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11 IK OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 30, 1915.
TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
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Al'HIL HI' MIA V lllCtliATION,
47,089
Btata Of Nebraska. County of Douglas. :
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that the average Sunday circulation for the month
of April. J'lR waa 7..
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me. thla lat day of May. Wis.
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May 90
Thought for the Day
SiUctid by Mr. F. H. Mtyr
Comrade tnin and 1 in thtir midtt, ami tir
TMmory trer to hup, or thtdeadi iocs to trail.
For (A iveetett, vittit N il of all my day and
lands and Oil tor hi dear take,
Lilac and tar$ and btrd twined with th chant
omy toul,
Thrtt in Uu fragrant pine and th ctdart dutle
and dim. Halt Whitman.
Just one more down and Greater Omaha will
malls goal!
The blue and the gray hare so faded that
the colon hare almost run together.
Now for the merger election to register a,
the ballot box the mill of the majority.
The merger highway la clear and straightway
to the ballot box. If you can't vote early, rote
as early aa you can.
Oa the first of a month the grata tit takes
the eleretor; at the end, the toboggan. Shaking
down approaches an exact science.
First comers for Alc-Sar-Ben get In on the
(round floor, and hare vantage seats for tho
season In the tipper boxes. Have you joined?
Composing the Mexican situation Is promised
again. Confidence in the promise awaits
definite arrangements for a tew anarchist
funerals.
Fifty years after the close of the great civil
yr finds a grateful republic more ready than
ever to pay homage to the memory of the sol
dlers who saved the union.
It does not help Omaha for a yellow Journal
to placard the city as overrun with thieves and
thugs, and to pretend that there is no police pro
tection. Down with the knockers!
Lightning actually Invaded the Missouri
supreme court room and delivered a series of
shocks surpassing the exploits of the native
mule Immortalised by Chief Justice Lamm.
That Injunction on the sew eleotrlo lighting
rate ordinance stands for the present, but it
does not prevent the company making the over
due reduction which It said It was willing' to
make. .
Some Electric Light Illumination.
8o much of the public pabulum on the pubUa
service plants comes from spokesmen tor the
owners or promoters that the ring of Indepen
dent individuality In a pamphlet Just iasued by
Morris L. Cook, director of public works at Phil
adelphia, embodying two lectures on public util
ities given at various eastern universities during
the winter, is really Illuminating. In these lec
tures Mr. Cook discusses the relations of the
various public service oompanlea with the
municipalities, and their rate juggling. Mu
nicipal ownership doee not appeal to him aa the
remedy "not rat" but he insists that substan
tlally one-half of the l. 000, 000, 000 of capital
of electric gas, street and lnterurban railway
co rep an lee Is water. It this volume of water
were ejected and rates based oa actual Invest
ment were put la force, much of the friction
would disappear and cltlee and companies do
business to their mutual benefit and satisfac
tion.
Mr. Cook makes two Important statement
which have direct bearing on our own eleotrlo
light rate controversy. 8o far-reaching is the
power of holding companies, and so closely are
the various utilities knit for self-protection, he
says it is well nigh lmpoesible for cities to
secure unbiased expert evidence In rate cases or
in the making of inventories of utility property
Every electric engineer or electrical expert of
cote la either directly or Indirectly interested In
the utility companies, and their salaries are in
proportion to the ingenuity of their "right
thinking." Openly the oompanles express fear
of municipal ownership. "But," says Mr. Cook,
"actually and secretly policies are baaed upon
an expectation that most of these properties will
be taken over by the people during the coming
generation." For this reason the companies
are charging all the traffic will bear and at the
same time "making strenuous efforts" to secure
from public service bodies "the validation of in
ventories and appraisals" to serve as a basis tor
tbe future negotiations.
Memorial Day.
At. first. Decoration day was an occasion
that rame very clone to tbe hearts of the peop'e
among whom it originated, for the wounds oi
the war were still unhealed, and hearts yet
ached with the sense of personal bereavement.
Now, In Its broader application, it has come to
be Memorial Day, when a mighty nation ceases
from its dally vocation to pay a tribute to the
memory of those who have died In the wars of
the nation. The ceremony of the day, stmpl
and unaffected. Is one full of meaning. Not
alone does it recall the achievements of the ao'
dlers gone, but the patriotic Impulse here re
news Its pledge to the nation, to make even the
supreme sacrifice for the preservation of ths
union and its Institutions.
Devotion to one's country la not shown on
the battlefield alone, for every day in ever
alk of life opportunity Is afforded for the ex
emplification of fidelity to those Ideals that
make our country great The flag Is saluted
as an emblem of those ideals, but back of thnt
ralute Is the determination to merit the privil
eges as well as to receive the rewards of Amer
ican citizenship, and in this spirit the citizen,
no matter what his condition, Is as truly netting
forward the standard of freedom as though ho
were baring his breast to the stress of battlo
under Old Glory.
Memorial Day In Its truest sense Is the time
for a renewal of faith and consecration to the
common destiny of a common country.
City Planning- Subjects.
Tbe growing Interest of Omaha in city plan
ning too frequently emphasizes the hazy notloni
which most people have as to what city plan
ning embraces. In this connection the program
which has been prepared for the National Con
ference on City Planning, soon to meet in De
troit, affords some illuminating light through
the mere enumeration of the topics to be up for
consideration and dlscuss'on.
Omitting those which suggest only generali
ties, one session is to be devoted to "The Best
Methods of Land Subdivision," with special ref
erence to the dimensions and size of building
lots, and tbelr variation for different classes of
buildings. Another session Is to be given over
to "City Planning and Civic Designing" from
tbe standpoint of the architect and builder, and
still another session to the legal and administra
tion problems of municipal control over publld
and private Improvements to make them con
form with a comprehenaive plan for the com
munity rather than the selfish desire of the 'n-
dlvldual.
It goes without saying that while these sub
jects may be treated generally in a national con
ference, they have . their specific application to
every growing' city. Nor Is it imperative that
the solution of the problem be the same every
where, for communities do not want to be mera
duplicates of one another even for the sake of
uniformity. Tbe main thing is to look at the
city's development from all Its varying stand
points, and, above all, to look far enough into
the future to provide an elastic framework for
growth that does not have to be recast and done
over every few years.
Intervention in Mexico. -Speculation
is again rife In Washington as
to what policy the administration will adopt in
dealing with tbe situation In Mexico. The
affairs of that unhappy country have reached
such a stage that It 1 is apparently Imperative
that something be done to help 1U people get
on a more solid footing, so far as government
is concerned. 'While the United States can and
will give aid to the destitute, and relieve tht
physical suffering of the Mexican people as fast
as possible, what will be done to correct the
political abuses may only be guessed at.
Will the president turn about face on his
course and adopt a more vigorous policy for
dealing with the Mexican , situation.? He Is
pledged publicly 'not to Interfere with the Mex
icans in their settlement of their own affairs in
their own way, but bas not the situation across
our southern border ceased to be an exclusively
Mexican affair?. One thing is very certain, the
banditti who have brought the country to its
present sad state are not to be reached by moral
suasion. They have proved themselves to bo
(without capacity for the higher duties of gov
ernment or the more important of military re
quirement. As organisers of guerilla warfare
they are superb, and la plunder and rapine
without peers, but they know nothlnr of tha
humane side of warfare, nor the responsibility
mat goes with power; therefore, words are
wasted on them.
Mr. Wilson can be very firm in hia dnmanda
as he is Impressive In his warnings, but is be
ready to follow up his demands, and support his
position by force. It unheeded by the Mexicans
Watchful waiting" has brought nothlna- to a
conclusion, unless it be the temporising policy
that has permitted anarchy to increase. Will
it be exchanged for some other and more effec
tive method of pacifying Meilco, and ending the
disorder there that has now become Intolerable?
Making- a Virtue of Ketesiity.
Some of the eastern trade papers, and a few
of the secular organs, have sounded the praise
of United States 8teel because it has taken uo
contracts for the furnishing of war material.
Now comes the Wall Street Journal and lets a
little light In on the subject. Adverting to the
same topic, the Journal says United States Steol
has refused to consider contracts running Into
hundreds of millions of dollars for the furnish
ing of war munitions. It goes on. however, to
point out that the steel -works of Europe are all
busy turning out war material, to the exclusloa
of commercial steel, and that In this the domes
tic company is finding much employment for its
(plants. It is not taking any chances oa putting
up factories that may hkve to be torn dowa after
th war, but is making a virtue of neeesslty by
providing structural steel of all sorts, la order
that European factories msy be given over to
the making of war material. You may point
your owa moral to tbia.
Tbe medical doctors or Nebraska have for
mally reaoluted for a new constitution for the
state. It Is possible Nebraska stands in need
of Just this thing, but, really, what Is It the doc
tors want that they can't get under the present
constitution ?
sy Txorom Konrwam.
iiTTNCT.rc JOE" RF.rMAN waa a "character" In
J every aenre of the word. He waa the typical
"otdext Inhabitant." and at the same time up
to the very end the youngeat old man I ever knew.
He waa always good humored and Jovial, Juat buret
Ina; with enthuelaam for whatever particular proiect
he happoned to have In hand. He never heltated to
drop In to tell about aomething new ha had gotten
hold of, which waa alwaya going to do wonders for
Omaha, for ha believed In Omaha's future greatnee.
and waa wrapped up In It, heart and eoul. Hla fund
of energy aeemed Inexhauatlble, and he could a't up
a head of steam with 1cm fuel than anybody elae In
the community. Of cotirae, many of hla scheme were
of the ralnbow-chajitng variety, but every now and
then he atarted aomething that had a real Inndimr
place, and no worthy movement that promlaed well
for Omaha failed to enllat "Uncle Joe" aa a booater,
even though he had nothing elae to put In.
While "Uncle Joe" waa a "character." who could
reel off hla experiences of the early daya by the yard,
and tell Juat when It waa colder or hotter, or wetter
than the laat record-breaking freealng, or ecorchlnfc.
or flooding, he never hit any very high apote of of
ficial eminence, although be served Ion yeara ago on
the school hoard, and later In the city council. In
The Hee'e political flKhta, "Uncle Joe" naa been with
tie and agin' ua, but that haa been all gone and for
given on both aides. It la worth noting, however, that
the aame uprlnlng of the people for a reorganisation
of the Omaha publlo achoote that placed The Bee on
the map alao made Joe Redman a member of the
school board. Aa has been more than once explained,
the founder of The Bee. In order to ouat a ao-called
school ling, procured the enactment of a law by the
legislature In which he waa then serving, conaolldat
Ing the achool machinery and Inaugurating a Board of
Kducatlon. In leKleiatlT tranatt, the author of the
bill waa compelled to ecoept an amendment for ac
ceptance or rejection by popular vote before the law
ahould become operative. I have Juat looked up that
law, and obaerve a curloua wording of the referendum
clauae to the effect that the law ahould be suspended
If the "No'a" oonatltuted e. majority a. negative refer
endum, ao to apeak. Hecardleaa of that. However,
The Bee waged a succeaaful campaign for acceptance
of the law which created a achool hoard made up of
two members from each of the ill wards, and at the
next election which Inaugurated the new regime.
"Uncle Joe" waa ehoaen to repreaant the rifth ward,
where he then lived, and continued to live ever after.
"Uncle Joe's" career aa a city councilman waa
coincident with the beginnings of cur water works,
and he and hla assoolatea were the atorm center of
the fameua Holly water worka squabble, which waa
probably the hottest municipal flsht ever pulled off
In this bailiwick. I have the original Cushlng letter
book packed away somewhere, but I am not going to
dig It up at this time. In that famous combat "Uncl
Joe'a" aide got licked good and plenty, but he came
up smiling for the next round, as he always did.
- i t
I was talking with Frank Redman the other day,
aummoned here from Salt Lake Cltv because of his
rathefa lllnesa. "We're Juat waiting." he said. "But
we have this rreat consolation that father la leaving
ua the very beat herltajre any man with a large
family could leave to hla children. We are to have all
our pleasant memoiiea and nothing else no property
to divide or quarrel about nothing whatever to ruffle
our feelings or to cauae rivalry oP to dlaturb the af
fection In which we hold one another."
There to more deep philosophy In this casual remark
than In many a long-studied one.
Governor Whitman could not but have been pleaaed
with the reception accorded him during hla brief
stop-off In Omaha when m. goodly delegation of repre
sentative oitliens went down to the atatlon through
tho rain to meet him and greet him. The Empire
state governor Impressed every one with his cordial
and frank manner. Re was willing to discuss anything
but presidential politics. Whitman may, or may not.
bo in tho liets for the next republican nomlnatlon-the-t
will depend largely upon him, and the extent to
which he makes good aa chief executive of his state.
But It must be remembered that at least three New
Tork governors have made tha Jump from the mansion
at Albany to the White House at Washington, and
aeverai more have led their party hosta aa standard
bearers. To become tha head of tha government of
the greatest state In the union la Itself an achievement.
A governor of New Jersey traveled across the con
tinent less than four yeara ago to apy out the land
and visited between trains In Omaha-ao It fa not tho
lmpoesible nor without precedent.
Twice Told Tales
Rebalced
He waa deeply in love with hla wife, but awfully
careless about money matters.
He started away on a long business trip, leaving
her ehort of money and promising to send her a
check-whlch he forgot to do. The rent came due and
she telegraphed:
"Dead broke. landlord Inalstent Wire me mpney."
Her husband answered:
"Am ahort myaelf. Will aend check In few daya. A
thouaand kisses."
Exasperated, his wife replied:
'Never mind money. I (ave landlord one of the
kisses. He wae more than satisfied. "New Tork
Times.
Ho Ceald Traaelate) Tfcat.
A Chinaman was brought before a magistrate In
a court of a Canadian city and received a fine for a
slight misdemeanor. The Judge had great difficulty
In making the oriental understand, for he pretended
not to know a word of Engllah.
"Look here, man." he said dlasTiatedly. "that Is 11
Do you see T Pay lt-otherwlse In Jail! Understand
The Chinaman ahrnified that he did not understand
and the magistrate repeated It.
"Let me talk with him, your honor," aald the
portly officer who had arrested the man. "I II make
him understand I"
Whan the Judge had siren him leave the officer
approached the Chinaman and ahoute his ear-
"Bay you, wlin the teakettle face, can t you hasr
anything? Tou'va got to pay a 13 fine-"
'2Ulr ,Wirr the Chinaman, forgetting
htmaelf la hi. rage. "If. only l."-Touth's Com-
"Im sums iX7iXtSKtmmm
Decoration day wa. elaborately observed, businest
houses and reatdencea being decorated, particularly
along the line of march of the parade. 'Open air
ervlcee were held at Prospect Hill. John I Webster
delivered the oration of the day.
One feature of the Decoration day parade waa
thirty-eight rtatea represented by thirty-eight fair
maidens.
The board of public works let paving contracts aa
follows: Far nam frcm Fifteenth to Sixteenth with
Bioux Falls granite on broken atone and vand bae
to E. J. Brannen at fSOS per square yard: fur paving
Farnam from Eighteenth to Twentieth w.tli aphlt to
the Barbour Asphalt company, at per square
yard with a five-year guaranty.
Fred Nelson. 613 North Sixteenth street, la anxious
(or the return of a leather pocketbook. containing
two notes and aotne money, lost between the govern
ment corral and Wakefield's lumber yard.
Tha Oiltette company put on the player's own
comedy. "The Profeeaor." to the delight of a Boy.l
audience.
W. P. Ourley went to Blair to deliver the Memorial
day oration there.
Harry Jordan of the Union Pacific telegraph of
fice, haa gone to St. Ixiuls for a short visit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Millard, are back from tleast.
Dr. John E. Summers Is back In Omaha after a
year and a half of study.
SECULAB SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: A missionary
declares that until recently Koreana did
not know how to "spoon." The benighted
condition of that unfortunate people has
been worse than moat people euppoeed.
And what would the world do without
missionaries?
Brooklyn Eagle: The Episcopal church,
through Its representatives at the dio
cesan convention at Oarden City, reject,
the proposition that women be offered
the right to vote on church matters.
There was a large majority against It.
The authority of ft. Paul I. not to be
set aidc
Houston Post: The Church of England
bellevea that there la a time to fight aa
well aa a time to preach, and that the
time to fight la right now. Hence the
ordination council of the diocese of Lon
don has adopted a resolution that no
candidates for admission to the clergy
of the church who are of military age
and physically fit for duty will be or
dained during the war. In other words,
the Implication la that they can serve
the "cause of humanity" to better ad
vantage In the trenches than in the
pulpit.
Springfield rtenubllcan: R.v n-
olnette Brown Blackwell, the first
woman minister ordained m the United
Ktatea, haa Just celebrated her ninetieth
birthday by finishing a new book. Mrs.
Hlackwell was one of the speaker, at th.
historic woman's rights convention at
Worcester In J8J. and haa been promi
nent aa a lecturer on the abolition of
slavery, on temperance and on other so
cial reforms. She waa graduated at
Obe.rlln theological seminary and Is now
pastor emeritus of All Sou la' church.
Elizabeth, N. J.
CY15TCAL RF.MABKS.
Oh, liberty, what, a lot of divorces hid.
under thy cloak!
Too many of ua ride a hobby without
an emergency brake.
Probably the moat Important woman's
club Is the rolling pin.
When a so-called vocalist murder, a
aong the sound Is not deadened.
Even figuree that won't lie are some
times Incased In tailor-made gowns..
Anyway, Eva waan't constantly nag
ging poor old Adam about other women.
A second 'arrow from Cupid's bow
quickly heal, the wound made by the
first.
Only a bachelor knows that It'a the
easiest thing In the world to manage
a wife.
A girl alwaya tells a young man she
can cook-end she always tell, other girls
that ahe caa't
Bom. men would have no excuse for
living If their wive didn't Uke In
boarders.
If the world owes us a living, why not
pull off our coat, and proceed to col
lect It?
Young man. beware of the dear girl
who let. you do ail the talking during
courtahlp. She's playing a waiting game.
We are never too old to learn. A man
never realise, how little he knows till
hla small son gets bis; enough to ask
questions. - Pittsburgh Chronlde-Tele-graph.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
The deepest trench of the seas yet
discovered 1. off Mindanao, In the Pacific
32,068 feet.
Gras. or hay placed In a pipe for a
few days will cauae it to amok, a
sweetly a when It was new...
Six or eight months' time and an
expense of 50,000 I. Involved in repaint
ing th. Brooklyn bridge.
Experiments have shown that th. auto
mobile la the most efficient and eco
nomical when driven at a rate of twenty
miles an hour.
A three-Inch steel cable made for use
in a Cuban mine withstood a pulling tost
of TSl.eoo pounds, which Is said to be the
record. -
Concrete archea resting upon bedrock
have been built In a New Hampshire
cemetery to support gravestones In land
too soft to support them Itself.
Tests of electrical smelting at old tin
mines in Walea have shown that the loas
of metal la about 1 per cent, aa com
pared with I or t per cent In former
methods.
According to a Canadian patent for
treating fuel to prevent araoke, the ooal
or like fuel is sprayed, before or dur
ing combustion, with a solution of so
dium chlorate or perchlorate and sodium
permanganate. Preferably, the perchlor
ate and permanganate are used In equal
parta by weight and dlsaolved In the aame
weight of water. A smaller proportion of
chlorate la used, and the mixtures may
be greatly diluted. The heat of the fur
nace liberate, th. oxygen, which con
sume, and prevents the emission of
smoke.
SIGNPOSTS OF PE0GRESS.
Th. lid of the newest school desk has
been replaced by a sliding roll.
The asphalt deposit, of Cuba, when
developed, are expected to prove super
ior to all other, throughout the world.
The United States Agricultural depart
ment maintains a moving picture labora
tory for the production of educational
films.
There waa launched at Port Arthur
recently the largeat ateomer on the Great
Lakes, having a capacity for bush
els or 13.000 tons of oats.
A Philippine government bureau haa
cent engineers to Mindanao to Investi
gate the reported discovery of one of
the largest deposit of Iron ore In th
world.
Four working partiea which are build
ing a railroad across Australia will be
equipped with wirelea apparatus . so
they can keep In touch with oue an
other.
A conveyor belt haa be-n recently made
for an Ohio atone qurry which cost
ti.00l, weighs 11.000 pounds, la U feet
long wad twenty-six Inches In width
one of the largest ever mad.
The American sewing machine, oil and
tobacco companies that have auecessfully
entered the Chinese market have agent
all through th Interior. The sewing; ma
chine company ha even established
achoola In which Chinese women ar
taught to embroider on machine.
Present method of transforming the
graeses of th publlo graalng lands Into
beef and mutton are generally conceded
to be waauful, and It is estimated that,
under a proper system, the quantity of
beef and mutton produced on thee lands
could ba Increased at least uS per rent.
People and Events
AROUND THE CITIES.
ChUago school children are being
trained for the June "swnt the fly"
campaign.
Charley Tea U Cleveland. O.. ald i In Ft. Paul the Jitney fever Is epidemic,
"no" to five stranger who wanted oma More people wnt to Jit than th Jits
of hla change. There la where Charley's can accommodate.
defl failed. The strangers got th money Oakland, Cel., supplies policemen with
and Charley got a mauling. runabouta with which to cover their
Coming back to th charm of "easy beats more effectively,
money tne New Tork Board of Educa- gou ctj Jitney owners atrcnuoufly
tlon admits having paid M.M rent for a otiect in proposed regulation requlr
bulldlng It ha not yet utilised. Th land- a ,,xtM,.nmir work day.
lord ha, not registered a kick. A PhlI.deIphUl ,up ,,,-tory Inveitei
After devoting forty years end a for-' tano.OOO In farm land, on which to raise
tune to fxpcrlment. In perpetual motion. tn, wntials of it canned products.
!,M,Cb-'",r T .T5 ""ST' Two hundred thouaand peopl helped
asylum. He reached the deMlnatlon offl- , d t,
dally mapped by the patent office. ,d off fof
Melancholy medical statistic insert a ,n season
pleasing thrill In the showing that 10 per ' , m ,i,... -u i
cent of the doctor, who died 1.M year Toronto . P"lng out a weleor ne a...
were over W year., and the average of ; for American tourUts. The city
all was well over Evld.ntly th. doc-i"8 "P th Am,,r,ca rir't"
tors are taking their own medicine. i and Is well worth while.
Cleveland recently demolished the build-
I ncler the new eugenic law marrtagra I whch John n Rorkcf,iier began
In Wlsconaln have fallen off 10 In flf- bu(ln t, .Pnl,mcnt shrunk when
teen month.. More than that umtr b tnxM,
of couples went out of the state to have w au.i
the ceremony performed. Law. may! Vp In Bioux City the Morning Side
check, but cannot d.reat th. activities ' cI "P"Jn ended with caah
of sporty Dan, !" smountlng to ITTs.OOO, enough
Th. marrying soulr. of Ban Raphael. ut
Cml.. Ma honor William Magee. with a ! JPUn. Mo., capital of sine land
knotty record of 1500 couple, to hla booking up merrily. VI ar has boosted
credit. Is Inconsolable and humiliated. His " ere prlcee from to ITT. a ton
artlatlo skill has been flouted by his the population la correspondingly
daughter, Florence, Is, who eloped and I cheaty. ,
waa married by a rival squlr. Work on New York's I10.OW.000 cir-
Truly the Elrla are going acme. The cular court house la booked to start : In
leader of a gang of young bandit. 1 July- A $7,000,000 .He u 'ady r V"
run down in Pennsylvania la a 19-year-! final approval haa been given the woeton
old girl, tn New Haven. Conn., a bride-! architect's unique plan,
to-be aent th. bridegroom noma with a J Under the official eye of the Inheritance
big mitten because he offended her aenal- tax collector of Colorado the aafoty V
Nlltie. by bringing a Jitney to carry her posit box of George Fllbeek. deceased, of
te church for the ceremony. There ar Denver, was opened last week. The re
others, but two will do for a day. .ult waa a stunning surprise. In the
Forty member, of th. Rotary club ot box were 31.000 In bills. W.400 In gold.
Bt. Louis on the wltne stand gav. vary- 33S.000 In certificate ot depoatt, and other
lng version of th aptlllng of a tray of cashable paper which ran the total rind
aoup and Martini cocktail on th. neck up to 3102.400. Heirs did not know what
and gown of on of the women guest at the box conUlned. Out of the haul the
a banquet All agreed that the soup was state takes 8.7. Denver ?,800 In
hot and blistering, and that the male ban
queter grew hot because of th mishap
to the Martini.. Evidently a hot funo
tlon all around.
3tx cabarets an .venlng with drinks to
match the speed was considered essential
to the happiness of a New Tork heiress ot
19. Denounced In court a an Incorrigible
by her mother, she tilted the family table
by showing that mamma could absorb a
highball without wincing. Aa between th
back taxes.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"They don't seem to understand on
another" the gossips aald. .... 4. .
"T.J." explained the other half of the
world, "that a why they got married. -
Philadelphia ueageir
"Po - the practical politicians managed
to et a Blank in the party platfoim to
aiaf-reiKrn oi year, ana tn. epeea or ineir own mici.v. nn.
... -. - . . . . urn' what tou might can a g
youm vno court leanea to motner ana
suggested th. value of a swatter as a
speed regulator. They kissed and
made up.
QUAINT BITS OF LIFE.
plank." Baltimore American.
.Tlmmle-What are you doing? .
r I. TO.aMnff the lelly Off Ml
! hands. Ma'a a finger-print expert, you
know. Woman- noma wuiin'".
Patience I don't believe there la any
thing In a name, after all.
The late Mr. John Cramer of New ir,cwihZI ,,. i. .nim to
- "i married. YonKers stauimio.
92, never rode on a steam or eleotrlo car
or In an automobile. "My husband aaya he'a an optimist'
remarked the woman who had been read
A Missoula, Mont., woman leaped from inlr the war news,
a high bridge into a river, only to bo I "What for?" .
carried Jownstream to a nl.ee where th. I "I don't know. I suppose It is aoin Of
water waa only knee deep, where h was
rescued.
A California Judge ha ordered that If
hla natural
Ftar.
contrarineaa.' Washington
Now. this piece of machinery la won-
tt " 1 T " . oroerea tnat .r . r - , Mngltive. A touch
H. II. Kraus tays at home hla wife: iv,. it fnr th reat of the day."
ahe.U feed him, and If he choose not to 1 "I have a rich uncle who 1 built that
way. Louiavlll couner-journai.
stay at home she shall pay him $40 a
month alimony.
A Mlaslairfnol hrlda sued bar huahund
for divorce rather than ride In the dilapl- !
dated, mulo-drawn surrey which met
them at the station after their honey
moon, "he obtained $40 a month alimony.
A bariier at Seneca, 111., "got religion"
at a revival there and confessed that h
had turned a young man's hair fiery red
with soma "sea foam" of hla own concoc
tion. The youth had to leave town for a
year, h aald.
The latest claimant to th largeat fam
ily In Georgia la R. W. Joaey, who Uvea
near Illdley, and who ha had a family
of twenty-five children, of whom twenty
one are living. Josey has been married
twice.
"Tou'v. ot that fox trot all wrong."
said th. sweet young thing after the
How boT" Inquired her partner.
"Why, a fox doesn't walk all over one's
feet!" Tonkers Statesman.
"If I were that popular young doctor,
I would not allow my wife, as hi doea,
tc call me Ducky."
"Why not?"
"It might make peopl think that I waa
a quack.' Baltimore American.
LUCK.
Wnen a band paraded th streets of
Jackson, Mis., a mule stiffened his ears A little bit of vision, and of faith, a
Detroit Free Press,
little bit of effort, a little
bit of
thought.
A' little bit of daring and of pluck,
A little bit of courage In the fight that',
being fought,
And this is often looked upon a luck.
aa It heard the wail from the bras horns,
dropped to the earth and gave up the
ghot Th manager settled th. claim
made by the owner of the dead mule.
Mrs. Narclssa Burns mad a 280-mll
trip to Houston, Tex., to oelebrat her
one hundred and eighth birthday. She
mad the trip without asatatance, alight
ing from the train alone and walking to
the home of Mrs. Rosa Reeves, her grand
daughter. h. haa never ued a tele
phone and never ha enjoyed an automo
bile ride.
Tul and Vive, two members of th
Bamoan villas at the Son Fronclaco
exposition, were married last Sunday,
th wedding being held with all the rite
and ceremonies of th Bam out tribe. Tul
fell In love with Viva, h confided In
Manager Knox, and asked for permission
to marry, which waa readily granted.
little, too.
A bit of stern resistance when you're
at ruck,
A little bit of purpose In th work you
have to do,
All this la In the masonry of luck.
A .little bit of wisdom, and the magic of
a smile.
Some real determination when you're
stuck,
The grit to keep on going till yon make
another mile.
Are catalogued and labeled under luck.
The wish to travel pathways that were
never trod before.
To hold the Hue aaalnat the foes that
buck.
To keep the spirit beating when th flesh
l weak and sore,
All thla la In th parentage of luck.
To do the right when wrong would seem
to fill your purse with gold.
To cling to truth, nor fear the devil's
muck;
To play your part unselfishly, be ever
brave and bold.
Herein you find the mystery of luek.
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