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more yter of Wood row I
But tf , tha allies suceed In bagging. Bagdad,
It will till be a mar bagatelle.
. At any rate. Governor Morehead develop
niore ipecd in filling judicial vacancies than
f.oea President Wilson.
The democratic tempest In the congressional
teapot aim mem down lo this: Back up the ad
ministration or back down.
8teel makers have the same brand of worry
that railroads complain of. They hardly know
what to do with the business offered.
Good roads to the tune of f 1,700,000 looks
good at a glance to the chief beneficiaries.
There are others who must be shown.
As one good tarn deserves another, so the
around hallowed by one good carnival of re
ligion deserves another kind of a carnival.
The sudden subsidence of cowboy artillery
at Bt. Louis suggests an outpouring of stuplfy
Ing gas hitherto barred from vocal warfare.
Why stop with rebuilding the outgrown
I rid re whan a new and adequate passenger
station for Omaha Is an equally crying need?
When the Tltanio went down blotting out
acme 1.500 lives, the world was aghast When
the Provence goes down with 3,000 we take it
a a panning Incident.
The home-coming of Colonel Bryan prom
ises a lively rattling of political dry bones,
tomahawks and knives. No essential will be
omitted from the political scenario of springtime.
The new administration of the New Harea
road Is reaching vigorously for the loot of the
wreckers. The Billard Interest recently dis
gorged fl.2SO.000 and dodged the publicity of
a lawsuit
Before the month of March is ended a
fourth of the states will have held their eon
'nttons or primaries to choose delegates to
Chicago. The national conventions will be upon
us almost before we realise It.
The thundering of heavy artillery at Wash
ington drowns the musketry tire from the
Tryaa trenches or Dedham. Mass. George Fred
Williams Is pot-shotting the administration with
all the vigor of a party rebel.
On two recent occasions banqueting church
men have been endangered by poison one
rfalirtously, the other Innocently. The leason of
the text harke bark to the ancient rule of safety
.for churchmen the simple life.
To many trans-Altaatle tourists of happier
days La Provence ranks with the Lusttanla la
cherished memoriea. In its day It ws, the
rreedirat of French liners and held for a time
the blue ribbon of the sea. The fortunes of war
mark lta passing ss the greatest marine tragedy
of modem times.
Thirty Years Ago
This Day in Omaha
" - emptied frost Baa rues,
Jailor Carroll of tha Cuming atraat police station
has mada a raquialtka to oa furnished with flypaper.
Already that Institution Is Inraatad with peaky wlnsed
Insects, which have auddnly appeared by tha hun
dreds, and Carroll Inalata tha city mutt furnish htm
with aoms meane tor relief.
Joseph B- Mann, a frland and riaaaiuale of R. C.
i'atteraon, haa been visiting Mr. Patterson for tha
last week, and with a vtaw of buying property bare.
Jeffreys Iwla completed her engagement by ap
pearing aa Countess Zkka in "Diplomacy." and by
urgent request agraed to remain over another day and
produca "Forget-Me-Not" again.
It. Gal brail b was out for a abort time after a
week's iUneae.
Mr. and Mr. 3. M. MatcaJf, 11J South Tenth street,
are receiving sympathy of friends over tha death of
tbelr lUUe 1-yee.r-oid daughter.
A rumor, baaed an a private telegram, la ta the af
fect that tha Thuretoa hoea mpaay baa beea barred
from the eoaUSt at New Otieaaa oa protest of the
team at Linoola, some thing which had been expected
ajid therefore not surprtalng.
Offloer William W hite mada himself popular wltn
the ladles by placing a Mock of granite at the croealug
at Farnajn atreet, thus getting pedestrians to cross
that thoroughfare dry -shod. Tha Job waa a big one
and Billy raealved tha congratulatlona of eltlsens.
Mrs. Carry Wtlde Human, wife of Oorge W. Mo
man. and one of the o!dt restdenta of Omaha, dUd
at their horns on Howard street.
Why a Penoial Representative T
Why should the prealdent hare "a personal
representative" occupying an anomalous posi
tion in onr diplomatic relattonsf This question
Is being asked with mere or lees pertinency
with reference lo Colonel House's Iste mission
to Europe supplanting the regularly accred
ited ambaasadors and ministers, or at leaat
taking precedence of them for the time being
on ail subjects connected with war. Whatever
statue Colonel House has Is wholly extra-legal,
there being no law creating auch a position or
making appropriation for such services. The
Inevitable tendency of dispatching a para
mount diplomat to a foreign conrt must be to
weaken. If not diacredit, the regular diplomatic
representative there.
It la pointed out, however, that In commis
sioning Colonel House as his personal repre
sentative, the president hss done no more
usurpation that he did when he sent John Llnd
sa a personal apokeeman to make demand
upon Huerta and at the same time made Wil
liam Bayard Hale his persons! representative
In dealing with Carranr.a. It Is explained that
there Is as much warrant for one as for the !
other, which means that there is no warrant
for either except the acquiescence of congress
after the fact.
The whole Idea of a personal representative
merely reflects the president's conception of a
personal government, that In the conduct of
foreign affairs he may act with full powers
and be bound by no law. The strange thing Is
that this la the old monarchical principle by
which ambassadors and ministers were pre
sumed to represent the king or emperor per
sonally, being the very opposite of the demo
cratic principle of popular sovereignty, and,
strangest of all Is it that this flsgraat de
parture from the democratic Idea should come
through a president supposed to typify democracy.
Plan for the Home Beautiful.
Iaat year some devoted members of the
Omaha Civic league carried on a rather compre
hensive campaign for the beautifying of home
surroundings and succeeded in arousing consid
erable Interest among the home owners. The
present spring will provide the test of that effort
by showing to what extent the enthusiasm then
awakened yet persists. Omaha has always been
a city or homes, and most of them are beautiful.
Visitors invariably remark this attractive feature
of onr city life. We have no alums, no tumble
down streets, no hidden unsightly places, even
our vacant lots flaunting their unlovely aspect
openly. The flowers and shrubbery planted last
spring will bloom again within a few days, but
the effort at improvement should not be per
mitted to Isg. Proper concern of the people for
their surroundings will make Omaha still more
attractive, a source of greater pride to its citl
tens and of pleasant wonderment to visitors. It
Is time to get busy on the campaign in which
every householder is a soldier.
The Lure of aa Appropriation.
There la no mistaking the political genlua
which fashioned the bill making a preliminary
draft of 125,000,000 on the national treasury
to be distributed among the states In aid of good
roads. The bill passed the house of representa
tives by the whooping vote of 3S1 to 81. That
It failed to receive a unanimous vote is no dis
credit to the author. No appropriation bill has
appeared In congress In recent times more com
pletely appealing to the statesmanship of the
main chance. Bo-called "pork" bills, ranging
from rivers and harbors to the omnibus post
office building bills were necessarily limited ta
their benefits, and for that reason too often
provoked fierce opposition and embarrassing
criticism. The good roads bill overtops all
measures of the discredited class in Its nation
wide reach and magnificent possibilities for
"bringing home the bacon." .
The UUe of the bill reads: "To provide
that the secretary of agriculture, on behalf of
the United BUtes, shall, In certain cases aid the
states In the construction and maintenance of
rural post roads.' Three methods of dis
tributing the fund among the states are pro
vided. As a starter, a lump sum of 166,000
goes to each state. The balance Is split In two,
one-half to be distributed among the states In
proportion to population, the other halt on the
baals of mileage of rural free delivery and star
mall rontea.
The indicated distribution of the fund show
that five states would each receive over 11,000,-
00, New York heading the list, with $1.64,
000. In the west. Iowa's share is $84 1,740;
Kansas. 77,6: South Dakota. $317,401;
Wyoming. $111,170. and Nebraska. $514,134.
Before a stats gets a look at the money the bill
provides that state highway supervision shall
be established and maintained. The chances of
a state passing up the money on this account are
remote.
At his opening la Baltimore "Billy" Sunday
waa so d sailed by the magnificent turnout that
by comparison he 'characterised Philadelphia as
looking "like a piece of counterfeit Chinese
money." Needless to say, Philadelphia la In
censed and indignant To bo likened to Chinese
money, which is not worth counterfeiting, would
be bad enough, but to be likened to the counter
feit is adding Insult to injury. Philadelphia has
a real grievance.
The appalling loss of life by the sinking of
the "Provence" is emphasised by comparison
with the "Titanic." which carried only half the
number down to watery graves. But there were
no Innocent women and children on the "Prov
ence." Its pseaengers were all full grown, able
bodied men, deliberately taking the chances of
war.
A ruling of the supreme court of New Jer
sey affirms the right of the governor to rids
free on all railroads of the state. Up to a recent
period It was commonly understood thst the
railroads owned New Jersey and officeholders
enjoyed the privilege of railroad employes. If
the railroads lost their grip oa the state. It is
evident the officeholders retain their free riding
habits.
The western Iowa editors set a precedent by
holding the sessions of their association la Coun
cil Bluffs, with a run-over into Omaha, The
Iowa State Editorial association ought to do the
same thing some time, fixing dates to correspond
with the meeting of the Nebraska editors la
Omaha and thus get together.
The Mystery of Mars
oaaiaea W. Set vies.
ARB they trains on Mara, or Is there nobody there
ta dig? TTe whole question of tba existence and
of tha activities of those Martian glarta Is again
thrown Into tha melting pot by a reewnt report of
the director of the British Astronomical association,
who oxprnaa the belief that the "eanala" of Mare
are optical Ilhialons.
And this report ooinee eaotly at the moment when
Perclval I well, at tha rUgwtaff observatory, an
nounces that the "caeata" ta the northern hemlepha-e
of tha planet are developing precieelr In accordance
with expectations based on the theory that 1t la water
atrpjitled by the melting of tha polar anowa whkh
cauaea their visibility. '
This la really one of tha most Interesting debate,
of our Una. It Is an Intellectual duty for every In
telligent human being to pay attention to it. There
la that other world hanging above us In the sky, cir
cling with us around the son, with day and night
flitting over its snrfaoe, aa ft spins on Ha axla, just
ss they do over the surface of our globe, and in
almost exactly the earns period of time (twenty-four
hours. Its alternating seasons are Ilka ours, though
each nearly twice as Ion: lta surface Is divided Into
permanently marked regions which make It resemble,
except In the detail ef outlines, a school globe of the
earth. Ita anowy caps alternately expand and con
tract about each ef tha poles, the same prenomenon
that occurs about the polea of tha earth, though here
tba melting Is never so extensive, because apparently,
the quantity of snow Is vastly greater with us than
on Mars, Alt these are facta about which there la
virtually no d Input.
The groat qoeetlan then Is: "la that earthlike
planet Inhabited or BotT" Not te take aa Interest tn
that question would be simply stupid. Oranted that
wa cannot go to Mate at present; granted that'we
cannot even eomrannleata with Mars at present; are
those good re 'One for feeling no Interest in the ques
tion whether tt la an Inhabited world Ilka ours?
And as to commontoatlon, wa have made progreaa
In the leaf twenty years which should make us vary
chary about denying the possibility of extending com
munication anywhere. Mi know that the waves of
light eaaily traverse the greet gulf of space, and
that electrle waves go everywhere, and light and eljo
trlclty have proved themselves marvel oua Artels for
us, one or the other ef them going at our bidding
wherever we have tried to send them.
Bat this breach ef tha queatlon is for the future.
Whether we ever communicate with intelligent beinsa
en another ahere of tha ethereal ocean or not. we, for
the satisfaction of our Intellectual curiosity, which la
one of the Indices of cur seml-divlnlty, want to know
whether such beings are there or are not there. I-lfe
la what Interest us, and wherever we see the slightest
Indications ef Its existence a thrill of curiosity must
run through us, tog-ether with a desire to find out all
we can about it. Suppose that Columbus, after thor
oughly exploring America, had returned with proof
that It waa entirety lifeless. Europe would have turned
Its hack on the new world and, not being able to sea
It, aa we see the Itfaleea moon, would in ten yeara
have virtually forgotten its existence.
But suppose, on the 'other hand, that Columbus
had come beck reporting that he had discovered
simply Indications of life In America: then Europe
would never have rested until It had found cut Whether
that Ufa actually existed and what It waa line.
There we see tha reason why Mars is vastly more
intereetlng than the moon. Wa find no Indlcatlone of
life oa the mace, veh lever Ufa may cnoe have adorned
It, but Mare shown many features which wa know,
from cur own experience, are associated with the
preeeace ef Ufa.
The "eajteJs are by no means the'oaly features
of this kind. They, tn fact, are mere or tees mysteri
ous and doubtful objects. It la usually supposed by
those who sure not familiar with the subject that tha
visible "canals" are the actual irrigating channels In
whose artificial construction Mr. Lowell believes.
In fact Mr. Lowell's idea is that those channels
are too email te be seen with any telescope, and that
the "canals" are simply Ions, narrow bands cf Irri
gated land, which become vialble, at certain seasons,
through the growth ef vegetation, stimulated by the
supply of water brought from the melting polar snows.
It Is a fascinating theory, for It fills ths Imagina
tion with pictures of gigantic engineering operations
going on there, by means of which the Irrigation Is
maintained and extended.
New Mr. A n ton lad 1 of tha British association avers
that the 'caneJe' are not, aa Lowell asserts, un
broken lines extending thousands cf miles In a great
network, but that the appearance of such lines Is
produced by a visual Illusion which combines a large
number of separated spots, and the edgea cf shaded
regions, Into the semblance of linear objoota.
But even If this be so. It does not contravene the
assertion that these spots never make their appear
ance until the polar snows hare begun to dissolve and
disappear tn the hemisphere corresponding to that In
which the apota are seen.
Mr. Lowell seems to have well established the fact
that these things are phenomena depending upon the
seasonal change which aa oa upon Mars Just aa they
do upon the earth. Even If no more can be proved
than that there are water and air upon Mars enough
Is thereby established te warrant the hypothesis that
there may be life.
Twico Told Tales
The Skeleton Key.
"The American man la the moat sentimental man
In the world."
The spesker wae aa actress who forsook the stage
te become an Interior decorator of the palaces of New
Tork millionaires.
"The American man," shs continued, "Is so senti
mental that he alwaye marries for love. His heart Is
Ilka that which the poet sang of, 'a casket that can
only be opened by leva.' "
"What about the American glrir a broker asked.
"Oh. to cover the American girl's case," she .s
plled, with a mischievous smile, "the poet would have
to change his line to. The heart is a casket which
love alone unlocks, but money makes a good skeleton
key. which often produces ths same result." 8t Louis
Ql obe-De rooc rat.
Proof Fcalttve.
They ware talking about the care of property, ant
Congressman lOugen B. Heed of New Hampshire told
of an Incident that happened In a suburban town.
One night Smith aad Jonas called on a man who
lived In the aforeaald burg, and while going toward
the atatloa Bmlth auddenly turned to hla companion
"Say, Jim." he Queried, "does Brown own that
house or does he rent Itr"
"Ho rents It," snswered Jones. In a positive tons
of voice.
"How do you know?" wonderlngly responded
Smith. "Did he tell your1
"No. was the rejoinder of Jones. "I saw hlra
striking matches oa the paint." Philadelphia TXe
8 re oh.
BnS cf Rosaaa.ee.
"No more shall I hear the footsteps on yonder walk
just as the cloak strikes s."
"Or-adous, Jeaanette!" - v
"And the old parlor light will never burn low for
aim again."
"Tew doat rosea ttt"
"I do; and furUMivioro, he will never stt em this
sofa three xtlahts a weak and call xne pet names, as
ha has boon doing for two yeara.
1 am astonished. "
"Aad tonight I am going te bom all the old love
letters ta my cheat of drawer a"
"B-but why Are you going to discard him?"
"Plscard him! Why, you goose. I am going to
marry him!" Pittsburgh Ch'oni le-Telegraph.
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Kdaratlna aad XfrrM t .
OMAHA, March 4-To the Editor of
The Bee: The last quarter century haa
seen greet Improvements In the schools
or America, m the same period they
bare had to meet much crltldem. some
ft If tllflt Kl.t MiiK . t nnlnal lunauM
based on the Implied assumption that
tne einoois are wholly responsioie
for the education of our children and
vntlth- tfriuratlnn In tha ma afia-tha
fashioning of tha body, mind and spirit
into an errlrient Individual, depends
upon the home, the achool, and the
other factors In community Ufa. The
Increase In the complexity cf life has
placed Increasing burdens cn ths school,
though ths child sttends it only five
or six hours a day about X4 daya of
the M days. But he la receiving Impres
sions, developing tendencies and habits
in all his waking hours, fifteen or six
teen of them each day, and the year
tound. An Important part, an Increas
ing part, but only a part of his real
education for efficiency can possibly be
In the hands of the school.
The home la still tha greatest educa
tional Institution In apite of Its losa of
Influence In many cases, ft ought ai-
waya to be so, berauae It concerns mora
of the time of the child, affects enoro
' of Ita habits, and can make a more In
timate and effective Impress than
can the school. The National Bureau
of Education of vVashlntoa la putting
much of Its emphasla on tha necessity
of fostering the Influences of the tra
ditional American household, of rehab
ilitating the power of home life, of edu
cating men and women to their respon
sibilities as home makers, home keepers
and horns educators.
But home and school together are a
long way from covering the educational
problem, and aa too often constituted
powerleaa to control It. The time be
tween the two, the after achool hours,
the f-aturdays, the summer months this
uncontrolled segment In the life cf the
young Is a vital factor In education, that
must be reckoned with. The products
cf thousands cf homes and schools have
been rout Hated by It Whether educe-.
tlon Is more or less efficient depends
largely upon it. The Influence of homes
vary, and In some parta of communities
the effect on children and youth cf
this leisure time becomes greater, be
cause of the ineffectiveness cf home life.
In aomo caaes home influence bas been
hopeleasly lessened. But even where
both homes and schools are cf the beet,
there Is often neglect cf the common
play of the children and youth.
The great contribution of the play
ground and recreation movement In this
country is that It has demonstrated that
towns and cities can make the neglected
play time and leisure hours an upbuild
ing, educational and social force. This
has been made possible because people
realise that the kind of pier Ufa, the
leisure conditions, are a community re
sponsibility not within the power of any
one home to control. Organised oppor
tunities for play and good recreation
furnish to children and youth liberty
for the right sort of occupations In
stead of a license which Is without re
straint, or In piece of no good oppor
tunities whatever.
It can bo readily seen that tha use
of leisure Involves Tooth work, and play.
It Is for this reason that the hundreds
of cities maintaining recreation eysteme
consider playgrounds, ehlloren'e gardens,
msnuai training, aoUvltlea cf Boy
Scouts, soda! pleasures that are profit
able, opportunities for ood music, etc
as part of the sasas movement. The play
ground or the recreation center m a
school Is the natural starting place for
effective good uao of leisure. Intelli
gent direction, and organised- methods
In close alliance with home and school
will produce leisure Urns conditions that
are pleasant and at the same time a real
contribution to education In its broadest
w,ns. O. IL BNOLJSH,
Buperlntednent at Public Recreation.
Me. IksWs View of h Wnr.
OMAHA, March A-To the Editor of
The Bee: I have notloed Ex-Governor
Shaw-a article on "Preparedness." and
as he Is a man of reputation and ability
I think it would be an Important means
of Increasing our Information and clari
fying cur thought to examine closely
scms of his expressions. I am not mak
ing an argument on preparedness, but
purpose to call attention, to eoree of Mr.
Shaw's words respecting the attitude of
this nation. He says: "We are making
no friends and placing no belligerent un
der obligation to come to our assistance
when the great day of reckoniifg shall
arrive,"
Of course he does not mean that we
should be so foolish as to try to hold the
friendship of both sides by doing favors
to both. His words Imply that we ongnt
to abandon the purpose of maintaining
neutrality, and that it Is impossible or
tmprecttcabea te hold a neutral attitude
and retain the friendship and respect cf
the other nations. If all the neutral na
tions adopted Mr. Shaw' a view, all would
become Involved In the war. And If
this is the right view, then what the
world needs Is something of the nature of
the great deluge which Is said to have de
stroyed all the people cf the world except
a few who wore saved to re-populate the
earth. I guess ws must mark Mr. Shaw
as a jingo.
I believe that In the coming preelden
tlal campaign ether Issues will be suo
ordlnated. and a great majority of the
voters will vote tor tho candidate who
seems best qualified to hold the ship of
state to a neutral course.
B URIAH F. COCHRAN.
Weesitr Wtleoa Wnratauga.
SILVER CREEK.- Neb., March A To
the Editor of Tho Bee: Says R. U. Met
calfe: The sinking ef the Lusltanla was ths
moat wanton, cruel murder In tho hlatory
of nations. If Germany is willing to be
judged by that awful deed then eho la
already doomed and damned."
Without making any attempt ta defend
Germany for the sinking of tho Lusitanla,
th ouarh that act is easily susceptible of a
good defense, let us admit for the moment,
that this characterisation of it la not
over-drawn and fully Justified. But taking
that view ef the matter. In what light
does tt leave President Wilson whom Mr.
Metcalfe and other eycophantio flatterers
continually laud aa a paragon of virtue
aad wise etatemanshlpT
Not only had Oermeay declared certain
watwe a war son aad sivaa xtoOoe to
the world that aha would use her sub
marines te sink just such ships as shs
still Insists the Luaitaala te have bee a,
but her agonta. through advertisements
In tha New Tork papers, had apeclflcaly
warned prospective travelers agalnat
taking passage on the Lusttanla. If, now.
President Wilson before the sailing cf
the Iisltanla had officially advised Am
ericana not to travel on belligerent res
eels, aa in the Interests of humanity nnl
good government he should have done.
Vsnderhllt. Elbert Hubbard and 1
other Americana, now lying at the bot
tom of the sea, would today be alive and
well. That, he might have dona under
protest aa a matter ef expediency, but
without any sacrifice of honor or prin
ciple, and could atlll have insisted on our
"rights," ss he viewed them, snd guaran
tees for the futura Just precisely as he
has been rrolng. If, after the sinking of
the Lualtanla, Wilson had sent out elmi
far warnings, an American consul who
went down with the Persia, and Ameri
cana on a half dosen other torpedoed
vessels would atlll he ellve. And evan
now If he would send out auch a notice
aa congressmen wiser than he threaten
to force him to do. no more American
Uvea need thus be lost, and perhaps an
Infinitely dissstroua wsr be averted. But,
no; our schoolmaster president prefers
rather, to insist tenaciously on a little
red tape, the strict enforcement of Inter
national blue laws and swapping Ameri
can Uvea for German gulden.
If, as Mr. Metcalfe says, the Germans
wantonly took American lives. President
Wilson by the exercise of a little horse
sense, a commodity of which he seems to
be absolutely destitute, might have saved
them all. On whom Is the greater respon
slbilltyT CHARLES WOOSTER.
Boaqart for Osaaha Schools.
LINCOLN. March t-To Ths Editor of
The Bee: I wleh to congratulate the city
of Omaha cn the excellence of the manual
training In the public schools, especially
the pottery.
Last week, while In Omaha, through
the courtesy of the menus! training sup
ervisor. I had the pleaeure of visiting the
large kiln where all the pottery made by
the pupils Is fired snd glased. I was
pleased to find thst ths supervisor has
an assistant who gives his entire time
to this Important part of the work.
Some of the modeling waa ao remark
ably well done that ' I wondered If a
potter'g wheel had not been used, but I
found upon inquiry, that the pupils make
hand built pieces only. Their long train
ing In bench work, wood carving and
other manual arts has obviously helped
to make them unusually skillful In the
pottery.
ft may be assumed that I speak of this
matter with some authority, since the
modeling and staling of art pottery Is my
specialty. For three years I have don
glaxlng and firing of pottery for the Perj
State Normal school, and also for the
public schools of Lincoln, and the aub
ject of pottery haa been mv luriimii..
study for some dosen years.
Miss O. M. ABBOTT.
GRINS AND GROAffSt
Friend (happening lon I !av. old
chap. Is that you under the car you wer
so sure vou rouM drive all rlit ?
Overturned Autolst Yea. I'm here, hut
vou ran t say this Is a horse on mc
Baltimore American.
"Ar you really the seventh son of a
eevertth son?''
"Yes. but I don't d, any prophesying
or clairvoyant work."
"It lan't that. I was Just wondering If
I eouldn t get your family clothing busi
ness: thata all. "-Louisville Courier
Journal. "I see Mrs FluNlnh hss her children's
pictures In all tho Sunday papers."
"The rlaht spirit. I think I know It Is
unfsshlonablc to hsve children, but If
you have 'em, make tne best of, says I,"
Kansas City Journal.
"Why do you call your mule, 'Philip
pines ?'
"A gemman came along an' told tne dat
'nd he a good name," replied Mr. Erastus
Plnklev. "I were 'scuasln' de anlmel
wir 'lm an' I told Mm I wasn' made tip
In my mind whether I'd hold on to Mm
or try to trade Mm off or lose Mm."
Washington 8tar.
A ito man he has "touched"! Thanks,
old rhap. But what la this little pamph
let you handed me?
B Oh. I always hand one of those out
with a loan. It tells how to strengthen
the memory. Boston Transcript.
The sphinx pronounced a riddle.
"How many ejlrl would swim out be
yond the danger line if the llferuard was
a woman ?" she asked. New Tork Run.
She waa doing her best to make full
use of her leap-year prerosratl ve.
"I am a poor girl, as you know," she
eald, "but If the devotion of a true and
loving heart goes for anything with
you "
"Oh. it goes with me. all right." Inter
rupted the practical young man, "but
"I'm afraid It won't go with the grocer
and the. butcher." Indianapolia Star.
"It Is 11 o'clock. Tou must go now."
"Hut I still hsve much to say to you,"
pleaded the young congressman.
"Really my parents won't permit me
to entertain company any later."
"Then T ask for leave to extend mv
remarks In the Record er that Is. good
night. Miss Vanessa." Baltimore American.
THE HOME TOWN.
Editorial Snapshots
Pittsburgh Dispatch: With atl
respect to seme of ths experts, this talk
about the utter tncanaHv r
brings to mind tho predictions of 19
that the Spanish would wipe cur ships
off the sea.
Indianapolis News: On second thonoit
It would appear that aoma of one
vociferous statesmen are rather wmA hf
during last week's flurry, things didn't
go rar enough ror an official record to
be made of their enthusiasm. ,
Baltimore American: A census taken in
a co-educational Institution disclosed the
fact that tha dear alrll were more in
terested In securing husbands than riches.
Anotner demonstration, obviously, of the
fallacy of ths higher education. '
Philadelphia Ledger: Benator cinea'a in
tellectual processes are difficult to fol
low wben he says that he Introduced his
resolution forbidding Americana to travel
cn belligerent warsh'ps because he wished
te uphold American rights. a
New Tork World: Ex-Senator TTene
Gasaaway Davis, who ones honed tn h.
vies president cf the United States,
aspires now, at ninety-three, to become
the only centenarian president of a rail
road. Providing that the rears shall be
kind, he will meet no ocnoalrlon tn ih.
fulfillment of this later ambition.
Signs of Progress
Thirty million nasaenawre mm
en ferryboats in Ssn Francisco bay with
out injury through accident during ths
year ending June to. JilB. In tha last
twenty-five yeara. It la atatan1. nniv tn,
deaths have resulted from ferry mishapa.
A Binrla gallon nf v-kII- 4ii -hi.
ICO eowai hale four tons of hay, mix thirty-five
cubic yarda of cement, move a
ton truck fourteen miles, plow three-fifths
of sn sere Of land or r.n.M f a.tCft
electricity to illuminate a farm house tor
ininy nours.
There are twice aa mu Mmu tn t fe
rn I ted States sa In lWa three times
many ss at the outbreak of the civil war
ana nve times as many as In WO. The
Increase between lfio and 191S a
have been equal to the entire population
at tha time of the revolution.
Edgar A. Guest. In Detroit Free Press.
Borne folks leave home for money.
And some leave home for fame.
Some seek skies always sunny.
And some depart In ahame.
I car not what the reason
Men travel east or west.
Or what the month or season
The home town Is the best.
t 4
The home town is the glad town
Where something real sbldes,
"Pis not the money-mad town
That all Its spirit hides.
Though strangers scoff and flout It
And even Jeer its name
It has a charm about It
No other town can claim.
The home-town skies seem bluer
Than sklea that stretch away,
The home-town friends seem truer
And kinder through the day.
And whether glum or cheery
Light-hearted or depressed.
Or struggle-fit or weary
I like the home-town best.
Let him who will go wander
To distant towns to live.
Of soms things I am fonder
Than all they have to give.
The gold of distant placea
Could not repay me quite
For thoae familiar faces
That keep the home-town bright.
PIMPLES ON FACE
BURNJIIICH
Became Worse and Worse. Face
Disfigured. In Blotches. Were
Red and Scaled Over.
HEALED BY CUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
"I had pimples on my face which gradually
became worse and worse all the time. They
burned and Itched and I would wake up often
at mgnt ana my race would
bum dreadfully and It was
disfigured for the time being.
At Arret the ptrnples were In
blotches but gradually scat
tered, and they were red and
festered aad also scaled over.
"Then I got soms CuMeura
Soap and Ointment. At
first I nut the Cutlcura Olnt.
ment on and then I bathed my face with .
warm water and Cutlcura ftoap. and I had
not used them more than two weeks till I
noticed a change and now my face is entirely
healed." (Signed) Miss Marie OhiisOansen,
Route J, Neoia, Iowa. July 25, ms.
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