THE BEE; OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1915.
THE "OMAHA DAILY BEE
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Thought for the Day
S.Uci4 Mr. W. R. Matthtw
"A gmrrUn in a lovriom thing, Got cot! '
Rom plot,
Fringtd pool
Frnd grot
Xfcs teriett ichool
Of peact; and yet the fol
OoiUnd$ that God is not
2'ot God, in jeraVn, when th tvt it eoolt
JV'ay, but I hav a tign;
' Tii tery $ut Qod vxtlkt in mine."
Tho$. E. Brovsnt.
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Colon's period of stress la on. A 12,000,000
fire Is a serious net back to a warm community.
Voters who fall to do Ibelr duty on Tuesday
forego every valid excuse for kicking If mu
nicipal affairs don't go to suit them.
Clean-up time Is not limited to a man or to
a political campaign, or to a dsy or a week. ' It
Improves with practice all the year round.
Joint Indictment of capital and labor In Chi
cago Is a compulsory "get-together" system
yhich neither side relishes but must endure (or
a time. .....
The Hague; convention of women peata advo
cates has formulated Its views. Now comes the
more dUflcutt task of carrying the message to
heedful esrs.
Advance notice of clean-up movements In
grain pits are never given. Experts In that
line dUllke band wagon accompaniment. It dis
tracts attention from' the job.
Both sides are reported dinsattafled with the
railroad arbitration award. But the general
public Is satisfied with transportation peace as
sured for the year, and that Is one factor In the
outcome.
The people occupying the territory to be an
nexd Into Greater Oraaha may not be permitted
to participate in the political game this time, but
they can have Jurt as much fun as any of us
watching it from the bleachers.
No provision cf the constitution 1 violated,
nor is any states' right doctrine Invaded, by cltl
tens of Nebraska petitioning the governor af
Georgia to exercise his power of executive clem
ency In the Loo M. Frank case.
The charge that both tickets are composed
of. "men of honent report, full of wisdom.' is
tie neatet specimen of political neutrality pro
duced in the campaign. Moreover, the author
runs no risk of prosecution under the "anony
mous cirrulsr act." v
The end of the war as a aporting proposition
is quoted by London Lloyds at 17 to 1 to end by
August 31. Even money is the wsger that war
will terminate before January 11, nil, The
flgurea are useful aa showing the rout f guess
ers of an early finish.
Congressman Gardner'a attack ef lnvaslonltls
does not respond to the treatment of Improyed
Cap Cod weather. His lstest bulletin shows In
creased irrltstlon of the vocal membrane. The
phantom Spanish fleets of seventeen years ago
threw such a acare into Bay Btatere that some
rattled nerves defy the healing fouch of time.
i J ' J I
Tl.a Omaha baaa ball club went Up akalnat In
tfUuapoUs at tha Pharman Avenue park, and rr
pounded out to tha tuna of 1 to 4. to th disappoint
ment of th local fan
Melvlll L. Landoa, btar known aa "Ktl Perklna."
is atnpplns over la Omaha.
lloa. W. A. Paxton returned bom from th a eat
looklns rugged and aunbrowned.
A. Allo U to l apclal travellnf ant for tha
B, ic M.. with headquarter in Oraaha.
Doc" Mlddlaton. tha famous Nebraska bandit aa
la town, but left at 4 o'clock for th aC
Th Omaha Utht Guard hav renud William'
hall, formerly occupied by th publlo library, aa a
drill room. '
Th. hour for street car to ran at al.ht ara
Unded from 11 'clock to mtdalsht. aad th. drter
will t paid sceordmg t rvw tha alio..,,,
an II 7$ a day. Th. me. ar complaining ,nd
threaten to atrik.
According to PoaimaMer Coutant s report lift Ml M
roaiag .lamp aalea wer recorded In April, being ,
lacreaa of per cent over th year before.
The Flee. Ifniir, company have dlapoaed of th.
rubber auniflng derrtaHnt to Mtaara. Oroa A Au
Vla. who bava m( up buaintta at iXM Farnanj suat
Tie Benefit of the Doubt.
The rule of the Engliah common Isw is ths
every man accused of crime Is presumed to b.
Innocent until adjudged guilty after a fair trlsl
by a jury of his peers, and that ha Is entitled tj
the benefit of the doubt If tbe evidence Is In
conclusive.
In the esse of Leo M. Frank It Is no longer
a question of whether , he has been legally
adjudged guilty because the supreme court has
held, although with , two dissenting Judges, that
the proceedings technically conform with the
law, and that the verdict must stand. Aside
from this, however. In the court of public opln
Ion, Frank Is still being accorded tbe benefit of
the doubt, not only as to his innocence, but a
to whether he really had a fair trial, and also as
to whether the supreme court should not have
entertained his appeal from tbe ruling denying
hla application In the lower court. Tbe all-most
Important fart which has been generally over
looked, Is the declaration of the judge who pre
sided at the trial refusing another hearing with
this excuse:
I have given this nueatlon long consideration. It
has given me mora concern than sny other eaa I
wa vr in, and t want to say right her that, al
though I heard the evidence and arguments durlns
thoee thirty days, I do not know this morning whether
Frank Is Innocent or guilty. But I wg not th one
to ba convinced, th Jury waa convinced, and I fe
It to b my duty to overrule th motion.
If tbe Judge who heard the case was In doubt
as to Frank's guilt, although the Jury was other
wise convinced, surely tbe doubt entertained by
thousands of Justice-loving citizens throughout
the nation warrants them petitioning the gov
ernor of Georgia for commutation of sentence,
which can In no way Impair the majesty of the
court or the supremacy of the law. ,
The Politics of Eon-Partiianihip.
Nonpsrtisanshlp Is always the slogan by
which minority party candidates for office seek
preferment or power which they otherwise could
not possibly hope to secure. But nonpartisan
ship la office and non partisanship in seeking
office are two distinct things. Making local ap
plication, and talking about It without dlssem
bling, our "nonpartisan" commission plan of
city government has in fact given ua for tha last
three years a democratic machine entrenched la
the city hall. It has dona this by virtue of tha
fact that a majority of tha seven commissioners
are nonpartisan democrats, and where tha bat
anca of political power lies, lies also tbe main
spring of polltlcsl activity. We do not say tha
city hall would be free from partisanship If
republicans were In majority, but what license
have the democrats to dominate and nse for
psrtlsan advantage tha government of a city
like Omaha,. among whose voters they are In
striking minority?
Inasmuch as one political party or the othr
Is sure to control, The Bee does not hesitate to
express the wish that the outcome of tha im
pending city election will transfer tha balance
of political power from nonpartisan democrats
to nonpartlson republican. Therefore thla sug
gestion. For whomsoever else you vote, rat
for Hummel, Jardlne, Kngel and Zlmman.
Downijifc the Dandelion.
.. Tha dandelion has soma uses, nubile onlnlon
to me contrary notwithstanding. Its tender
leaves often adorn the table as edible greens: its
tsp root, running down to the center of tba
earth at times, sometimes serves as a substitute
for chloory, which In itself is a substitute for
coffee, and under the name of taraxacum the ac
tive principle of the plant appears In the piar
macopla as a cholagogue. But nobody ever
heard of the dandelion being listed among tha
ornaments flowering shrubs or plants designed
for lawn decoration.
The persistence of the yellow pesfcls equalled
In nature by only one thing, the English spar
row, which is even mora useless. Tbe fecundity
of the Nebraska soil makes the task of eradi
cating tbe dandelion on of stupendous propor
tions. The eternal application of all known
remedies by everybody is the only available solu
tion. The problem is complicated by the care
less man, who Is willing to let his lawn go to
waste, and who allows tba weed to bloom and
ripen and scatter Its seed over his neighbor's
plot, thereby nullifying all tbe effort the careful
man has put forth.
- The Civic League's Garden club plan for a
campaign against tha yellow nuisance la a good
one; swat the dandelion as well as tha fly, but
the swatting must be perpetual la order to win.
And. we always have with us the comforting
knowledge that from the middle of December
until tha middle of April we have very little
trouble with either of these pests.
New Deal at Uie Penitentinjry.
Nebraska is Just entering on another experi
ment in connection with the handling of labor
at the state penitentiary. Hereafter, the convleta
will work for the atate. Inatead of for con
tractors. The new law simply ahlfts control, aad
scarcely affects th condition of the prisoner.
The governor recommended to ths legislature
that some provision be made for the employment
of prisoners on roads or other outside construc
tion work, but this was ignored by th law
makers, and the prisoners will ba utilised in In
dustrial operations carried on within th prison
walls. The principal change is that tbe state
will have to sell or Itself use tba output of Us
prison workshops. The Bosrd of Control should
carefully Investigate the problem, and recom
mend some comprehensive plan for handling
convict labor to tbe next legislature.
Railroad building in Alaska promises to be
even mora precarious than holding white men
as section hands in tbe west A promising
"strike" will stampede a construction gaag as
quickly as a fire alarm rallies a crowd. Unlike
the western roads, the government cannot re
cruit its forces from Chinese and Japanese. The
yellow rsce Is a scarce article in Alaska.
In weighing the words of foreign critics of
American neutrality allowance must be made for
the Irritation of disappointed hopes. Results
thus far have not come up to the axpectationa of
either aide, and the pea wieldera, unable to Jab
the enemy, ease the pressure by swatting the
Innocent spectators. It is a harmless diversion
for unbalanced minds.
Japan is charged with a desire for "a place in
the aun." Nipponese ambition Is not so pounf.
leis. For the present the role of stepmother for
the Sou of Heaven will appease the brow men.
The Political Caldron
XT OBODT Is aaklng for hla money back. The po
ll lltlrat show has satisfied tha raoet faatldlous
Uate. Tha Innards of th dictionary hava been
10m out in an endeavor to eitol virtu and xpoa
ic. n naa been a campaign of enlurhtenment and
heat, to y nothing of th ptee do rartatanc, the new
loctrla light and power rata ordinance. Every nhaaa
of history, from George Washington erolnr th Dela
ware to Edward Plmon crossing the Douglas street
Bridge, haa been touched upon In this great educa
tional soiree, this political Institute.
Tha ramifications of a city campaign ar as vrled
ss tha winds that Wow. Th passion of men have
been aroused. Men who hava been considered desir
able cltlsen In their own neighborhoods havs been
designated as fourfltuher. On candidate was called
a "devil In his own home town." Puch words aa
' hypocrlt." -llsr." "eowsrd." "bunk." "seiton of a
graveyard." "boes-contmlled" snd "darn" hava bees
used with vehemence and frequence.
it win soon all b ever. Political history again
will hav barn written and men will return to their
pursuits of peace. Th strident vole of tiV political
rpeumnder will ba silenced and th good old world
will resnrna Its aplomb asd tha publlo mind will hav.
to turn to such prosaic things as swattJnc th fly.
pulling dandelions, eutttng th lawn, reading th bas
nan scores sad riding In Jitneys.
If tha casual observer might take th csmpalgn
managers at their words, thr will be fourteen in
stead of seven candidates elected tomorrow. Usten:
"The big six will be elected," says Chairman Button.
Th square ven will be elected." declares Chair
man Flynn. And even the political orphan says he
expect to ba elected. The republican committee main
tains seven republicans will go In. Somebody I mis
taken, that's all. Difference of opinion makes horse
races snd political campaigns Interesting.
It would also seem to th uninitiated that some
bitter estrangement have been made during this cam
paign. It wonld sppear that Mayor Dahlman hates
the very ground upon which Chairman Sutton walks.
Tet after tha campaign Is over th mayor and th
Judg will probably meet en th treet and. perhepa.
tha mayor wU! ask the Judge for a matfli. or th
Judg will ask ths mayor for a pipe of tobacco, or fur
a Job In tha city legal department It's only a stag
battle, after ail. Tha men do not mean to carry
through Ufa all they say about one another. It'a
politics.
Tha campaign has developed a crop of orators. Just
aa predicted. John Rln. for th admlnlatratlon
forces, gave evtdnce that h did not go to achool in
Fremont for nothing. He was en of th beat speakers
In school at Fremont and during the last few weeks
ha learned how t pluck tha colors from th rainbow
and fsshlon them Into alluring word pictures. H
talked until he had to quit, but only becaus.'Tla throat
gav out on Saturday.
Tomorrow ch aide will make th final effort to
enliat a following for their respective cause. Get
ting out the vote is Just now tba chief concern. The
antls contend that tha larger the vot l tha better
will ba their chances, but Chairman Flynn of the
square seven declares th antls hava no chance at all.
Th mayor says ha Is going to throw th antls Into
th deck on Tuesday. Th antls say they will hold
a clean-up day festival.
Th campaign has Increased the popularity of
street corner oratory. Men. who a few years ago
would hava frowned upon tha Idea of cart-tall speak
ing. Jumped Into the fray and added to th "tumult
and tha shouting." Th one dignified Judge and tha
cowboy mayor mat in th open-air forum and ex
changed a few handaful of shrapnel, but both are
able to bo about and the political nurses report their
conditions satisfactory.
Seen in bis training quarters. Chairman Flynn
made this statement: "Wa ar In tha pink of condi
tion. Our white bop, the mayor, will lead his forces
to victory. We will enter th ring st tha tap of the
ball and there wUl b4 no fighting In the (cUnches. Wa
hava dfctcowrad a new punch that will ba Introduced
on Tuesday, aad you may say that there caa ba only
en result of the contest.
Chairman Sutton did some Sunday mad work, en
joyed a rubdowa in tha morning and did some shadow
boxing la the afternoon. II ate a hearty dinner, read
the news pa pars, played a game of checkers and r
tired early. Many curious peopls visited his training
quarters, but only a few were admitted to the presenoe.
To a political war correspondent he said: "We are
going Into tha arena with the fight already won. That
talk of the administration people having a new punch
Is all bunk. Th coroner has been notified to carry
out tha remains of tne opposition. Never felt batter
In my Ufa Can read without my. glasses and th
doctor says tny heart action Is normal."
J7X OX ,
Twice Told Tales
Hlnm Gaaselagr.
tha theatrical man. la usually
Had
Walter Roberta
ready with a quick answer to any question that I
put to him. but one upon a time he was clearly non
plussed. A woman had approached tha ticket window
and said:
"I would very much itk to know If th show
which Is now going oa Is moral and proper.
Walter cast a scrutinising glance at his ques
tioner, but that was all.
"Why don't you answer my question, young ins a?"
demanded tha woman at tha window.
'Because, .madam, frankly speaking." said Wal
ter, hesitating. "I'm not a good enough Judg of
buman nature to know which way to answer without
losing a patron." Loulsvlll Time.
A Kingly laparlateadeat.
A Chicago naa with business interests In Mis
souri tells of aa Incident at a railway Junction therein.
H was very hungry, with only two minutes before
the departure of bis train.
"Sandwich and off quick !M h said ta the coun
ter man. "Haven't time for anything else."
"Baay. friead." said th other. "Tak all the time
you want. Cast poor aye ever this bill of fsre and
I'll phone th superintendent to hold th train a
hlle."
"Hold the train whll I eetr
Wur. Thla la a branch road, and there's no other
train eomln' or goin' over It this mornln. Th sti
pertntendent will want you to have a good meal he
owns this lunch room." fit Lout Republic.
People and Events
On of the latest wonder of California la tha boa
f a mammoth, which scientists say baa been burled
there for S7f,(ns years A sea serpent la the only thing
needed t6 eomptete the state's stock of Inromparabl
wander for gawplag visitors.
Assurance ar given by tha Kansas City Star that
a man who earriea a thirst to Leavenworth, will have
to so tbe water route or bring It back to Missouri
Ront addition t tba Indiana colony at tavawortb
aoeept the Inconvenience with pat riot le fortitude.
As a result of aa undertaker's rut rate war at
El Centro. N. M . Indigent dead will be decently
Interred for the munificent sum of one cant each.
whk-h the county promise to pay. The undertaker
does not ears for the money, but needs the exerclee.
Old-time fiddler contests ar enlivening life la
Tewaa Challenge carrying the big daft axe putting
roala. aad pep Into tha a port log extra of the Loo
6tar Stata if tha fiddlers wield th bow aa vigor
ously as they talk for publication, nothing short of a
concrete bridge will hold the catgut
Opportunity did not have to push th button a aec-
ead time at the office of th let John Cudahy of Chi.
sgo- It en mora likely opportunity was met half way
and had to spaed up to keep the paoa Cudahy had
the speculative daih. which doss successful team work
with foresight One year he was a bIx-Uoms million.
aire, th next year th fortune wa wiped out and ha
wa tl.ane.ao In debt. Than Cudahy buckled down aad
pal4 off tba debt in five year and died a rich maa.
That ia the brand of Americas eatrrpriae and grit tiat
gives aa air oi romanc te taa grain pits of Chkagav 'aursjaca, and wb eroatuaXy draakto an
Mora f mperttaeeit qseitleai.
SOUTH OMAHA. Msy l.-To the Editor
of Th Be: Before th people of South
Omaha vote g.ooo bond for the use of
the park bosrd. a long-suffering public
would like to see a statement of disburse.
ment made by tbe board of the I1S.005
they handled two years ago.
Before any more park are boutht tha
ones we now hav ought to be fixed up
in decent shsp. Th swimming pool In
Syndicate park was such a nulsanc last
year that very few would shed any tears
to sea It destroyed. Instead of building
any more of them.
So many. rumors have been circulated
about tha coat of the driveway In Syndi
cate park, that taxpayara would be
pleased to see an Itemised statement
bout It. If th park board need th
money, tet them make a showing of
what was done with the X1S.0OO they used
two years ago. SOUTH OMAHA NT.
Inside af Mlaara Baalc Caae.
OMAHA. Neh.. May l.-To th Editor
pr The Bee: The attached paragraph
from The Bee seems to lndlcats that you
have not had th latest news In regard
to the Rlgga bank cans. Th Lo Angelea
Time of a week ago today had an ex-
elusive dispatch from Washington telling
of an Interview of iouls D. Brsndels
with the president In which It Is told that
the president was Informed that Ms son-
in-isw, McAdoo. and Mr. Williams had
nothing to stand on and that he (Bran-
dels) did not wish to go on with the eaa
unless there was more evidence than
had been shown to him and that Wilson
had taken charge of the Riggs'- bank
mattar. I would suggest that Th Bea
get that copy of th Times. For
member that It Is that same bunch that
haa- and continues to mistreat Omaha In
the Kansas City Reserve bank matter.
and which It is evident that they do not
intend to set to rights. t. J. H.
The ft. A. R. F.aramanaeat for Oaaab
OMAHA. Msy l.-To th Editor of Tha
Bee: It does not annear to ha w.n
known that Omaha has a splendid op
portunity to secure the encampment of
tne arand Army of the Republic for
J PIS.
The Omaha Real Estate exchange at Its
last meeting appointed a committee con
sisting of W. H. Oreen. Frank H. Myers
of Benson Myers. George T. Morton
of Harrison tt Morton, George Lasburr
na ueorge a. Wallace to Investigate the
wisdom of Inviting this great body to
meet with ua On Investigation thla com
mittee ha come to th conclusion that
the facta set forth by representative
of the Grand Army of the Repbulc are
all backed by th history of these con
ventions In the past The committee haa
recommended to the exchange that the
various civic bodies of the city get to
gether and present a prompt and hearty
invitation for thla meeting next year.
Cities which bav bad tha meeting be
fore a number of them ar aaklng for
it again. Denver haa had It twice and
ill tak It again, and so also would
Chicago, which city has hsd it three
times. Los Angeles wants It although
they hav had It before, and so with a
number of other cities. The meeting la
not going a-begging. Fortunately, for
several reasons, leaders of tha Grand
Array of tha Re publlo feel kindly toward
Omaha,, and our chances ar good.
There seems to be a peculiar fitness
at this time fa having this body of noble
and highly respected people to meet with
us In Omaha. If the encampment comes
here tt will be the first time that It has
ever met in this great agricultural re
gion. It has been held In Minneapolis
sad St Paul, Chicago, Denver, but never
near to this great farming country, of
which the center Is Omaha. Vast num
bers of soldiers after the civil war lo
cated in this region, snd we ought to
bring the encampment, once at least.
ss near to their doors ss possible. For
a semi-centennial meeting Omaha pre
sents the most central location. How-.
ever, other cities In this part of tbe coun
try, Des Moines for one, are asking for
this meeting.
The coat of such a gathering Is in no
sense prohibitive. It will not cost to
exceed $30,OOS. and Chattanooga did not
pay that amount. Neither will ths slxe
of the city be a great handicap with our
known hospitality and our Improved ho
tel facilities. We are In better position
to take care of this convention now than
St. Paul was when she had S00.00Q. or
Penver wa at her first ' meeting. tr
Columbuav or Toledo much better than
Bait Lake or Chattanooga.
What other olUea of our claas have
done Oimslia should do If wa expect to
get tha crowds, as we say wa do. Let's
go after it and let's - after it right
. GEORGQ G. WALLACE.
Ahatentten and Ioagevtty.
OMAHA, May 1-To the Editor of Th
Bee: On April IT yeu published a synop
sic of an address by Arthur Hunter oa
"Insurance and Longevity," delivered by
him at the annual meeting of the Asso
ciation of Life Insurance Presidents, a
copy of which I have before ma The
address la exoeedlngly Interesting, even
though the deductions drawn by Mr.
Hunter from hla mass of statistics may
only ba partly correct, because aa ele
ment of uncertainty necessarily eaters
lata a large per cent of death cases when
determining the real causes of death.
especially when considered In connection
with the statements made by the Insured
as to hla general habits, when ha applied
tor Insurance, as to the uae of liquors
tn exoeas, their moderate use and total
abstlnenoe.
Th extract from his address says:
"beyond peradventure or doubt abstain
ers live longer than users of aloohol."
N6w what Mr. Hunter said was ss fol
lows:
"In my Judgment It has also
proven beyond peradventure of doubt
that total abstinence from alcohol Is of
value to humanity. It 1 certain that
abstainers liv longer than persona who
use alcoholic beverages. The low mor
tality amongst abstainer may not be due
solely to abetlnenoe from aloohol bat te
abstlnenoe from tobaooe and to a careful
regard to one's physical well being."
it wouia seem l rial conveys a
what different meaning from the ab
breviation published try you. At the same
time there are eminent authorities who
would challenge Mr. Huntar'e conclu
sions that abstainers lire leiger than
persons who use alcoholie beverages
moderstely.
Mr. Hunter himself, a little further on.
says: "It Is probable that among these
who were vary moderate users of al co-
hollo beveracus there were compara
tively few wh eventually used liqt
Immoderately: but among thoee who took
snore than a glass of whisky or .Is
equivalent a day there were probably a
goodly number who increased their dally
consumption after having applied for ta-
Immoderate extent." Tet In the deduc
tion from his statistics these would be
classed with ths very moderate user.
I. , th results of th Immoderate use
would be charged up to the moderate
use.
That certainly prod gees an rlrment of
uncertainty.
Th object ot Mr. Hunter'a address be
fore the life Insurance presidents ap
pears en the title paga of his published
speech, snd reads ss follows: "Effect of
slcoholle beverages, overeating, under-
eating, social diseases snd occupation
upon lensth of life aa disclosed from sci
entific investigation of 1000.00e Insured
lives." Therefor, be classes overeating
with excessive' use of liquors.
There Is another serious defect In it.
dictions based on such statistics, snd
that Is the temptation of the average ap
plicant for Insurance to misrepresent in
answering the questions propounded to
him ss to his personal habits Thus an
applicant who may use liquors excess
ively may speak of himself ss a moder
ate drinker. SS other-wine h mle-ht ha
declined aa a poor risk. The result Is
mat statistics referring t moderate
drinkers are often gathered from men
who ua liquor ta excess, but who con
ceal that fart.
It is. reversely, like men anawertns- for
a crime who try to minimise their nun.
ishment by claiming that they were
aruns, although th probabilities ar
that they were entirely sober.
Mr. Hunter's conclusions do not coin
cide with ths tlndlnr of other Investi
gators along those line. Whll all agree
mat tne excessive use la Injurious and
shorten life, there are many eminent
authorities who Insist that moderate us
ers are better Insurance riaka than total
abstainers. The Collective Investigating
committee or the British Medical Asso
ciation shows by elaborate tabular rat
ings snd comparisons that the average
ago of strictly temperate .drinkers Is
eJ.lJ year) while that of total abstainers
is only Sl.S years. The report explains
however, that the difference may be
partly due to tbe fact that most total
abstainers are man of low vitality In th
first place.
Dr. Arnold Lorand. tha famoua Ana.
trlan physician, of Carlsbad. Bohemia.
does not recommend total abstinence. He
teus us that care, worry, grief and sor
row cause more premature old an than
all other agencies. He speaks of meeting
a robust boatman on the Island of Capri
(taking wine probably twice a day reg
ularly) a man In the 80s who aeton.
iahed him. so vigorously did be hsndle
tne oars. Asked how he managed to
keep so young, th boatman repl1d
"Sampr allegro" (I am always mtrrr).
That Is th secret of the fountain of
youth divulged by the scientists. . Total
abstainers are seldom of tha merry "kind.
FREDERICK A. SEDLACEKT. M D.
. MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"I shrink from the ordeal." she) sal,
but there was triumph In her vote.
The ldv was dieting and exercising to
reduce her fleh, snd the scales had Just
shown that she bad sloughed off thirty
pounds. Judge.
Randall Delaney is very gloomy-ears
he doesn't care how soon he dies.
Rnaers Then he ought to consult a
specialist Life.
"How many peonle were st tha meeting
lj"t night T" asked the wife.
"Fourteen," replied the msn In the oaaa,
"What kind of meeting was It. dear?"
"Oh. a mesa-meeting." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Are you going to the exposition?"
"Nope: can't afford it"
"But your wife bought an entire new;
outfit to wear at the exposition."
That's why we esn't afford It." Heme,
ton Post
"Did vou see where some expert- had
achieved a seedlees Bjpple?"
"Tea. but life will not be altogether
worth living until somebody haa evolved:
the boneless shad." Baltimore American.
MOVING PICTURES.
On ram am street where BlzteentH Mas,
one oay
I Idly watched the masses on their ways
And as one waking, slowly comprehends,
I knew these for my life-long, well-tried
friends.
Wh5. from the world of fiction Strayed
awsv.
Escaping from the printed page, that
they
Might taunt me with resemblanoes)
unique
Of face and form. I did not dare to
lak,
And scarce believed so many years) had
flown.
For Dickens, Scott and Hawthorn must
have known
These self-same folk. They were all here,"
snd more: . .
Mark Tapleya, yes. and Pickwicks by the
score;
Good Don Quixote, without lanoe of
shield.
Roiirh Robert Burns and gentle Eugene
Field
With all th.lr characters. Then Tiny Tim
And Jenny Wren came by with sunny
Jim;
Then Scrooge and David Harum with a
Priest;
Then Mr. Opp and Beauty and tha Benntf
Perlmutter and Abe Potash, come to Hfo;
And then poor Mr. Caudle with his wife;
And Jean Val Jean with Cossette by his
side;
Then Bdwln dear, and Anaellna. his bride;
And Sary Oamp and Betsy Prlgg In tears;
And Marys, Marthas, Clara Vera le
Veres;
Shy Minnehaha, too. and Susan CSagg,
And surely that was Anv, Joe and Meg:
Gay Walltngford and Blackle Daw. his
pard;
Ani Elolse without her Abelard.
Here were they all, our friends, the
saints and crooks.
To make the characters of future bnrrlrs.
From every walk cf life they came, to
meet
On equalizing plane, the publlo street
Whoro each, engrossed In bis own sel
fish lot.
To Jostling stranger gave no second
thought
Though 'twould bring smiles snd tears
If thev had seen
These self-same pictures on a movie
screen.
Omaha. jTAVID.
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