THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1917.
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Now let us all settle down for good hard work
till the calendar is cleaned up.
Southern patriotism stands firmly for govern
ment control of everything but cotton.
East St. Louis may enjoy its eminence as a
murder burg without the slightest taint of envy
from any quarter.
President Li being at liberty, Dictator Chang
Hsun will be bothered more than ever to keep'his
emperor on the throne,
t Old Ben Franklin is another who would have
delighted in the sight of the Stars and Stripes
floating over Parliament house.
" -It
is evident from his remarks at Glasgow that
Lloyd George will rot be happy until the kaiser
emulates Davy Crockett's coon
It is estimated 2,000,000,000 feet of lumber will
be required by the government for military pur
pose during the next twelve months. Forest con
servation is sure to get the ax.
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' Trouble persists in chasing Nicholas Romanoff.
Crownless and in jail would seem punishment
enough. Not so. The ex-czar's cook is suing
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or shirts tor men ot tne navy, u tne matter
,vii include members of congress and his cabi-
net associates and the beneficiaries. '
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Strike leader of the. I. W. W. stripe threaten
to tie up the nation's harvest unless the copper
kings of Arizona "come across." The bluffing
championship once held by King Canute deserv
edly falls to his sage brush follower.
Once more the Slav peril marches forward.
This time the moving host sends to Berlin a
deeper and more dreaded note than that sounded
in the fall of 1914. Democracy, pressing on the
back door of autocracy, accelerates the nightmare
Labor boycotts and tne evils growing out of
them are not monopolized by striking workmen.
Three men are on trial in New York for a mur
der conspiracy which resulted in the killing of a
butcher for selling his products below the butch
ers' scale. The men on trial are charged with
financing the crime.
Potato riots in Holland suggest that the Ger
man food situation is not all the kaiser's publicity
agents would have the world believe. It is
through Holland the chief supplies from the out
side have reached the Germans, and with the
Dutch rioting on behalf of their own stomachs,
the likelihood of further sale to their warring
neighbors is slight.
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Coal producers still work the car shortage
excuse, even though refuted by the record. Coal
production since January 1 exceeded by 25,000,000
tons the record for the same time last year and the
movement from the mines kept pace with the
increased output Distribution , may not be as
equitable as in former years, but jutput and move
ment are record-breaking,
Grairi trading during the war promises none
of the "big killings" which radiated joy in the
. pits last winter. President Griffin of the Chicago
board picked up an earful of impressive advice at
Washington and announced that dealing in fu
tures is chalked off the board for an indefinite
time. Deals must be restricted to cash deliveries.
The certainty of the government being the prin
cipal buyer threatens to reduce trading profits
to the regular commission basis.
BattleHymn Ready Made
-Chicago Tribune"
Dr. Lyman Abbott suggests "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" as an international war
song. Excellent 1 Nothing' in its phraseology
binds it to civil war times. Nothing binds it to
America alone. It contains no specific reference
to slavery, or to secession, or to the union. It is
a hymn of freedom for all democracies today
American, British, French, Russian, or what you
will. .
But how would the south take it? The tune
is "John Brown's Body," and the south has hated
that tune. The words ring with devout patriotism
for northern ears; to confederates, they were bias-'
phemies. Can the south turn right about face,
forget the lost cause and adopt a northern war
song? There are signs that it can.
When America declared war on Germany,
Betsy Ross societies sprang up all over Dixie
and began stitching union flags. When the
"Chathams" returned from Texas the confederate
museum at Savannah displayed the stars and
.bars, but flung out the Stars and Stripes along
side. In another southern town the Daughters of
the Confederacy were presented with a union flag
by their president. In still another Old Glory
appeared over a confederate veteran's nonu. If
the south can love the union colors, why not a
union war song?
There is no longer a north. There is no longer
a south. There is America, first, last, and always.
Save for a quaint old fogy here and there in
Dixieland, the south is exuberantly loyal. Let an
orchestra strike up "The Star-Spangled Banner,"
and southerners spring to their feet. This hap
pens even at Columbia, S. C, where Sherman left
hardly a house unburned; and we may yet hear
southern voices blend ; with northern in the
strains: '
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coining
of the Lord; ;
He is trampling out the vintage where the
grapes of wrath, are stored;
He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible.-swift
sword ; ,
' Hi truth ii marching on."
Great Feat Splendidly Carried Out.
The passage of the American army transports
through the U-boat zone without the loss of a
man is a really remarkabe feat of war. Whether
or not spies had communicated with Berlin is not
so overwhelmingly important in connection with
the main fact It may be taken for granted that
the spies do have some means of communication
with the kaiser's leaders, and that they may even
have ways of gathering esecret information on
this side. But it would do our own intelligence
little credit, did we not also admit that the Ger
man leaders are alert and watchful at all times.
They had had ample notice of the intention
of the United States to dispatch an army to
Europe, and the least we could expect was that
the sea lanes would be haunted by submarines,
eagerly looking for Yankee transports. The pres
ence of these terrors of the sea far west of their
customary zone of operation was reported, long
ago. It was not surprising, therefore, that they
were encountered by the transports and their
convoy. Plans laid by our own leaders were so
complete that at least two attacks were success
fully met, and the sections of the great fleet
made their way through the utmost peril without
the loss of a man, exacting, however, at least
one U-boat as a toll from the Germans.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the full im
portance of this splendid feat, but extravagance
of language can add little to the simple state
ment of its accomplishment. Getting armed forces
to Europe is a task of first magnitude, present
ing problem not understood by the layman, but
the ability of our army and navy had stood its
first test perfectly.
Publicity the Cure for Tax Shirking.
A number of Nebraska counties are takinff ad
vantage of the recent law authorizing the publi
cation of personal tax returns with palpably good
results. Here in Douglas county no one knows
what the assessments of personal property arc,
except as th newspapers make note of them in
their news columns as subjects of complaint be
fore the equalizing board, and the shocking in
equalities of the tax valuations go unobserved.
For a newspaper to suggest the publication
of the personal tax list is, we know, an. invitation
toa charge of selfish motive but that does not
weaken the force of the assertion that such an
advertisement would be worth many times the
money it would cost the county, for it is proven
by experience that nothing can hit the chronic
tax shirkers as hard as the searchlight of pub
licity. O.' course, this suggestion will not be acted
upon this year in Douglas county, nor next year,
nor any other year for that matter, so Jong as the
law leaves the publication optional with the
county authorities. The law ought to be changed
to make publication of personal tax returns man
datory and then we would have a more nearly
equitable distribution of these taxes.
Popular Success of the Liberty Loan.
Analysis made possible by the completion of
subscriptions and the allotment of purchase
shows how successful was the Liberty loan from
the viewpoint of its popularity. It provides a'
really, good gauge of the attitude of the whole
people towards the war. The loan was over-subscribed
by more than a billion dollars this fact in
itself being most eloquent of the united support
from the people, but more significant are some
of the details of the movement to purchase the
issue. Almost 65 per cent of the total offered, or
$1,296,634,850, was taken in sums of less than
$10,000, while $1,856,787,900 was asked in amounts
of less than $100,000. It was riot the big con
cerns alone who went behind the Liberty loan,
but the people. The smaller buyers will receive
their orders in full, and those of $10,000 o'r over
will be scaled in ratios running from 60 per cent
down to 20 per cent of their proffers. In the
beginning at least, the Liberty bonds will go into
the hands of the people. The negotiation of this
great loan, together with the Red Cross subscrip
tion and the registration for the, draft, ought to
to, convince the most sceptical that the American
people do appreciate what is before them in the
way of stern dutyi and that they are most earn
estly determined to see it through.
Workmen's Compensation Decision.
The supreme court has just given an inter
pretation of one of the points in the Nebraska
workmen's compensation law that will be of in
terest to employers and employes alike. It is
held that the fact that a Vnan receives higher
wages after than before injury -does not operate
to estop the payment of partial wages awarded
as relief or compensation. The tourt holds that
extra earning power following special prepara
tion does not remove the liability incurred when
the accident happened. This brings into view an
entirely new phase of the law and widens its
range extensively. Compensation has been cal
culated on the basis of Impaired earning power,
and is intended to partially at least recompense
thevictim of industrial accident for loss incident
to injury. Also it has been framed to keep the
victim on the payroll through the period of en
forced cessation of earning power. This theory
is by the court extended to include compensatory
payments such as might be had through the suc
cessful prosecution of a suit for damages. While
this view may be supported by logic, its novelty
adds to the importance of the law itself, and
brings us closer to the final determination of
whether the risk properply should be borne by
the industry or by society as a whole.
Why Not a "Barry Avenue?"
It is suggested that in revising the names. of
streets in the newly-annexed suburbs the city
commissioners consider John Barry, commodore
of the American navy. Some may have forgotten
this gallant seaman, but those familiar at all with
.the history of the revolution know the part he
played. His name doesn't shine with the halo
of romance that glistens around that of John
Paul Jones, nor did he emit any dying words or
farewell message to his country. He was an
Irishman, full of the notion of liberty, and zeal
ously embraced the cause of the colonies. It, the
embryo navy he served with distinction and credit
and brought much of advantage to the cause he
served through his ardor and skill as a sea war
rior. Severe wounds only kept Jiim temporarily
from the deck and when the war was over he
remained in .the service, being made the first
commodore of the reorganized navy in 1794.
Omaha has honored a few of the nation's fighting
men and might do worse than add another to
the list.
"The goal of our enemies." says Maxiraillian
Harden, "is democracy and independence for
every race ripe for freedom." Unfortunately the
writer's clear vision is not shared by the ruling
power. For the Allies remains the task of mor
Using the skulls of Junkerdom and lcttiug in the
blazing light of truth.
Women and the War
National Woman's Committee
By Fredric J. Haskin
Washington, July 2. In one of Washington's
most fashionable residential districts, not far
from the British embassy, is a tall, aristocratic
stone building known as "The Playhouse." At
least that was its name until a short time ago.
It was built by Preston Gibson, a playwright, who
set out to write for the proletariat, but became
discouraged and sought an audience among those
of high social position.
Here Mr. Gibson presented his plays and here
Washington society frolicked and fox-trotted and
cultivated the drama. There was a very good
imitation of a stage, with footlights and several
sets of scenery, and there was a little room in
the front hall, with a little round window for
ticket transactions that did very well as a box
office. There were many such Broadway touches
and everybody especially the younger set had
"perfectly ripping" times. The trouble was they
took the whole neighborhood into their confi
dencesometimes at 3 o'clock in the morning
and after standing it patiently for 'several years
the neighborhood finally got out an injunction and
had the Playhouse closed.
Today the Playhouse has an altogether dif
erent personality. Its ballrooms, dressing rooms
and auditorium are furnished with shiny oak
desks and chairs; the musicians' gallery is occu
pied by typewriters and the space that was for
merly occupied by pseudo dramatists is now
taken over by soberly busy women. There is a
constant click of knitting needles instead of cas
tanets, a whir of sewing machines in the place
of dancing feet and a low murmur of voices in
stead of the eloquent monologues. This is the
headquarters of the woman's committee of the
Council of National Defense.
As far back as last January, when it became
apparent that the United States should have to
enter the war, these many women who had been
toiling for Europe immediately announced
through the Red Cross that all their efforts would
at once be directed in behalf of that organization.
The Red Cross had base hospitals to establish,
equipped with beds, linen, surgical dressings, cook
ing utensils, ambulance corps to organize and
comfort committees to establish. The Federa
tion of Women's Clubs collectively and each sep
arate organization, in addition to many independ
ent committees, offered their services to the Red
Cross.
With the best of executive ability and the
best of intentions there was a very great lack of
system. People became confused as to their par
ticular activities; there were more leaders than
subordinates and the situation, when the actual
declaration of war came, resembled a jig-saw
puzzle, with all the pieces scattered in different
directions. It remained for the woman's com
mittee of the Council of National Defense to
put them together.
On May 2 ten women met in Washington at
the invitation of the Council of National Defense
and organized the first national woman's com
mittee. They were all women of prominence
and ability. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was elected
chairman, Mrs. Philip M. Moore, Mrs. Joseph
E. Cowles, Miss Maude Wetmore, Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, Mrs. Antoinette Funk, Mrs. Stan
ley McCormick, Mrs. Joseph L. Lamar, Miss Ida
M. Tarbell and Miss Agnes Nestor make up the
rest of the committee.
These women held a four days' session and
discussed the ways and means of collaborating
the scattered efforts of patriotic women all over
the country. Their first idea was to hold a nation-wide
registration of women; the second was
to appoint temporary chairmen in each state isx
call the representatives of all women's clubs
and societies together. When the women met
they were to elect a permanent chairman not
necessarily the one appointed by . the rational
committee who was to be the executive in,
charge of the patriotic activities of her state. She
was to establish various departments, with an c.y
ecutive at the head of each, and this executive' in
turn was to appoint a woman in every town and
village to look after the interests of her depart
ment. J
' The departments nverc to be divided tmcfer the
following heads: Food production, food conser
vation and home economics, women in industry,
child welfare, maintenance of existing social
agencies namely, settlements, public health
work, philanthropies, day nurseries, hospitals, gen
eral social service and finally the safeguarding
of moral and spiritual forces. This was the origi
nal plan of the national committee and it is the
plan which is now being carried out.
The country has responded very well. Disputes
over leadership have subsided and the women have
put themselves cheerfully under the orders of the
national committee. Gradually duplication of ac
tivities and overlapping of various committees
is being straightened out as the general system
becomes perfected.
The women of the nation toil arid create in
a devotion to the cause fully equal to that of
the men. Under the national committee all prej
udice of race, creed, class and principles is elimi
nated. The society woman works by the side
of the tradesman's daughter; the negro cook by
the side of her mistress, the Jew by the side of
the Gentile, united in one common grievance and
cause. And the Playhouse in Washington has
changed its name to the House of Industry, as
have nearly all the "playhouses of the world.
Our Fightng Men
James J. Harbord. ' 1
Major James J. Harbord, U. S. A., chief ot staff
under General Pershing in France, is a notable
example of the army officer who has risen from
the ranks. Major Harbord began his militarv career
in 1889 as a private in the Fourth United States
infantry. In the war with Spain he served as
major of the Second United States cavalry. After
participating in the Cuban campaign he was as
signed to the Philippines, where he made an ad
mirable record, especially in the work of organ
izing the native constabulary and scouts. ' Major
Harbord is 50 years old and a native of Illinois.
He graduated from the Infantrv and Cavalry
school in 1895.
William A. Glassford. -
Colonel William A. Glassford, U. S. A., a well
known officer in the aviation service of the signal
corps, is 64 years old and a native of Indiana. He
entered the signal corps as a private in 1874 and
rose through the various grades of the service to
his present rank, which he attained in 1913. He
was given command of the Fort Omaha signal
corps school when it was opened and later
assigned to the Philippines. As chief aeronauti
cal officer of the Western department Colonel
Glassford has been ordered to undertake imme
diately the mobilization of the aircraft industries
on the Pacific coast. In this capacity ho has been
directed to see that every available factory in the
states of California, Wyoming, Oregon, Washing
ton, Arizona, New Mexico, Montana and Nevada
is enlisted to aid in the construction of the new
American aero fleet. .
Thomas H. Barry.
Major General Thomas H. Barry,, iirconRmand
of the Central department of the army, with head
quarters at Chicago, has been termed "a typical
product of New York City." Born in the metropo
lis of Irish parentage, he received his education in
the public schools, where his brilliant scholarship
led to his appointment to West Point In the
forty years since his graduation from the mili
tary academy he has held nearly-every important
command in the service He participated in the
war with Spain and in the China relief expedition
and was commander-in-chief of the army of Cuban
pacification. A year in the Philippines, a like
period as commander of the Department of Cali
fornia and three years as superintendent at West
Point were followed in 1913 by his appointment
to command the Eastern department, from which
post he was transferred two years lattr to
Chicago ,
Proverb for the Day.
Every man li supposed to know his
own business best.
One Years Ago Today in the War.
Russians patrols advanced across
Carpathians into Hungary.
General Foch captured second Ger
man system of fortified lines on ten
mile' front.
Turkey officially announced the re
capture of Kermanshah, Persia, from
the Russians.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
Mrs. M. Singer and her little son.
Eddie, are in the city, the guests of
Iter sister, Mrs. H. Friedman.
Byrd C. Wakeley and C. C. Valen
tine, well-known official court report
ers, have formed a partnership and
will attend to all kinds of shorthand
and typewriting: work.
The mayor has Issued an order stat
ing that his office hours are from 2 to
4 p. m., at which time he will be per
fectly willing to risk being talked to
.death by as many as wish to call.
C. H.' Brainard, manager of the
Canfleld house, will assume charge this
week of both of Colonel Higgin's res
taurants, the old one at corner Douglas
and Twelfth and the new St. Cloud,
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth.
Superintendent H. M. James has left
for Chicago to attend the national edu
cational convention and will return in
about ten days.
. Hon. Guy C. Barton has left for
Chicago on his way to Europe.
A number of clerks at Charley Need
ham's office spent a very pleasant time
at the residence of William Altstadt
on Sixteenth and Leavenworth, The
gentlemen made an impromptu call
by way of a surprise on the genial gen-
tleman on th occasion of his fifty
second birthday. One of them slyly
produced a gold-headed cane, which
was presented later to the host. The
following were present: Miss Bright,
Prof. Hoffman, Ed Parrott, Bernard
Gordon, John Taylor, W. W. Wilde, H.
J. Worcester, W. C. Kelley. Mr. Web
ber, A. Sjoberg, J. Doyle, George
Bromley and N. B. White.
This Day In History.
1811 United States of Colombia de
clared their Independence of Spain.
1884 President suspended the ha
beas corpus in Kentucky and declared
martial law.
1867 James M. Wayne, associate
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, died In Washington, D.
C. Born in Savannah, Ga., in 1790.
1869 The Washington monument,
erected in front cf the state house in
Philadelphia, was dedicated.
1886 Portland, Me., celebrated Its
centennial.
1892 The people's party national
convention at Omaha nominated Gen
eral James B. Weaver of Iowa for
president.
1898 Spanish warship Alfonso XII,
attempting to escape from Havana, de
stroyed near Mariel.
1900 Democratic' national conven
tion at Kansas City nominated Bryan
and Stevenson.
The Day We Celebrate.
John D. (Dad) Weaver is just S6
today, but doesn't look it or feel it.
He was born in Zanesville, O., and
came to Omaha in 1887. He, was con
nected with The Bee till 1911, when he
was made secretary of the Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben.
Claude Milton Skinner, president of
the Ralston State bank, was born In
St. Joseph, Mo., July 5,' 1877. Mr.
Skinner was the first mayor of Ral
ston. Robert Bacon, former secretary of
state and ambassador to France, now
a major on General Pershing's staff,
born in Boston fifty-seven years ago
today.
Benjamin F. Bush, the new presi
dent of the Missouri Pacific Railway
company, born at Wellsboro, Pa., fifty-seven
years ago today.
Henry Howard, who has been named
director of recruiting for the new
American mercantile fleet, born at Ja
maica Plain, Mass., forty-nine years
ago today.
Jan Ttubelik, one of the world's
most celebrated violinists, born near
Prague, Bohemia, thirty-seven years
ago today.
Rabbi Judah L. Magnes of New
York City sent by the Jews of the
United States to investigate conditions
in Russia, born in San Francisco forty
years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The first plenary sitting of the mid
summer session of the German Reich
stag, which Is expected to last from
eight to ten days, will begin today.
The advance guard of a great army
of teachers is due to arrive in Port
land. Ore., to attend the annual con
vention of the National Education as
sociation. The Russian war commissioners,
who have been in Washington the last
two weeks, are to go to New York for
a three days' visit.
Final arrangements will be com
pleted In Boston today for the enter
tainment of the national convention
and reunion of Elks to be held in that
city next week.
Dr. Hans Sulzer, the new Swiss min
ister to the United States, is scheduled
to leave Berne today on his way to
Washington. He will be accompanied
by an extraordinary commission of
commercial exeprts.
Storyette of, the Day.
A government official was discussing
the morality of certain war profiteers.
"Their morality reminds me," .he
said, "of a professional gambler.
"This gambler always won at cards,
whereas at the races he always lost.
" 'Oh pshaw, George,' his wife said
to him one day, 'you make me tired.
Why Is it you always bring home a
horse collar roll when you play poker
and turn up broke when you play
the horses?'
" 'My love, said George, quietly. 'I
don't shuffle the horses.' " Washing
ton Star.
THE VOICE OF LIBERTY.
Atlanta Conatltution.
We fight for tha fettered soula that moan
For love of Llberty'a atara alone;
Freedom of aea freedom ot aort
Liberty, old aa tha Mils of God
To etrlke. while a thrill of Ufa remalne.
For freedom from fetters and blood-red
chains:
Whatever the eorrow there la no loas
With Llberty'a Sword In tha Llfht of tha
Croaa, . '
Ob, Joy auprema, tt tha Eaiter tun
Might llfht tha ftelda ot tha battlea done
Aa far aa tha darkened war-wlnda roam
And the wounded beart of a world aifha
Mlrht Stream where tha trampled crossea lie
And the aoula of tha alaln of War so by.
And ee no Lily whoee breast steama red
Over fhe graven that hide Karth'a dead.
But liberty tpeaka: "In tba Easter Light
I coma! Like Truth. I am mailed In Might!
T coitie to ahelter; t come to save;
Ther ta no grave that ia Freedom's grave!
t fight for tha Right! and as God la my
; Light.
WheVe my aword rleavea the darWnesa there
I la no Night:
r rotnpass that sea. and t strike for that and
Wb4a God throueh Ut a'i la Liberty a
" Some L'upatrlotic Acts.
York, Neb.. July J. To the Editor
of The Bee: What is patriotism? I
have some way favored the answer
that I found in the old high school
dictionary to that question. But it is
out of date now if one is to take some
of the new stuff being put out as the
real thing (name-blown-in-bottle
kind); yet I want to protest to some
of this disloyal kind of patriotism, as
it will do just as much harm as any.
Before war between this country and
Germany the pros and cons were ques
tions for open debate, but the time
for that is now past. There is only
one thing now for our people to do,
and that us unite to win the fight, or we
will be subjects of a crown. There
is no room for doubt of that.
The preacher that said this Is a
Wilson war 1 think made a mistake.
If he sincerely believes that way he
had Just as good right to say what
he thought as the man had who held
anyone of the other hundred and one
different views on the same point, pro
vided he did it while discussion was
the order of the day, but when war
has been declared, then fight, help
some other way, or at least don't hin
der or do or say anything that will
cause anyone else to hold back from
doing his duty. That is the only way
out now. Yet for an outsider to try
to use that little indiscreet act of the
pastor to cause a split in his church
is surely a much worse blunder than
the preacher made.
Look back fifty or sixty years at the
result of just such intolerance and for
twenty years amid prayers and tears
the churches thus rent then have been
trying to heal that ojd sore caused by
such advice. I cannot look up to any
such as that for my teacher of patriot
ism. A man that can come Into the breach
at such a time with his little cruse of
oil and pour it out on the troubled
waters where the .waves of passion
are running high is not only of far
greater good to his kind, but there
ought to be a full stop . and a dash
left between their names.
Then we have a case over at the
state house that calls for a little brush
ing up. When anyone in a high place
fails so flat as a servant of the people
as to tell his servants that their jobs
hang on to whether they buy bonds
or not, when some might be in just
such shape as to make it nearly im
possible for them to do it, and because
a relative of one that did buy bonds
made some remark about such lever
age being used on help to go and fire
them for that after they had complied
with his order Is going back too far
into ancient history. Now all such
acts as these have a tendency to de
feat the very purposes for which they
are intended to help. Then that
flaunt down at Washington caused lots
of pain that should have been avoided
at this time like you would avoid poi
son. Now if such acts are true patri
otism, then I am at a loss to know
Just what is not. Who can tell us
and make it plain?
FRANKLIN POPTC.
made a bum job f tt. I rather suapec
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mra. Brisga brought home a new girl
from tha intelligence office and Instructed
her in ber duties. '
"And do you have to be called la tba
morning?" she asked.
"I don't has to be. mum," replied tba
new gtrl. hopefully, "unless you just bap
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"Did you get a spring tonic for that tired
feeling?" asked Kidlelgb.
"Tea." answered Mr. Henpeck. "Maria
sort of braced me up with one."
"Some homemade remedy?"
Well er yes. That is, she told me she
wanted an, automobile aoma time this sum
mer and advised me to get a hump on my
self." Louisville Courier Journal.
First Credit Man How about Jonea of
Plgville Centre?
Second Credit Man He alwaya paya cash,
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Globe.
The Leading Heavy Hurry with my or
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The Walter I don't doubt it; but I am na
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"So Farmer Hawbuck baa aold bis pai-
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"Yes: where hts old brindle cow used (
roam we now sea a lot of plaided calvea."
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