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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNINO-SVENINO-SUNDAT FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR THB BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. PBOPRIETOB. Entered at Omshs postoffiea second-cliis rnstter. B MtlL par ytu, M M " 4.00 .oo no too TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION By Cirtr. 0i nl BlBi4T P MA OkUr vtlMot 8undy.... Itoalnc Hd Sundw.. ltoln without Sunaty SSd ioT efas'W'aVMrii'oV Irwlsritjto Jslitsr la Ootba REMITTANCE by toart. XJs or postal ordr. Only S-ssot ilwjf Uha Jat r amaU sceounta. Parsoasi eases. axoM oe Omaha and rtara asoaaasa. aeoantsd, OFFICES. 4 CORRESPONDENCE Unn msiKtmletttcol rsisttnf to asws aod sdJtorlsl Bittsr U Oniaaa Bsa. Editorial Dspftmsat JUNE CIRCULATION 55,982 Daily Sunday, 50,986 Awns alrentatJoB for tta ontn iqDacrltw! and mm to to Dwlih. WiiiUM CtnulaOoo Manaa. Saoaerik ImWhc tfca elly ahouH hay. Tha Baa malls. U tism. Addra chant aa clun aa rtgnaaU-. Ye, Mr. Weather Man, you're doing tolerably well but a little more rain, please. Wheat is not the only food product of the American farms, so why stop there? Threat to abolish "moose's milk" disturbs the Loyal Order, but it has been done by others. The longer the food bill is held up the more time the distillers have to get in their work. Those who are eager to escape the draft stilt have a chance to volunteer and many are tak ing it. Declining to lay water mains may be a good way to cut off cost of pipe, but what about serv ice to consumers? Nebraska's new flag law requires the flying of the flag on all "national holidays." What are our "national holidays?" Those Iowa folks surely have a towline on the War department. Results count. Hats off to the fellow who knocks the persimmon 1 Nebraska's state fair ccmes under the head of national exhibits this year, a belated recognition of the educational value of the institution. Now that the county judgeship here is a bet iter paying position than the district judgeship, will the line of promotion be the other way? Swedes and Danes report the loss since the war started of over 300 vessels of various sizes; one of the inconveniences of having quarrelsome neighbors. The State Council of Defense takes a much milder tone with the Lutherans, now that it has heard from the church itself. Its shot scattered too much in the first place. Issuing passes to army officers may be a good war measure, but it is strictly forbidden in time of peace, and both parties, are taking a long chance in carrying out the deal. A debate between the United States senators from Nebraska as to what is for the farmers' best interest would be entertaining at a time when the country was not busy with matters of importance. The smoke curtain is not dense enough to keep us from getting glimpses of what is hap pening in Russia. The curtain it sure to lift, however, and soon, and open it up to full view. An Omaha man's conscience has just been re lieved.of a burden of $1,170, which he admits he gained by unfair means. Wonder what would happen if this tort of conscience became epidemic? Nebraska's democratic farmer legislature res oluted for one-dollar wheat, but our democratic United States senator at Washington raises it to two dollars. Just a little difference of one hun dred per cent. "Blood and iron" is an heroic prescription and difficult to administer, even to a docile people; therefore Premier Kerensky may have some trou ble in getting the Russians to swallow the medi cine with a good face. Seventeen billions is Senator Smoot't estimate of the cost of our first year in war. Fart of this naturally is chargeable to our national habit of procrastination. Maybe we will apply the lesson we are paying so dearly to learn. To transmit more than 10,000 draft numbers with, only thirty-one variations from the official master list is a real tribute to the skill of the telegraphers who handled the big job. Nothing in ordinary life is much nearer than 99.7 per cent perfect Industrial war is war just as much as any other kind, but the leaders of the local labor strike damage their unions as much as the em ployers when they send out broadcast attacks de ' signed to run down Omaha and put the city "in bad" abroad. They should realize that some weapons do more execution at the breech than at the muzzle. Profits on War Contracts Wall Straat Journal A dispatch from Washington published in a tnornmg paper that the government is doing all its buying on a cost plus 10 per cent basis is not in accord with information obtained here from .-ompames which are supplying or negotiating or lers for government supplies. Not long a?o the overnment awarded contracts for 7,500,000 rounds of three-inch ammunition as well as some 200,000 rounds of larger shells, all on a comocti five basis, and bids were submitted for a number sf 4.7 shells on a competitive basis. Other contracts, it is known, have been neeo tiated without competitive bidding in the cases of concerns specially equipped for the work required and in tuch cases the government has simply asked for prices which were accepted when sub mitted, in most cases, except in a few instances where the bids appeared extravagant, when a compromise was usually agreed on. Munition manufacturers here with government contracts are practically unanimous in saying that o far the attitude of the governmental authorities has been entirely fair and that no manufacturer who was ready to accept a reasonable profit had had cause to complain. On the other hand, it has been made plain that manufacturers who soueht ' to take advantage of the national emergency to "stick" the government would be handled with out 1 Still Hope for Russia. The human tragedy now being enacted in Rus sia surpasses in immediate interest even our own preparations for war. The spectacle of a great mass of people, struggling for a firm foothold on its new path, threatened with destruction from within and from without, is pathetically im pressive. It is impossible to exaggerate the diffi culties in the way of Kerensky, on whom has fallen the hope of all friends of order. His great personality, unswerving fidelity and devoted cour age may be potent to restore reason to the terri fied multitude and overcome the effects of the extremists' propaganda. Socialism is being put to the acid test in Russia now. Its advocates are in full, control of the government, whatever it amounts to, and are charged with all responsi bility. Every possible aid will be given by or ganized democracy that the aspiration of the Rus sian people may be realized in the final establish ment of an orderly government which will em body and preserve their ideals of liberty. No one will underestimate the magnitude or impor tance of the task, but for the present hope rests on the probability that the shock of threatened defeat will arouse even the stupidist of mujiks to realization of the danger and the necessity for action. The tide of retreat must be stemmed or Russian liberty disappears again under the domi nation of a restored autocracy. Our Readers Entitled to the Truth. The Bee acknowledges receipt of a letter find ing fault with our' display "in such prominent type" of the unfavorable war news from Russia, declaring that it "discourages our American read ers" and by so doing "gives aid to our country's enemies." Every patriotic American is distressed by the Russian fall-down, but no good would come out of self-deception by ignoring it. It is not "giving aid and comfort to the enemy" to tell the truth about war developments and to tell tbem in a way forceful enough to rouse our people to a sense of the danger in the situation. If The Bee, or any other paper, deliberately suppressed bad news from the war arena in order to print only good news it would soon lose, and deserve to lose, the confidence of its readers, and, worse than that, when the facts were disclosed, as they surely would be, the reaction would be disastrous. The Bee will continue to give the war news promptly and accurately as it is available, rejoic ing when it is good news and grieving when it is bad news, but not flinching from performing its duty as a newspaper. Confusion Over the Food Bill. The situation developed at Washington over the food administration bill resembles in some ways conditions prevailing in Russia. Diversity of opinion rather than harmony of action pre vails and with the divergence of views is cropping out an acrimony of feeling that presage, little good. At first it seemed simple enough to enact a law that would provide for the reasonable con trol of food distribution. The embargo measure had gone through in such form as seemed to cle:.r the way for its companion bill. Selfish and sinister in terests could not permit this, however. T!ic bill was framed finally so that only products of north ern farms would come under its provisions, the southern staples being particularly exempted. Then the prohibitionists tacked on their pet meas ure and finally tn the senate a minimum price for wheat and a committee to direct the war policy of the country were added. All of these things are foreign to the original purpose of the meas ure, but they serve its opponents well. A pa triotic majority in congress is again split into partisan groups, the cost of living is steadily ad vancing and the country waits in vain for prom ised relief. The present delfy may not be fatal, but it is exasperating as an exhibition of how prone some statesmen are to put personal views above public duty. Smothering the Shipping Board Squabble. President Wilson took an extreme course to smother the shipping board squabble and one that may well be discussed critically. In the first place, the president is largely responsible for the unfortunate mess, because of overlapping instruc tions he issued. In appointing General Goethals to be head of the ship-building corporation the president plainly stated that the general was to be in sole charge of construction. This naturally implied that his views would determine whatever was done. At the same time the president gave to Chairman Denman of the shipping board com plete authority over the expenditure of all moneys in connection with the government's ship-building program. Mr. Denman promptly assumed the right of review over General Goethals, vetoed his plant and the deadlock resulted. Choice between the two would have seemed easy. Goethals is an army officer, a trained and experienced builder and proposed workable plans that promised1 results. Denman was wholly un known until the upheaval in California last fall brought him to the surface. He is a lawyer, whose experience with ships consisted in the con duct of a few cases in the admiralty court. More over, the wooden ship plan so strenuously advo cated by Denman was not proposed by practical ship builders, but by two engineers, who also quarreled with the chairman of the board and were dismissed by him. Shipping men are all in line with Goethals and it is generally believed his plans will be adopted eventually. The point is that an obstinate politician is per mitted to oust from public service an experienced and disinterested man of high character and un questioned ability. Chairman Denman may go back to his California law practice full of what ever satisfaction he can get 'from this knowledge. The ship-building program will go on, but the president will do well to settle any question of authority with his new hoard before it gets under headway. Are Women Farmers? British Daughters of Martha By Frederic J. Haskin Further Complications for the Future. Siam's declaration of war on Germany may not mean a great deal as affecting the actual fighting, but it has some reference to the future. When peace is finally made the interests of all the world will be considered and while only the belligerents will be seated at the council table all nations wilt be present to present views and claims. Thus Siam will get a vote where it would have had only a voice, if anything, in the deliberations of the nations over final adjust ment Its declaration of war was accompanied by seizure of German property, which gives an un pleasant quality of piracy to the transaction, for Siam had little occasion for quarrel with Ger many, and resorts to "defense of human rights' in order to justify its grab of German ships. This sounds good enough, but it will add another item J to the bill that must eventually be set before the peace council for audit and more or less scaling down. Washington, July 23. In Great Britain the teaching of agriculture to women has been adopted as a war measure. Classes in milking, cheese-making, poultry-feeding and light farm work are a big feature of every village, town and estate. Farmers, as a matter of patriotic duty, have loaned their cows and horses for such in struction; the agricultural colleges are boarding women farm students in dormitories and numer ous counties throughout England. Scotland and Ireland have organized courses of farm instruc tion for women. The agricultural situation in Great Britain is extremely serious.' Evidently the German U-boat maneuvers were not anticipated in the early part of the war, for England let its food, production diminish to a distressingly small output before it realized its danger. The soil, much of which had lain idle, had to be treated and many reme dial measures had to be instituted before food production could be restored to a normal basis. The training of women farmers was one of the first measures to be undertaken, inasmuch as the country had sent nearly all its farm hands to the trenches. House-to-house canvasses were made by war committees to induce young girls to attend classes in farming and to induce farmers to em ploy them. Some counties instituted a public registration of women who were willing to under take "war labor" on farms and of farmers who were willing to employ such labor. When these measures did not prove successful the county gov ernment appealed to the national government, which then took a hand. ' . The agricultural subcommittee of the county co-operated with the war agricultural committee of the whole nation in preparing a schepie which has helped to solve the problem. Naturally the farmers were dubious about hiring girls who had never seen a cow, who did not kpow roots from vegetables and who could not handle horses. So the government overcame this difficulty by train ing the girls. They were sent to approved farms throughout the country, where.they had to agree to remain eight weeks. The first four weeks were regarded as a period of instruction. While the girl was getting acquainted with the nature of the cow and intricate dairying processes the government paid her a wage of 10 shillings a week. For the next period of four weeks, how ever, the farmer had to pay the wage, since it was assumed that by that time the girl would begin to be really useful. Then there are so-called patriotic gangs, made up of a leader and several girls, who travel about the country from one farm to another helping with various harvests. Sometimes they pick strawber ries on one farm; milk cows on another; work in the fields of yet another, and then end the sea son by harvesting hops. Many of the women in these gangs are of the ldisure -class in peace times. They have never done anything more strenuous than to knit stockings and caps for soldiers. For them theexperience is nothing less than revolutionary. When your life has been a comfortable routine of chocolate in bed at 10 in the morning, shopping at 12, luncheon at 1, knit ting and a drive through the park in the afternoon, with dinner and bridge in the evening, it is a considerable change to rise at 3 o'clock in the morning, pick strawberries until noon, eat a small "snack" and spend your afternoon cleaning stables and churning butter; then milk the cows and go to bed immediately after supper. Fliysically, it does not seem to hurt the women, and it seems to improve their mental attitude Even before the war agriculture was urged as a profession frr women by many people in Great Britain. Women themselves suddenly seemed to develop an ambition in that direction. Various agricultural schools for women were started by one person and another, one very good one in particular by the countess of Warwick. In other parts of Europe farming has always been one of the principal -if ' not, indeed, the principal occupation for women. Russian women for centuries have tilled the soil by the slde3 of their husbands; in some cases have tilled it alone, while their husbands went to the cities and became cab drivers or porters. In France, too, agricultural work is shared equally by the Women, who tome times do the housework, too. In Germany the same is true, while Mongolian women are veritable farm drudges, bearing the greater portion of phy sical burdens. You will find Japanese women carrying burdens on their backs under which they are almost invisible. In all these countries, how ever, farm work is confined to the peasant class. It was a couple of women in Thatcham who introduced the first intensive farming into Eng land. One woman in traveling through rural France had come upon a Frenchman and his wife who were making about $2,500 a year out of one acre of land. She returned to England and explained her discovery to several friends, who agreed to go in with her on a similar project. 1 hey leased five acres of land. They would have bought it had they been able, but land is rarely for sale in England, and when it is the price is usually prohibitive. Next, they bought a horse and cart and carted load after load of manure from a nearby stable which they mixed in the soil. There was a clause in the lease which pro vided that on its expiration the lessees were to be permitted to dig up the soil and remove it to a depth of eighteen inches, a provision that was only fair since they had practically furnished that much new soil. Here they started their plants under bell-shaped glasses known as clochers in France and later transferred them to glass-covered frames, or, rather, film-covered frames. The young women could not afford to buy glass, so they bought old films from a photographic estab lishment which, after cleaning, served the same purpose. Around the field they built a fence of zinc plate, sunk for some distance into the ground, so as to keep the nutriment of the soil concentrated in that one held. This farm is now yielding an amazing income. although it is only two acres. The women let three acres go, since they found they were not necessary. The secret of the success is that the crops are cultivated ahead of the usual time, so that they are always in the market ahead of the season. At Heathfield. in the county of Sussex, there is a farm colony of women known as the Women's Co-operative farmers, Ltd., which owns many acres. The central farm is a school where pupils are received at $30 a month for board, lodging and farm tuition. Some former pupils rent holdings. They are perfectly independent of the school, but they have the privilege of seeking advice and help from the instructors: and they buy provi sions and market their produce through the school, thus avoiding many pitfalls that await the inexperienced. People and Events Another turn of legal wheels in Illinois bring closer to the squeeze stockholders of Smiling Billy Lorimers string of broken private banks. The circuit court holds that stockholders are liable for double the amount of their holdings and ordered payments made on or before August 25, The case will probably go to the state supreme court. Meanwhile Smiling Billy is nursing a , , j . .... oroieen leg aue to an accident in a Wisconsin sawmill where he was working. The world war develops strange family di visions and mixups. The case of Guardsman Vyzralek of Lincoln has a partial counterpart in that of Paul Schortenberg of Minneapolis. Vyzra lek's father is in the Austrian army, a brother in the Russian and another in the Italian army, Schortenberg was a Minnesota guardsman on the Mexican border, where his German sympa thies got the better of his discretion and won a prison term. Max Schortenberg, serving in the famous foreign legion of France, has written to the Minnesota guards inquiring if Paul is his long lost brother. TODAY 1 Proverb for the Day. Hunger is a good sauce. One Year Ago Today In the War. British completed tne capture 01 Pozieres. United States made strong protest against British blacklist. Russians threatened Austrian noia on Brody, taking 4,000 more prisoners. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. Julius Treitschke, 501 South Thir teenth, wishes information in regard to an old lady dressed in a dark skirt and light calico vest, wearing carpet slippers, bareheaded, who had wan dered away. A swarm of bees settled down on the mail box attached to the lamp post at the corner of Tenth and Far- nam. Julius -Meyer procurea a dox and making the proper openings there in placed it under tne swarm ana in a short while had the honied colony safely hived. A petition is being circulated Dy tne grocery clerks of the city to have the emmrv mores close every evening ex cept Uaturday at 8 o'clock. J. B. Sheldon, manager or tne Union Pacific telegraph office, was married to Miss Mollie Wilbur, an Omaha girl. They will reside at 601 North Seventeenth. Clinton Butler, head of the mailing: rtennrtmpnt of The Bee. was married to Miss Mary Fagan, the ceremony be ing performed Dy itev. rainar Mc Carthy of St. Philomena cathedral, the groomsman being J. L, Kelly and the bride's attendant Miss Lida Peter- n. Th result of the recent meetings of the police and fire commissioners was announced in tne appointment or, tne following officers: Frank Johnson, Patrick Havey, Antoine Banouns, iirVi9Pi KissAnp. W. E. Clark. G. B. Curry, A. C. McCracken, John H. Sav age, A. F. Ward, G. F. Mayhood, Wil liam Collins, B. r . walker, u. w. Lowry, G. V. Rayworth, Simpson V. Osborne. D. J. Rvan. E. M. Scanlon, W. II. Shoup and Jesse Newman. This Day in History. 1775 Continental congress estab lished the postofnee service and placed Benjamin Franklin in charge. 1784 Charles Morris, a famous American naval officer of the war of 1812, born at Woodstock, Conn. Died In Washington, D. C, January 27, 1856. 1842 The famous sloop-of-war Saratoga was launched at Portsmouth, N. H. 1845 Sir John Franklln'a expedi tion last seen by a whaler. 1863 General Sam Houston, the father of the state of Texas, died at Huntsville, Tex. Born in Virginia March 2, 1793. 1864 Stoneman's raid to capture Macon, Ga., commenced. 1867 Dr. Peters of Hamilton col lege discovered the ninety-second planet, which was named "Undlna." 1876 Allen T. Caperton, confeder ate states senator from Virginia and United States senator from West Vir ginia, died in Washington, D C. Born In Monroe county, Virginia, Novem ber 21, 1810. 1892 Rev. Charles R. Hale was consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of Springfield, 111. The Day We Celebrate. J. C. Eugene Duval, better known as "Gene," general agent of the Chi cago, Milwaukee St Paul railway, Is celebrating his fifty-fifth birthday. He was born in Toronto, coming to this country as an Infant. ' William R. Merriam, former gover nor of Minnesota, born in Essex county. New York, sixty-eight years ago today. Emmet D. Boyle, the present gov ernor of Nevada, born at Virginia City, Nev., thirty-eight years ago today. James K. Vardaman, United States senator from Mississippi, born in Jackson county, Texas, fifty-six years ago today. Stephen O'Meara, former well known newspaper publisher, now po lice commissioner of Boston, born at Charlottetown, P. E. I., sixty-three years ago today. Edward H. House, who has been called "the western Warwick" be cause of his position of intimate friend and adviser to President Wilson, born at Houston, Tex., fifty-eight years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. The Feast of St. Anne will be tb- served today by Roman Catholic churches throughout the world. The annual convention of the Michi gan League of Municipalities meets at Grand Rapids today and will continue over tomorrow. In railroad and financial circles con siderable interest is manifested in to day's meeting of the directors of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail way, owing to rumors of a possible dividend reduction and the reports that A. J. EafUng may retire from the presidency. A plan is to be submitted in court at Pittsburgh today whereby policy holders of the defunct Pittsburgh Life and Trust company will be protected by the Metropolitan Insurance com pany. The affairs of the Pittsburgh company become involved as a result of the alleged looting of the com pany's funds by Clarence F. Blrdseye of New York and several associates. Storyette of the Day. In the bureau of the census, at Washington, acts against the law are recorded under a few general heads, such as murder, burglary, etc. An officer of the bureau tells of a woman clerk who was puzzted by an entry she encountered in one of her slips. The crime as set down was "Running a blind tiger." After due reflection the woman placed it under the head of "Cruelty to Animals." Irish World. Nebraska Editors. The Grina; Courier U one of the few Nebraska weeklies that succeeded in get ting the names of the men drafted in its regular edition. The Clay County Sun, which has been under the efficient direction of Fred B. How ard for the last few years, was 84 years old last week. The Butler County Press and several other papers issued extra leaflets giving the names and addresses of men selected to serve their country. Editor Charles D. Blauvelt of the John son County Journal last week celebrated the installment of his linotype by getting cut twenty-four-page edition. Editor F. A. Cox of the Burchsrd Times has sold his paper to Mrs. Weaver Borden, an experienced newspaper woman, and is doing his bit as member of the Nebraska National Guard. The Fremont Tribune of last Thursday contained a four-page advertisement telling of many bargains offered by one of the city's largest department stores. Contribu tions of this kind are always welcome dur ing this period of high price of print paper. west 7 S'A Magazines for the Soldiers. Peru, Neb., July 22. To the Editor of The Bee: I have seen in The Bee that our soldier boys in France are wanting books,, magazines, newspa pers, etc. Can you give me an ad dress where I can send some, and also the rate? , AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. Answer If you will simply place a 1-cent stamp on the upper right hand corner of the cover of any magazine you want to send to the soldiers, and hand it to your mail carrier or deposit it in the postofnee. it will be for warded without cost. No special ad dress is required. Editor of The Bee. Who Has a Job for Her?, Omaha, July 24. To the Editor of The Bee: They say that because our young men are going to war, there will be many fine positions open to girls, yet I find it is not so in my case. Of course, I frankly confess I've had no business experience for I've studied music most of my life and am an ac companist by vocation. As the times are now, my services have not been needed, which has led me to seek something else, and as 1 am onfy 23 years old, full of life and energy, it seems impossible for me to do nothing. I have visited most of the doctors' offices asking them if they need help, but they either have some one or do not need a girl. I've inquired for of fice work, but because of my inexperi ence they do not seem to want me, although I am willing to take a small salary while I am learning. Naturally, I want to do something which I would like to do, something in which there is a future, and as I know of no one who can "get me in" I've relied entirely upon myself. Per haps I do not understand how to go about it, but I Just wish some one would give me a chance. Praise for Swimming Pools. Omaha, July 23. To the Editor of The Bee: A recent issue of a local newspaper made a statement concern ing the lack of order and accommoda tions at Municipal beach, Carter lake. Now. it is hardly fair to let such a statement go unchallenged when I, as a dally swimmer, know the contrary. I have been a resident of Chicago for twenty years. I have frequented the many municipal resorts there and to say that the management and help at the Omaha beach deserved the highest praise and commendation for the fine order and discipline among the bathers and spectators would be giving little for the untiring efforts of the man and woman in charge. Omaha can well be proud of this pleasure resort and the man who is responsible for its existence, and in stead of giving credit to the commis sioner whose department has nothing to do with it, let praise go where it is due. I am told that this beach has claimed two or thiee lives each year, and so far there has been no accidents of any consequence and the office and management that keeps such good order and efficiency, I praise again. In closing let me say to the taxpay ers, give your money and moral sup port to this summer pleasure, where rich and poor can meet on 'equal plane and share the pleasure and com fort derived from partaking of this privilege. And you, parents, be mind ful of what it means to you that your boy is safeguarded and watched that no harm will come to him while in dulging in this most necessary of all recreation. Give credit where credit is due and I for one take this means of paying my regards ani highest esteem to him whose department governs this sumn.e:- pleasure and to the management and efficiency of those in charge. EDWARD MORRIS. Reply to Mr. Atkins. . Omaha. Julv 24. To the Editor of The Bee: In regard to A. M. Atkins, about wanting a remedy or law possi ble to keep little children from cry ing. I will say A. M. Atkins should be asking God to let him lose his hearing or maybe he could ask God to turn him into a cannibal and maybe he could eat em. Or else he should go to a doctor to see what is wrong with his heart. A .MOTHER. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. First Village Bum Labor s mighty scarce about here. ' Second Village Bum Terrluul! 1 had ' help my wife with the potatoes this morn ing. Life. Sixty miles an hour. . u eaid the Judge. "You must have been on urgent business. Where were you going in such a hurry?" "Nowhere, your honor. I'm a man of leisure. I have no place In particular to go." "Urn. I'll give you a place to go. Siity days." Louisville Courier-Journal. He started to take a nap In the barber chair, but awoke with a terrible start. "Have a bad dream, sir?" asked the sym pathetic barber. "You bet I did. I dreamed the boy waa blacking my white shoes." Louisville Courier-Journal. give "Do you think your townspeople will you any banquets . "Not If I can head 'em off," replied Sen ator Sorghum. "I don't want to get with a crowd and sit right down in front of reminder of the htgh-cost-of -living prob lem." Washington Star. Resinol healed that Skin trouble When you think what a source of annoyance and sufferingthat eciemahas been to me in the past three years, do you wonder I am thankful that the doctor . prescribed Resinol? The very first time I used it, the itching stopped for good, and the eruption began to disappear. Resinol Sop should usually be used with Resinol Ointment to pre pare the skin to receive the Resinol medication. Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment are sold by all druggists. Xtsmtl Staf kilfa it (liar peer compUjcionu tea ' n..n. 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