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TOE OUATtA SUNDAY BEE: It XT IS, 1915. THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEB FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATKR. VICTOR ROSKWATER. EDITOR. Th Bfte Publishing Company, Proprietor. EK BU1LDINQ. FARNAM AND ggVENTEXNTlt Tntr4 at Omsh poet office m seconfl-cUa matter. TERM 9 or SUBSCRIPTION. Br carrier By well par month. per year. Pally ana "under ... c $ " llljr without Sunday.. J "J .Wvening and Sunday SI Krfiml without Sunday 12 Runday He only.. ::'.' V.":lJ' . Send nntic of chnr of addreta or ooitipllBt of Irregularity 1 delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Dpertroent. REMITTANCE. Remit br drufl. espren o- postal order. Only tw. rent poslas ntstnps received la pymnt or small ac counts lrotil checks, except oa Omaha end eastsra egchanse. pot accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Biilldlns;. South Omihn-2318 N street. Co-.inrll Hluffs 14 North Main Street. . Lincoln 2 LIU1 Bulldln:. Chlrapro n Hearst Hulldln. New York Room 1NW. 7X Fifth tTWiua, Pt. Iouls SOS New Bank of Commerce. War.Uton fourteenth 8L. N. Vt. CORRESPONDENCE). Address eommunlcationa relstins; to Mi anil edl- torlal matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. APRIL Kt XDAY CIRCULATION, 47,089 State of Nehrnska. County of rtonglas. : Dwlsht William, circulation mnairr, ssys 'that the sveraa- Sunday circulation for the month f April. ll. wm 47,oki. DVTKiHT WIUJAMS. Circulation Manager. Eunacrmed In my presence and worn to before m. thla let day of May, 1915. KOBKRT HUNTER, Notary Public Subscribers Wring the city temporarily shonld have) The) Ik mallod to thorn. Ad drew will be changed aa often M rwqneatod. Kay It Thought for the Day c4 by F. P. Lmim ' H eonqmn twic4 who restrains himttlf in Victor g. Lord Bacon. , Mora and better boulsvards make for ths city beautiful and enhance the joy of living. Dead men tell po tales, but their' estates send disquieting Information to the tax' office. At last the diplomatic pen has another chance to measure its might beside the military 'sword. That' exploit In holding up a hold-up estab lishes rrsl qualifications for. membership In "the finest," Our get-together meetings over here might be advantageously emulated by the warring fac- 'tlons of Europe, , About the easiest way. of acquiring a for tune nowadays is to bump , against a moving train or fall off a street car. As usual, it develops that much of teat up lift street-corner oratory aa galvanised by hope of aa air-cushioned seat, in a city tall payroll chair. .. . . ' '.V Water consumers in , Cleveland pay only ft cents a thousand gallons as against SI cents a thousand gallons in Omaha. Again we ask, WhyT All the transcontinental auto touring should be routed over the Lincoln Highway. A long pull, a strong pull and a pull all along the line wUl do It. , "Never holler till you're out of the woods," but, just the same, let's congratulate ourselves on the freedom of Omaha from labor troubles this season. - - By stripping royal enemies of knightly gar ters the British people demonstrate that when a mighty blow Is 'ready; for delivery they "let George do it." Until the submarines are equipped with machinery to bore through sandbars, Omaha will withhold Its demand for fortification of the banks of the "Big Muddy," Following The Bee's suggestion that It is better to neil down the light rate reduction in reach first, and then have a lawsuit later if necessary, would have been more Immediately fruitful of practical results. In the coming class ot SIS High school grad uates 122 are girls and 96 boys. The dispro portion of the sexes is a melancholy reminder that ths men of the future will experience great dificulty in holding up their end of ths conversation. Harking' the "Oregon" Trail. The Nebraska Historical society and the Daughters of the American Revolution are still busily engsged st setting up monuments to mark the course of ths "Oregon" trail across central Nebraska. When this task Is finally completed, the more important task of marking the Over land trail should be taken up. The Oregon trail had but little to do with the development of Ne braska. Its course across the state Is but an off-shoot of the Santa Fe trail, and it was not the track of the Argonauts. The real avenue of traffic between the east and west was the Over land trail, with which the Oregon converged and lost its identity. ' The romance of the Overland will never die. nor will Its tale of wonders ever be entirely told. Men yet living recall Its life In vivid memories; Its argosies of wealth, Its tide of hopeful anima tion, in endless movement across plains anl mountain ranges, from the river to the Golden Gate. No one knows the tons of merchandise that went west, nor the millions of gold that tame east along this route, but none who knew the Overland trail can forget its characteristic Omaha's real greatness was born In that day when It became the real "Gate City," and through It poured the surges of a stream of traf fie that ever swelled until it brought the grU transcontinental railroads to supplant the "bull outfit" on this hlghwsy of commerce. Omaha still holds that commanding position, scd through It still Is poured a stream of traffic of immeiute proportions. Rome dsy the city win erect a proper memorial to Its pioneers, and the Overland will be the central figure. - Romance of the Submarine. The tragedy wrought Jiy a German subma rine off the southern coast of Ireland ten days ago links the dream of an Irishman with the land which supplied the teal and the energy out of which sprang the first successful nnderwster craft in the United 8tates. Half a century ago John P. Holland was numbered among the active leaders of the Fenlsn Brotherhood quartered In New York City. Many of them were civil war veteran, fresh from southern battlefields and Imbued with the Idea that Ireland could be freed by force. The abortive Fenian raid on Canada was part of the plan of campaign and an equally fruitless "rising" in Ireland brought the movement to a melancholy finish. Holland regarded a military movement for the freedom of Ireland as fool hardy and ridiculous. Britain's strength, he as serted, wss In its nsvy, and by striking the navy a blow would be dealt at the vitals of British power. He urged the Fenian warriors to fui nlsh the means wherewith to build the diving craft he had planned and be would "blow the British navy out of the water." By his sgsoclates Holland was regarded as an Inventive hobby rider, harmless, but annoy ing. His scheme wss treated with derisive con tempt, snd reference to the inventor usually called forth the remark, "Poor fellow; he's craty." Unmoved and undismayed by the scof fers, Holland persisted In developing his plans and managed to gain an occasional hearing in Influential quarters. It wss brought to the at tention of the British government in the '80's. but was flouted, as was a like plsn by Robert Fulton during the Napoleonic wars. Time and persistent effort, coupled with suc cessful demonstrations, won from dry deck navy advocates an acknowledgement of the value of the submarine as a coast defense. Thirty yesrs after the Fenian collapse the first Holland sub marine, built on government orders, was launched In American waters and' fulfilled the agreed tests successfully. , It Is a singular circumstance that an idea prompted by the hope of Irish freedom, and wrought into steel, should become the Invisible Instrument of the greatest marine tragedy that ever happened within the shadows of ths Irish coast. Wan ted; A Workhouse. Omaha's program for municipal betterment will not fully meet requirements if It does not Include the erection of a workhouse, which has at last been made possible by the necessary ena bling legislation. The money put in a work farm and workhouse will be returned in several different ways. To keep jail prisoners occupied at useful and healthful employment la a baslo rule of modern prison management To make the offenders against society at least partially self-supporting Instead of idle parasites living at the expense of law-abfdtng citizens is the first principle of fairness. Over and above all of these, however, stands out the burden which Omaha has suffered from being known as an "easy town" for tramps and hoboes where no punishment Is meted out to them more distaste ful thsn an enforced rest cure. A workhouse would put Omaha on the hobo map as a place to keep away from, and that advertisement alone rould be worth the money.'- ' ' ' ''; A Step Forward in Syndicalism. One of the unexpected economic "develop ments of the European war is manifest Jn Eng land in the new relations between the govern ment and the men engaged In the industries of the United Kingdom. .Only a little while back something of an acute situation had arisen, which brought ssveral suggested remedies. One of the expedients proposed was the "nationaliza tion" or the works, another the abolition or the liquor traffic, and each of these received for its time serious consideration. The solution has come In another, and entirely unexpected way. The workmen in the big Industries of England mostly concerned in the war, through the co operation of twenty-two trade unions, sent to the premier a telegram, "We will deliver the goods," but asking that they also be given some representation on the committee that is to have charge of directing the delivery. This request (was granted, and the workmen are represented on the committee, which Is made up of cabinet officers, department heads, employers and work men. ' , At Liverpool the matter went a little further, the 'dockers there entering Into an agreement with the government which almost amounts to the enlistment of the nnion. These novel and significant innovations are commented on very extensively by the Nation, which says: Thar are obvious Hake from the workers' point f view la the Introduction of military discipline, von for a special purpose: but. oa the other' band, her Is a thorough scheme for decasualising labor, and one feature of It ts the compulsion on dockers to belong to their walon. After this, can we revert to the old ton a boat the sacred rlghta of the non unionists? Will H be possible when next the unions or any union tnakea a determined effort to eliminate non-union labor to roraet thla striking tribute to the Justice and value of the principle T And even If we allow to the full for the Ineortu latency of human na ture, casual and nonunion labor must be doomed, at any rate at the Liverpool dock. Hlmllarly with thla Important etep on the northeast ooaat, the workers have been called In for a. special purpose, but the effect will not end there or with thoae work are. What la sood for the making; of guns la sood for tna mak Ins of khakii what la good for the neoeeMtlee of war Is good far the purpoaee of pesos. The progress of this new adjustment of in dustrial relations will be watched with consid erable Interest on this side ot the water. While as yet It reasonably may be regarded as an experiment, born of the exigencies of the war, iu continuance Into time or peace is foreshad owed. Syndicalism, despite its crudities, has here shown something that may be serviceable, and the action or the British government is a tribute to the truth or the Idea and a symptom or its growing power. Twenty-two yesrs sgo the Columbian naval parade In New York harbor presented the high est type ot warships then afloat. It Included the famous American white fleet of 1S9I, and visiting warships of foreign nations. The present naval gathering is exclusively Amer ican. Nothing better visualises the advance la naval construction than the assertion of aa expert that one of the modern dreadnaughta In the harbor could demolish and sink ths assem bled fleet of 113 without endangering Itself. mr vtCToa sonvirfs. WITH real rrgrat I am compelled to decline an Invitation to the Inauguration of the new pre. Ident of Johns Hopkln university this week, which Is to be co-lncldent with the format opening of the milldlnss of the university on Its rw campus at ) Tome wood In suburban Baltimore. Aa a former student of Johns Hopkins and also aa a former student under Prof. Ooodnow at Columbia, now trans ferred to tha headship of the Baltimore Institution. I would like to be there, and then, too, the principal address Is to be delivered by President Wood row Wil son, whose claeaee I attended when he was a lecturer at Hopklna. These Inaugurations of university presi dents are equally Impoatnr and Impressive, and almost aa significant, as tha Inauguration of White House presidents, and while It Is unusual. It Is not un precedented, for White House presidents to participate In the Inaugural ceremonies for university presidents. I remember attending ths Installation of President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia, at which ths other central f Inure wss President Roosevelt, also a graduate of Columbia, and hie appearance was nat rally the capstone of the academic festlvltlea. Again, three years ao T waa oommlsidoned to represent the University of Nebraska at the Installation of Preeldent Hlbbeti ot Princeton, which Included the conferring of honorary degrees on President Taft and Chief Justice White, who both responded with addreases. In the coming celebration, at Johna Hopkins, President Wil son will have a peculiar prlvllea of greeting as presi dent of the university from which he, himself, grad uated, and in which he Instituted the teaching of ad ministrative law, a new president who has come up. by virtue of work along the very aame line, for Presi dent Ooodnow made his reputation aa a professor of administrative law accompanied by practical work In government administration, his last mission having been that of legal advisor to the president of tha new republic of China. i And the thing worth 'mentioning In this connec tion Is the fact that Johna Hopkins university ts being transplanted from the buslnesa center of Baltimore to Homewood In order to enjoy a new consolidated campus and equipment tor Its natural future growth the advantages ef which are considered to far out weigh tha disadvantages and cost of abandoning and disposing of the outgrown downtown plant. The directors of the destiny of Johns Hopkins, In othr words, were confronted with th, ssme campus situa tion as waa the University of Nebraska, but decided without hesitation for removal. Perhaps I may with propriety here repeat some observation I made to Chancellor Avery two years aso, I had been down to Lincoln for the university commencement, and on my return wrote him a letter, omitting Introductory paragraph, as follows: "X think you should make a great deal more of your graduating exercises and functions than yon ho. This oocsslon offer an opportunity to draw attention to the university, and lis work, thst should be fully utilised, first, to bring In the parents and relatives nf the graduating students; second, to cell back the alumni who graduated before, and third, to get all the good and wholesome publicity that ia possible. Tha desired results perhaps cannot be obtained at once, but It can by cumulative effort In a few years. "The parents and relatives will come In If assure.! of special attention, and some entertainment offered that would make thorn feel ' their presence ap preciated. "The alumni of former yeara must . be becoming numerous enough now to Justify home-coming reunions as they have been In eastern collegea every fifth year. A pioneer alumni organisation Including all whoa degrees dat back twenty or twenty-five years could be mad a magnetlo fore, and an effort one a year to bring together all the ex-regents who have served on the board would keep their Interest stimu lated. "The publicity aid seems to roe to be very inade quately worked out The academlo procession could be much more Impreaalve, and the announce ment of scholarship and prlxea should be beldfor , tha climax effort. The . work aeoomplUhed by the nlvsrslty could be brought together in some sort of an exhibit or exposition, etc 'While an educational Institution cannot. In self-respect, go outside certain limits, tt can easily hold the limelight through Its somraeneement exercises without lowering Its dignity." . Brother Vdswoomb of the Geneva Plant! paid m tha compliment of reprinting In full what I aald in thla .column of the meeting of the . Nebraska 6tat Press association, including my reference to his re markable career aa a blind editor, and to his par tlclpatton in the theater party given the viaitors, which Inspired my wonderment aa to what Impressions such a show oould make upon a man who could only hear. Mr. Edgeoomb dleousses the performance with as much appreciation aa if he had seen the entrancing )art" capering before him. "The fashionably dreaaed young lady's gown,' ba writ, "waa cut ao low In the back that tha V extended the depth of her short waist Bart's aid comment was, 'What a long neck! The front of the eoetun was somewhat mora mod arete, and wheel the young lady faced about, 8a rl atepped on tip-to to peek, Thee might b called the high llghta of tha show. A theater full of fashionably dressed Omaha people had paid stiff prioea for seats and they seemed well satisfied. Of course, ther were very fine stag ssttmgs, good singing and elegant costumes, and a lot of stags buslneea that the Imagi nation can readily supply If one has aeon a per formance or two of thla character." In explanation, be also Is kind enough to sayi "I do not err with Mr. Roaewater et what h oould. er could not. do If be war deprived of sight He ta man of resources, and I am sure he would find a way to do hie work oa The Be vary well indeed. In aom waya ther would be obatactea, even limitations, but he would find them surprUtngly few. if h had to make the effort." i Initial steps war taken thla week to torn a local Pre club, for which I hop a smoother road to travel than ita predaceasora. But Omaha la bigger than It waa whan the last social organisa tion of newspaper pencil pushers main talced but a fitful and temporary existence, Thla la the day of co-eperatlon and team work in all lines of profea atonal and buatnesa activity, and Journalism Is fast gaining the atatua of a profession. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. VH M1MT av Thla waa clreua day with Bella Bros.' enow a the attraction, but bad Weather prevented them carry ing away nearly the amount of money expected, espe cially at night when the rain cam down In torranta, but the performera went through their acta in mud and water almost shoetop deep. William Qreunebaum la tha happy father ot a bouncing boy. The street oar company has completed Its Thir teenth street extension and will make the run through to Ilaell park. Tha company- haa also constructed a relief stable oa South Tenth cear tha tracks. At a bar meeting Judas Wakeley appointed W. J. Council. D. W. Ambrose. W. A. Hsdlck. H. S. B. Ken nedy and B. W. Blmeral aa committee to act with the county comrataelonera on the opening of tha county conrt house. Mr. 7U J. Duncan, faablonabte dressmaker. Invites patronage at her rooma In the Crouna block. Fusee FWd, th humorist of tha Chicago New, ta la th cfey, along with other celebrities of th circus. v A young eon-ef Ttenry T. Clarke fell from tha top of th tap of th high school to the basement bolew, fracturing aa arm. A thoroughly competent second girl can find a posi tion with Mrs. Moras, southwest corner of Capitol ave nue and Nineteenth. Foeton Transcript: Rev. A. Z. Oonrad save that " a censorship of both th presa and atae la neceessry." snd he mlclit have Included th pulpit. Cleveland Plain Dealer: It nobody ever say that Billy Sunday Is not actu ated by a love for humanity. He has declined to pose for the movies. Indianapolis News: When they pro posed to Introduce prohibition In England the dean of Canterbury added one more to Csnterbury Tales. He told why he wouldn't ride on the water wagoa. St. Ixiuln Republic: Why ahould re ligious sstherlngs perspire and grow le Indoors in summer. Instead of flourishing outdoors? There are base ball games and park vaudeville to call people out doors on summer Sundays. Our rcllRiou leaders criticise the things, but what are they doing to solve the problem con structively? Wher 1 the church's eld power to masa men and women for praise and worship under the open heaven when the leaves are green and the sun bright? TABLOIDS OP SCIENCE. Ths caterpillar rang ef vision has been measured. It is two-fifths of an inch. In m New York City will have 19,000,000 people and the United Metes 300.O00.0O0, 75 per cent of whom will live in cities and towna fllxty years' supply of natural gas at th present rata of conaumptlon haa been wasted in Oklahoma In recent years, ac cording to government figures. To test th danger of mine gases an Englishman has invented a delicate ma chine which photographically measure tha duration of the flash of an explosion. Concrete as a material for gate struc tures In American irrigation canals Is be ginning to displace wood. It durability overcoming th disadvantage of nlgher cost. By th use ef a partial vacuum the United States Department ot Arrleulturs has developed a hydrocyanic acid process for fumigating Imported seed more rapidly than heretofore. After extensive experiments two Eng lish chemists have perfected sulphur dyee with which It is possible to color wool, silk, hemp and other fibers satisfactorily and economically. A cow that give twenty-five pounds ot milk a day in two milking will give about 9S.I pounds If milked three times a day. So says a German experimenter. The percentage of fat remains the same. Notwithstanding the great amount ot timber on th Pacific coast there is a very meager aupply of hard wood, and much of ths oak mad use of In the western part of this country Is Imported from the eastern countries of Asia. I AROUND THE CITIES. Sioux City plumbers are out on a strike for a boost of wagss from gt.SO to $5 a dsy. In a fly-swatting contest at Columbus, O., th contestsnts ran up a score of 19,019 dead ones. , In the hot foundries of Belleville, lit., buttermilk Is to supplant beer as a sum mer beverage. For tax purpoaea Kansas City. . M&, Is vslued at 1308,000,000. The tax rat is 11.33 per tlOO for city purposes, i , St Paul reports an Increase' of 3$ per cent In horn building in th last toir months over the same period last year. ' Tomorrow th .citlsens of Ames, la., will vote on the question of Issuing 141,000 Jin bonds with which to rear a city hall. The Commercial club of Portland, Ore., has a standing offsr ot $10 to aayons who can find a hole In any pavement in that olty as big as a man's hat Cheyenne Is striving for th honor and emolument ot being th horse market of the west. Buyers for warring nations are giving th city a place on th horse map. A farm of SGO acres near Fort Dodge, la., sold recently for $-'00 an acre, netting th owner $72,000. Th seller bought th land twenty-one yeara ago for $27.50 an acre. Des Molnea succeeded In boosting Its eensus total up to 103,063. To the list are to be added th namea of residents Involuntarily sojourning In state institu tions. Minneapolis has launched a children's protection movement which comprehends exclusion from downtown districts st night rescue of th fallen, and effective supervision of dance halls, pool rooms aad movie shows. Minneapolis wilt be saved. Evangelist Sunday has given definite assurance that he will surely com to lead th hosts of light against tha demons of darknsas. Opposition of Lutheran ministers could not swsrv him from coming to the resou. At th ene of tw hours and forty-fiv minute eleven pupils from th Irving and Hunt grade schools of Sioux City were up-standing and unscathed In a spelling contest ta which thirty-two pupils participated. Twenty-one were bowled out SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. : A California genius hss rissed up a motorcycle with battery and motor, ao that he dispenses with th as of gao- lene. Cow bams are modal et cleanliness In Hoi lend. Some farmers pise mats be fore th doors and visitors must wlp their feet beffore entering. Government Irrigation projects com pleted or under wsy rerresent aa ex penditure of more than S.sc.000.000 and In volve the reclamation of 5, M0. til acres. Th aswest refrigerator is built oa ths "knock-down" prlnclpls. It nsy b tskea entirely apart for cleandng and then reassembled without th use of a tool. Th dimensions to which the grepho- phon business haa gTwn may be Judged front th fact that Caruso Is receiving ttt.OOS a year In royalties on the new record which h haa tnada. There are 680.000 telephone, of. which $90,009 are for bualnee purposes. In New York. London, Parti, Berlin and Vienna, In peace or war. hav not so many tele phone among them. A letter carrier at th Manchester (X, H.) poatofflo haa solved th problem of sorting out mall whan en dark streets. He has a small electric light with a re fleeter attached ta hi coat aad by turn, lag on th switch h can bold to mall ta front ot hint and read th address essay. AO th coast fort ef th Vnited States are being equipped with new towers that resemble asnaU light houaea. Battery commander wtU use thee tower for b rratloa Purpoaea, because they over look th gun and emplacements aad are wlthla calling dlstano of th gunasra People and Events The contention thst women live longer thsn men Is not open to argument In warring conuntries. The fight on Die yellow peril of th lawns la a running mst for the struggle against the h. o. 1. It's on dsrn dig sfter another. The antl-treating bill went through one branch of the Wisconsin legislature with a whoop, but with an amendment per mitting a person to treat his wife or a iclatlve. Th lstter proviso puts tiny white speck In the modern revival of Connecticut's blue lews. A Pennsylvania farmer, who "dis charged" without recompense, an eld erly alster, who hsd worked for him as housekeeper for eleven years, was unable to convince a Jury that board and lodg- Ing waa enough for th service. Ths Jury fixed the amount of the back pay at $0,000. A gleam ot International amity com ing from Spain brightens th edge of gloom In Europe. King Alfonso haa given a cordial endorsement to the Interna tional Institute for Girls st Madrid, ex pressed In an autograph letter of thanks to Its American director. Miss Sussn D. Huntington. Fines Colonel Roosevelt allied himself with the Anglo-French forces In this country his name hss been restured to th good grace of th Nw TorX Herald and emphasised In capital letters. Three yesrs ago the colonel's nam could not break Into tha Herald columns with a sledge-hammer. According to reports ot the American Medical association, the first month's operation of the federal anti-drug lawi gives much encouragement There has been no crime wave or trail of sulcids and death aa was feared, but there haa been many admissions of drug victims to hospitals, with, in many cases, bright prospects of recovery. Th Jitney promises to become a prac tical factor In th transportation system of Vermont. A number of fine roads built with state aid are a great incen tive to automobtllng, and Is th main Impulse to th cross-stat automobile line, which waa Inaugurated this month. Regular service over scheduled , routes untouched by railroads 1 maintained and the innovation is hailed as the great est thriller Vermont has experienced since Dewey smote th dons at Manila. CYNICAL MUSINGS. Ambition Is th yeast that causes a man to rise to the occasion. The only time many a fellow uses his head is when he wants to butt in. Gossip will generally get there without the sid of a special delivery stamp. The man who feels that he Is a law unto himself aVwaya respects the law. . Few things are so futile aa a bachelor and a married man giving each other advle. Every fellow tell a girl he ian't worthy of her, but he doesn't expect her to be lieve him. - Many a man sings. his own praise whose musical education has been sadly neg lected. An optlinUt Is a person who smiles at knocks; a pessimist la a . person who knocks at smiles. The great trouble about taking a chance ia that you can't always .put , It back where you found it ' ... A fellow sometimes doesn't know whether he is really engaged, or whether he merely has an option on th girt About the only thlnsa aome people never put off until tomorrow Sr the disagree able things they ean do today. - He y vou are a tssy. Impudent trifling blockhead, that you get drunk at every opportunity, and that you will sesl any thing you can lay your hands on." "Well, sah uh-kee. pee. hee! yo' rtuh hear what h says 'bout yo', sah: -Judge. DRAW A LITTLE NEARER. ' Thomas Bracken. Not understood. We move along asuiu der. Our path grow widr as th sessont creep Along the years: we msrvel and we wonder M ,. Why life Is life, snd then ws fall asleep, Not understood. Not understood. We gather false Im pressions . And hug them closer as the year goby. Till virtue often seems to us transgres aions. And thus men lis and fall and live sad die. Not understood. Not undertood. Poor souls with stunted vision . . Oft messure giants by their narrow The poUoned ahafts of faleehood and de rision . , . Are oft impelled 'gain it those who mold the age. Not understood. Kot understood. The secret spring et action . . Which lie beneath the surface and th Are disregarded: with self-satisfaction ' We ludge our neighlrore. and they of ten go ... Not understood. Not unrtersrood. How trifles often change us! Th thoughtloss sentence or the fspcied Destroy long years of friendship and es trange us, And on our souls there falls a freesing blight; Not understood. Not understood. How many hearts are aching For lack of sympathy! Ah. day by day How many cheerless, lonely heart are breaking! How many noble spirits pass away Not understood. O, God, that men ahould see a little clearer Or Judge less harshly when they can not eee! O, God. that men would draw a tittle nearer To on another! They'd be nearer The And understood! DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Customer (annoyed) I wish to return this .paper cutter. It Is not ivory, as rep resented. , Clerk Not ivory, madam? I can't un derstand that, unleas the elephant had false teeth. Washington Star. "She's head over heela in love with him." "That ao?" "Yea. she's got to ths point where sh can't see how she can possibly live with out the automobile he owns." Detroit Free Press. City Editor-How did the Howler get a full account of th fashionable wedding when we couldn't get a man Into th church? Aaaiatant They sent a brand new re porter and he looked so scared that they mistook him for the bridegroom and let him In. Philadelphia Ledger. "Tou war a very long time going oa that errand, Tommle?" "Ves. mother; but you see I'm entered In a race at school tomorrow, and I wanted - to save my speed." Tonkers Statesman. Circus Manager (to applicant) Tou say you want a Job in the sideshow, eh? What are your qualifications as a freak Applicant (proudly) I am the only liv ing author who has not written the inside story of the great war. Life. "What'd your bess say when you asked for a raise und told him you'd grown gray In hie eervlce V "Told me where, to get som hair dye." Philadelphia Ledger. "The colonel certainly gives you a gaudy setting-out in this recommendation. Fine Pianos atHospe's The Mason ft Hamlin yiano costs a little morsw . ' But why Not? The difterenoe in tone qual ity far exceeds the advance In price over any - other high grade piano. '.! A satisfactory action, a re sponsive key movement and a lasting and durably built piano is the point desired. . Then why. not now. a Mason & Hamlin PlanoT- $550 buys an upright. $800 boys a grand. . We carry only dependale and time-tried instruments notably the KRANICH & BACH BUSH & LANE KIMBALL CABLE-NELSON . HOSPE and other makes ranging la price from 1190 up. Our stock ot slightly used pianos refinished in our own factory and fully guaranteed, sell tor $83, $125, $150. $175 up to $275 for a refinished Stelnway piano. $5.00 Per Month Pays for One A. HOSPE CO. 1513 Douglas St. ixeursion Fares East VIA llinois Central El. R. e Choice of circuitous and direct routes to New York and Boston. Attractive routes to all Eastern Resorts. Optional Cccan, Lake and River Trips Liberal Gtopovcrs Lict TJa Aesigt in Planning Trip Affording Visit at Prin cipal Cities and Summer Hesorta in the East Long and Short limit Ticket on Sal After June 1st. Information and Attractive literature freely furnished. S. NORTH, District Passenger Agent Phone Douglas 264. 407 South 16th St., Omaha, Neb.