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Thought for the Day
5icff by E. M. Jon
It m not enough for to bt mvttctom only.
W mutt b man and tcomen of general ior
motion, of liberal education in thort, men ami
uomen of culture. On tt$.
Jt
The snow shovel la pushing to tha front as a
Icq of the spring campaign.
Six weeks more of groundhog hibernation
but titer are exception! to all rulet.
Th democratic pilots are surely having a
tough time keeping that ship purcbaa bill nosed
to the chart.
Dut our amiable democratic contemporary
falla to make It plain whether It Is for the
nepotism bill or against It.
All thing, considered, the bill hopper man
aged to do a tolerably brisk business on the last
two days of Its performance at Lincoln.
Welfare work Is conceded to be an Instru
mentality for good. Even" the city commission
will appreciate all the welfare work It can com
mand for the spring months. No codding.
Like Art m us Ward, Congressman Dau
Stephens is willing to sacrifice all bis wife's
relations who are fighting la the German array
providing' be ' ran keep Uncle Sam out of the
muss.
By sending another personally selected agent
to Mexico, President Wilson doubtless hopes tj
get a line on the number and speed ot the revo
lutions. News reports overlook census statistic.
All th women teachers demoted or dis
missed without hearing by the last school board
aav now been reinstated, but nothing yt
for the man teacher similarly dropped. What
about it?
Contributors to The Bee's Christmas ship col
lection are hearing by letter from the children
In Europe who were made happy by the gifts.
That's the best kind of a receipt that any one
could furnish.
A showing of 100,000 new depositors In the
postal savings banks during the Isst six month.
Is gratifying proof of national thrift. War checks
the speed but does not wholly obstruct the ad
vance of the saving babtt.
Today Is expected to tell whether the literacy
test boosters can put It serosa In the house over
th president's veto. Failure in the bouse woull
finish it, although, of coure, the veto would
kUU td u&! outvoted In the senate too.
Why an-all-the-yesr-round salary for a Jury
coamalssloner who will have only a few weeks
work at most? If bo present salsrled officer caa
do the job, why not pay the Jury commlsstouer a
per diem for th actual time he puts in!
i r?
W.. . Ml. A.fi)jaPBimjWI, . . M 1
A propf tlv Introduction of manual tralalna Into
tha hUh achool la Indicated by a resolution aJoplcd
by tha achool board. ior.tltutlng a i-ommlttea of
Jrfwers. CopclMnd, Urlffln and Parker to estimate tha
oot of ttie different tma and report aa eooa at
jrtnlble.
' Tba officer, end director of the Omaha Loan and
fcutliilns aaauciatiun for tha enaulng year are: l'ri--ont.
W. P. Btrhel; vice preel.lent. John Roak-ky; afc
perintendent. E. K. XatUnser: treaurer. E. K. Lone
additional dlrectoie. O. Andrta. Jamea Foraythe. John
Butler. C. IL Turner, C. V. Need hem. L. M. Ithetm
Tha Clea lub voncert at the Boyd latt night l
prooeunccd a brilliant musical event, tha aolos being
contrlbuUd by Mlaa mint Medulla Baker, oontralto;
George H. Brodeiirk, baaa; Mlaa Alice At wood, so
prune, aod Frederick Auatin, on tba cornet. Tba Mad
rigal club of Chicago and Fourth Infantry band as
auted. Tba Home Circle Literary society. In seesloa at the
rt4nce of vrtuiam La4y. waa antertalned with a
program whrh culnilnaUd In ea amateur aurprlaa
t haatrteal, "Our urprlee Party." tha characters taken
by tli Mitece Maggie Latey. Annie Lane. Amy flok
ena, tol!y bailey and Mcanrs. F. W. l'l ktrie. B. r,
Heainan. V. P. Leaid and W. H. Latey.
Rev. Mr Ple. the Nebraska revivalist. Is holding
services la ttie Flrat Methollt church, nightly.
A party conalatlng of Mr. and Mra. C. T. Taylor,
tha Miaaes Nora and Margaret Boyd and Mr. J. li.
I'ratt and daughter, Alice, left for New Orleans to do
Ui ei politico.
Tig-hteninf the War Lines.
Two of the latest moves In the great wsr
game, whjle neither is In Itself a surprise or a
novelty, come with something of. a shock to the
genersl public. One is the embsrgo laid by Eng
land on Germany's food Hupplle. through declsr
Ing contraband all food destined for German
consumption. The other is the embargo placed
by German submarines on English shipping of
sll kinds. These moves, each of wide possibili
ties, are essentially developments of the modern
theory of war.' All humanitarian principles ar
abandoned In the effort to hamper as far as pos
sible the military activities of a to by Interfer
ing to the utmost with bis source ot energy,
which Is food.
In either instance the Interests of" neutrals
are totally Ignored. Neither Germany nor Eng
land Is likely to spend much time at present In
pursuit of a solution that leads through the
mystifying ramifications of .international law;
the appeal to force is more direct and promising
of more Immediate results. Warfare In its ap
plication has taken on many aspects much at
variance with the doctrines so earnestly debated
at Hague conferences, and the warring nations
are apparently willing to leave to future con
ferences the determination of the details and re
finements of questions now summsrily decided.
One little grain of comfort may be found in
the present attitude of the belligerents. Their
course, ought to have the effect of sooner ex
hausting their resources and thereby shortening
the struggle.
mr ticto moaxt-wATSK.
Good Bill; Push It Along-.
Among the good bills introduced into thn
legislature at Lincoln is one presented by Repre
sentstlve Palmer, which has the good object in
view to stop the absorption of naturalization fees
by the clerk of the district court, and to leave no
ground for further dispute about this form' of
graft. Inasmuch as the bill Is not yet available
In its printed form, we must assume that it Is
properly framed, and does not give away the
case In which our greedy district clerk Is claim
ing a present right to pocket all naturalization
fee collections, amounting upwards to $7,000 or
18,000.
It has been a long fight to set the limits
upon th fee grabbers, who. etch time, after
solemnly taking official oath to uphold and obey
the laws, seek at once to evade them for their
own personal profit, and force the taxpayers to
spend all sorts of money for lawyers and court
costs to compel grafting officials to disgorge the
public money they hold out, either as insanity
fees or naturalization tees. So with reference to
Representative Palmer's bill, we say push It
'along, In order that the door will be closed
against future foe grabs, regardless whether tho
courts stop the pending treasury raid or not.
BHMi
Publicity for School Appropriations.
While h does not disclose the exact purpose
cf his resolution for a special committee to have
charge of the bill affecting education before the
legislature,' the surface i indications . are. ; that
Representative Taylor seeks to check possible
extravagance in our various ' public schools
and maybe to curtail waste. If this. Is his aim,
it will be supported by the best thought ot tha
stat at large.
In th past It has been the practice to make
lump appropriation for the support of ihe uni
versity and, allied schools, the detail of appor
tionment being left to the Board of Regents.
The wisdom of this course can not now be seri
ously questioned,' assuming that the lump sum
has been within proper bounds at all times. Tie
effect of the practice has been to keep the great
educational institutions of the state as free from
political influence aa possible. It Is not at Ml
likely that any barm can result to either uni
versity or normal schools to have detailed state
ments of expenditures made public. The people
are vitally concerned in these institutions and
are entitled to know to the fullest extent the
items ttiat enter Into tbetr cost. ,
Care must b takenv however, tq avoid any
thing that will hamper th administration of the
acbools. The Regents must be given full au
thority for the proper maintenance and direc
tion ot the institutions under their management.
Money spent to support educational Institutions
Is the best Investment the people o't the state
ran or do make, but It should be at all times
under such control as renders certain that It Is
being wloely and efficiently expended.
The Price of Bread.
Master bakers are telling their troubles tc
the public. The mounting price of wheat hi
carried with it the price ot flour, and. as a result,
the loaf la less in weight and higher in cost.
Thus is the, effect ot the war brought to the
breakfast table in every American home, and to
the attention ot those who oat at hotels or
restaurants. An embargo on the export of food
stuff is asked as a preventive, but its efficacy
or expediency may be questioned. The economic
truth that Is being driven home by the increase
In cost of food products is that all civilisation
must ultimately bear its share in footing tho
bill for the present blaze of military glory iv
Europe. This result is irievitable and expedients
of no sort can serve to evsde or nullify the opera
tions ot this law. It will be well for our citizen?
to keep this fact clearly in view when talking
of war or preparation for war. Vtr la at.
and afl must suffer when millions of laboriously
accumulated wealth is sent up In smoke or con
verted to ruins.
, Net Cause for Deep, Alarm.
The hair-brained attempt of an Individual to
destroy an international railroad bridge can not
be made cause fcr serious complaint on part of
Great Britain. Chief Interest will be found in
establishing the status of the offender, whether
he is a criminal or merely a political malcontent
In either event, th United States can not be held
responsible for his actions, for this government
it not blamable tor the unauthorized acts ot In
dividuals. Th majt Is under arrest, and whea
th nature of his offense Is finally determined,
the law will deal with him in due order. Th
incident is not likely to disturb th alocer rela
tions betweea th United Slstes and any of th
belligerent, powers.
IMUPT confess again that I had some misgiving
when I stsrted trie column aa to the sort of in
ception It would have, tha question In my mind
being whether my pcreonsl observations and casual
comment could he made Interesting generally. There
was also' a semblance of lurking suspicion that pro
jecting my individuality in this way would evoke the
customary criticism of too much ego. I remembered
tha many-tlmea-used remark about the printer setting
upwttie copy exhausting tha cap "I" box. Po to have
people tell me and people whom I have no reason to
believe particularly Interested In my personality that
they are looking for thla column la a gratifying ex
perience, ajid. mora so yet, are th letters from out-of-town
readers and notices In other newspapers.
Here, for example; Is an extract about my "Views"
from the Xrbraska City Press, whose edjtor, J. II
Sweet, ordinarily Is quite tha reverse of complimen
tary, and has heretofore missed few opportunities to
declare that l.e does not ilka something I do or say:
"Havlns; been fortunate In knowing a great deal
about what ha writes, the editor of The Bee adds a
human Interest flavor to his articles which makes
them Intensely Interesting to every man. Mr. Rose
water's father was mo cloeely relate to the history
of Nebraska, both aa a journal'.at and a politician,
that his son, intimately associated with Ma father.
Is In an admirable position to give ua new Insights
Into tome of the important and eventful episodes ot '
the past." '
Hera again are some paragraphs quoted from a
latter from Editor F. A. Watklna Of the Hastings
Republican, which puts It on even thicker, and whose
encomiums I hope some day to merit:
"I desire to take thla opportunity of compli
menting you on tho quality of your writings that
have been appearing on the editorial page of "Th
Bea under your signature. I would perpetrate but
one criticism, and that is that you do not make these
a regular dslly feature. I have never had the
pleasure of meeting you. personally, but I knew
your father quite well. I always had great admlre
' tlon for him because of his positive personality and
the Impress of that personality on The Bee. I well
remembor the last time I saw him. I accompanied
him to the teigrsph office In our city when he was
iters once with a delegation of Omaha business
men, and I well remember his frank conversation at
that time. His personality waa so strongly linked
with The Bee aa to make It one of the moat widely
known and quoted papers In th east, which I had
occasion more than once to discover.
"I regret that too many of the large papers ot
th country are known chiefly by their commercial
bigness and the Important field they fill, rather than
the medium through which a great mind wielded a
wide Influence for public good. When your father
lived, when people were heard to comment on any
thing that appeared tn th columns of The Bee. they
would say. 'Rose water Bays' and not 'The Bee says.'
etc. All Joumallstlo friends of your Illustrious father
would be rejoiced to see his successor perpetuate
thla Individuality and personality at the head of
The Bee's editorial rag.
'Terhaps'I am presuming and intruding, but
having been In the newspaper harness In an humble
way for over thirty years, and In that time I have
learned the value of journalistic worth and genius
-as I see It, and I appreciate effort along the lines I
have mentioned.
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Now after Incorporating into thla column these
kindly meant compliments, I have no doubt I have
exposed myself more than ever to the accusation of
abnormally inflated ego, but ttia only answer I can
make Is to plead justification on the ground that I
may never have another just-as-good chance, becauce
all the other bouquets may be brickbats.
"Did you ever see so much apow on the ground at
one clnio before?" asked C. W. Lyman tha day after
the big. storm.
"No, I never did. but T can't remember 'back aa
far aa you oan," I replied. ' ' ' " ' :"
"Well. I never lld either." said he.
I'm alad rrank't"otfey has" beea appointed Btata
labor commissioner, for he la a printer and a good
ono, and what- la more, one of the sanest and poet
level-headed labor unionists with whom I have coma
in contact lie Is a union man through and through,
but not an agitator for visionary schemes. Coffey is
another of the men who served with me on the Work
men's Compensation commission appointed by Gov
ernor Aldrlch to Investigate and advise him on thla
Intricate subject, but whose recommendations .he re
Jected without waiting for their report In the course
ot the commission's study and bill-drafting, Coffey'a
useful service was distinctively noticeable and to him
more than to any . other one man la Nebraska In
debted for having gotten aa far as it has In tha
matter of compensating Injured workmen without
forcing them to IltlBate and divide with the contingent
fee lawyers.
Twice Told Tales ' '
natfcer Bawilderlagt. '
She had engaged i. maid recently from the country
and was now employed In showing hr newly acquired
treaaure over the houa and 'eniishtenlng her In re
gard to varioua dutlea, etc. At lat they reached the
beat room.
"These," said the mistress of the house, pausing
befere an extensive row of ascullne'portralta,-"these
are very valuable, and you must be veYy careful
when dusting. They are old masters."
Mary's jaw dropped and a look of Intense wonder
overspread her1 rubicund face. "Lor, mum." she
gesptd. gaalng with bulging eyea on tha face of her
new employed "lor. mum, who'd 'eve thought you'd
been married all tha times!"-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph. grka'a Idea at It.
A well known congressman from Virginia, leaving
his house one morning, forgot a letur that be oa4
muant to mall. That afternoon something railed It
to hi mind, and aa it. waa of considerable Importance
he Immediately hurrtod home. The letter waa nowhere
to be found He aummoned hi faithful eld darky
sen ant ,
"Zek," ha aid,, "did you ee anything of a letter
of mine around th house?"
"Vessuh. Yo' lef It on yo' table.".
"Then where It It now?"
" h mailed It. suh."
"Maiied It!" Why Zeke. there wasn't any name or
address on the envelope!"
' '-Jus' o. uh. Ju' so. Ah thought It.mui'.be
an anawer to one of oin 'nonymou letters yo'v been
gettln' lately. ' Plttaturgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
People and Events
That picture of the soldiers, hunting fo
money In the debris of the earthquake-ruined
bank at Avetzoa reminds us how lucky or un
lucky we were that no Omaha bank was fool
ish enough to collide with our tornado.
Commissioner Katherlne Davta of tba New York
Hoard jut Correction, declined a box ct' cigar a con
vict admirer sent her. . Then cam a bog of candy
tied with pink ribbon. That reached the spot.
During tbe last five year the United States Steel
and Carnegi pension funds distributed H,fTJ.0J lu
pensions to aged and infirm employee. Pittsburgh
and Cleveland workmen got the bulk of th money.
Da In Jersey it appears that bubbles take big
chance In flirting with affinities. In a rectnt divorce
case th plaintiff teatifed that b donned hubby
treusera in order to climb a telegraph pole an look
Into a second-story room spotted in her auiplclona.
.But th measly oecupanta pulled a" the blind,
lloaever, Ihe polo-cl'mber ot her divorce..
Havana. Cub, con.ea ta th front with a circum
atantUl blograi py if a woman who died last fall at
the as at US. Hi w a slave In her youth, a serv
ant In middle lite, and a hermit the laat atxty yeara
living In a tav twenty mile from Havana. Her
nam mi Catallna Allansa. Mrs. Hannah Koskoft
of New fork, with her acor of 117 yajv takes
second place la the eld year's record of aocUnta.
OX t,
Evake a Friendly Inter.
VERDIGRIS, Nb.. Feb. 2-To the
Editor of The Bee: I read the article in
The Be that Omaha girls, studying at
Lucerne. har the cannon roar. I waa
born In Kwltserlsnd t Nuchatel, en the
lake. I am here for thirty-one years, es
tablished as a photographer In Verdigris.
I hare a lot of relative still living In
Switzerland and I would be very glad to
get the correct addreaa of the American
girl through their relative In Omaha, t
would like to e some of those American
glrla visit some of my folks, by whom
they will aurely be welcomed. I have
served five years in th French- navy,
three times around the world, and t would
be happy to hear of-my folks In Switzer
land, through any of our American girls
cbroad. Hoping to hear frcm you soon.
. LEON OLPOMMER.
Politics ! the War Fever.
BOELUB, Neb., Feb. s. To the Editor
of The Bee: I, like Mr. George Oowln
of Litchfield, am an -American by birth,
and would fight to the last for my coun
try. But it Is a sad thing we find one
who call himself Weybrlght. which ta a
German name, and my Idea Is that he
v.-aa born Invthe backwoods of northeast
Germany, and that be had to get out of
there on account of religious tendencies.
Please print all of Mr. George Gowln's
letter, because everything he has written
so far Is the' truth, and good, common
sense. Come again, George, and If you
ever want public office it Is yours for
the asking. W., AN AMERICAN.
What the Splrltaallst Waal,
OMAHA, Feb. 8.-TO the Editor of The
Bee: In Th Bee I find the headline,
"8plrlta Fall to Move City. Dad to Ex
empt Licenses."
I ao often wonder why It is that when
any matter cornea up that It becomes
necesaary to get Into print In which splr
ituallat are concerned that we cannot
be treated at least with a reasonable de
gree of respect. Why a spirit of derision
and th finger of fun la at all times
pointed at u. No effort made to dis
criminate between the respectable class
Of spiritualists and thoso who have, at
tempted to appropriate our living td servo
the devil In. This was the question ar
gued before the council This, I say. Is
the bone ot contention, aa to how this
elimination of unreliable and undesir
ables can tn the best and most effective
way be banished,
Wa all claim to be working for the
betterment and the uplift of humanity.
The true and earnest seeker after knowl
edge Is not aahamed of the ccmpar.y he
keep. Hi friends are legion on both
sides of the death line. All sacred book
are chuck full of both Ita phenomena
and philosophy. It number among It
adherents the brightest minds of . the
world. Including kings, queens, preslJents,
governors, as well ss statesmen and
scholars, aa well as many divine.
Wl T. DENNETT.
ZS1S Ogden street.
Caaimeaaatlaa for Robert Cow ell.
BANCROFT, Neb.. Feb. .-To tha Ed
itor of The Bee: Allow me to commend
Mr. Robert Cowell for the atand h has
taken with regard to children's play. Ha
la absolutely correct. Others would take
the same stand If It were not for the
popularity of the play erase.
H. JEGER.
Wakes Advice to Oaaka.
WAJIOO, Neb., Feb. . To the Editor
of The Bee: Inasmuch aa the subject of
prohibition Is now th principal topic of
conversation and discussion I have de
cided to ask you to print the following,
which appeara In a recent number of the
Cedar Raplda (la.) Republican:
Waterloo went dry In November. 1913,
Closing twenty -six saloons and six brew
ery warehouses. John Mitchell, vice pres
ident of the American Federation of
Labor, saya: "Close a brewery, a factory
takes it place; cloco a saloon and In its
place conies a store." Slnoe going dry,
Waterloo has built eight new factories
and enlarged nine others; fifty-five new
business building erected and seven liNs
vacant stores than when they had saloons.
What haa .filled these buildings and
empty a loons? Fifteen new grocery
stores, six meat market, six clothing
store, two shoe stores, four milllnttry
store, six restaurants, three hotels, seven
barber shorn, seven coal dealers, two
feed bams, five garage, four dry clean
era, three tailor hoj. two harness and
saddlery rtop, two photographer, etc.
Money formerly spent for booze srtent
tiow in honorable line of merchandise.
Waterloo also built l.TH houaea and flat
and ha thirty-four more empty houses
than In 1912. An increase In copulation of
On) in two yeitr. A noted decrease In
drunkenness, rrime, poverty. vgrncv
and public expense. No Increase In taxes
for city administration. Prohibition nro
dueea prosperity. Sign no more saloon
petition
What la th matter with making Omaha
dry In 191? Don't aay you can't, but
Just try. I firmly believe (hat every city,
town,' village and hamlet can banlaii their
saloon t they e fit to do ao. Tou will
Cnly have to educate public eentlment to
a standard of decency and common mor
ality and It will then demand It and will
accept nothing else.
C. H. GILLILAN.
Banker Ob lee t ta Donkl TasatloaJ
H1LDRETH. Neb., Feb. 1-To the Edi
tor of The Bee: In tracing tha action
of th different committee of our law
making body I find that the section of
tli at body to whom the revenue and taxa
tion department was asalnned recom
mends a law prohibiting all banka and
trust companies from deducting any real
estate mortgagee from their respective
capital stock and surpluses.
Why and on what ground and founda
tion of Justice and impartiality doe tbls
body baa their action ? Are they looklns
after tht atate'a and th covnfy's Inter
est from which they are sent; In accord
ance with impartiality and justice to all
the state, or even to the county from
which they were sent, with th thought
of tha people that they would be Im
partial and do Justice to all? .
First do th statutes of our state' pro
hibit any bank from loaning any or all of
Us capital stock not expended for real
estate and - fixtures? We assume that
there la no prohibition. Wimt about Real
Estate Agent Jcnea, or Private Individual
Johnson conducting a loan offloe across
the atreet?. If. -for an illustration, be ha
a -private capital of tu,X)0 and loan It
en real estate and contract with the
borrower to. pay all the taxes; that is
lageL Still la addition Jonea gives hi
not to a number of privet Individual
arnd borrow 50,oo at say 4 per cent and
reloans It at or 7 per cent, as ha may
see fit to loan It t the Individual, all on
real estate, with th mortgaga clause
attached. that aot lawful, according
to th atatutea and th conatltuttou of
th I'nlted Ftatea? I not the atate get
ting It singular tax by taxing the
property purchased with all th borrowed
money oa real estate a well a an per
sonal property? If that Is th true condi
tion tn Jonea' and Johnson's particular
casea, aa above set forth, and J opes and
Juhnaoa are under no restrict!" to th
atate tn ear particular way Ilk the
atate banker, and, a stated, th state
I getting it singular tax on all actual
property within trie tate. If that be true,
then what process doe Mr. Jone" cap
ital gj through. If he simply change the
nme real Atate agent to stte bank?
Ha his then become subject te
double taxation? The man that borrowed
th money must pay on his real estate
or personal property end Jonea must pay
on the capital stock that already ho
been asacaaed aingularly.
The borrower Is going to pay the bill
If not In taxes he will be obliged to pay
It In the rate of Interest In accordance
with the demand of the money. Th
bank already subject to a three or four
time double taxation will In time feel
that they are classed a an evil and,
contrary to law. an existing body for
whloh every term of the legislation
makes restrictions and. flnea are Imposed
upon them. We are at present aubject
to regular county and state taxes, sub
ject to the national corporation tax. sub
ject to the guarantoe fund tax, subject
to examination tax, subject to war tax,
and all other unfavorable conditions,
known to banks only, which I could
enumerate, but in conclusion I will say
that with the foregoing facta we are en
titled to our share of respect and Im
partiality of our present law making
body. FRED 8OFCER,
President of the State Bank of Hildreth.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES,
"We ought to be prepared for war.,"
'.Aw nobody wants to go to war wjth
"That' all right. Even at that we
don t want to be the Innocent bystander."
LouUvllle Courier -Journal.
Alice Now that you've broken vour en
gagement with Jack you will of course
return the dlamcnd ring he gave you?
Betty Certainly not; It would be a con
stant reminder of the happiness he had
missed. Boston Transcript.
OM Lady (Stopping on Road) Dear!
dear! Why are you two men using auch
frightful lansuafce?
'tattered Thomas Well, yer fee, lady,
me an' me psrd has ter exchange heated
worrla to keep warm, not havln' no over
coatsBoston Transcript.
"What do you think of the president'
speech?"
"I don't like it!"
"Have you read It?"
"No. When I disagree with a man'
politic I don't have to read hi speeches
to know I don't like "era." Washington
Btar.
"Why did you leave your last place?'.'
"The master kissed me, mum.'
"And you didn't like It, eh?"
"Oh. I liked It all right, mum: but the
missus didn't." Boston Transcript
"Yes." said the young lady, "t spent
the entire evening telling him that he
had a terrible reputation for kissing girls
against thsir will."
"And what did he dor
"He sat there like a boob and denied
It." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Sweet are the uses of adversity."
quoted the confirmed quoter.
"I believe It." retorted the d!satlfted
one. "but, somehow or other, 1 don't
seem to he able to cultivate a taste -or
It." Philadelphia Ledger.
"This talk of submarines filling all
needs is piffle. I aay."
"Me, too. Submarines can't aupplant
battleships. What g-ood would a sub.
marine be for a moonlight dance?"
Pittsburgh Post.
TE JITNEY BTO.
When you are waiting for a car,
Vmt nt .Vl . film, m it fn..
For pretty soon from where you are.
V...II .1 .
yju m J 1 .11,' J UUP,
There no hot pipes will svrch your shins
Or burn your feet mayhap
And after all it's better fa
1 nan nangin to a strap. .
When you have missed your usual car
And the streets are one biff muss,
Too need not wade thre oos and grime
Pehold yon Jitney bus..
Tou may get joits, may bounce about
And fall In some one's lap, '
But what's th odd a the risk the same
When hangin' to a strap.
Whin the street car system Is tied up
And is no good to ua.
It's a long, long way te your Job( my
there's the Jitney bus;
Up Farnam hill you'll ao Ilka th wind,
And possibly lose your cap
But after all tho' it's a close call
It'a better than a strap.
When street cara are crowded to the
tepe,
f?y. don't give a whoop,
Just pas up the car, stav where you are
Till you see a jitney 'bus;
The keen cold wlnda may frees your
ear
But lust be thankful that you nit
1 Instead o' hangin' to a strap.
If you have no ear flap,
pmaha. BAYOU- NE TRELE.
Why
Be .
"Blue"?
,r8vsry
tMottue
TsJl a
toryV
.
.
1
Don't hV
"blue."
P r h a p . the
fact that 'you are
inclined , to feel
sad, should make
you happy. Why?
Because, It may "w Caa I Xp -pt"
be a worth-while hint to take better care
of yourself.
"Blues" are apt to come from poisoned
blood often are caused by uric acid
which the kidneys vhould filter from the
blood. Strengthen your kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills the remedy recom
mended everywhere for backache,' Uric
acid trouble, bladder and kidney ailments.
A Case Right Here .
in Omaha
Mrs. R. Jorgensen, SI 19 Leavenworth St.
Omaha, aays: "My back ached all the
time. I felt dull and drowsy and didn't
have much life. Sometime my kidneys
acted too often, then again not often
enough. As soon as I began taking Doen'n
Kidney Pills, they relieved these ali
ments. I used five boxes and today my
health Is much better. My baek feels
strong and my kidneys are doing their
work ss they should."
HAATaT'C KIDNEY
VKJfklH -J? PILLS
50 at all Draff Store
Foster-Mllbum Co. Pnva. Buffalo, N.Y
r
Mildred Is Next
. 1
; . .
. The snow will urely
melt when she comes
out with" her beaming
countenance and beau-'
tiful spring, gowns, all
pink and white. She
has great rolls of waxen
curls, big blue eyes and '
oh dear me, when ydu
see her dainty little feet
and pink shoes and
stockings, you'll just
want to eat her up.
Mildred wil be given free
to the little girl under 13
yeara of age that brings or
malls us the largest number
of doll's pictures cat out of
the Dally and Sunday Bee
before 4 p. . ro., Saturday,
February .
Mildred's picture will
be in The Bee .every ,
day this week. Cut
them out and ask your
friends to save the pic
tures in tbe 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.
Yon can see 'mired"
at Tbe Bee Office
More Skates
for our Busy Bee Boys
Barney A Barry. American Club, Kick at Plated. T-pr4
Wlded Steel Blade. BUea to CV
This picture of one of the Skates will b la Th Be
every dsy this week.
Cut them aU out and ask your friends to save the pic
tures la their paper for you, too. See how msny pictures
you cao get and bring them to The Bse office next Satur
day. Tbe Skates wll be gives Tree to the boy that sends us
the most pictures before 4 1. M. Saturday, February .