much of a bearing. Tha
operations to date, however, have emphasized
again and again the approximate equality of tha
opposing fighting forces. Gains and losses hav
largely offset one another, and tue players have
seemingly settled down to the war game as A
regular avocation. It Is no longer a question cf
striking an unprepared enemy, becaime all
have completed the transition to a war basis
and have reserves and new armies In training to
furnish the reinforcements as required.
Already six months of warfare between the
most highly civilized nstlons of the earth In thiH
twentieth century enough to make everyone
Join In the hope, with or without confidence of
its early realization, that this will be the lam
great war. '
The Street Bailway Company's Answer.
One of the officers of the street railway Com
pany furnishes an answer "in brief" to Th
Ree's suggestion that the company pay a littlci
more attention to the murmurs of dissatisfac
tion among its patrons, and make a still further
try at better service to relieve the pressure. W
N regret to note the tone of this answer, which
seems to assume it to be the duty of street car
patrons to praise the company for whatever
points of superiority Its service discloses, and to
keep silent about its defects. We are told there
are kicks on everybody's business, even the
newspapers, and that no one can suit everyone.
This observation overlooks the salient, feature
that in ordinary business the customer can go
elsewhere can buy another newspaper as ho
prefers but that to the common everyday mau
or woman the only alternative to riding on the
street car is to walk.
Without inviting a controversy The Btee
wants to remind the street railway people
that Ha suggestions are offered in very moder
ate language with a view to securing a remedy
for evils which they must admit exist, and which
are not cured by pointing to otfcer advantages
or telllna- us that conditions are as bad or worse
in other cities at the hours of traffic congestion
Let the street railway officials wake up to the
fact that no bus line project would Ret so much
as a start In Omaha except for ehortcoinings of
street railway service, which are not Imaginary
but real.
The "jitneys" boast or taking in $26 the first
dsy in Omaha. Tbo street cars take in about
SC000 a day. The "jitneys" will have to go
(aster.
It Is wrth noting that legislators, while
eager for the recall of other officeholders, art
not prescribing tlw same medicine for them
selves. .
Although the war bulletin editors Invariably
put the heaviest losses' on the enemy's side, It
must not be inferred that the enemy Is shooting
paper wada. ' ' '
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v The country Is on the eve of a new era of
prosperity, according to President Wilson. If
you can't see It with the naked eye, wait hnt.k
the smoke lifts. ,
Governor Clarke's resiionxe to the Iowa sen
ate's roquest for facts about the leglula.tlve pio
counter carries more barbs than' the august
solous bargained for. j
The latest archaeological discovery la a
liabylonlan law code. We will wager it is nt
more difficult to understand than some of th )
laws inscribed on the ststute books by our present-day
legislators.
Street Railway's Ans wer
The new 1 14 0-ton 1-inch gun, which is n
the way to Panama, will throw a 2.400-pouod
then twenty-one miles. As a canal defender, tha
mammoth watch dog insures more than ordi
nary respbet for the laws of the highway.
Municipal philanthropy reaches tha borders
of absurdity when it provides a home for profes
sional hoboes. Give them shelter and food iu
winter and life minus work becomes a Joy t ride.
New York leads the way in capitalising shift
lessnesa. ,
Suppose all the leaders of capital and labor
should emulate Young Rotksfeller and Mother
Jones la the Hun and lamb act, what would the
caloric upllfters of the oppressed do for a peg
to hang a grievance on? The mUlenlum ia aome
miles awsy.
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. With the estimates for 1914 baaed on In
complete returns, the liabilities involved in com
mercial failures during twenty-two months of
the Wilson adiululBtration total f 760.00O.00'
which is tll, 000. 000 more than the total for
the four years of President Taft. "The now
freedom" does not come 'tip to the advance
roticei. 1
Li
Lot al Knisnia of Pvthlaa Uxla are preparing for
a rl'tii)i; to John Vanvalkrntr( of Fort Muu
Uoa. la, a'prrine chancellor of the kniijhta of
thi. to w hom tl'ev a HI tender a banu.ut-t anl
inil at their (.all on Thursday.
KH Oih. tlie) old atandljy at Diexrl t. Muul'a
Und-i'iaMi. rooms, It txwn qnlie 111, put ia now ou
the t.Uh i"d la trvovery. to tlie Orlleht of hl
1 rirnde.
Iiht I, MiM.ay. the eenellt. will hold a thre
dya' Mcnl, !. in Omaha about the middle it
March. Ilraat-a from all paita of the atau ar en
j. trd to it in attendance.
Fred Vitbn.ok ami C. E. llailter. the prfe
iunal ld yl!u. arn bat k from a tour of the atat.
Mr. Al Kfiitiria haa taken the Omaha a.fiy of
iijt) Aitl.euwrr-Buat h Induing aau tatloii for kef
and Vmilfd '
Mtny turni l.iliita mil hrliiK cnade of Barak thirvi-a
aiin, ff dily paiMia it ft l.y tne iwrrteri and It
ia . i.'t".--! lu hkKi an enai4'l of the firat one
.ajlil.
1. A. i: ti.xv NUi-inna IIk k. 1fltnth and
1 r. V.UM YMtMrm to t.ik avcial a wrtnik late
Still ft City of Home Owners.
Apartment bouses have been a notable fea
ture of building operations in Omaha during the
last two years. Some forty buildings of this clasa
have been erected in that time, representing a
total Investment of $760,000. No difficulty was
experienced In securing tenants for all desirable
quarter's, proving the. existence of a demand for
modern living rooms, which Investors quickly
capitalized. ' .
In some quarters the multiplying of, apart
ment houses Is regarded as marking the transi
tion of Omaha from the separate Individual
home to the grouping of many families under
one roof. That such concentration is the ex
perience of all large cities is due to congested
population, which puts residency property within
reasonable distance beyond the means of tbo
average home seeker. Omaha has not reached
the threshold of that development, and the drift
toward the individual home is as clearly marked
now as at any time In the history of the city.
The record Of building operations In Omaha
for the last year shows a total of 773 dwellings,
built at a reported cost of $1,115,308. The
rocord of 113 was 774 dwellings, but the aggre
gate cost waa much higher, because' the blight
of war brought building enterprise almost to a
standstill lo the last four months of 1$14. Prac
tically all of these dwellings were built by or for
home ownera. Very few dwellings are built for
tenants, ,
The ftgurea point unmistakably to Omaha's
unwavering loyaltj to . the individual .homo,
standing four-square to all the winda that blow.
Amrimtnt homes afford tenants distinct ad
vantages which are seldom obtainable In rented
houses. There Is a minimum of labor, heat with
out direct contact with furnace, coal shovel cr
coal bill, economy in space .and household help
and freedom from the cares separate houses en
tall.
" Rut granting all the advantages and -con
ventences claimed for the modern apartment
house, no stretch of Imagination can make it a
home. Uka any other rented quarters. U is
simply a shelter providing the convenience of a
home, but the essentials never.
The first essential of a home Is ownership.
Tlie second embraces elbow room and privacy.
Ownership implies stability. Industry. Independ
ence. The family having acquired a fixed status
is Imbued with the spirit of Us surroundings,
stimulates Improvement, and reflects Ita tastj
and industry outside and in the home, no matter
how unpretentious it may be.
With an abundance of room for expansion
ou hilltops, hillsides and valleys, there are solid
grounds for confidence that tha home owner
khlp spirit will flourish and abide in Omaha for
many years to come. , .
Katlruatea of war coat hitherto published
require revision upward. Elgursa compiled by
the London Economist, show that Oreat Britain's
per diem cost roae progressively from $4,600,000
a day In August to $9,860,000 par day ia Decem
ber. On tnla basis of actual present, cost tne
Economist computes Great Britain's outlay for
a full year of war at $$.500,000,000. The fig
ures assure the preseut Uritiou taxpayer and his
successors a large load and a long, long road
to the port of relief.
PERMIT me to reply briefly to tha editorial entitled:
"Food For Thought For the Btreet Railway."
You say that the street railway management
can find food for thought If they will listen to the
talk Indulged In by many paMengrs on their cars. We
aie well aware that there la always talk Indulged In
by some of tha passengers on our cars criticising the
Btreet railway management We fel that probably
soma of the criticism Is merited, but that a great deal
of It springs from pure ill nature.
Tou say some very nice things of the street rail
way service In Omaha, but wind up by aaylng. "but
still there Is a lurking dissatisfaction which stimulates
the hope of relief through another transportation
s-stem." Ton must .be aware, that there Is a "lurk
ing dissatisfaction" In human natura today, .which ex
tends lo everything under tha sun. We kick about
the weather, the government, the courts, the news
papers, the railroads and the street railways. If
this "lurking dissatisfaction" Is to Te used aa a proof
of anything. It will have to be admitted that the entire
universe is all wrong.
You complain of the amount of atreet railway serv
ice, and susgeat Improvement "must come from put
ting on additional cars or re-arrange the hours to con
form with the changing demands." The fact Is that
street railway serv(c la measured accurately, and
comparative figures for different cities can always be
had. Let's see how Omaha compares with some of
the cities which are credited with having good street
railway service. ' The number of passenger carried
per car mile In a few of tha cities follows: Columbus,
O., 7.46; Cleveland, 7.2S; Milwaukee, 17ft; Washington.
l C. .50; Toledo, fl.lft: Keattle. M; Detroit. (.90;
Omaha. (.40. From which It will be seen thai Omaha
has more street csr service tn proportion to th num
ber of people carried on the cars than aay of tha citioa
mentioned.
It Is true thst tha cars In Omaha are crowded dur
ing the rush period, and It Is equally true that the
cars In every city of the United States are crowded
during the rush hours.
Anyone who can point out a plan which will solve
the rush-hour problem, will be a real benefactor.
Street railway operators have been wrestling with
this problem ever since street cars hsve been operated,
and no one has aa yet been able to solve It. For
about two hours out of the twenty-tour, four times
as many cars could be used to advantage aa are
necensary during the remaining hours. Where can
competent mm In sufficient number be found who will
be content with two or three hours' wages per day?
You ask further in. your editorial, "Is it necessary
to compel people to stand at street corners in below
sero weather and watch from two to four overloaded
cars pass them tip without even stopping?" In weather
such as we have been having during the last month.
It Is extremely difficult to keep the cars moving at ell.
and it you wtll refer to the columns of the newspapers
from other cities, you wtll find that In many places
street car service has at times been entirely abandoned.
Our organisation, by reason of earnest arid persistent
efforts, has kept the cars moving, and It seems to
nw that It is utterly unfair to find fault with the fact
that they have not moved absolutely on time and with
the proper headway between cars. Much of th In
terruption to service haa been due to the fact that
wagons and other vehicles use the street. car tracks
because other portions of the streets aro tmpaasable
nd occasionally these vehicles break down and a gap
service results. . Whenever this happens the cars
Notable aa la the achievement of talking
acrohs the continent, it is easily overshadowed
by the expansion of the telephone as a business
and social 'necessity of modern life. Thirty
years ago the telephone was regarded aa a toy
A few years ago wireless communication was
flouted as a commercial impossibility. I'uder the
pressure of inventive skill the tomorrows are
certain to yiold the secret of wireless telephony
over th oceans.
In
become bunched, and It follows that the first few
cars will be overloaded, because people have accumu
lated on the street 'corners- and Insist on getting ?
the first csr that comes along. 1
You also ask: "Why should not th atreet railway
timetable fc made to fit tn better with th timetables
of the railroads, so as to carry Incoming travelers
from the stations to their homes or to the hotels when
they arrive?" Throughout the non-rush hours of th
day a car passes the "Stations bound for un-town
every two minutes, and during the rush hours a oar
passes every minute. Would not this be considered
very close connection with Incoming trains? , Incoming
trains, too, especially In bad weather, ar fretrusatly
late as much ss several hours.
You olose your editorial by ssylag, "W say this.
however, that ff th street railway people hav their
eyes open, they wtll at least make a try to give greater
satLpfiirtlon without walling for complaints to accumu
late Into an upheaval. " I will reply to this by saying
that the operating department of th Omaha ft Coun
cil Blcffs Htreet Railway company la working earnestly
and faithfully at all times to gh' satisfaction and M
Improve the service In every way possible, and all
fair minded cltlrens of Omaha who hav occasion to
visit other cltlea appreciate th fact that. Omaha's
atreet car service Is not surpassed anywhere In this
country.' We realise that th street car service In
Omaha, as woll aa In any other city. Is far from per
fect, and a are laboring constantly to make It better.
and an occasional word of praise from the newspapers
would be more encouraging than constant fault-finding
and criticism. R. A. LEt'SUJCR,
Assistant Goners! Manager. Omaha Council Bluffs
Btreet Railway Company.
Twice Told Tales
Here's a Tavaale.
How easy It Is to mix up the average business man
waa demonstrated th other- day whet, the son of a
local merchant leaned against his father's knee and
innocently asked:
"Daddy, is today tomorrow?"
No, my son, of course today Isn't tomorrow," i
awered th father.
-, "But you weld it waa." continued th son.
"When did I ever say today waa tomorrow?"
" Yesterday." answered the son.
"Well, It was: today waa tomorrow yesterday, but
todav In today, Juat ss yesterday waa totfay yetrday.
but Is yestorday today, and tomorrow will be today
tomorrow, which makes today yesterday and tomor
row all at once. Now run along and play." and th
father collapsed Into his chair with a sigh of relief.
Ixulsvlile Times.
A Motive Mistake. :
Francis Outmet. at a luncheon at Palllard s in Paris,
began a toast on golf with a golf story.
"A half dosen golfers." be aald. "were returning
In- the smoker from a victorious match, and In their
Jubilation a small silver pocket flask waa being passed
from hand to hand.
"A clargvroan, as the flask went by him, smiled
reproachfully and said:
'Do you know, gentlemen, I have never tasted
a drop of whisky In all my lifer
" 'Well, said one of th golfers, mistaking th
motive of tha clergymsn's remark 'well, ye ain't goln
te begin now. neither." " 8t. Louts Globe-Democrat.
One 1 Mlaatoaary.
A prison missionary waa insisting to one of th
guards that there Is some good in everybody. To
prove It. she sought out th prison demon and found
him stroking a hug tomcat.
"There." sad th woman, "a man who will pet a
rat certainly has some love in his heart."
The guard sneered.
"Io you love that cat?" the woman asked the
demon.
"Yrs." h replied, still stroking th animal, "yos.
brt 1 do; mybody who hurts that cat wtll do It over
mv dead body he bit the warden tl morning."
everybody's Magaaln.
Hard Work.
A. J. Drexet. who is a volunteer In the automobile
service f the BrUiah army, wrote la a recent letter
to Philadelphia;
-As Kitchener aaid. or dldn t aay to Cba, our
trenchoa eiretch like a gray anak from Saitserlaitd
to the a.. And what herd work our young soldlettf
hav. let me tell yoo. digging theaa treuches!
- uw a yung s.Vdicr tn a half flulahcd trench lay
down hla shore! the other day and light his pip.
" Tier, wrtat did you lay down that shovel for?
the sergeant Said.
- -To cool It. sir. ld th young solder." "-Phila
delphia Telegrelh. ' " . ,
QX t.
Akast th CaaaelMatlaa Vote.
OMAHA. Jan. 80 To th Editor of The
Be: I wish to commend and to thank
you for your loaioaJiy-reaaoned editorial
cm "Greater Omsh Consolidation."
ro aaserc, aa nas recently seen aone
by some of the opponents of consolida
tion, that Omaha Is morally and In In
terest on community (and this no one
who has any knowledge of facts will
deny), and then to declare that when It
comes to a question of consolidation we
ought to divide oursolves into a group
of small constituencies, and tet each on
of these decide for Itself, Is Illogical and
absurd.
Some years ago, eartly within th mem
ory of a majority of the people .of this
nation today, there waa a certain -move
ment on th part of a few of our states
to withdraw from th union. They de
sired the question as to whether they
should withdraw or not to bo left en
tirely with themselves. Lincoln - tried
to show them that th Very soil of thes
states, the federal posts and postof-
Vices and numerous federal Improve
ments had been bought and paid for by
ALL the people of ALT. the union, and
that for a few to withdraw, necessarily
taking with them thes properties, would
be an act of grand .larceny. His reason
ing had no effect upon them, and so h
had to us th army and navy of th
federal government to compel them to
recognise principles of common honesty
and Justice. Should that question hav
been decided hy each division of the
union to suit Itself? Would those who
are demanding that the question of con
solidation be left to each of these com
munities to decide for Itself be so ab
surd aa to say that If certain sections
of Omaha desired to separate themselves
from this city th question should be left
for decision to the voters of that section?
(Hardly. Bo. I declare that If this com
munity Is morally one and one In com
mon Interest and hope, the question of
whether it should be so In legal fact. Is
on that must be decided by the voters
of the entire community and not to the
vote of each separate and Istinct ar
bitrary division of It. This Is Just as
true with respect to bringing them to
gether In legal terms as It would bo in
holding them tonether by legal form
supported by "force" If necessary.
Let those who are opposing: "forces"
ss they term It, be consistent. Let them
say to th legislature not to pass any
more "force" laws. If they did so.
and if the legislature obeyed. It would
have to adjourn, for It passes no art
at all which is not force, and the gov
ernor Is anjoined to use the state militia,
If necessary, to enforce It.
Those who are the' loudest in demand
ing that this matter be left, to a ref
erendum of the people, would be th
first to opppsa such a referendum if It
Included all the people of the community,
Brass bands and noise upon reasonable
men have th opposite effect from that
intended. After the noisy session last
Thursday, one of the senators who had
been Indifferent came to me. saying,
'Well, I am ready to vote." I said.
'Did this noise convince you?" H
answered, "Yes. It convinced m that
now Is the time for consolidation of
Omaha and her suburbs, ft appears to
me that Omaha is surrounded by towns,
awayed by people 'whose stock in -trade
seems to be to slur Oma'SL.'Tund to cul
tivate a spirit or antagonism and Jealousy
against the proudest city of this state.
It Is time to take from such people the
opportnnlty to do that." -
So, permit me to add, that consolida
tion of these towns into one would wlp
out merely arbitrary boundary lines.
That it would put the mere fwrupter of
community harmony out of business.
That It would mean that instead of a
number of divided little communities.
cultivating an antagonism, a Jealousy, a
spirit of blttemees against this splendid
city, w would have one united, har
monious city, with on aim, on purpose
and en hope. U 3. QUINBY.
Dr. ' Wheeler - aad Assexstlas.
SOTTTH OMAHA. Neb.. Jsn. .-To th
Editor of Th Bee: While I do not care
to enter Into any discussion of the an
nexation question, I will say that I am
In favor of consolidation of Omaha and
South Omaha, but not by forcible meas
ures as now pending before the legis
lature at Lincoln. A far ss I can see
nd learn about tlie Only people who ar
against it are officeholders and seekers.
As anyone' who visited the city hall yes
terday would have learned.
But what I wish tv say Is that I hav
known Dr. Robert I Wheeler for a good
tnaay years and I" learned for the firat
time through a- letter In The Bee that at
en time he was for annexation. I hav
heard th doctor express himself any
number of times on the question "and
first, ' last and all the time he has
ten against It not because his son has
held any position which the city might
gtve him, but because he la and always
has been one of the most ardent South
Omaha boosters you could find anywhere
a man who never falls to aay a good
word tor th "beat town In the state"
when h had a chance.
Dr. Wheeler needs no word of apology
for anything he has ever said or did in
South Omaha nor la all bis years as a
real lent of th city and pastor of th
First Presbyterian church has be ever
had to sign himself as an "annexationist"
or any othr nam d plum when writing
any article for publication as did th "tax
payer" In his article.
at H. Twelfth. . PRANK P. HART.
better men, because there ar better men
elerted to state office every year than
most our governors have been since .the
eld days.' A governor Is no more quail
tied to select an officer than are all the
voters. Such an innovation would sweep
rings and cliques Into power more than
hss been witnessed before. F.L.P.
The Power Behind the Threae.
0AHA. Jan. .-To the Editor of
Th Bee: Your Fullerton. Neb., con
tributor calls the Hitchcock bill a "senti
mental" measure, and in criticizing cer
tain charge made against England's
treatment of thla country during the
revolutionary war, says of German
sympathisers:
They forget that that war waa un
popular In F.nsland, and that It was
forced Upon England by a Gorman king.
Will you not pleas refer ' him to Sir
William Arthur, who haa told us time
and again that England's government Is
th most perfect In the world; that It
responds Instantaneously to ptihllo opin
ion;, that the king Is only a figure head,
and that Its parliament (or representa
tive government) is all powerful? If
ft would seem hardly fair to blame
it, alt on George the Third. It would
be Just as unfair to telame England's
moral support of the confederacy cm
Queen Victoria. The power behind the
throne in England, and also behind
Parliament, Is commercial Interest and
tn pound sterling; our alleged dollar
diplomacy Is but a circumstance to It
J. I METER.
said in run.
Women's Activities
Miss Eecullne Warwick BushneU of La
Grsnge, 111., U the great grandnlec of
the inventor of the submarine boat, and
because of the relationship waa chosen
to christen on January 20 next, the largest
boat of this kind, in the American navy,
th launching to take place in Seattle.
It haa been suggested that women's
names be given to schools In New York;
and among the names that hav been
mentioned for them ar those of Louisa
M. Alcott, Grace Darling. Charlotte
Bronte. Jane Walsh Carlyle, Maria
Mitchell and Florence Nightingale. Three
of these are American and thre English.
Mrs. Ida' Sk McBrlda of Indianapolis
national president .of the Woman's Re
lief Corps, auxiliary to th Grand Army
of th Republic, in an address recently,
saya that through the corps tor the last
year was expended tlH.721.18 for relief.
111.321.08 for Memorial day, and 130,556
turned over to post. There ar thirty
eight departments; number of corps, J.769;
number of members, 160.801. and total
amount expended for relief. Memorial
day and turned over to poets since or
ganisation, U, 423,064. 52. The total num
ber of persons assisted last year
was 24,041. , . .
"I follow the medical profession. re
marked the newcomer proudly. ...
Surgeon ?" we asked politely, Jnrt t
make conversation. .
"Tndertsker. he replied eententlousty.
though gravely. Philadelphia Ledger.
'Tf I had mv way." said the determined-looking
woman, Td hav every
man who tried to flirt with a good
looking woman arrested." '
"But suppose the woman wasn't good
looking?"
Then I'd hav him sent to an In
sane aeylum." Washington Star.
"When the potlcw dogs get to work, t
the most daring qf the bibulous fraternity
will hesitate to do on accustomed thing. '
"What Is that?"
"Rush the growler. Baltimore Amer
ican. " 'Be America first!" " dldactlcalsy
quoted the professor.
"I have, already done so," replied J.
Fuller Gloom. "I was born here." Judge.
Chump Were you ever at an after
noon tea?
Orump No, but onoej I was in a place
where sixteen phonographs played simul
taneously. Harvard Lampoon.
"What ar you reading about?"
"Th ruins of Pompeii."
"When was It bombarded?" Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Boreleiph fat 11:40) Do you know t
always thought you had a retiring' dis
position Miss Weereih (stifling a yawn) Not
exactly,- Mr. BorelelRh; but 1 must con
fess to a disposition to retire. Boston
Transcript.
"How's the baby?" asked the neigh
bor of the new father.
"Fine!-' said the proud parent.
"Don't you find that a bahy br'.fVens
up a household wonderfully?" pursued
the friend.
"Yea" said the parent, with a sigh; ,
"we have the gas going most of th
night now." New York Globe.
0FR BEW SLOGAN.
Strickland GlllUan In Judge.
When first the pilgrim papas landed
On that much-thronged Mayflower
banded
And on the Plymouth Bock were stranded.
Then came to us the first foreboding
or this sweet pnras we re now unloading
On all the earth ambition goading
Maiden America! ,
Later how could Virginia Par?
The first white girl waa born somewher
Amid the dark-red farms down ther
Where rolls the rapid Rapldan
That region settled by Queen Anne
There was the first (there she began!)
Maid in America!
Now that the war is on abroad,
With scarcely any who applaud,
While every foreign tummy's gnawed
Bine Europe's commerce stripped bf
gears
And filled her tradesmen alt with tears
We, in the whole world's eager ears,
May din "America!"
This, then, the slogan to the end
The slogan sung by foe and .friend
That round this ball we gladly send
The blasoned sign of peace and thrift
That shines through battle-smudge
drift .
That shall remain when war clouds lift
"Mad in America!"
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W Kiast for Nebraska.
TILDEN. Neb.. Jan. .-To the Editor
of Th B: Accepting th article la
your paper of tn th Inst, as th mean
ing of th wc-ds "Short Ballot." permit
m to sk why this plan of government
Is suggested. Is the voter of Nebraska
10 b masculatod? A re not the people
of this state as well qualified to elect a
secretary of state as Governor Morehaad
is to appoint a Judge of the supreme
court. All appointments under such a
law would simply be madn to favorite.
Instead of the government drifting toward
autocracy as such a measur would surely
bring about we need more democracy. It
would make a governor as Important aa
a king ia ths afialrs of state. Appointed
offlct-rs la Nebraska ar no more efficient
than tboa sleet d by the people. The
facts are that the federal and Stat exe
cutives hay now too much power In the
matter of making appolatiuenta Such a
measur would b productive of evil in
stead of good. No system could be de
termined oa that would rob th electorate
of Us manhood as thla wholesale aurrea-
dertng ot II rights ef the popU t seleet
their own of (Vera
The tdr that a governor is to boom
a king of Nebraska may aot be repug
nant to some, but the great majority of
the people wtll be found vppoatng tht
pea'-eful passing from independence lo
the dotntnatiJa of one man. The selrcttoa
ot officers by goernors would nut insure
. IiuUi was wtm by Beatrice Parker, 1316 So. 12tfi St.,
with 595 pictureB.. ' ' ,
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The 'snow will sujeljr
melt when she corned
out with her lieaming'
countenance and beau
tiful spring gowns, all
pjpak and white. She
has great rolls of waxen
curls, big blue eyes and
oh dear me, when" you
see her dainty little feet
and pink shoos and
stockings, you'll just
want to eat her up.
Mildred wil be given free
to the little girl , under 12
years of ago that brings or
mails ns the largest number
of doll's pictures rut out of
the Dally and Sunday Vea
before 4 p. m., - Saturday,
February
Mildred's picture will
be in The Bee every
day this week. Out
them out and ask your
friends to save the pic
tures in the paper -for
you, too. See how many
pictures of Mildred you
can get, and be sure to
turn them in to The Bee
office before 4 :00 p. m.
Saturday, February 6.
YoacanteeMailarefJ"
at The Bee Office
' The skates for this week were won by Leoland
Mhipman, 1255 So. 13th St., with 431 pictures.
More; Skates
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for our Busy Bee Boys
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Barney Berry. America Club, Nickel Plated. Tmrd
Welded bteel Blades. Biaea to ft.
: This picture of one ot the Skates will be In Tbe Be
every day this week.
Cut them all out and ask your friends to save tbe pic
tures in their paper for you, too. See how many pictures
you can get and bring them to Tbe Bee office next Satur
day. ,
The Skates wil be given Free to tbe boy that send us
tlie most Pictures before V. Mv Saturday, February 4.