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trill h changed aa often reqqoated.
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Thought for the Day
5c(af by Dr. A. S. Jfoaar.
"from forg antl farm and mint and bench,
, Ikrk, altar, ovtpott lot ,
'Milt, trhool, battalion, toiinttr, trench,
Bail, unate, thtepfold, throne ,
Crtation'$ cry goet up on high
from a'jt to cheated age; -Stnd
a tht nun ulut do tht work
For vhich they draw tht vug. "
lludyard Kipling: Wag Earner t.
aJ
. Looks like something dolDj over la "Bunny
Italy."
President Wilson Is the one to do tbe talking
for, Uncle Sam.
Winter wheat Is coming along at a gait that
promises a strong finish. Aa a booster the wav
ing wheat field beats a nolsemaker a mile.
' Unfortunately, an indictment "before . the
tribunal of the civlliied world" rannot bt
brought to trial to prove guilt or innocence.
A working agreement having bean made be
tween John Bui) and John Barleycorn, the world
may now proceed with the regular ached ul. .
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Yes, but who would have thought the city
ball pie counter would do business before the
federal patronage dispensary got Into action?
Essence of American Citizenship.
President Wllson'a Philadelphia address may
have been something of a disappointment tn
those who were looking for a fiery pronounce
ment of foreign policy, but as a lecture to newly
adopted American cltlrena It Is pithy and full of
excellent thought. In one sentence he pro
nounced the very essence of American tltUen
ehtp. He told tboae who had Just taken the
oath they have sworn allegiance, not to those
who may be temporarily In power, but to an
Ideal.
This is what distinguishes an American cltt
r.en from all others In the world. We tolerate
no departure from our Ideal of equality before
the law, and are always ready and wining to
share ita blessings with others. No degree of
distinction Is made between the latest alien to
take this oath, and a native, no matter how far
back his American llnesge reaches. Here o
stand on one common ground, with one purpose,
and, no matter bow widely we may diverge In
our Individual opinion or views, that diversity
Is but another proof of the fidelity with whtcn
we cling to tbe fundamentals of our freedom.
This condition Is sometimes hard to under
stand or fully comprehend by those who are ac
customed to tbe Institutions and traditions of
the otd world, but the splendid estate of Amer
ican citizenship is cherished by them, the more,
perhaps, because it is In such ontrsst to the
allegiance they have forsworn, which carried
but few rights or cltltenshlp and little of Indi
vidual responsibility.
The fake rumor of the president's, assassina
tion shows that' the combatants on the stock
market are just as .unscrupulous as tht other
kind. ! '
"Wall street quivers with suppressed excite
ment," dispatches report. That it tht Wall atreet
specialty. But the quivers never interfere with
tht shearing. r
Liberty Bell will make Its tour of tht west
without its tongue, but a special guard of twenty-four
Philadelphia councllmen will, prevent a
deficit in conversation. '
This talk about another navigation meeting
must be a mistake. Wt confer en navigation
only in tha winter time, when tht river la froiea
over and all tha boats docked.
The marine graveyard beside tbe rocky bead
lands of Otd Klnsale la sure to awell tht stay-at-home,
vacationist vote in the United State.
"Safety first" Is an Impressive rula of action
nowadays.
It is painful to read Rev. William A. Sun
day's remarks on the Lusltanla disaster, They
contain less charity than a tightwad and about
as much solemn piety as could bt tipressed In
a string of dash words.
The Japanese foreign offlct assures all con
cerned that Its demands on China are In tht in
terest of permanent peace of the orient. This
wai auspected from the moment tht Nipponese
broke into the uplift business.
The report of tht arrival of a rich Indian
rajah in New York bringing ont of hie queens
along, seems to have fallen off the wire on its
westward run. gait Lake City has not an
nounced Us reception committee. v
Another mm of IavaI T . Rmtth th, ..-t .
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PerriAm atrrat drjr gooda man," was an sicurslon
tiaui of thlrteta cars run la today from Rad Oak. la ,
an! Intermedial points, brlnginsj tn nearly t pu
pie. "Thia Is not th Ira at of It; you will hear from
mlth asaln In th nar future.".
telrgrara from Cincinnati announced tha death
there) of Mr. C. II. Oulou. Her huabahd and son.
.Mthur,.re called I her a few days ao.
Th new county court room haa heen carpeted.
Tn Nebraska Mata lusUta" asaoctatloa la a
Omaha for a three days' aeaeion.
Tbe champlonahip gam ef checker between Whlta
aiiia and Waters haa been concluded, with a victory
fur h!teaid, winning tea gamra to his opponent
eves, with thirty-thrt draw gam.
Tha Omaha Oloa club and tha lnd1eoha Quiatat
of Boston nt to Lincoln" to gl a concert Thursday
etesing.
' Freeh ice cieam, plea and take ery day and
prompt attention to order" la th aniiountemeal of
Carl fcebmldt. il fcouta Fifteenth atreet.
M. Toft Is accepting cvnaratulattone oa tha arrival
f f a young lady at hi houaa.
Keep it Before the People.
Keep it before the people that the election
to finish the work of consolidating Omab.i,
South Omaha and Dundee la to take place on
June 1, now less thsn three weeks off.
Keen It before the people that the strenuo.is
effort In the legislature to secure the enactment
of the conaolldatlon law will be lost labor un
less followed up at tht polls.
Keep It before the people, therefore, that tbe
vote on this important Issue must not be al
lowed to go by dafanlt.
Keep It before the people that Omaha If at
the turning point of a new era of growth, and
that consolidation means more to all concerned
right now than it ever did before.
Keep it before the people that the only way
to insure a good majority for consolidation is to
arouse public Interest by concerted action
through all our various civic and business or
ganisations. Leo Frank's Plea for Justice.
A very remarkable spectacle was that pre
sented In court at Atlanta, , when Leo M. Frank
stood for the fourth time before tht Judge and
gave his reasons why sentence of death should
not be pronounced against him. Hla statement
in court does not sound like the plea of a guilty
man. Its simple earnestness Is its strongest
quality. It Is the language of a man, not beg
ging for bis life, asking for no extenuation en
thit score, but pleading that he be granted Jus
tice. His asseveration of Innocence la made ao
solemnly aa to mora than ever cause doubt aa to
the' accuracy of tht verdict which condemned
him.
It la most singular that the law should op
erate against this man with such insistence.
Indeed, it is a point in hla favor, for Innocence
mutt always atand alone when accused, while
guilt haa prepared many aheltera behind which
to dodgt from punishment. Leo Frank atanda
upright In court and makes a direct and con
vincing statement, and, with the last avenue of
tht law barred against him, rests hla case with
the future, which he says will establish tha
truth. His only hope is now with the governor
of Georgia. Justice can suffer nothing through
the commutation of hla sentence, and may bt
aervtd by. giving hJm tht last little chance of
being finally aet right before tht world.
Efficiency a Good Watchword.
In reorganizing the different departments
for tht second round of city government In
Omaha under tht commission plan tht mayor
and hla aasoclatee have pronounced for effi
ciency aa the watchword. Efficiency fully de
acrlbea the object In view If it embraces honesty,
economy, Industry and initiative. Without any
jot them the management of our city affairs can
not be thoroughly efficient. But it tht watch
word la to bt lived up to there must bt no alne
cures, and no loafing on tht Job, by payrolltra.
whether high or low, btg or little. . The city
should Insist on full value for all tht money it
expends Just aa does he private individual or
bualnesa establishment, and the rules should be
applied all the year around, not merely a new
broom activity for a few days. We are all tor
efficiency, and wt cannot have too much of it.
Place for Supervision.
Tree-trlmmlng Is again under way in Omaha,
and, aa usual, ia being carried on In a haphasard
manner that too frequently becomes merely ma
tllatton. Ont of tht beauttea of tha city Is Its
apltndid avenues, arched over by the magnificent
treea that have been carefully planted' and
reared by the home owners. These ahould bt
protected to the utmost. Trimming is neces
sary, but It ahould bt dont. by someone who
knows whst to do and how to do it, so that the
lift and symmetry ef the tree will auffer least,
while the general effect ia beat preserved- Here
Is where the park commissioner might find a
field for acttvlty. a little outside hit epeclfiel
duties, but quits within tht general scope of hit
authority. Thia is not a apeclal plea for a Job
for aomt Imported tret doctor, but for sufficient
oversight by tha public authorities to give us
results.
British papere note with some sarprls that
Premier Asqulth, a roaster of language elegance,
recently used, the American alang expression,
"deliver tht goods." About the same time out
of tht classical precincts of Harvard went forth
a decree banishing slang from tht collegt dia
mond and requiring "crimson wallopers of tht
apheroid to pull off only highbrow stuff." These
incidents may be without slgnlficanrt, but they
Impose on Harvard greater vigilance it It would
avoid the suspicion of shipping vocal ammuni
tion to tht allies.
Ninety-two victims of the Lusltanla He un
der tht green sod of Ireland. Tbey art In
goodly company. Ireland ia tht burial ground
of uanuuberad victims ef tragedy.
Long-Distance Gunnery
Jfew Tork Time. 1 1 1
TIE new tun which Oermany brought Into uae for
tha first time on April ."Masalnat lumklrk. threw
Ita mlmlles from twenty-ono to twenty-thre
mllee. tahlihlng a record aa the greateat long-rant
firing ever known In actual Warfare.
f'r. Fran s Erich June, a 0rmi n naval construc
tor who haa been tn America for aome time aa con
sulting engineer for tlerman and American Induitrliil
concern, said laat week. In dlaruaalng noma of th
features which have arouaed tha attention of war -pert,
that he did not believe the limit of long range
firing had by any moan been reached. He alao ex
plained several things about th merhanlem of Ger
many's latest long-dlatanc gun which clear up anm
of the erroneous Ideaa about it.
"This latrat German gun. which haa been trl-l
out agalnat Dunkirk for tha fit at time," aald Vr.
Jung, "is on of th new fifty-centimeter type about
which much haa been heard, but llttl definite In
formation generally known. The radical difference
between thl and other 1ong-rlltance guns lie In th
Impelling power, which la derived from a highly ex
plosive mixture, thereby doing away with enor
moua charge of powder and reducing to a conalder
able degree 1h cost of operating. Thia mixture ia
prepared by eompreealng air 'to very high preaaur
and Injecting oil Into It at the proper Urn, thus
obviating th uae of a large charge of puwder for each
firing of the gun. Not only doea it reduce the initial
coat, but it facilitate the working of the gun.
"Tha construction of the modern gun la baaed upon
th aame line as tha construction of th Internal com
bustlon engine-, ao much ao that ven the deelgnsra
of internal combustion engines become designers of
Isrg gun. Th big gun 1 practically a cylinder
with a platon in It, but with thia difference from the
engine that the gun piston I the projectile Itself.
Alao, Ilk th englno, gun must be cooled by water
and oil.
'Another Important feature of thia lateat Sun and
one which haa not been generally appreciated la thnt
It Is poalble to us projectiles of different caliber.
For long-dlatanc firing a small projectile Is uaei,
while for attacking fortreaaea at shorter range the
large fifty-centimeter' caliber projectile can be used.
This Is managed by the uae of different cylinders.
Uet tie say that tha flfty-cntlmeter gun Is built for
firing mlaeiles of three different aire. It la evident
that a projectile of about twelve-Inch caliber was
fired In the long distance attack upon Dunkirk. At
the present state of gun-flrlng strtllty that Is the
largest sired projectlje which can reasonably be fired
for such a long distance. The heavier weight of the
larger projectiles makes a carrying distance of twenty-three
miles Impossible now."
The ability of this so-called Dunkirk gun to ua
different sited cylinders readily explains some of tho
confused views which have prevailed about thia In
strument of destruction. The ordnance experts at
Washington. In discussing the twenty-threemlle feet
a few days aero, were of the opinion, and rightly,
that a gun of no greater caliber than twelve Inches
could have been uaed auccesafully in the attack on
Dunkirk, stating that It would be Impossible to attain
a dlatanc of from twenty-one to twenty-three miles
with tha fifty-centimeter projectile, equal to 16
Inches. Dr. Junge's explanation that a twelve-Inch
cylinder my be slipped Into the gun show how a
misall of that caliber may b fired from a gun con
strncted t fire a mtsslle of nearly twenty Inches.
It Is of Interest to not, as contrasted with th
twenty-three-mile carrying ability of the new Herman
gun. that the American army experts have made
elaborate computations of what might be accomplished
by th latest American twelve-Inch coaat defense gun,
and It has been shown that when fired at an angle of
45 degrees such a gun has a range of 56.000 yards, or
over thirty-one milea.
"No actual limit can be placed on the long-ranaa
firing possibility of big guns." added Dr. Jdnge. "With
a mora powerful explosive force behind th projectile.
It would naturally carry further. This is what haa
given ths new German gun th ability of eucoessfut
long-range firing."
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Dr. Junge was asked If he thought successful lonjt
rang firing could b accomplished for distances pt
fifty to one hundred mil.
."Why may It not be nolbla. In the wars of the
future, if there are anv" h .. Li. -
does for such -distant eT Experiments have been un
der way for Some time la German factories tn tha
construction of air torpedoes. Like tho torpedoes
shot from tha submarine, they all possess a propelling
fore of their own, set In motion aa eoon aa they are
shot Into tha air. Let us suppose this may be possi
ble, and then Disc an asronlana nw 9irn
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with a strong wlrlss electric plsnt abov the line of
flight of these destroying air torpedoes.
we nav already demonstrated the ability of guid
ing boat by meana of electrlo waves, and why not
the flight of the huge sir torpedoes be guided with
accuracy to their striking point 100 rallea or mora
distant? W are Juat beginning to appreciate the re
markabl possibilities In the uae of electric wavea upon
other bod lea. and that la nim mint fnr .....
development which will be one of the heritages of th
war.
Twice Told Tales
Th Geaeraas Hat.
"Ignorance! Sheer Ignorance!" aald Mrs. Amos
Pinehot, who is a devoted worker for the woman's
peace party, during a war argument "Tou remind me,
my dear air. of Farvenu.
"Parvnu took hla' wife and two other women to
lunch. As they seated themselves In the lofty, oval
dining room Mr. Parvenu whispered to her husband:
" 'Ask for a menu. Jack.'
Parvenu puffed out his cheat and chuckled.
" 'One menu onlyf he aald. 'One menu for four?
No. ne; lit do the thing well, now I've started It.
Here, welter, four menus fresh ones, mind, and sea
that they're not overdone.' "-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
raaaaental.
A llttl boy applied to a society woman for a place
la her garage. ' ,
What la your father?" asked the woman.
"He's m redder." waa the reply.
"Tea, I know that" said the woman." but what
Is her'
"Oh! Why. he's me stepfadder. mum.""
"Yea, Tea," said the woman Impatiently, "but what
does he do? Doee he drive motor oars, or work In a
factory, or what?"
"Oh, I so, mum," said the small applicant eagerly,
with a dawning light of comprehension, "no, he ain't
don nothln" alnce we've had him." New Tork Times.
People and Events
A Johns Hopkins doctor eays there ia no such thing
a iheuniattem. Another venerabl weather sign sent
to the junk piles.
U. K Beddon of 8ymour, Ind., Is desd from blood
poisoning contracted from ualng a drinking cup In
fected by another mil.
One branch of the Jitney business in Kansas Citj
is evolutlng In tha right way. Iat week five buaea
war sent r a given route en a time schedule and
averaged t3 a day. Regularity brought galna In
patraag every day.
Th difference between reporlorlal fancy and the
reality la eh own In the case of John Bunny, tha
inovte comedian. Pveaa agents Insisted he got a
alary aa larg aa the president of th United States,
tits estate amounted to tt.eue.
A woman at Aaiabula, O.. having timbered up at
a bargain rush, on returning home thraahed a thie!
she found In the parlor, rang tor th hurry wagon,
end sat en th victim until tha wagon arrived. Bar
gain rushes are entitled to a high place tn the athletic
a cor board
t'nlted t ate Judge Ladi put another unique in
dustry out ef buaineaa laat week. The business roa
8itd of extracting th whisky that soaks Into whisky
barrel atavw. Tha extractors did not pay a revenue
tas aa whisky snakera. When th court aoaked them
tor th tax th buaineaa collapeed.
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Wish a Maw of tbw Ifoar.
SOUTH OMAHA.- Msy lU-To tna Ed
itor of The Bee: In theae day of doubt
In national affairs we need a good old
fashioned republican administration to
carry the ship of state through tbe dan
gerous wsters that we are at the present
time steering through. W need an sd
mlnlatratlnn run by such men ss Wll
llsm If. Bewsrd and Jamea O. blalne.
We need th good old-time republicans
alth the backbone of an ox. W need
the Oliver P. Mortons, the Zach Chand
lers, the John A. Logans, tbe Ben Wades,
the Ulysses Grants, the men of might
and valor who helped mak the name of
ti ls nation great throughout the earth,
when it was the bosst of this nation
that a cltlxen of this country wss safe
In any part of the world.
If we must be afflicted with a demo
cratic administration, we need ths old
time Andrew Jackson, and Thomta U.
Thurman, and Thomas A. Hendrlcka, who
would never atand for any lnaulta to
American citizens. It is to be hoped
that Wilson and Bryan will now arise
to the occasion and pro to ua that they
are the men to guide us with honor and
safety through the breakers and come
cut with honor to th nation. We do not
want any more Mexican fiasco, when
we became the laughing stock of the
whole world Jy the "watchful waiting
policy which cost this nstlon HO.Ono.OOO
and accomplished absolutely nothing.
American citisens ought to be est in
rny part of the earth without our being
compelled to go to wsr to secure th
rights w are entitled to, and If w Had
a national administration of the good
old-time republican stripe we would be
protected In our every right.
When the republican party controlled
the destinies of the country we did not
command people to get out of foreign
countries to their great loss because we
were wfrald we would offend a country
like Mexico by telling It that It would
have to protect our citizens. With the
hope thst our rights will now be main
tained with dignity and honor to this
great free country, we will watch to see
whst Wilson and Bryan do In on of the
most critical times of our history.
E. A. AGNEW.
From a Germaai Wis Clortea la It.
OMAHA. May 1L To the Editor of The
Bee: No doubt the sinking of the Lusl
tanla by German submarinea will bring
forth another outburst of Indignant pro
tests on the part of "neutral" Americans.
How oould the Germans dare to have
the audacity tJ torpedo a British vessel
In the declared war xone? And thia, too,
mlth several hundred Americana on
board, in honor to whom the German
torpedoes most certainly should have
respected the big liner, with its csrgo of
ammunition and war supplies destined
for the uae of the alllea.
It is without doubt regrettable that so
many lives were lost, but every person
on th Lusltanla was fully forewarned
and took all the responsibility tn his
own hands. What is tha standpoint of
the United States In regard to tltu lives
of all the German young men who are
killed by American ammunition supplied
,te the allies? Tha United States ssys,
"It Is sad, but wsr Is war. It csn't be
helped. Our 'neutrality' obliges us to
furnish England with all the war ma
terial It may desire. Loss of life caused
thereby csnnot be helped." Perhaps Ger
many has a right to th same view. Ger
many gav full 'warning repeatedly
against taking passage on British and
French boats. Was it not In its right
In destroying a vessel leaded witn war
supplies to b used against it, even
though a hundred or so "neutrals'" wer
on board? "War ia war" and "It can't
b helped" If anyone came to grief
through his own fault. Perhaps "neu
trals" will now lay more weight upon
Germsn statements, and not regard such
declarations as Idle chaff snd humbug.
The chsrgs that tha Lusltanla was tor
pedoed without wsrnlng Is ludicrous
when w remember how Germany de
fined the wsr sons months ago, and has
continually since warned Americans from
traveling on English ur French boats.
Germany's "paper' blocked" waa ridi
culed at rirst and now that they enforce
It another "atroeloua act" ia placed to the
discredit ,of the "barbarians."
Gentle minded persons are also .seek
ing to enlist our, sympathies by the
familiar cry of ungentltmsnly conduct
towsrds the "women and children." If
these women and children willingly and
deliberately put themselves In such a
precarious position, let them blame only
themselves for their misfortune. Or let
them put the blame where It rightly
rests, upon England. For England to
permit stesmers carrying contraband of
war to transport passengers wss a
criminal act of the flmt de-ret. Why did
cot some of Orest Britain's magnificent
navy come forth from their hiding
places snd protect th I.usttenla and Its
valuable cargo? Probably they relied on
the Ptara and Stripes to do this again.
It I really too bad Germany ahould
not hav the right to torpedo a vessel
carrying 1153mo worth of rartridgea and
ammunition, to b ued against her, and
found tn the declared war xone, alinply
because a handful o( ' neutrals," after
being forewarned, chose to take tl'e risk,
and suffered thereby.
When several Americans were killed in
Mexico recently, Secretary of State
Bryan declared "There Is nothing to be
done. These people knew that war
existed In Mexico and they therefore had
no business there In auen times." . These
words exactly fit the Lusltanla situa
tion. Its passenger ki.ew that war
existed belwen Germany and England;
they were warned not t travel on Brit
ish boats', whstever hsppened waa their
own fault. War Is wsr: tt Is sad, but
there Is nothing to be done.
DR 11. GERHARD.
Tla.
To th Editor of The Bee: A few ds
sgo In Sioux City, after getting a shav
and a shine, I spotted a place where
they feed a mn fsce, so I dropped tn
to rest and to dine. The steak wss well
eer ed snd the coffee wss aa good as a
mm could expect, so I ste every crumb,
licked my fingers snd thumb, and th
young waitreaa slipped me a check.
With her meaner I felt quite delighted,
she appeared se polite and well-bred, aad
her flattering smile made me linger
awhile, till at last she grew nervous and
said:
"Do you. mister, work on tha railroad?
Tou r a baggageman, ar you? O Joy!'
these trainmen ar grand: say. I always
hav planned, if I marry at all, to offer
2 my hand to a fat nlnr. or a atrong
baggageman, or a brasa-buttoned news
butcher boy. All trainmen are ao tender-hearted,
and liberal almost to a
fault: Ilka tha kntgata of th grip, they
ar g4 for a tip: they allp me th cota
without chewing their Hp, and I never
knew one to revolt
"They always belch tip a half-dollar;
but especially when they are stewed
their bearta will expand; when I voice
my demand they draw their fat purses,
and slip off the band, snd deposit per-
hsps, a bank note la my hand, and they
seldom get boisterous or rude.
"Are you going? What's this? Whst
A nickel! A lousy 5-ccnt piece! Good
Lord! I changed that rye bread, nav
you hard rolls Instead; say, what have
I done? And what have I said to deserve
eurh a grouchy reward? Tou're busted'
You He like a trooper! Tou railroaders
always play dead; and say, on the levet
I'd marry the devil, or a man that dir
dirt with a pick and a shovel, before I'd
have one of you tlshtwads: now travel!
or I'll heave this Iron pot at your head!"
I traveled. E. O. MiNTOEH.
Fvervone Mla Own Opinion.
PLATT3MOUTH. Neb.. Msy 10 -To th
Editor of The Bee: In his letter In The
Ree today George Weldenfeld of Lincoln
taught the readers that he waa a Ger
man and did not possess common horse
aenae. We all admit thst he hss a per
ftct right to his opinion, but this if not
the time for him to express it In thst
way.
"Don't rock -the boat."
A. W. ATWOOD.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Crswford He doesn't seem to be very
optlmiatic over the second-hand car he
bought.
Crabahaw No. If you're looking for
the optimist in the caee. you'd better
hunt up the fellow who aold tha car.'
Judge.
KABIB3U
KABACgT
STEMS FOR Ejtf-RCISc
BTtR BERcrsa it cwNorr0
usvbk eve. pc&nv t'rarnry
V jiAVE IT We Kaft?
Glh nr So von went flir th tnh-
thought you helieved that, the office
enouio aeoK me nmn?
uiona i 0:0: but thl is a fat Job, and 1
thought it micht get winded before It
reached me. Iloston Transcript.
"Did you take my advice about count
ing when you couldn't aleep?"
"Yep; counted 7,34 and then It was day-
llrht and I didn't hav time to sleep,"
Philadelphia Ledgsr.
flem'a a ctentlet sara that th eeilor
of tha hair can't turn gray in a sdngt
night ' ,
"He's never sen Msyme's when she s
forgotten to have her bottle refilled."
Baltimore American.
Cannlhsl Onlef-Tbla dish you have pr
psred for m la very sour
Cannlhsl Chef Yea. your excellency, h
waa a pessimist. Yonkers Statesman.
"t see the Payr babv cried with
loud protest when It was made a
Christisn." .
"Well, when you se the way Chris
tiana are acting Juat now In the world,
can you blame the baby?" Baltimore
American.
T2-iiiia rrfulnlv rild one etf fhe mOSt
contemptible thilnps a man can do."
"V. net was max.-
"Cuttinr an old friend dend.' Boston
Tranacrlpt.
l. rlinrT-m .frM vmir work la too
comic for aener! illustrating.
. h m mnna T will feSVA
to srend the rest of my life doing comic
8'ipriemeni- '.,,
"Nit necessarily. iou migni. ucmi
women's fashions." Life.
THE MERRY MONTH.
Baltimore Amertcsni
Lovelv month of light snd flowers,
merry month of blooms and oow-
Hsppt month of springtime lovers,
glad we welcome you today;
In your ve la sunny emillnc, In your
sir a fond beguiling.
And we look for all things charming
In your welt-beloved sway.
As a bright and merry maiderf, with
your arms sll fragrance laden.
Do w picture you as coming, wood
land garlands on your balr.
All the air about you ringing with tn
carols of your singing.
And the ground your feet are trip
ping bursting Into blossoms fair.
80 enthralling ia your beauty that to
love yoti is sweet duty,
All things young and all thing
lovely gather round when you
are here:
Nature throws Off all her aadneaw, life
takea on new gift of gladnes.
For vou are the best, the brightest,
dearest month of alt the year. f
Bluest are the skies above you. lightest
are the beams that move you,
. -1 4 u Vmawam Klvwlna VAlie
gold tresses round your face;
Sweetoat are the odor flying from the
flowera aoftly dying.
All the year holds of Its treasures
shows the finer In your grace.
' Then be true and loyal to us, all your
gracious dutv to u.
Be th month we always look for when
we greet you on your way:
Let your sentleneaa enfold us, with
your beauty mild still hold ua,
With your maele charm refresh us,
fair snd merry month of May. ..
Be Moderate
3 Says the cigar expert I
"Smoke moderately Not
necessarily fewer cigars,
but fewer heavy ones."
Tom Moore, the "modu
lated "Havana may be your
. answer. ' .
J Moderate smokers can be
frequent smokers if they
always -come back for
Aloore.
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