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Slogan for the hesitant recruit: "Do it now!"
Distance lends enchantment to the view of the
bear coming back.
It may not be out of order to suggest that
perhaps Chang Hsun was a bit too soon in his
coup. m
Conundrum: What's the difference between
ihe slacker and the tax-shirker? Answer: Not
much.
Another liner claims to have "gotten" another
U-boat, and thus the score is gradually becoming
less lopsided.
When the women of America get the vote it
will be in spite of such exhibitions, as that given
in Washington on the Fourth.
It may be remarked once more that while the
waters are slightly troubled the freedom of the
seas does business at the old stand.
The .British premier entertains no fear of
American idealism abroad. Of course not. The
iore Europeans absorb it the better they feel.
Old Glory never looked better than it did on
the Fourth in the French capital. It symbolized
a message of victory and republican brotherhood.
The Parisians already know how to celebrate
the Fourth of July as well as we do. They were
safe, sane and enthusiastic in their observation of
the event.
The pledge of industrial peace given by labor
leaders at Washington ten weeks ago appears to
have missed connection with numbers of the
rank and file,
Field Marshal von Hindenberg predicts a Ger
man victory in the "not too distant future." The
general should take a closer view of General
Pershing's Imposing Jaw.
' The Republic of Liberia emphasizes its eori
tempt for kaiserism by deporting the pro-German
settlers. This is the blackest mark kultur has
received since the war began.
Smoking while in uniform is forbidden mem
bers of the New York National Guard. Still, un
der the rules of the game, the smokeless soldiers
must battle for liberty abroad.
It "Old Frlti" is watching the proceedings
from Elysian fields, may not Lafayette, Rocham
beau, DeKalb Steuben and a few others also be
looking on with interest as deep?
Federal statisticians indicate a per capita in
crease of $11.51 in money circulation in 1917
over 1914. Even with this expansion the dollar
of today falls short of the pulling power of the
dollar of 1914.
The fascination of the aviation war game is
shown in a record of 1,100 college students taking
, lessons in flying at various schools. Our new
American flying fleet promises to become a
mighty, if not a deciding, factor in the war.
Democratic dissenters in Greece, from Con
stantine down to sister Sophia's active sympa
thizers, have been deported, leaving the country
free to fulfill its treaty obligations. The opera
tion constitutes a "clean sweep" for Premier
Venizelos. More power to hit fighting fist!'
Lincoln paperl yesterday in a single issue car
ried a four-page display advertisement of Lin
coln's leading department store and full-page ad
vertisements from each of three other stores, re
spectively, all announcing their summer sales.
Just a little tip to Omaha merchants who take
pride in being enterprisingl
Staying at Home
Philadelphia Udgei
War realizations are coming home to us daily
as the United States gets into closer touch with
the actualities of the situation. With an American
force in France, the next news will doubtless
come from the firing line itself, and it may not be
good news for some mothers whose boys are with
that first force to go overseas. There will be
wounded men; there will be missing men. All
this must be borne courageously by those at
home; and, more than this, there must be no
crossing the ocean to be with the sufferers. France
and England are laboring heavily in the support
of ever-increasing armies. Their burden should
not be made intolerable by thousands of well
meaning American wives and mothers, who would
be a hindrance to many and a help to only one.
Space on eastbound vessels will be precious. Is
it to be usurped by women who, whatever their
aims, would fill up the ship to the exclusion of
valuable freight?
After the Canadian forces had been in the
thick of it 60,000 Canadian women hastened
toward England and their dear ones. And they
had to be sent back. It is hoped that women of
the United States will be wise? and profit in this
as in other things by the experience of our allies.
The personal side of it will be bitterly difficult.
When a loved one calls from a bed of torture it is
pain indeed to stay apart with the livelv terrors
of the imagination for companions and nothing
but uncertainty in prospect. But it must be done,
and cheerfully, for in this last long struggle for
freedom individual considerations must every
where give place to the welfare of the mass. The
British government has issued no statement,
leaving the United States to deal with this orob-
lem by itself. There is little doubt that Amer
ican women will receive the request in the right
spirit when it comes and continue their tasks with
courage and fortitude on the western shores of
the silent Atlantic. The meeting will be all the
sweeter when the boy comes home at the last
No Half-and-Half Attitude.
Colonel Rooscvelt'a Fourth of July oration
brought home to his hearers many apt allusions
to the duty of the hour, but none more pertinent
and timely than the following:
"There can be no half-and-half attitude in
this war, and no honorable man can afford to
take such an attitude. We are bound by every
consideration of loyalty and good faith to our
allies, and any opposition to them, or any aid
given to their and our enemy, is basely dis
honorable as regards our allies and treasonable
as regards our own country."
We know there are a lot of people who would
like to keep a "half-and-half attitude," but most
of them do so thoughtlessly without measuring
what the consequences would be if everyone did
the same. They are saying to themselves: "We
are for America first, and we are ready to go
the limit for the United States, but we do not
see any reason why we should help the British,
or the French, or the Russians, or the Belgians or
the Italians." But suppose the British, and the
French, and the Russians, and the Belgians and
the Italians took the same position and declared
they would" each fight for their own country, but
would do nothing for the United States, or for
one another, how long does anyone think they
would last? Suppose the Germans and the Aus
trian and their Balkan allies took the same posi
tion, proclaiming devotion to their own country
coupled with a refusal to do anything for their
comrades in arms, what would happen? No; be
sure there is no "half-and-half attitude" in Ger
many, nor are the Germans any less united in
their allegiance to their country because taking
on the United States in the war has brought
large numbers of German-ancestried people to the
ranks of those they are fighting.
Let American citizens inclined to the "half-and-half
attitude" reflect upon these considera
tions and their path will be clear.
Civil War in China.
The coup executed by Chang Hsun, intended
to restore the Manchus to power as emperors of
China, with Hsun Tung on the throne, has
quickly brought its natural result in civil war. The
democratic spirit in China is not extinguished
and no reason appears on the surface to support
the thought that the usurper can maintain his pup
pet emperor. President Li's escape from the pal
ace and the return to activity of foVmer Premier
Yuan, coupled with the opposition of Tsao Kun,
military governor of the province of Chi Li,
which contains Peking, are signs of hope for the
republic. These men have strong support, and
the immediate mobilization of patriot forces sug
gests that Chang is going to have his hands full
from the start. His overthrow of the republic is
not popular with the soldiers who are in and
around the capital, a distinct advantage for those
who oppose him.
Defeat of the dictator will bring a restoration
of the republic, and should go far in the direction
of appeasing the disaffected provincial governors,
whose dissatisfaction has been part of the plot
engineered by Chang. Japan has strengthened its
forces at Peking and elsewhere and the presence
of these troops very likely will have the effect of
arousing the Chinese to fight for themselves. They
see in the Japanese danger even greater than the
return of the Manchus and already have proven
their willingness to resist this invasion to the ut
most. With the provisional republic established
at Nanking and its affairs in the hands of strong
men, the next few days will be important in
Chinese history.
New Note in the American Navy.
Giving commissions to nearly 500 warrant
officers at one time sounds a new note for the
American navy, marking its democratization and
showing how far progress has been made along
this line. Until the time of President Taft it hid
been impossible for' an enlisted man, no matter
what his capacity or merit, to rise to the grade of
a commissioned officer. Especially deserving or
capable men might attain to the rank of warrant
officers, where they were suspended between the
higher and lower grades, neither one thing nor the
other. Tradition of the naval service required
that commissioned officers come through the
academy at Annapolis, and, while the school sup
plied a sufficient number so long as the navy was
restricted in size, expansion for war purposes has
created a demand for officers that must be filled
from other sources. The navy is fortunate in
having this fine body of warrant officers, qualified
in all ways to fill the places and perform the
duties of junior commissioned officers. The new
move will make the navy more popular and give
it some attractive qualities lacking under the rigid
practice that set an impassable barrier between
the enlisted man and a commission.
i Turbulence That Should Lead to Triumph.
The uproar that may now be- noted in various
parts of the country is a sign of genuine awaken
ing on part of the people, although some of it
comes from sources that tax public patience. So
cialist parades and' riots in Boston, I. W. W.
threatening in Arizona, mine strikes in Mon
tana and more or less disturbance and disorder
elsewhere throughout the land is significant of a
peculiar phase of American life. It is the natural
accompaniment of mighty democracy getting its
affairs into order for the accomplishment of a
novel and stupendous task. Here, if anywhere,
the "shallows murmur while the deeps are dumb,"
yet the nation is stirred to its uttermost depth.
Thoughtless and irresponsible agitators stir up
the idly curious, but the effect of their vaporings
touches only the surface. Greater influences than
these, however, are at work, exerting power that
cannot be resisted, looking to stern and effective
action by our government. Real leaders of men
in America are acting together, and the present
apparent confusion is not in any sense indicative
of weakness, but rather of gathering strength and
the solidification of purpose. Through the tur
bulence of the present will come the triumph of
the future.
Sensible View of the Spy Situation.
Authorities at Washington appear inclined to
proceed calmly in making inquiry concerning spies
and traitors. The rational view of the submarine
episode in the journey of our army to France is
that the Germans merely exhibited ordinary rea
soning power. The deduction was inevitable and
was acted upon with the chance of intercepting
the flotilla of transports. Vigilance of the army
and navy and excellence of preparations were suf
ficient to thwart the attacks made and to bring
the expedition safely through the imminent dan
ger. It is easy to believe that the Germans have
spies at work here, just as they have elsewhere,
seeking information whereby to gain advantage.
Our own government has its bureau of investiga
. i . i , ' ... . .
tion ana intelligence, wnicn is no. maintained in
idleness. It is a game at which all governments
play, especially in time of war. An hysterical
hunt for spies will gain very little at this time.
Women and the War
The Women Prepare
By Fredrie J. Haskin
Washington, July 3. The National Women's
Trade Union League of America recently held a
conference in Kansas City. It was the occasion
of the biennial meetings of the organization, but
it-was also distinctly a war conference. Discus
sion was confined to the probable effects of the
war on women in industry, for this was a confer
ence of workers. Some important European re
ports were read, and the women came to the fol
lowing conclusions:
First "That no cause of liberty in foreign
lands is worth the sacrifice of freedom at homel"
This resolution was read with emphatic enun
ciation and then reread. The speaker went on to
assert that by freedom was meant that paragraph
in the constitution specifying the rights of free
speech, free press and free assemblage.
Second "That no labor standards be abro
gate during the war, but improved if possible."
This is a direct challenge to those manufacturers
who have recently been suggesting that the gov
ernment declare a moratorium on certain labor
laws while the war lasts. The fact that Europe
weakened its efficiency by doing just that very
thing at the beginning of the war and later had
to restore all its pre-war standards does not seem
to have made the requisite impression on some
American business men.
The women also demanded that wherever men
were conscripted wealth should be conscripted;
that women replacing men in industry should
"receive the same compensation for the same
degree of efficiency," and that when the time came
for making peace terms a congress of women
should be admitted to the assembly for the pur
pose of "calling upon all nations to establish inter
national standards safeguarding the rights and
health of working women."
This meeting is typical of many such held
among working wortjen during the last two
months. Always the same discussion ensues and
the same resolutions are presented. In many re
spects they resemble the so-called war confer
ences of the working men. The women are
calmly preparing to fill the men's places. It must
not be inferred that the working woman enjoys
the prospect of war; but neither may it be said
that she is blind to opportunity.
While the war undoubtedly spells opportunity
for American working women, it is an opportunity
fraught with dangers. Unfortunately in the
United States we have a few business men who,
like some in Europe, see in the employment of
women an easy means of profit. "If our men
leave," said one manufacturer not long ago, "we
can install machinery for a great deal of the
work and employ women as unskilled mechanics
at a lower wage. '
There is one strong check to a widespread
lowering of wages. Such action also lowers the
standard of living and reduces the national buying
power, thus upsetting the balance of things. This
result is now apparent on a small scale, but it is
very apparent indeed on a national scale. The
working man is not only a producer, but also a
consumer. If his wages as a producer are cut,
his purchasing power as a consumer is limited
and the manufacturing class, which profits by
lower wages, loses by the decreased purchasing
power of labor.
This the women have pointed out to the manu
facturers by every means possible, but they admit
that there is almost certain to be an attempt to
cut wages.
The other dangers that face women who take
the place of men in industry are largely physical.
Much of the factory work done by men requires
great physical strength. In munition factories,
for instance, the handling of big shells and heavy
pieces of metal would appear to be beyond the
strength of the average women. Such work, how
ever, is being done with the greatest efficiency in
Europe, and in Germany the women are said to
be even stoking and working before giant blast
furnaces. But it is significant that a large per
centage of relief work is concerned with such em
ployes. The physical endurance of women is not a
matter that can be accurately gauged and deter
mined. When the so-called frail sex first entered
the business world there was a great hullabaloo
concerning its physical unfitness, but the sex
survived with disconcerting success. But no indi
vidual, either man or woman, can work for long
hours at one occupation, do night work and over
time, eat poor food and remain physically fit. Nor
can he possibly be efficient France and England
have found that a laborer does less work in ten
hours than in eight.
So far as the unmarried woman is concerned,
the drawbacks to industrial opportunity are lim
ited. Many such must support families in the
place of a father or brother, but usually there is
a mother to look after the smaller children and
the home. Some manufacturers dislike to employ
any but unmarried women.
The married woman employe's great industrial
problem is the care of her children. It is a prob
lem which has many phases. In most cases the
children would be much better off under a moth
er's supervision, but it has also often proved bet
ter to have the household pay roll in the hands of
the mother. The married woman worker will
rapidly become more numerous as the war
goes on.
Her problems must be worked out in practice
rather than in theory. What Europe has done will
prevent some mistakes, but for the most part the
United States will have to learn for itself. The
nation can count on the natural aggressiveness
and pluck of the American woman to keep her
from being undulv imposed upon. Supplemented
by wise local and national legislation, her fight
for proper working conditions has every prospect
of success.
Nebraska Press Comment
Lexington Pioneer: The Omaha Bee declares
that Edgar Howard "shudders" at the idea of
being governor of Nebraska. It is quite probable,
however, that many other democrats in the state
"shudder" a good deal more than Edgar over the
contemplation of such a catastrophe.
Hildreth Telescope: Those who had an idea
that Omaha would pay but little attention to the
prohibition amendment and that booze could be
purchased at any time have another guess com
ing. The metropolis is as dry as a bone and a
visit to the big town now will convince you of
the fact.
Genoa Leader: That hyphenated monstrosity
at Omaha published by one of Nebraska's sena
tors went into hysterics the last of the week over
an alleged criticism of the administration by
Roosevelt because it did not begin to prepare for
emergencies two years ago and, as usual, it mis
represents the facts. The writer sat within ten
feet of Roosevelt and heard every word he ut
tered distinctly and, while he deplored the fact that
we did not start to prepare in time, declared that
it was useless to cry over spilt milk and the bur
den of his plea was for the people to get behind
the flag and prepare for stupendous sacrifices in
the cause of humanity and the man who criticises
anything uttered at that time woefully lacks the
patriotism of liberty-loving people and is evi
dently impregnated with a damnable rotten brand
of democracy or autocracy.
Nebraska City Press: The esteemed World
Herald is trying to explain why a referendum
on the limited suffrage bill is far different from
a referendum on the question of declaring war.
The W.;H. gays the legislature went against pub
lic opinion when it enacted the limited suffrage
law. It can go. farther and say, too, that the peo
ple re-elected Mr. Wilson because he kept us out
of war prior to March 4, 1917. After that date
Mr. Wilson got us into war, a position we might
as well have occupied two years ago and better.
If we are to find justice in calling for a referen
dum on the suffrage bill, because the legislature
overrode the voice of the people, we may, with
equal fairness, call for a referendum on Mr. Wil
son, who did in 1917 what his campaign managers
said he had been fortunate in not doing in 1916.
There is just about as much common sense in the
one as in the other.
A m
Proverb for the Day.
Every trade has Its tricks.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
French captured German aecond
line south of the Somme.
Lloyd George appointed secretary of
war for Great Britain.
Russians cut railroad line from
Hungary to Lemberg, capital of Ga-lioia.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The little son of Ed H. Corbett
dropped from his pocket his father's
bank book and about $4,000 worth of
notes. Ed H. is offering a reward for
their return.
There is perhaps no happier man in"
the city than John E. Newman. The
reason thereof Is a,bouncing ten-pound
boy.
A literary entertainment was given
by the St. Philomena Literary associa
tion in its hall, corner Ninth and
Howard. The following were on the
program: Prof. Hoffman, G. Bortr
lum, W. T. Doran, Mrs. Armstrong,
Misses De Witt, Dwyer and Katie
Craft.
John H. Cotter of Des Moines, a
prominent young lawyer, is in the city
and will probably settle here perma
nently. Miss Maggie McCarthy, principal of
the Pacific school, after a year of hard
and successful work, has left for a
six weeks' vacation at her home near
Boston.
Ira P. Hlgby, formerly of the Pax
ton hotel, has been secured as clerk
of the Hotel Manawa.
Mrs. Annie Ryan, wife of Thomas
Ryan, died at the family residence in
South Omaha. She had lived in this
city for thirty years and was the
mother of Mesdamea Thomas and
John Garvey.
Officer Carroll stopped a runaway
horse belonging to Cahn Bros., which
was tearing down Farnam street. In
checking the animal Carroll's right
knee was hurt and he is therefore in
capacitated for duty.
This Day In History.
1747 John Paul Jones, the most
famous American naval officer in the
revolution, born in Scotland. Died
in Paris July 18, 1792.
1775 Georgia voted to join its sis
ter colonies In the struggle for inde
pendence. 1821 Edmund W. Pettus, confed
erate soldier and United States sena
tor from Alabama, born in Limestone
county, Alabama. Died at Hot Springs,
N. C, July 27, 1907.
1859 An armistice was agreed on
in the war between France and Aus
tria. 1878 Turks and Serbians engaged
in battle at Yavor.
1894 Much railroad property
burned by mobs of strikers and their
sympathizers in Chicago.
1905 Elihu Root was appointed
secretary of state in succession to John
Hay. V
-sl909 President Taft and the Brit
ish and French ambassadors at
tended the Champlaln tercentenary
celebration at Tlconderoga.
1916 A Russo-Japanese convention,
aiming to preserve far eastern peace,
was signed at Petrograd.
The Day We Celebrate.
Christopher C. Crowell, jr., is just
43 today. His birthplace is Blair and
he is one of the best known men in
the grain trade of the middle west,
being president of both the Crowell
Lumber and Grain company and the
Crowell Elevator company.
Dr. William L. Shearer was born in
Fennlmore, Wis., July 6, 1880. He is
recognized aa an authority on ques
tions of oral surgery.
H. L. Beard, with the Omaha Bak
ers' Supply company, is just 53 today.
He hails from Michigan.
W. J. Connell, attorney-at-law. is 71
today. He was born in Cowansville,
Canada, and came to Omaha in 1869,
where he has since continuously prac
ticed his profession. He was city
attorney for ten years. i
Lieutenant Martin C. Shallenberger,
ald-de-camp on the personal staff of
General Pershing and son of Congress
man Shallenberger, born in Nebraska
thirty-two years ago today.
Princess Victoria Alexandra, sister
of King George of England, born
forty-nine years ago today.
Lord Courtney of Penwith, noted
English statesman and law authority,
born in Penzance eighty-five years
ago today.
, John Skelton Williams, comptroller
of the currency, born in Powhatan
county, Virginia, fifty-two years ago
today.
Katherine Tlngley, celebrated theo
sophical leader, born at Newburyport,
Mass., sixty-five years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
King George and Queen Mary to
day enter upon the twenty-fifth year
of their wedded life, having been
married July 6, 1893, in the Chapel
Royal of St. James' palace.
In pursuance of Its policy of fur
thering national preparedness, Dart
mouth college today will inaugurate
a military training camp of six weeks'
duration.
Headquarters will be opened In Min
neapolis today for the annual conven
tion of the National Editprial associa
tion, to be held in that city during the
coming week.
The effects of the war on the pot
tery industry in America will be dis
cussed by the National Brotherhood
of Operative Potters, meeting in an
nual convention today at Atlantic
City.
The sixteenth annual conference of
the missionary education movement,
held In behalf ot the educational de
partments of the home and foreign
missions boards of the United States
and Canada, will open at Sliver Bay,
N. Y., today and continue in session
until July 15.
Activities in connection with the na
tional convention and reunion of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks will begin In Boston today with
the arrival ot the national officers of
the order and the establishment of
convention headquarters. Hotel res
ervations indicate that the convention
will be attended by thousands of mem
bers of the order from all parts ot
the United States and Canada. The
program of business and festivities
will be much the same aa in previous
years, except that a great patriotic
demonstration on Boston Common will
be held In place of the street parade,
which heretofore has provided the big
spectacular feature ot the Elks' reunions.
Storiette of the Day.
The home that George Meredith had
built for himself was rather small,
though It was extremely comfortable.
"It's strange." remarked a lady visitor,
"in your books you describe huge
castles and baronial halls, but when
you come to build you put up a little
house like this. Why is HT"
"Well," replied ths author with a
twinkle in his eye, "the reason is be-,
cause .words are cheaper than stones."
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Pay for the Teacher.
Omaha, July 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: Permit me to congratulate
the Board of Education on their rais
ing the teachers' wages. Although
long deferred and very small in pro
portion to what they deserye, they will
nevertheless appreciate it very much.
The teachers' profession is one of the
noblest that men and women can take
up and make a life work ot and it
should be rewarded In accordance with
the social importance it is to the na
tion. But it has been just the oppo
site up to the present The day is not
far distant when the teacher will
come into his and her own, when so
ciety will recognize them as its most
valuable members and . will reward
them accordingly. Here's hoping that
these raises in salary will become
more frequent.
JESSE T. BRILLIIART.
Railroad and Other Rates.
Grand Island, Neb., July 4. To the
Editor of The Bee: When the rail
roads contemplated putting into effect
their freight rates July 1, did you no
tice how quick the I. C. C. stepped
on the brakes, and refused ' to allow
an increase, while the coal barons,
steel kings and food speculators are
allowed to go ruthlessly on raising
their prices beyond all comprehensive
ness. It is an unjust piece of legisla
tion to have the I. C. C. fix the tariff
of railroads and let these other gentle
men go unmolested, especially the food
speculators. If they can fix the charge
of railroads, why not other concerns?
It seems here of late our legislators
have their minds all set as to what
they are going to hand the railroads
before they are ever elected to their
respective offices. Railroads today
must fight for everything they get in
the line of revenue and all other ac
cessions. For service rendered the rail
roads are not fairly dealt with by our
different railroad commissions and any
broadmtnded man can clearly see why
the railroads are Justly entitled to an
increase in freight rates and passen
ger rates, too.
V. A. BRADSHAW.
Road Bee ''Ads' and Save Money. '
Omaha, July 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: I read the Letter Box Col
umn with interest and thought that
the benefit of my recent experience
might interest other women. We know
that one of the topics of general In
terest just now is the high cost of
living. I have kept an account of the
amount I have saved each week bv
reading the advertisements of The
Bee and can say that I have saved on
an average not less than $1 a week.
I have done this by watching the
prices of necessities and staples and
buying where the prices are lowest.
I don't want to be understood as be
ing a chronic bargain hunter, as that
term is usually understood, but I
mean buying staple necessities. For
instance, the other day I bought a can
of a common commodity for 41 cents
and the same can at my corner store
was 50 cents. Some weeks I save
more than SI and again it may be
lesa, according to the abllty of my
self and husband to make scattering
purchases. My plan requires a small
cash fund on hand for current ex
penses) but I have found it pays. Of
course, regular bargain sales is an
other matter and are taken advant
age of by all classes of people. I rub.
bed elbows at a bargain sale last week
with a woman wearing automobile
gloves and I took it that she came In
her car. My point is that by watching
the prices of many staples in the
advertisements of The Bee it Is possi
ble for any housewife to save at least
$1 a week on her running expenses.
During the summer vacation if she
has a boy or girl to run errands for
her she can save more than that
amount. MRS. A. M.
Another Estimate of Mickle.
Plattsmouth, Neb.. July 3. To the
Editor of The Bee: I read A. B. Mlc
kle's letter to The Bee, also "Careful
Observer's" remarks concerning It and
I heartily endorse everything he said.
Mickle sounds like an American
name but that man undoubtedly Is a
close relative to the kaiser, as he dis
plays all of his pig-headedness.
I didn't see the piece in "Colliers,"
but I think every newspaper in the
country ought to "bawl out" such a
man in big headlines. Just think of
a man making his poor wife and
children spade up a big piece of
ground. No wonder his neighbors
won't have anything to do with him.
I live twenty miles away and- that is
as near as I want to live to such a
man. I'm afraid if I lived much
nearer. I'd be tempted to go over and
beat hin up when I saw him content
edly smoking and resting while the
wife and children worked. If I was his
wife I'd show him Who was boss.
It's a wonder he doesn't take the
children down town and let them look
at the cakes in the bakery windows, as
a reward for their hard work. I sup
pose his poor wife doesn't even get a
movie ticket. This doesn't half ex
press my contempt for such a man.
He isn't any better than the weevils
he eats. WOMAN OBSERVER.
LAUGHING GAS.
"Josiah," aald Mra. Hawbuck, T hope yon
kept your head while you frit In New Tofk."
"I did, .Martha." waa tha humble reply,
"but I guei it was only becauee none o'
them aharpars had any uaa fer it." Boaton
Transcript.
The valet of an Englishman traveling
across America, when asked by his master
what he thought of tie vast apacea, replied:
"People are telling me all the while how
Christopher Columbus discovered America.
Well, I don't sea how he could help finding
It" Christian Register.
"Why doesn't your aunt come downstairs,
Bobby? I)id you tell her Mr. Catchlt waa
here? What ia she so long about?"
"She la doing Just what the Germans
are doing, ma she's straightening out her
false front." Baltimore American.
"The wicked neighbors won't quit scof
fing," complained Japhet.
"That'a all right," replied Noah, aa he
drove another nail, "We will allow them
after a while what It mean tn disregard
the advice of tha Intellectual minority."
Washington Star.
"Mra. Flubdub Wants to borrow aome
sugar, some egge and soma flour, Evidently
going to make aom sponge cake."
"Sponge cake Is right. But why does she
sponge entirely on ua?" Louisville Courier-Journal.
Author's Friends-Does your husband uaa
pseudonym In his writing?
Author's Wife He used to, but she wst
perfectly horrid, so t have learned to run
it myself. -Judge.
Officer And what are you going to d
when you get there?
Emigrant Take up land.
Officer Much?
Emigrant A shovelful at a. time. Phila
delphia Ledger.
"We have ssked her several times te
lng. and she has refuaed each time.'
"If I wera you I'd let it go at that. Some
of the strangers may ga away thinking
they've missed eomethlng." Detroit Free
Press.
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