Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1915)
111H Htttt: OMAHA, MONDAY, DEUKMlSElt 20, 1915. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ! FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSKWATKR. ' ; VICTOR ROBEWATER, EDITOR. i The Bm PoMUhing Company. Proprietor. i E8 Bl'ILDlXO. FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. ! Enterea at Omaha portoffics aa second-class matter. terms or aueacRirTioN. Mrrltr Br wait i . ' pec month. per year. , Taly M Sunder M-" Xally without Pnnrtajr... c 4 .05 , Venlns sn.l Pundsr JJ -venlng without Sunday o. 4.09 , SMinday Bee only " I.W snd notion of rhange of eddrse or complaints of trrvgularlty In delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. ' RKMITTANCB. Remit hr draft, errese or postal order. fnlr two cent stamps received In payment of email rounti Personal checks, except on Omaha And cittern exchange, not aoceptcd. . ; Omaha The Fs Building. Poiith Omaha Sill N street, s Counrll Muffs-It North Main street. ' l.leyoln ! Little Building. Chicego ni Hearst Hulidlng. ': New Yorh-R-wm 11H. ts rifth avenue. Ft. TyxHs M New Hank of Commeros. Washington 7 Fourteenth St. N. W. ; 1 CORRESPONDENCE. Address eommunlrstJons relatlnc to news and edl .. tortal matter to Omaha bee, Editorial Department. i KOVEMDER CIRCUlATIOV. 53,716 i Ctate ef Nebraska, County of Don s-laa, oat J v .DwjrJit Will isms, circulation manager of The Be I : Publishing company, being duly (worn, says thai the 1 averare rtrculatlon for the month of November, Ills, ! , was (I.7M, PwmirT WTM,tAMJ, Circulation Mtntttr. Suhscrlbed In my presence and sworn to Before i ne. this Id dsy of nwwnbfr, IMS. .r. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public If i - I Bobscrlbcrs .leaving; the city temporarily should have The Dm mailed to tbm. Ad dress will be tbangod a oftra as requested. rA Deoesnher M ' Thought for the Day Ssefrf by Sept. H. Cmerse Eivry dfy v emit obscure om fruf m should law known.'-Sukin. . Money Is doing som talking la tn wr bait. Its Tolca growa in atrengtb at the loan mviltlplya. With cosgreas allent for two weeks and tba president bapplly married, holiday Joys may cut loose and go the limit. OTaiaMnBisaeaanawweMaBWBMaMBaM The official uppeal for tolerating polygamy in certain sections of tba Philippines, as a peace meaaure, is calculated to start a ghoat walk la h Ealt Lake City cemetery. . Profound, wearinesi of bloodshed la Mexico doubtlese Inspired the order putting bullfight ing out of business m a national sport. For the present the privilege of living la Joy enough, ,' As an example of safety first efficiently ap plied, the action of the Central Labor union la giving conscription the solar plexus deserves to rank high, among the pictured maxims of tba league. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw maintains an atti tude of belligerency for the eauae that makes the Judicious grieve. rThe doctor appears im. mune to the spirit of the season which proclaims "good will to mea."' . . " . " "'. It is asserted that the country possess "the most formidable fortifications in. the world." The present need is trained men behind the guns. That puts up to congreas a simple proposition in preparedness. - The failure of Pa Zimmerman's Ohio fortune to reach 8on-ln-Law Manchester leavea the duke In a slough of debt Judicially figured at $971, 000, with asaets of M.000. Tbeflgurea measure the diitance between heiress anticipations and realisation. ; The Iowa supreme court observes with due tsutlon that corporations possess some, if not all, the elements of a soul. The beneficial force of public sentiment In this direction, of which Judicial note is taken, encourages the hope of vltlmate regeneration. Missouri riter boosters scored .heavily la se curing the endorsement of tba War department for a deeper channel. But the distance from elation to appropriation la spotted with prepared Bess snags, which will require diligent digging in congress to remove. t ' ' Intimations lend wings to the hope that frtnta Claus may hang the Judicial plum on the favored Cbrlstmaa tree. In that event the re cipient can give uncommon fervor to the season's sentiment, "Blessed be he who gives: thrice blessed he who receives." ' The postmaster general still seeks new fields cf endeavor. He thinks the government ought to buy the telegraph and telephone systems and run them as the Postofflce department Is run. If the P. M. Q. did not hail from Teas be would be tagged as a humorist. Texas statesmen take tfemselvej seriously. The state school fund Is perfectly safe In holding on to the defaulted bonds of Florence. There is no chance to lose. The example of South Omaha and Dundee In shoving their paper on Omaha Is too easy to be paaaed up by Florence. All the children know how to work father. Nebraska's Semi-Centennial. Definite plans for the proper celebration of the semi-centennial of Nebraska's admlsoion to statehood being determined upon, only the carry ing out of these In detail by the committees re mains to make the Issue the success it should be. The people of Nebraska have sufficient patriot ism and state pride to enter into the spirit, and performance as well, of appropriately observing this Important anniversary. Nebraska has played no unimportant part in the affairs of the nation during these fifty years of magnltloent progress. It Is true that this state has not at traded public attention by its clamorous insist ence upon some vagarious form of political or social ctlvlty, nor has It been made notorloua through any of the agencies that have so widely dvertlsed some of Its neighbors. But Nebraska has contributed notably to the statecraft of the nation, through Its representatives at Washing-, ton. It has participated prominently in national politics and has been an Important factor In the life of the nation la all ways.. At home Its citizens have much more cause for pride than they readily realize. In fifty years Nebraska has been brought up from the condi tion Of almost a wilderness to such a degree of productivity as places it in the very front rank. Its social growth has kept pace with its material progress, till now an enlightened people ration ally enjoys the unlimited bounty of a state, whose fecundity and range of resources is be yond estimation. .With these reaaons for rejoicing to inspire them, the people of Nebraska will heartily sec ond the efforts of the committees planning for the semi-centennial and the success of the sev eral funds now contemplated is as nearly as sured as anything can be thus far in advance. J -m JU i via Chi T ft. Fifty cou;j1c attended the concert and ball givsn t Metropolitan Loll by BUr of the Wt lodge No. H6. O. K. B. . The following were on the concert prc.sr.ro: Hui VuU-n erchtntra. aft. S J,U.n, I-en. Moii. Rev. N. I. Bni..n. miHrrt; VI r. If. is-rr, lire. M. Michaels. ViUe atalle Boltiaoiin and XJartlo. Tens. Rr, r. VV. Jleary of Or.nd J.lsnd was ordained to the i-rlet(iocd of the Protntuni Ktecopal church, the eervUee beinf conducted by Blehop Worthlnvton! Ejclal ruund trip rcurloo ik-krle to Loe Ansrlee are aAvtrtlaed at UoiSe II. IlmmiiC.ua of rtrolt. In an Interview, aald that tola pa Wins PUnt waa ruanin about aa kaual. but there mas aoiua trouble fotunff all the attie beaded. He epieard great f,!l la the ul:V- u' km of the Oituiia tuaraet. Chxiitmas Gift from Congress. In the haste of the annual holiday rush con gress hss handed the United States a Chrlstmaa glftby continuing the so-called "war tax" on certain proprietary articles. The excuse for this action Is the same that warranted the Im position of the tax In the flrat place. Other democratic measures for raising revenue have failed to produce sufficient Income to meet the running expenses of the government. The ob jections to a war tax in peace times are many, and have been stated many times. It was a poorly considered makeshift In the beginning, snd Is now continued with all its imperfections, despite the criticisms offered since Its first en actment. Its endorsement, even as a temporary expedient, la an admission of democratic In capacity to properly handle the administration cf our government. SVSSaaWBBSnnBaaWsnBBBJsaSSaBnaM For Better Country Schools. Secretary Lane of the Interior department gets In line with present-day thought In his ad vocacy of Improvement In the rural schools. This is not a novelty In the progressive states of the central west, where great stress always has been laid on the publio schools, and par llcularly tba public schools in the rural districts. It Is a characteristic of these states that the ad vantages of education are as freely and as liber ally provided In the rural districts as In the cities, and continual efforts are made to ad vance the work by. the adoption of improved methods. Unfortunately, among some of the Older states (his practice does not prevail, and It is encouraging In a high degree that the mat ter should be urged upon the attention of con gress, and thus be brought directly to the pub lic. It Is not properly a subject for national legislation or regulation, and yet it Is possible that national action may be taken of a nature that will stimulate the laggard statea to a more realising sense of their responsibility to the children of the rural districts. The permanence of our government rests finally on the general intelligence of the citizenship. So any project for the Improvement In methods of their applica tion to the purpose of spreading enlightenment la good for the people as a whole. , "Met" Defines Hii Attitude. Just as an Indication of how ah-en folding is the harmony that now exists between the dem ocratic brethren In Nebraska, Richard Lee Met calfe this week defines his attitude on the Issue of Bryanlsm. With no 'indirection, he posi tively refuses to consider personal submission to the Bryan dictum as a test for democracy. It Is of some moment that, he abaolves the great commoner from full responsibility for the pre dicament in which the party flnda itself in Nebraska. "Brother Charley" Is to blame for this, according Metcalfe, and tt Is to "Brother Charley" he refuses to bend the knee. While Brother. Charley" handa out the "dope" for Nebraskans,. and the late . secretary of state Is mixing medicine tor the party nationally, tba dove of peace will have much difficulty finding a permanent roost In the camps of the unter-rifled. Safety at Road Crossings Albania gives promise of becoming a battle ground between Italy and Austria. For a dosen years past both nations fought diplomatic bat tles over that melon, treated intn a nice vim a f kingdom after the first Balkan war. Austria prevented its absorption by the Balkan states three years" ago. Us controlling position oa the east side of the Adriatic makes Albania the most tempting territorial grab for Austria and Italy, and its possession is bound to be contested as fiercely as Gallipoli or Saloniki. How sweel are the uses of adversity? Pro ducers of crude oil, long subject to the price whims of refiners, have stored enough of their product to put prices on the Jump and produce soreness under the refined belt. The main Job Is necessarily crude and lacks the artistic refine ment of the system which slips the added coat and the worry to the consumer. Americans eager for adventure abroad here after roust be officially tagged at the home dock. New paatiport regulations require three copies f the applicant's photograph and an official ln tpectlon of the holder at the gangplank. Failure to secure the neccteary permit, spells a back track to home and comfjrt. About the only consolation well-disposed Mexicans derive from tfc situation along the border is that the looters cannot take the land. So thoroughly is the country stripped that a vulture negotiating a tour, would be obliged to carry rations. Trom tbe Baflwey Age SUsetM. THE railroads of the Cnited States, throush the American Railway aaaocUtlon. have undertakes a campaign for the prevention of accidents st highway croaelnga. prenldent Mudge, en the recom mendation of the executive committee, hee appointed a apeclal committee, consisting of seven railroad offi cers, representing the railroads ef the country terri torially, to con elder the entire question. The members f the committee are: Jatnee A. McCrea, general man ager, Long Island, chairman; J 4. Van Winkle, as sistant to the general manager, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago A fit Louis i C. 4 Bardo, general manager, New York, New Haven Hartford: L. B. Jeffrie, general attorney, houlhem; Howard Elliott, Inspector of transportation. San Pedro. Los Angetea A Salt Lake: W. J. Towne, aeelatant general manager, Chicago A Northweatern. and W. R, Scott, vice president and general manager, Boethem Pacific. This committee will present recommendations, after a thorough In vestigation, for action to bring about a reduction cf one of the most numerous classes of railway casualties, end one whk-h is rapidly Increasing In spite of the many millions thst nave been expended by the rail roads for the elimination of grade crossings. The Importance of the problem Is indicated by the fact that In the lest ten years for which the statistics are available the Interstate Commerce commission hss reported a total of I.4TS persons killed and 8.317 injured by being struck or run over by cars or loco motives at highway crossings. The figures show an Increase fairly consistent with the development of railway traffic, although the increase In the number of persons killed Is less In proportion than tbe growth of .the railway business, but since 1909 there hss been a steady Increase, un effected by the falling off in traffic In 1114. This is doubtleis largely due to the Increase in the use rf automobiles, especially In rural districts, and this phase of the situation will necessarily sssume-an Im portant place In the committee's investigation. The etnhdard remedy of the publio authorities for rroeslng accidents Is elevstion or depression of the tracks If the railroade can be made to stand the ex pense. If there la a chance that the community may be required to share the cost of an Improvement male for Its benefit, the seal of 4he public officials for grads separation frequently wanes. The separation of grades as rapidly ss practicable Is muoh to he desired, but at an average cost of probably IW.oOO per crossing) even the most affluent railroad oorporatlon can afford to eliminate only a small part of Its grade crossings. Complete seperatlon of grades would cost most rosdS more than they are worth, end In many places the expense Is so great as to raise the question Whether the same amount of money would hot bring about a greater reduction of accidents If expended In other ways. ' ' - Mr. McCrea, the chairman of the American Rail way association committee, Is especially qualified for the position by resson of esperlencs gained by him In prosecuting a vigorous campaign to Instill safety-first Ideas Into the motorists of Long Island. The commit tee can undoubtedly accomplish' some results . well worth while by working along the lines followed by the Long Island and some other roada that have made special efforts to reduce crossings accidents. To what a large extent highway crossing accidents are due to rsreleeeneas la demonstrated by observa tion made by the Southern Pactfjc of the actions of the drivers of 17.S21 motor vehicles on spproachlng rallrosd crossings In a number of widely separated localltlea. Of the total, J1.M8 drivers, or 6H per cent, looked neither to right nor left before crossing the tracks: IT per cent looked only one wsy, sad only X7.I per cent looked In both directions, while 1.M1. Ot 19.S per rent, ran over the crossing at a reckless rate of apeed, and only thirty-five stopped before crossing. Of 4.8SS drivers of teams, IS. 4 per cent looked in neither direction, S.4 per cent looked only one way, and only 63 per cent looked In both directions. Similar observa tions taken a year later at the same places, after the road bad given a great deal or publicity to Its efforts to reduce this kind of accidents and bad appealed for the co-operation of local authorities and automobile clubs, showed a considerable improvement. . , - J As the country develops It will be necessary for the railways to continue to eliminate grade crossings as rapidly as they can. and the increases of popula tion and Industry that mske such expenditures neces sary should naturally, lend to so Increase earnings as to enable the roada to meet them, but meanwhile a great deal ran be accomplished to make conditions safer If the roads can secure the Interest and co operation of the publio and Its representatives. Twice Told Tales Flirt. . Three bachelors, (at and bald and ugly,-Jeered over cigars and, nightcap st the girt who flirts. , "A flirt," said the first bachelor, unbuttoning the bottom button of his walatrost to give his stomach more room, "a flirt Is.a girl whe wants all lovrs roses without any of Its thorns. Che ends with nothing to how but scratches." - The second bachelor,, patting his bald spot reflee tlvely, saldt , , . ... "A flirt Is a girl who hss the hobby of luring mea to the heights of happiness la order to throw them ever." "A flirt." said the third bachelor, ringing for an other drink, "Is a species of human carrot that hss aa Irresistible fascination for two-legged doaksys.'' New Tork TlmeA . . ' Neatral Spirit. ( ' (. Is there something malicious about even the fairest and kindest of neutrals?" said Booth Tsrklngton In Indianapolis. i .. Does a neutral. In the very nature of things, In cline to rejoice a little over a warring sister nation's mtsfortunet I hope not. ' "I hope not. and yet., la thinking of neutrals, t can't help thinking of two boys who stood the other day and watched an enormous safe being raised up to the twenty-sixth story of a skyscraper. "The boys watched the safe rise slowly, dangling at the end of Its wins rope, and when It reached the twentieth story the older lad turned away In disgust " Come os, Joe.' he said. 'We might as well move on. They ain't a-goln' to let her drop.' Wsshlngton Btar. , rae to It. ' The man hsd been haled before the magistrate on some t rival charge. k . "Let me see." said the JudfS. "I know you. Are you not the man who Was married in a cage of man eating lions T" "Yes. your honor." replied the culprit, "I am the man." "Exciting, wasn't It?" continued the Justice. "Well." said ths man Judiciously, 'it was then; It wouldn't be now." Ladles' Home Journal. People and Events A Chicago woman of X wants a alee, tender, eld rly. ell-to-do woman to adopt ber and mother her s she hss never been mothered before. Emphasis on the "well-to-do." The story ot a western Judge, Indefinitely located, who proposes to let his whiskers grow until HenrV Ford succeeds In his mission, regales ths eastern Prsa Any means of brightening the scare belt It welcome back yonder. Henry c. Prtok, the coking magnate or Pennsjl van!a. observes thst Signs of prosperity are vlalbls in the distance and may increase as the winter advances. Hince Mr. Frtck cashed Into the Steel trust his hortson took oa conservative colors. , A Los Angeles minister, obeying the command of a holdup, shot out his dukes so suddenly and ef fectively that the hishwyma couldn't see to shoot, but his legs carried hlia out ot sight JuliiUteil.vi preparedness Is a condition the laity should envy sad emulate. SI I 7T- Za Sloe at Eaorpe and the War SOMEWHERE, teo. 1S.-T6 the Editor of The Bee: 1 have remslned silent a long time. The present European war has caused much discussion. I have read much In your columns and elsewhere from correspondents who are ready to teafl out the eyes Of one or the other of the combatants. I am strlotly neutral. It nations receive their punishment In this world, ss the orthodox believe men do In the next, it Is not hard to find some thing chsrgesble to esch of the Europeart combatants, save France and Montenegro. To England may be charged the Opium War with China, her outrageous con quest of the T.ansvaal Republic, the bombardment of Alexandria, the robbery of the Danish fleet In the Napoleonic wars, the Impressment ef Asnerlcsn ses mcn, and other things too numerous to mention. To Serbia may be chsrged the murder ot her king. To Belgium the out rages committed In the Congo. Ths major part of Belgium's wealth came from the Africa rubber trade. I hope we have not forgotten the cutting off of the hands el negro children, if they felled to do tlfrlr stint The sins of the Rus. slans, Turks shd Germans hare been commented on by everybody. It Is not necessary for the present writer to say more than thst most. If not all, of the charges are rue. Curses on Frsns Jodef end the whole house of HSpsburg, ex cept Maria Theresia. The lecherous old sooundrel hss followed' the trade, of being an emperor for sixty-seven rears. 'He Is cunning ss a fox snd hypocritical ss a rharlsee. . . Ferdinand of Bulgsrla, the great grand son of Lewis Phillip of France, Is the unhsnged scoundrel of Europe. , It Is amusing to heas. pro-tlermsn Catholics say any good Of that fellow. He was the murderer of Btambuloff. Hsre those pro Oerman . Catholics, who love him so now, forgotten the, conversion of Prince Boris, snd the violation of the solemn treaty made with the duke of WrmaV I have always considered the result of this war .ss uncertain. . The kaiser in his offensive tactics, hss followed Na pOleon. with less success, however. He tried to break into Paris, snd failed. Then he tried to smash Into England, and failod. Then-he turned on Russia) and the world forgot the two failures in what looked like supreme success. The kslser hsd learned a lemon from Charles the Twelfth and Bonaparte.. He stopped In; time, and turned his attention to Berbla, the baby brother. The fact Is that Germany has had every advaotago so far In the war, She. is a compact body with the most, splendid military machine ths world has ever seen Phs can move her troops from one end of the dominion to the other with her splen did means of transportation,' while her enemies have to travel round Robin Hood's barn. The kaiser-Is. undoubtedly the best soldier living. Bonaparte was ths greatest offensive Soldier that -ever lived. Frederick the Great was- .the greatest defensive soldier that ever lived. But the kslser ts not Bonaparte and he is not. Frederick,. Tel I would .not hi surprised to see another European, war like the Napoleonic period, from Trafal gar to Waterloo. But I am neither a Prophet nor the eon of a prophet sin cerely, -y. ... DER HKIDE. ' .- - ' Farmers and Moral Credits. , NORTH PLATTE. "DeA. 18 -To the Editor of The Beet Of the several farm ers' conferences recently held, most of them by political appointment. 1 there seems to be, aside rrom politics, two ar. amount considerations. First, . to 1 avoid the expense of middle men. In producing and marketing, concerning which .J herd hss been much declamation . and very little remedy. Second, as to rural credits. It Is claimed that ths democratic fed eral reserve. act furnishes to big business unlimited means for securing easy money for speculative purposes; but to small business, laborers and formers,' ' r.ot a dollar; leaving the latter at the mercy of b'g business. To alleviate this Injus tice on-the ere of an approachlni p" tlor.al election, It is proposed to organ ise a "rural credit system for farmers." This rutar credit' system provides, that section cf farm land en be nrcranted In districts, end bonds Issued - oh the district, such bonds to be deposited In the federal reserve system, which wHI draw upon them- government notes, to loan to the debtors for - interest; stich loans to bo subject to d'scounts and com missions to the bank making ths. flcsl. Of course,- th.e farmers are supposed .Ho support the sdmlnlstration that organises the rural credit System. , - Bear in, mind, that this little 'rural credits elrtils operates' Inside the great federal reserve octopus, to which the farmers must first psy tribute In ths various forms of transportation com missions, discounts and general profits, after which what little there IS left for them Is what they can cheat themselves out of. The federal reserve system, ths legal culmination of past prcdstory . ac tion, how established by law, grinds up everything In Its mill of ths most g'gan-' tlo economic despotism ever established on thta earth. To the credit of the farm ers who have Composed approximately one-fifth of the number of these con ferences, they have bolted the whole scheme. They were 1'ke the fellow who earns out of a fit, he didn't know where he was going to. - Anothsr feature of ths Chicago conven tion was, the land sharks, both foreign Snd domestic, who had gobbled Up by foreclosure a quantity of land, proposed to set It In small tracts for small pay ments down and the balance on rural credits, long time, with Conditions that would make the farrrfer an agrarian serf for the next forty years, and probably for Ufa. Reciprocity, tariff, . income tax and other bunk having gone out of date, rural credits Is the next goat to ride Into office on. But the farmers are getting- wise. They are demanding the money of Jeffer son and Lincoln, with bo disqualifying Uwa LUCIAN BTKBBINS". i Labor ass LIaor. . HASTINGS, Neb.. Pes. ll-To the Editor of The Bee: Those Interested la the continuation of the liquor trafflo would have it appear that In the event ef national prohibition, millions of people Would be thrown out of work, thus indi cating that the manufacture and sale ot liquor la a relatively Important commer cial enterprise. The I'nlted States bursas ef ths census makes the followtug com ment upon the comparative sis of ths brewing and dlstUIUig Industries to other Well known .Industries: "The relative Im portance of these Industries from a purely manufacturing standpoint Is best shown by their rsnktng in number of , wage earoera; In this respect the- brewing In dustry rsnks twenty-fifth among the In dustries ot the country snd the distillery Industry forty -third.'' Not much danger Of a labor panic ta case of prohibition, it would seem. R. 8. KAMdET, Tips on Home Topics Chicago Herald: The painful thing about Congressman ManrYs declaration that every community la more or teas Infected with the "pork" Idea Is that It IS abso lutely true. Indianapolis News: The end Of the war, which was to have occurred In October, has now been postponed until February doubtlesa because of circumstances over which nobody sppesrs to have any con trol. ' Cleveland Plain Dealer: A West Virginia Ice man "hit ths saw dust trail," snd now he , Is rebating the money he rained by ehori weighting his customers. There are other classes smong whom It might be profitable to organise a revival. Boston Transcript: vT are glad to see that our old friend Dr. Karl Llebknecht Is back in the Reichstag. When last heard from he wis holding down sn end seat on the extreme left ot the Tirst row if orchestra trenches, and we had no Idoa the Russians were sucb poor marksmen. Louisville Courier Journal: ."Single-men first," the cry of the recruiters of the British army. "Women and children first" when a ship sinks. Well, "married men first," will ring from the eyes of St. Peter when the meek and the lowly are to be let Into the Kingdom of Heaven to get their everlasting reward. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. t "Thst r'rl yoi see Inst rsssln- us has a lot of fellows crsty about her." ' Why, she's very unsttractlvs.- Who ! She?" "One of the nurses In an Inssne hos pltrtl ward." Baltimore Amerlcsn. "This smile of the Mens Lira Is said to be Inscrutable. She seems to be smil ing inwardly, but nobody knows the cause." i "Probably sot snmetMIng on her hus band that the 'd man doesn't know about as yet." Chicago post Relle He said he wss S millionaire's son, snd I find he Is working for 111 a week. Ida Thst looks suspicious! A million aire's son couldn't get Ovcf IS. Phila delphia Bulletin. "Henry, "enld the superstitious hnotee to her husband, "you simply must find another guest" "What's the trouble now?" he ssked. "There are thirty cf u to s't down.'' "I know; but there were forty-three In vited snd exsctlv thirteen didn't come. ' Boston Transcript. "There's a crying need." For what?" "For snnie muelclsn to compose an cpera Culling for a heroine who weighs about 230 pounds." Pittsburgh i'ost. KAB1B31E KABARET MAR MR. KA&iWlC , HOW MUCH 5HOULP rWT HUeww fAAXf A WEEKf Wirt f llTASrSuJAS MUCH ASU Tat the npmpors hc makes; The fsmous detective gssped as he ar rived at the scene of the crime. "Heavens." said he. as he looked at the window through which the thief had escaped, "this in more aeriaus than I had expected: It's broken on both slies!" Philadelphia Ledger THE HOUSE OF MY FATHERS. Clarence AuMcy In Houston Post. Thla is the house of my fathers, And I am my father's son, As ye are to be who nbide here. If so we be many in one. Wide ere the portals snd open To all who come hither or go. But the rule of the house I Insist on, Ahd who disobeys is my foe. My firstlings were got of much loving Far-faring on mountain and veldt. Of Saxon and Slav. Jew and Oeritlle. Of Teuton and Latin and Celt But though we be kin I disown you If still ye your mother prefer, For she let you go unregrettlng, A burden and hindrance to her. f I've sheltered snd coddled snd fed you As soed of my Hons ye have been; Te sit In the seats of my children. And needs of my favor may win, For ye had abjured all allegiance To potentate, power or throne: On the sword snd the faith of a soldier You swore unto me me alone. fLet grlove for the grtev'ng of kindred In Motnerianas wneiping ui Of prayers and loving and giving Send solace sncar and afar. The call of the Wood Is beseeming, And weeping becometh a son. But tho oath of a man Is his honor Till ever his race Is run. So here Is the rule I command It: 'Nor Teuton nor Saxon be ve. But all who abide in this houshold The sons of this Fatherland be. For, here Is but one lord and master, Ono country, one flag and one name. And they shall be alien and hated Who fail of its weal or Its fame. if rr&Mfr LrV4 : , .-. -via.; v v.; - 1 T t" kji , Enjoy the SouthJtnd's bsJmy climate durine this coming wtnter--beautiful beichts, groves of palm trees and everything that makes for a summer in winter in the semi-tropics. Tickets on tale daily to April 30th with Only J50.68 for the round trip "to Jacksonville, Fla., J87.18 to Havana, Cubi, with corresponding reductions to other points in the South ahd Southeast ,. L0ral Stopover Ptivihgtu ' Connes&fj service via Rock Island Line " . Automatic Block Signal Finett Modern All-Steel Equipment ' Absolute Safety V, Superb Dining Car Service " Write, phone or call at Rock Island Travel Bureau, 1S2J Farnam Street, for tickets, reservations, informa tion. J. S. McNALLY, Division Passenger Agent v'v Phone Douglas 423 The main things to consider when you select an office are location, safety, service and comfort. Location With the Court House Plaza opposite and ' unequalled street car service, the location if ideal. I. . ' . Safety . TheNbuilding is absolutely fireproof. It is surrounded by fireproof buildings. Service Seasoned by years of careful management, it offers the best of elevator and janitor service. Little things are always taken care of immediately. Light, heat and water in cluded without extra charge. Comfort This is a building that was built for com fort and not for economy. The corridors are feide, the windows are large. There is every modern facility and comfort in . THE BEE BUILDING "7n. Building that it alwayi new" The only rooms that ire can offer now are the following, but it they do not meet jour requirements we will be glad to place jroa on our waiting Hat. - Room 222 Choice office eulte. north light, very de sirable for doctors or dentists; waiting room aad private office; 510 square feet, 845.00 Boom 635 nl vacant room on the outside ot the . building. Faces directly on Seventeenth - street. Partition for private office and .. waiting room. Stse 17 square feet 818.00 EoomlOS Al tn' c"d tn tsJrs. on the floor op . , posits The Bee business office. Slxe 270 square .feet. 830.00 Apply to Building Superintendent, Room 103.