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State of Nehraaka, County of Dotiglaa, :
Pwlght William, circulation manager of Tha Boo
Publlahing company, brine duly iwnrn, aays that tha
average circulation for the month of September,
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DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager.
SubacTlhed In my preaenne and aworn to beforo
ma, this lat day of Oi lobar. m.
KOBERT HUNTER, Notary Public.
Sbcribera leaving; (ho etty temporarily
aboald hav Tbo Be mailed to tbem. Ad
dress will bo chongod aa often aa reqaeated.
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Thought for the Day
Wkal J irpirtd M
And tos wot. tomtortt mt.
All ImhIA wf b,
All omu ignored in ma,
Thi I woa wart lo Chd,
TTAom fil Ito pitehtr thmptd,
libri Brtnening.
King Cora baa almost rachd a atae of
piaparedBaaa to defy Medicine Hat
Btni dnvalopmanta In wlraleaa telephony axa
not plannad to brace op tbo notion that talk ii
cheap.
Panama canal alldee repeat with annoying
regularity. Every tJma tha canal till looka
robuit, Culebra tnelta the fat.
Tbo "end of tbo submarine," aa re porta hare
It, may ba in Bight, but aafety flrat suggeata keep
ing out of range while the war laata.
A gain of S00 per cent la local internal
rovenue receipta tends to support tha claim of
the weather bureau that September waa a wet
inontb.
' Tbo ravlaed value of the aetata of the lata
A. ft. , 8paldlng ahowa that legitimate aporta,
rightly rapltallied. unlock tbe gatea to million
alredora.
Tour Uncle Bam contlnuea to ablna aa an
accommodating party. He lenda tbe archbishop
of tbo Newthot church a few new thougbta to
brighten bla corner. v . . '
) Political doctors of more or leaa experience
are diligently aeeklng a method of treatment
Hhlch will brace up a treasury deficit to tbe re
quirements of preparedness and pork.
Despite the recent improrementa in wlreleaa
rommunlcatlon, oral and written, General Car
i ansa la unable to catch the promised wave of
recognition from the kindergarten diplomats,
Tba Teutonic drive into Kuauia now stands
ninety daya behind the Napoleon schedule of
'lSlt The difference ta of no consequence be
cause tbe former know how to dig In when snow
fllea.'
H fa becoming more and mora difficult for
discredited politicians to execute the "coma
back" atep. Eugene B. Pchmlti of San Fran
clsco ia a conspicuous back-number headed into
tha boaeyard.
Fir prevention day embraces la its scope
tho disposal of all klnda of combustible trash,
including the typewritten shrapnel of tha state
house and one-term planks. With tbaaa disposed
of, political fire insurance will take tha tobog
gan. Tba progressive candidate for governor of
Ua&s&cbuaatta, Nelson B. Clark, will make his
campaign on the Issue of taxing all educational
Institutions not controlled by tbe state. Mr.
Clark's courage la the kind that wlna the politi
cal can.
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Tbe Monteflora memorial Mivkwa err-w a capacity
attesdaace at tha Temple Israel. Tta prttti-lpul d
dresaes were dellvfred by Hv v. w. K. Cupaland of t
t'nltartaa church and ttnator Charles . Maiularaun,
with brief reiiiarka by Edward Hoeewatsr and lUbU
Benaon.
A committee lotiaUtlns of J. B. Bruner, T. J. Mc.
Urala. and K. K. Ixinf has been appointed from Prim
rose lodge. Knlglite of I-kdia of Honor, to confnr
with) a etmlar committee from Prlendahlp lodge about
couoltdatlns the two.
Madame Kusenle Rlchardaon. phreuolosUit and
clairvoyant of F-2 North SUteenth atreet, procleJms
tier ability to rolnt out unaeen enmle- eoior of thtr
eyes and balr and the road to aucceaa In love and
buaineee. Hhe alao heala tha worat sorea la the mouth
an J her treatment of coma, bunlona and tender feet
acta Ilka a charm.
H is aald Mea.rs. Ben and frank Smith, the well
bnowa capitalists of New York, have ordered from
Mendelahoo A KUher plana for a new building they
will erect In Omaha during the coming- aeaaon. The
bulldlns la to go up on tbe eouthweet corner of Tweirth
and Farnam. the lower floor to be occupied by tha
X.'nited State tank and tha upper lloora to be .1e
voted to otricra.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa M. Orr went aaat for a few
weeka' vlclt.
Colonel Ira Wlleon. now proprietor of tha ParlTe
hotel at Joseph, la her renewing eoojuaintaaeee
fO bU trteada
Hockefeller'i Latest Plan.
Moro than ordinary Interest attaches to the
plan announced by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for
tha amelioration of labor conditions In the coal
camps of Colorado. This plan partakes of the
nature of a joint agreement between the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company and tha men
employed In and about ita workings. In this re
gard giving full recognition to the doctrine of
collective bargaining. In tbe arrangement for
tarrying out Ita provisions In detail, it compre
hends tha chlefest function of a trades union,
bnt without the stability of a continuing and
responsible organization.
But it la not thla evasion of tbe trades union
that will receive most consideration or most
study of Mr. Rockefeller's plan. He has gone
far beyond the contract for "hours, wages and
conditions," usually comprehended (y a wage
agreement, and has made elaborate arrange
ments for the care and oversight of the rom
pany'a employes In their private and communal
life. His philanthropic solicitude is manifest In
a desire to improve scientifically the life of the
men on his payroll, regardless of their earning
capacity. I'nder tbe following provision of the
Joint agreement now awaiting ratification:
The president's executive annlston; shall alao ex
ert' In- a general -urxr lnl n over the anltury, im-d Cit
edurat onsl, rol' ,lnu, aocl I ,and other llko need of
the different induatrlal cmmunltte, with a vie of
seeing that such needs are aultaliy are adeq atel
provide .1 to , and the aeveral activities pertaining
thereto hsrmonloiialy conducted.
As the company la to bear all the expense of
carrying out the agreement In any of Ha several
phases, the part of tha employee being merely
to voice general complaints or desires, the pos
sibility for the establishment of better conditions
under this plan Is Its most prominent feature.
Tor this reason its operation will be awaited and
observed by all aa an exceptional experiment In
Industrial relatione.
Speeding' Up for Good Koadi.
Those most vitally Interested la good roads
leading In and out of Omaha and every one la
Interested in greater or less degree are in
augurating a new movement for road improve
ment which wa will be glad to belp along. Tba
only questions Involved that may be subject to
debate are, On bow large a scale shall the pro
gram of road Improvement be laid out? And by
what methods and machinery shall tha work be
executed?
It muat ba remembered that we have had
good roada propaganda before, and that Douglas
county onca voted $1BO,000 in bonda to pay for
permanent roadwaya wltb tha unfortunate ex
perience that tba taxpayers are doubtful
whether they got their money's worth. Wa bave
also been spending year after year cloae to $200,
000 annually on tba construction and mainte
nance ol roada and bridges in this county, and
wa ought to bave aomething to show for It mora
than we have. It must be remembered too that
It la foolish, as well aa useless, to build perma
nent roadways unless wa are ready to maintain
them constantly in good condition.
Properly laid out and kept up, a system of
permanent roada radiating from Omaha can
taslly ba a profitable investment. The move
ment, however, to make headway, will have to
proceed along distinctly practical lines.
Tba War ia Fiction.
It would seem that wltb tha rising tide of
war fiction we have entered the second stage of
tha influence of tbe war on literature.
Tha flrat eruption of European war booka
resembled tbe outpouring of heavy artillery it
aurfeited ua with ponderoua and serious discus
sions of tba causes of tba war, wltb dissertations
on tha art of war-making, inquiries Into tba
ethics and psychology of war, and personal nar
ratives of the experiences of marooned Amer
ican tourists or of special correspondents hover
ing around the edges of tha war sona. But now
wa bava tba beginning of a different type of
war literature fiction with a war background
of ruin and carnage and stories built about tha
military hero. Tbe war fiction, having first
found its way into tba magazines, ia becoming
pretentioua enough now to take on book form.
The theme, to be sure, Is still too serious to per
mit of light treatment, and tha humor must ba
carefully guarded. But tba tbreada of love and
danger, of courage and patboa are as readily
woven on tha framework of tba present Euro
pean conflict aa heretofore around our cam
paigns In the Philippines, and before that
around our civil war episodes.
Tha writer of fiction never had material of
more absorbing human Intereat to work on than
is presented by tbe great war, and it will ba
surprising If several great mastarplacea for all
the ages are not soon molded from the outpour
ing of the battles' fiery melting pot.
Film Truit Decision.
In upholding tbe Sherman anti-trust law in
tbe case against tha so-called film trust, tha
federal court at Philadelphia restated tbe princi
ple on which the law turns. Monopoly in any
thing of public use, not under public control,
leada to abuses that cannot be tolerated. Tha
court goea a little further in tbia case, holding
that tha possession of patents covering the arti
cle In use is not sufficient cause for erecting and
maintaining an oppressive operative agency. ,
What the final effect of this decision will be
on tba moving picture Industry cannot now be
even conjectured. Tbe case will go to the su
preme court of the United States tor review, and
in tha intervening time the ownera of the aeveral
organisations Invohed will have opportunity to
reconstruct tbelr operating plans. The Indus
try la of peculiar Interest, for it touches the
public much closer than any of tha other great
industrial or commercial organisations brought
to book by tbe trust law. Its wonderful growth
within a very abort time ia a proof of tba popu
larity of Ita product.
Monopolistic control baa worked hardship
on exhibitors, not so much through the regula
tion of exhibits aa the establishment of onerous
conditions under which tha little fellow might
carry on hie business. These are tbe onea who are
most vitally concerned in the ultimata settle
ment. Tbe public will sUll have its "movies,"
and tba big operators will continue to reap their
proflta, but tba owner of a "neighborhood
theater" may yet escape sous portion of the
tribute hitherto exacted by the trust, and bo per
mitted to retain a larger number of tha nickels
that coma Into bis coffer.
Objections to Fee-Splitting
Br. W. A. Bvaa la Chieagw Trlbnae.
SPIPOI'LD fee-splitting among doctors be lllegat and
condemned, while among lawyera and buslne
men it Is approvpd by law, cuMom, and puhllo
opinlonV If so, why? Another question: Why is 't
1cueed In this column?
Fee-ll'ting among phyali lana should not te al
lowed to become the custom. Why? Because of tha
ahiiea to Which It leads
How la It worked? The answer to thla question
shows some of the posJ I 'lilies (or abuee. A roan con
sult a phy-rln. The p!:yl-kin examines him and
tell- him he n-eds an operation. The sick man asks
wh, is to do the op' ration. If the fee-'tllter has an
understand n w th aome one as to Us comml-slnn, he
siicseHtrt tha man. The probability In that M will say
to the patient. ' I eect,to tie running Into the cUy
about thai, time. I will' take you In." When they
reach the city, they e--e the operator together. Tho
patient mny ho tol.i that the home doctor Is to assli-t
at the operation.
In the worsl chjwm of this Kroup, the home do-tor
arrange the amoui.t if the fee, cille"ts It. and pays
the operator, relieving the patient of all those de
tail. In dome, the operator collect. s.vnit nothing
to the patient about nny I ayment to the pbyslct in wh i
came with him. The patient ran he ce.t iln that the
family phynlrlan d' e not asslut at the opeintlon. An
opesutlntc iom ortcanlistlon arrangea that each aai-t-ant
shall have his woik rit o .t for him. Team worlc
Is a necessity. Kadi assistant must know how to
anticipate the next move of the operator. If an out
side phyel' Ian la allowed on the operating floor he
may be permitted to put on a gown and stand clos
by, but he must not touch any instrument. The state
ment that the physli lan is paid for assisting cannot
be substantiated.
If the phvslclnn haa not established connections
with fe-a litters and wlehea to get a portion of the
fee. he mny tell Ills patient that will find out who
Is the tiest man to operate rn Mm. Meanwhile, he maj
write for bids. The phyaldnn at home generally has
a suspicion as to which oprators can safely be ap
proached cn the proposition of si llttinn a fee.
Hhould the patient learn the facta and ask the fee
splitting family physician to J it'fy htmaelf. the phys!
dan would explain that he wav underpaid; that th&
operator waa overpaid, and that be had a right to a
sufficient portion of the fee to even tip. His answer
might aatisfy a pereon easily satisfied. Furthermore,
he would claim that the operator selected waa mm,
tent To selert snv other would be bad bualnea pol
icy. This answer appears sound, and It. no doubt,
would satisfy a rerson eally satisfied.
But let us dig a little deeper and tf the fact
disclosed by tie digging help the fee-splltter. The
Immediate answer to the fee-aplltter Is this: If fee
splitting Is a Justifiable transaction, then let tho
who practice It come rl'tht out In the open. Let the
physician concerned tell the patient that the fee ii
to be apllt, and the basis t n which It la split
The man who Is cared for by the fee-eptltters doea
not get a fair deal. That Is a part of the reason for
this article. No phyvt lan ran practice fee-eplltUnd
without degenerating. In time he becomes known a
a fee-splitter. That hurts his standing. It makes peo
ple suspicious of him. of M opinions and advice. Ac
cepting or paying secret commUslons reacts on tue
moral and mental tone of the phyald.m. Acknowledg
ing to himself that he get business hecauae- he p-iy
for it he will not work ss bard to porfe t himself, and
to keep at-reaat of the time, ss be oth-wl would. Fee--putting
Is bad for the men who practice It. That la a
part of the reason for this article.
Twice Told Tales
Soma three months ago tha kaiser was
quoted aa authority for tba prophecy that tha
war would and In October. Ottober Is her.
fcbrewU .iiotaer.
A mother in Newcastle, England, sent her little
boy on an errand, and aald:
Now, Harry, go to Smith, the grocer In Northum
berland atreet, and get a pound of the beat treacle."
and she handed the young hopeful a coupte of Jugs.
When the boy bad gone, the vlcara wife said:
"You didn't tell him to get anything In the other
Jug. Is he going to leave It at the shop?"
'No. ma'am, he's gannin' to bring It back hers
a syne." ... .
'But why send two Jugs to get a pound of treacle I"
"Well. ye see. It's this way: If he he a Jug In
each hand, he canno gan dlppin' his fingers In the
treacle and eatln' It up aa be cums hyme."-indoB
Tit Bits.
I.Ike Tlwae ss Tide
Two Irlahmen sallied forth one day In searoh ef
sport. They were armed with guns and huge game
bass, and aa It was their first venture at shooting,
they were tremendously keen.
Suddenly Meehan spotted a bird, and, taking vert
careful aim, prepared to fire the fatal shot Then
Fergus seized him by th arm frantically, crying!
"Fer th' mercy's sake, don't fire, Meehanl Bhure
an' ye've forgotten to load yer gun!"
"Thst's as It msy be, ma lad." retored Meehaa,
"hut, fir I muat! Bcgorrah, th" bumid won't wait!"
New York Times.
On the Water Watroau
The alfiafa delegate ws paying his first visit to
a city of ,any site. Standing on the eldewalk he
chanced to see a sprinkling cart coming down th
street, and no sooner had he set eye on th thing
than he began to laugh Ilk a boy at a minstrel show.
Psy. old pal," he remarked htlarlously, punching
a cop In th ribs, "don't that Just beat all?"
"Don't what beat all?" responded th wondering
cop. "What' th Joke?"
"Juat look at that feller on that wgont" replied
the alfalfa party, pointing to the sprinkler. "That
denned chump won't have a drop of water left by th
time he gets home!" New York Globe.
Fall Speed Aatea.
lie wa th slowest boy on earth, and had been
sacked at three places In two weeks, so his prnt
had apprenticed h m to a naturalist. But ten h
found him slow. Th only point about him waa that
he waa willing.
"And what" he asked, having spent a whole after
noon changing th goldfish's water, "shall I do now,
air?"
The naturalist ran his fingers through his locks.
"Well, Robert.' he ieilled at lenith, "I think yoJ
might now take th tortoise out for a run." CurUtlaa
Register.
KatlBgr te Draw,
A certain Oelumbua newepaper men I proud of th
precocity of hi 4-year-old niece. A typioaj of h-r
mental agility a well as her capacity for humor, ho
telle th following:
"W wore visiting recently at my t rother'a horn.
When dinner was called th child politely but firmlv
announced that she had no idea tf dining and would
remain away from the table.
" 'Why, Mildred, you must eat three full mea.
a day tf you are ever to grow up and be a lady,' re
marked my wife, who happ-.na to t a woman of auo
atantlal propo tloni.
Carefully eurveylng her gratuitous advtaer, the lit
tle miss said: "Auntie, do you eat four meal day?" "
Columbus IMspatch.
Tbe Vale ( Cash.
Apropos of a young girl's rich marriage. Mrt
Rockwell said at a reception In Akron:
"A pretty girl told me the ether day that she was
engaged to a very rich landowner.
-Well, well.' said I. 'and h-re we all thought
you'd marry the eloquent yjung prexchep who t)ok
you about so much last summer.' The girt smiled.
" -lvreds apeak louder than word,' she said."
Cleveland leader.
I ke Hrawa.
"nil dug of ours," said Mrs. J one to the Babba.lt)
dinner gueat, "la a moat p-ullar4nlmal, ha run an ay
very often and ataya for Cays but be always eomas
home on Sunday.
"Why la that? Why does h choose Funday to re
turn?" asked th guest
"I really don't know, ' smiled Mr. Jones, tenderly
stroking th dog' sleek brown head. "Some Strang
canine Intuition. I auppoae."
"Canine a u thin'," sniffed little Johnny Jones. "I
'spect h know that Sunday the on'y day w hav
a decent sneai." Judg.
Wroaar His t !, Tm.
OMAHA, Oct t-To th Fdltor of Th
Bee: Answering Mr. Pessimist of North
riatte who hold "Traveling Men" be
low par. His letter remind on of a
story about th Ilrlshman who mad th
remark he could whip an- roan and was
promptly knocked down and on rising
said he gueaaed ha had covered too
much territory.
Has he considered that 99 per cent of
the commercial men are married and
hav a family and that from 20 to 80 per
cent of them own or are paying for their
home ?
To further demonstrate lameness tn his
argument on fifty-two pieces of polished
cardboard being the traveling mens"
Bible the old army game and even rumy
Is played with fifty-three pieces and th
od one Is as wild aa are nfa statements
ocevrlng 95 per cent of traveling men.
Now If he means what he sas I will
dare him to write an open letter through
these columns to Mr. Sunday and ask
him whether he. Is correct or wrong and
I personally will call Mr. Sunday' at
tention to It and ask an answer.
COMMERCIAL, TRAVELER.
as I See It."
OMAHA, Oct 8. To the Editor of The
Bee: If the war In Europe Is going on
next spring. I don't think th people In
United tBate will want to change presi
dents, unless Mr. Wllsou should break
with hi party on protection of sugar.
All over the country the talk among
republicans Is, that they consider Ellhu
Root, aa the one to lead us, and when
the republican convention ts held there
may he a few votes caet for favorite
sons, Cummins. Hartley, (merman, Hoerne,
Borah and Fairbanks, but they will only
be cast, awaiting the great rush that
will art In to put at the head of this
grand old republic the greatest Intellect
thto g ha produced, Ellhu Root, with
a platfrom. having protection as It main
way upon which other pianka less Im
portant, but giving the -wople an Idea
of what we stand for, and what they
may count upon if agin returned to
power.
If I lived In Iowa I would not be win
lng to fool away my vote for a favorite
on when I knew he had no chance to
win. I would. If I could, put Iowa on
th firing line for Root Then Iowa
would count as It did when Allison
and Dolllver were leader In the atate.
It then had men from Iowa and they
were godone In the department. It
counted then. Why don't this, th great
est opportunity In it political life to
lead, not follow. C. S. 11AHMMOND.
"teat Ye Be Judged."
LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct 2.-To th
Editor of The Bee: Tha learned trt xtr
Bradshaw of North Platte. Neb., takes a
slap at the traveling man through The
Be and no doubt feels oulta well nlenaed
with the sound of hi little tack hammer.
He says that 96 per cent of the artvellng
men are pur, unadulterated alnners. To
thla we rjply. "Judge not lest v be
Judged." But even at that most of us
would gather be called sinners than
fools. It Is Quite true that traveling men
sometime while away a few minute
with th "fifty-two pieces of nollahed
card boards," but it ts equally true that
th "harrow guaga, small bor pretender
or tn Bradshaw type put In their spar
Urn brow-beating their neighbors. We are
not a perfect lot. but w deal from tha
top of th deck and we play th game
on the aquare. A a claaa we are fully aa
much divided on the merit nf "milv"
Sunday aa are other intelligent men. This
writer does not know the saintly (?)
Bradshaw, but no doubt he ha retired
and moved to North riatte to die. and
w wish him success.
A. E. KULU
MM South Twenty-third Street
Ilere-a Dlalllaalonmeat.
ROLDREQH. Neb., Oct l.-To th
Editor of Th Bee: I am in doubt to
whether a commercial man should lower
his dignity enough to answer such a
letter aa th gentleman (?) from North
Platte put In your Letter Box. If I
really thought that a man of education
and average Intelligence sent this letter
D wouldn't take time to even think
about thla reply, but evidently he Is aome
poor deluded simp from a small town
and I will take It upon myself as my
Christian duty to dlallualon his narrow
mind.
I will say for Ma benefit that there
ar Just as many men on tha road wbo
are for "Billy" as ar opposed to him.
I enjoy reading his sermons In Tha
Be and I hope, to read th rest of them.
L. E.
Testimony fro aw a Wo ma a.
NORFOLK, Neb.. Oct 1 To the Editor
of Th Bee: In reply to V. A. Brad
shaw' letter wherein he so denounces
th traveling men, I would Ilk to aay I
hav traveled a good deal with my two
small children. I hav alwaya found th
traveling man ready to lend a woman,
be ahe old or young, aaatatanca, and In a
courteous and gentlemanly way.
I was born In a small town myself
and know those tobaoco-chwlng depot
decorators, platform obstructors, that'
loaf at th depot and' taig about a type
of men whose shoes they ar not worthy
to tie. Ua remark that their Bible eon
slat of fifty-two piece of pasteboard.
Better thla by far, being open and above
board in all their actions and habits,
than being a bac s. -entrance Saturday
night poker player and a Sunday-morning
choir singer.
Better by far to live tn a house by th
Id of th road and be a friend to man
and spread th gospel of good will and
brotherly lova than to hit th sawdust
trail and at th cam tlm carry In your
hearts such un-Chriatlan, vtl and slan
derous thought of anyone. '
MRS. F. J. H.
Mot th Madera Trsrsllaf Mam.
OMAHA, Oct. 8. To th Editor of Th
Be: W notice In Th Bee' letter bos
a letter from V. A. Bradshaw dated
North Platte, Neb. Mr. Bradshaw serve
to hav a very poor opinion of traveling
men In general, and 1 not at all back
ward In expressing said opinion.
WOust want to aay that whU It I
scarcely necessary to defend th traveling
man against a llbal of this sort Yet w
would Ilk to set Mr. Bradshaw light
on a few points for bia own good.
The traveling man he refer to U a
creature of th paat aome fifteen or
t went -five year In th past Th sales
man of th present day ranks in abllty
and tn morals, light up wrtth any other
profession Mr. Bradshaw to th contrary
notwithstanding.
Th boose fighting. card-playing
traveling man la so far In th minority
that be doesn't count the days, and
thank goodness hi shadow is growing
beautifully lea each year.
Pvrhap lb averag traveling man
Isn't full of th long faced eour vUagel
religion that so many seem to b
potsessfd of. But tike It frrmno?r,
when I'm In trouble and need a frlenJ
to extend a helping hand. I'll tackle one
of these traveling men every time In
preference to some of you fellows, who
haven't time to do much more than
knock because everybody doesn't believe
as you do. A. O. C.
f.onrl flaaareatlnn .Paah It Aleag.
OMAHA. Oct J.-To the Editor of The
Bee: At this season of the year the peo
ple of Omaha Invite tha cltlsena of this
state and neighboring states to our city
to partake in the Ak-Har-Ben festival.
Now, that the festival In every way be a
great success. It Is necessary that each
resident of Omaha contribute his part.
And the suggestion which I would offer
is that you call to the attention of tbe
oltlsens of Omaha of every class the
need of showing rtvlllty. courtesy, atten
tion and kindness. In keeping with such
cltliena' position and aulllty, to those
visitors who will be with us next week.
There are a thousand waya in which
thla may be done and the reward may
be, personally, only a "Thank you," but
the untold good that will come to the city
from such a course cannot easily be
measured, among, them giving correct In
formation In a polite manner about di
rections, stores, places of interest, hotels,
street cars, numbers to houses and how
to find such numbers, etc.
Hoping that the Ak-Sar-Ben festival
for 1916 be th beat yet In the history of
the city, I am, C. J. M CAFFREY.
atanda tT for Wntchfnl Waltlasr.
OMAHA, Oct 8. To the Editor of The
Bee: Dvery true 'American muat re
gard with satisfaction the action of the
farmers congress. In sitting down good
and proper on the "chronic kicker" from
Silver Creek. I realise that we are en
joying the blessed privilege of free speech
and that best men hav their friends
and their enemies. But criticism against
President Wilson emanating from the pen
of this man were coming to often and
were to vile for a true American to
utter. He unmercifully attacked the
president for his vindicated policy of
watchful waiting In Mexico and again
corned htm for the occupation of Vera
Crus. He is denouncing th president
for the unquestionably neutral stand on
tbe European war and would, un
doubtedly condemn him with equal bitter
ness had he taken entirely opposite
stand. It was high time that some one
told htm what his uncalled for criticism
amounted to and I am glad it came from
such respectable body as the farmers
congress. JOSEPH L. PADRNOS.
GRINS A!fD GROANS.
"The pretty rhorua glrla get all tl"
rood Jobs and catch the millionaires. I"1;
what's doing for the poor chorus man?''
"Well, I guea It la a cm of natural
affinity thnt all plums should fall to th
poaches." Halt, more American.
"How did Three-Finger Sam com to
go broke?"
"lie got the Idea that he ought to be
an optimist So he assumed thnt every
hand dealt him was a flush snd bet it
without looking at th cards." Washing
ton Star.
Loquacious Visitor So you were
wounded at th front my good man?
Irishmen No, begorry. I was wounded
In the rear av me Judge.
Makmey (reading life Insurance circu
lar) 1'hat's a "table av expectancy"?
Casey Shure, it's something thot proves
bv statistics thot y won't live as long
after yeg a re 9 as ye did before. Life.
"W1y are all the wimen In th neigh
borhood so fond of Mr. Homely' so
ciety?"
"Hecause nnv erne or them, m nsr com
pany, appear beautiful In comparison."
St. Louis Republic
He, so he snld. was a millionaire, and
she was a banker's daughter at least she
said she was as they spooned on the
sandy beach by the water.
They talked much of the wealth that
each one had. and their future aeemed
much brighter and then he returned to
his Job ss clerk and she to her old type
writer. Boston Transcript
"Want a Job, eh?"
"Yes, sir; I am looking for a place
where there Is plenty of work "
"1 sm sorry, but ther would not be
enough work here to keep you busy an
hour a day."
"That's plenty of work for me, str."
Houston Post.
THE BOND.
Grlf Alexander in Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Solomon Orundy and Benlamin Blue
Meet every day at the shop;
Bmile on each other; say, "How do
you do?"
Are the best of good fellows. Pure pop!
A bond of communion that fate loves to
fix
TTnite them and comfort It send.
Two old particular! Two old parties'
Two old particular friends!
Solomon Grundy a democrat Is;
Ben a republican true.
Sol is for temperance: strictly for bis;
Ben loves a bottle or two.
Sol Is a pessimist. Ben loves to fix
With a laugh all o' life's ragged ends.
Two old particular! Two old parties!
Two old particular friends!
What Is the bond's that's uniting two men
So wholly dissimilar? Hope!
Both are rheumatic; swap symptoms; and
then
Talk of remedies; revel In done!
Whatever Fate deals they'll be there with
the tricks:
Conversation that confidence lends.
Two old particular! Two old parties!
Two old particular friends!
v.
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MASTER
JACK
Read thU
voluntary
note
received
from hit
grateful
mother
and father
September 30, 1915.
ALAMITO DAIRY CO.,
City. J
Dear Sirs:
Ilere is an Alamito baby raised entirely on Alamito
Friesland Milk; Master Jack Kirkham, son of. Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Kirkham, 3317 Taylor St. He is sixteen months old
and weighs 29 pounds. Yours gratefully,
MRS. RUSSELL KIRKHAM.
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