i'HE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1917.
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Subscribers laavlnc tha city should have Tha Baa mallet'
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Xo complaint about harvest weather o corn
growth in Nebraka the c day.
I Industrial peace at home. is a very important
factor for the successful waging of war abroad.
And to think that the Russian retreat wis or
ganized in the name of liberty! Mme.' Recamier
' tyti right.
The Bee still iniata that, the best way to
smooth out inequalities in local tax assessments
' is through publicity,
A scarcity of wrist watches is reported, but
that need not stand in the way of preparation for
; battle along other lines.
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Perhaps some stricter rules governing cutting
through pavements would help keep pavements
in Omaha from going to ruin too fast.
With a new crop coining on and prices falling,
looks as if the potato were about to be deposed
, as the great eye-yam of the vegetable garden.
America's work is laid out now and there
muitt be no faltering over the job. It is the big
gest we ever tackled, but we will see it through.
As a matter of fact, the morals squad will not
be seriously missed. The regular detective force
ought to be able to do the job at least A well
and with less grandstanding.
Jobbers of foods say tha high pricejl are efue
to hysteria. Well, what do they think a mere
man if going to do when he sees the bill for gro
ceries say a prayer or ting a psalm?
At any rate, if General Goethals gets his
chance to serve in France as head of the army
engineers he will not be overruled there in his
decisions by a San Francisco admiralty lawyer.
Coal men are still talking of car shortage and
railroad men are urging, that cars be loaded heav
ier, while winter draws on apace and the house
holder wonders" where he. will be at when the
now begins to fly again.
Formal declaration of ' riltmocracy ; ,by. the
Greeks brings Venizclos more prominently to the
fore as the real ruler of that country. The Hel
lenes can be of great service to the Allies in the
Balkana and under the new government ought to
be dependable.
The arrest of a German Lutheran pastor as
an alien enemy in part supports the charges of
the State Council of Defense. It disclaims charg
ing that the church is disloyal, but only that some
of its members are. It will devolve on the loya!
Lutherans to discountenance the disloyal,
Whale meat is served at high-toned hotels on
the Pacific c&aat; sort pf suggestion that tlic lu'
culent porterhouse steak and the historic baron
of beef may yet meet a rival worthy of notice.!
The Nebraska breeder shows little signs of dis
turbance as yet over the meat situation.
The laudable effort of the Hotel MenY, asso
ciation in behalf of the Red Cross produced a con
tribution, in round figures, of $3,500, But how
much had to be collected to realise this amount?
The war pictures were probably a better device
to raise money than most of them, but the ques
tion persists, Is the result commensurate with the
outlay?
Before getting away from the effort of the
local democratic organ to charge up police condi
tions to the republican end of our nonpartisan
city government, don't overlook the fact that the
county attorney is the officer responsible for pros
ecutions under the Albert law and 'other state
laws and that the county attorney and all hit nu
merous crews of drpulies are good democrats.
Public Service Reserve
-Palledelphle Ladga
Many who v-ould be glad to serve their coun
try at this time have found it difficult to do so.
Age and physical limitations have shut them out
from the tight ing force Sometimes they have
applied fur work of another kiivl. only to be t
noied or rejected. This Is discouraging to then;
it makes them feel as if they were not wanted.
Yet the desire to volunteer, the spirit of self-sac-ritice,
is too valuable to be lost. The plan of the
Department of Labor organize a public serv
ice reserve ought to conserve much patriotic en
ergy that is now going to waste. Briefly, it is
proposed to enroll all who apply as -eserves to
be drawn upon at need. A record will be kept
of the qualifications and the experience of each
Applicant. Thus we shall have it nation', emnloy
nient agency upon a large scale not for those
wh Te seeking to benefit themselves, but for
those win would give their best to their cc-untry.
'there ould be no better way of recognizing the
fact that tin is a national war in which the
whote nation must take part.
Furthermore, it would co-ordinate patriotic
energy as we'l as conserve it. Often tlere is
mora eal than discretion in the anxiety to "do
one's bit." If every offer of service were accepted
the social and economic structure would be dis
organized. Indus'ry must have its supp'j of la
bor; comme-ce. trade and the profession must
be carried on. The essential question is, who can
best be spared from his present occupation' The
Department of Labor can answer that question
intelligently if it has on file the facts about in
dividuals, : In many cases the whole time of the
applicant would not be required. There would be
something ht coul do without interference with
hit usual Activities. There his been an amazing
exhibition of loyalty in the offers of men ana
women who have nothing to Rain and much te
lose by public service. Such loyalty ought not
to be fluenched by indifference or neglect This
new pun promises well.
Consistency and Cash Prices.
Conceding all the Omaha Democratic Hyphe
nated clai..:s on behalf of the gallery playing of the
senator at Washington, what will be accomplished
if a minimum price be put by law on wheat at all
the primary markets? Will that newspaper con
tend that this will cure existing inequalities, such
as distance from seaboard, or from consumptive
markets, or offset local demand, or any of the
factors that legitimately enter into the calcula
tion? On one and the same day the price at Omaha
for wheat was $2.40 per bushel, at Kansas City
$270, at St. Louis $2.40, at Minneapolis $270,
and at Chicago $2.36. Is the law to prevent the
farmer from getting 30 cents more for his wheat
at Kansas City than he does at Omaha under
the conditions? Is it possible that the senator
is at this late date going to suspend the "normal
laws of trade." for which he has contended all
through his free trade career?
Congressman Dan Stephens, who also knows
something ahout the raising and marketing of
wheat, says in a speech he is distributing that
the business of handling the crop is a limited
monopoly The $2 price would be of great bene
fit to middlemen, who store the crop and peddle
it out, but the Hitchcock amendment ''oca not
eliminate a single step in the long and tortuous
route between the field and the table. Instead of
doing away with, the Speculator, it wouid give
him a new field to'opefate, and help to bear out
the prophecy of the World-Herald, made on the
4th of July, when, while discussing the price oi
grain, it said: "There will be no decline in price
if the speculators are to run things."
The Hitchcock; amendment is just a bit of
camouflage on part of the senator to conceal other
portions of his record that do not shine with
especial brilliance. It is not likely to be found
in the bill when it becomes a law. 1
A TtrribU Tribute to Treachery.
It is difficult to conceive of the blind folly that
has wrought such terrible disaster to the Russian
army. Foes of liberty and agents of disorder
have poisoned the minds of simple peasants and
the triumph of treachery is reached in a climax
that will cost Russian! dearly. That the recalci
trant regiments have been deceived by specious
lies and duped into throwing down their arms by
unscrupulous or irresponsible countrymen is clear.
Anarchists and German agents have practiced on
the credulity of the mujik and, pleading "liberty,
equality and fraternity," have led him to sacri
fice all his future. Kerensky, Korniloff and their
associates will yet be able to reorganize the shat
tered forces of the new republic, but weeks of
time and millions of money will be needed. The
Russian people is sound at the core, as reported
by the Root commission, and its night is ,no
darker than that weathered by the American colo
nies when ' Washington's men shivered and
starved at Valley Forge. The help that 'then
came to the Continentals was from just such
sources as will come forth to save Russia. Trea
son and deceit may impede and delay, but they
cannot alwaya triumph over liberty.
Women on tha Firing Line.
The presence of Russian "commands of death"
on the firing line is picturesque, but, as Napoleon
once commented on a magnificent spectacle, "It
is not war." The futility of their presence as an
inspiration is shown by the retreat of demoralized
regiments of men back of the lines held by
women, Admitting their devotion and valor, be
ing without preparation or training, they are in
very truth commands of death because of the
hopelessness of their effort.1 The civilization for
which ' America stijives puts woman in another
sphere. We have ifrieit enouglx'Vo do the fightlrtg'
and while womaVfc help. is.. fully appreciated!'
must be rendered at a safe distance behind the,
scene of flying bullets. The sodden indifference
of the broken Russian regiments shows how wide
is the divergence between the ideals of the races.
Freedom's influence in time will lift up these peo
ple to a point where they will fight for, and not
w ith or behind, their women. .
American Cans
By Frederic J. Haskin
America'a Portion ol the World War.
Washington authorities finally admit what has
been plain for months, that we have entered upon
the most stupendous task of our national exist
ence in assumfng responsibility for' a portion of
the world war. The gravity of the present situa
tion cannot be overstated. Our' share of the
job is to take over the burden that has exhausted
our European allies. If the German autocracy
and Prussian military machine is to be defeated
it must be done by Yankees.
With this plainly understood, the time has
come for a more effective co-ordination of effort,
that the great energy of this nation be not dissi
pated because of misdirection..' So far our progress-
towards preparation has seen a succession
of changes of plan, an exhibition of inefficiency,
indecision and lack of control. The one thing we
have done well so far is to provide men tor an
army,
Concentration of authority is imperatively
needed now and must be had if we are to get about
the business we have taken over. No longer is
any one deluded with the thought of a short war.
while it is now clear we must provide millions of
men and billions of treasure to carry on the strug
gle. The tragedy of Russia is become the obliga
tion of America.
' Devotion of our people to the cause they have
espoused Is beyond question and it deserves a bet
ter reward and higher encouragement than yet
given. Partisanship should give way to patriot
ism everywhere and personal ambition yield to
public duty. Wrangles in congress and hesitancy
in the cabinet will be paid for by lives lost in
Europe, for we are in a war1 and the only way
out of it is through it, but our Kitchener is yet
to come. ,
Plunkett Chairman of Convention.
In selecting Sir Horace Plunkett as its chair
man the Irish, convention evinced a purpose to
do whatever it may to solve the deeply involved
question submitted to it. It is to the chahnan's
credit that he devised and carried into excellent
effect the system under which "rack rents" were
abolished and Irish farmers were enabled to be
come owners instead pf tenants. His services aa
agricultural minister for Ireland, too, were of in
estimable value, for he aided in bringing a real
measure of. prosperity to the people. . Some idea
may be gained of his hope in connection with the
present convention from the remark accredited to
him: "Ltt us form a constitution as for Ireland
and let Ulster see what it faces before it objects."
If the delegates approach the business before them
in this spirit and permit themselves to be guided
by Sir Horace's tact and experience they may
come very near to clearing up the job.
The National Security league pleads with con
gress to stop talking and get down to business,
but it evidently refuses to understand that not
even a war emergency can apeed up the solons
when they get settled for a speechfest ,
Washington, July 24. This is the day of the
can. The oeoole of America are turning the coun
try into one great cannery. From San Francisco
to New York and back aeain. by any route you
choose to take, you will find the womanhood of
the nation, and a considerable portion of its man
hood as well, working overtime to store trfe suc
culent summer vegetable against next winter's
need. This is one part of America's response to
the food-saving appeal and it is encouragingly
enthusiastic and whole-hearted.
It is certain that hundreds of thousands of
American households are learning an art that will
be worth many dollars to them annually and
many tens of millions of dollars to the nation,
warir no war. And the way we are taking hold
of this canning campaign is an e ncouraginjir sign
for those who say that America is still too little
awake to the needs of war. The nation is not
going ahead to meet its trials and its tasks; it is
taking them as they come.
The Department of Agriculture is at the head
of the movement and at times the movement
threatens to run away with the department. A
booklet describing the new cold-pack canning
process was issued by the government specialists
a few weeks ago. Ever since the report got out
that such a book was in existence the department
itself and every other agency that looked promis
ing has been buried from view beneath a flood of
requests for the canning book. The government
printing office, which already had its troubles
with the 50,000.000 or 60,000,000 pieces of printed
matter called for to operate the selective draft,
got an additional order for 1,000,000 copies of
these illustrated canning volumes and with all its
unrivaled facilities it has been about two jumps
behind the demand ever since. The states rela
tions service, which conducts the field campaign
and the demonstration work through thousands
of agents, wanted canning books hundreds of
thousands of them. Congressmen wanted them;
senators wanted them; the great American public
wanted them. , The printing office for weeks was
running a race against time, for the canning sea
son doesn't last forever.
The states relations service, through its county
agents, started the home-canning movement sev
eral years ago. Its canning clubs were organ
ized all over the United States and some of them
had already made remarkable records. Cut the
war situation came along and expanded the can
ning campaign to a magnitude hitherto undreamed
of and filled the city as well as the country with
amateur canners. It was lucky that the states
relations service had its movement under way:
otherwise the country would have been caught
totally unprepared. As it is, the need for canning
finds ts with several thousand trained demonstra
tors, with tested processes worked out and with
a good practical knowledge of the difficulties and
the possibilities of home canning. As a result
we are canning food in American homes on a far
larger scale than any nation has ever done be
fore.
The war demand has taken the canning demon
strator into new fields. Ordinarily his work
or her work is confined to ,the rural districts.
Now the cities are probably canning more than
the country. s H. H. Benson, head of the work
in the northern and eastern states, save a dem
onstration on Broadway and "drew" better than
a European star or a musical comedy. New York
is enthusiastic over the campaign and so is prac
tically every other big city in the country.
In the rural districts the thintr is less of a
novelty, but more of a proved success. The can
ning club idea has proven very popular, especially
that of the so-called mother-dauehter clubs.
where families can in competition for quantity
and qualify. The ch&npion mother-daughter club
of Kansas, at Leavenworth, last year canned 9,838
quarts of vegetables. The average cost was 14
cents a quart. The experts of the Department of
Agriculture fixed a market value for the product,
which left a theoretical profit of $2,420 The
club included twenty-nine - "mother-dauehter"
teams, etch consisting of a mother and a daugh
ter, cither genuine or adopted for the occasion.
In some cases the daughter was a son. Of course,
the performance of this club is record rather than
typical, for it is the prize organization of a farm
ing state, where the women are experienced in
canning and preserving, but nonetheless it shows
that club canning can be carried on very profitably
and has Its attractions even without the stimulus
of patriotic duty.
The canning club idea has been worked out in
Considerable detail and shown itself capable of
numerous happy applications. Various forms of
the community club are thriving; buying of raw
materials in bulk has been found to work a great
economy; the exchange of vegetables between
different clubs has disposed of some of the prob
lems of surplus and lack from the point of view
of the bill of fare.
Meanwhile the agents of the states relations
service continue to demonstrate and the canning
movement; continues to grow. It is too early yet
to judge exactly what results the campaign has
yielded. There has been so much canning by ama
teurs ana beginners that only time can tell the
percentage of success, But we know that immense
quantities of food have been canned and nriceless
experience gained for the hard winters that may
well lie ahead.
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Proverb for the Day.
He laughs best who laughs last
One Year Ago Today tn the War.
British blasted Delville wood with
3,000 shells a minute on 1,000-yard
front.
Captain James Fryatt of the British
eteamship Brussels, after a trial by
court martial for attempting to ram
a German submarine, was executed at
Bruges.
Thirty Years Ago Today.
Mrs. Hanchett Is reported as tm
proving and the crisis is thought to
nave been passed.
Mrs. Lang try and company arrived
in Omaha on the special car Mayflower,
at J 1:35 on the way to Council Bluffs
Dr. S. J. Chambers has returned
from a visit to his brother in Fremont
While there he Joined a little fishing
party, but instead of catching flish, the
oarsman "caught a crab"" and upset
the entire party into the water. The
doctor is a large man and there, were
no clofhes suitable to fit his corpulency
in place of his wet garments. In the
emergency he was fitted with a pair
nJ
of pantaloons improvised from some
gunny sacks and with an unboiled shirt
borrowed from a railroad grader. In
this queer and ungainly uniform the
doctor came home via the Sioux City
& Pacific and the Chicago, 8t Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha road to avoid
meeting any acquaintances. He says
he will do his fishing from the shore
hereafter.
The Nebraska Loan and Building
association held a meeting and elected
the following officers: President, E. T,
Duke; vice president, Charles I Frlt-
scher; secretary, Fred J. Borthweek;
treasurer, Charles P. Needham. J. W.
Carr was re-elected attorney.
Observer George H. Hagen of the
weather and signal office of this city
has received notice from Washington
that tie is to be transferred to Esca-
naba, Mich. He will be succeeded here'
by Alfred F. Sims, who is transferred
from Fort Smith, Ark.
This Day In History.
1762 General Samuel Smith, noted
soldier of the Revolution and the War
of 1812, for many years United States
senator from Maryland, born in Lan
caster county, Pennsylvania. Died in
Baltimore, April 22, 1839.
1775 James Warren of Massachu
setts was chosen by the Continental
Congress to be first paymaster general
of the American army.
1794 Reign of Terror in Paris
ended with the arrest and execution of
Robespierre and twenty of his col
leagues.
1812 A mob In Baltimore attacked
adherents of the anti-war party.
1832 General Richard N. Batchel-
der, quartermaster general of the
United States army, 1890-1896, born at
Meredith, N. H. Died In Washington,
D. C January 4, 1901.
1883 Montgomery Blair, postmas
ter general in Lincoln's cabinet, died
at Silver Springs, Md. Born in Ken
tucky, May 10, 1813.
1914 Armies of Austria, Russia and
Serbia quickly mobilized in prepara
tion for war.
1916 United States senate passed
the $313,970,447 army appropriation
bill.
Our Fighting Men
Charles W. Kutz.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Kutz, U. S. A.,
who has been relieved of his duties as engineer
commissioner of the District of Columbia and as
signed to active duty with the engineer corps,
probably in France, is known as one of the bright
est engineer officers of the army. He is 47 years
old and a native of Pennsylvania. In 1893 he
graduated front West Point, the second in a class
of fifty-one. Since then he has been in charge
of important fortification work and river and har
bor improvements in many parts of the country.
In 1906 he was praised very highly by William
11. Taft, then secretary of war, for his work in
connection with the Niagara Falls power plans.
Colonel Kutz is a graduate Of the Engineer School
of Application and should prove a valuable effteef
in the work that is ahead of the engineer corps
in r ranee.
Samuel S. Robison.
Captain Samuel S. Robison, U. S. N w ho has
been in command of the battleship South Caro
lina since October, 1915, has been named to suc
ceed Vice Admiral Grant in command of the sub
marine force of the Atlantic fleet. Captain Robi
son is 50 years old. He was born in Pennsylva
nia in 186 and was appointed to the United States
naval academy at the age of 17. He received hts
fSoonuSj,on as fnsign fter llis graduation in
inVi l serveJ ln successively higher posts until
1914, when he was promoted to the rank of cap
tain. His sea service covers a period of over
eighteen years, in the course of which he has
served on many ships and cruised to all parts of
the world. Captain Robison is recognized in the
navy as an eminent expert in electrical engi
neering. Adelbert Cronkhite.
Brigadier General Adelbert Cronkhite, U. S. A.,
one of the prominent officers who recently re
ceived promotion on recommendation of the presi
dent, has been designated to command the Pan
ama coast artillery district in the canal zone. Gen
eral Cronkhite is 56 years old and a native of New
York. He was appointed to the United States
military academy from Arizona and graduated in
1882. Four years later he graduated from the Ar
tillery school. For more than twenty-five vears
he was attached to the field artillery. In 1909 he
was transferred to the coast artillery corps and
two years later attained the rank of colonel. Gen
eral Cronkhtte is regarded as an able authority
on all matters relatiug to the coast artillery and
his latest promotion is a recognition of service
rendered and ability proved.
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The Day We Celebrate.
Frank C. Best, former county com
missioner, has just attained his forty
fourth year today. He is numbered
among Iowa's native sons, is a gradu
ate of the Omaha Commercial college
and now conducts a real estate and in
surance business.
George L. Campen was born upon a
farm In Hillsdale county, Michigan,
Juir 27, 1867. He served as superin
tendent of public works in the canal
cone and is now contracting and con
sulting engineer in this city.
Dr. Elmer R. Porter Is celebrating
his forty-sixth birthday today. He hails
fram Kankakee, 111.
Andrew B. McConnell Is 50 today.
He was born in Springfield, 111., and
is vice president and secretary of the
numerous Sherman & McConnell drug
stores.
Edith Marlon Patch, entomologist
at the University of Maine, born at
Worcester, Mass., forty-one years ago
today. ,
Charles M. Lavey, president of the
Western Pacific railroad, born ln
Huron county, Ohio, fifty-nine years
ago today.
George Foster Peabody, New York
banker, prominent in numerous social
and political movements, born at Co
lumbus, Ga., sixty-five years ago today.
Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son of
the German emperor, born at Pots
dam, twenty-nine years ago today.
Logan H. Roots, Episcopal bishop of
Hankow, China, born In Perry county,
Illinois, forty-seven years ago today.
Ollle M. James, United States sena
tor from Kentucky, born In Crittenden
county, Kentucky, forty-six years ago
today.
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Willing to Help Some.
Loup City, Neb., July 19. To the
Editor of The Bee: I see your appeal
in The Bee for help to the free milk
and ice fund. There are so many
causes to help nd give to, but none
more worthy than that. I think some
times I have a hard time, aa my fa
ther is dead and my mother, a help
less rheumatic sufferer, cannot even
feed herself or stand, but it appealed
to me that I might help your fund
and at the same time be helped. .
have to stay with my mother ".on
stantly and what little time I have
make fancy articles to sell, such as
aprons, pillow cases, towels, yokes,
handbags, etc. Now if you want to
take a few articles 10 per fcent of
tr.e proceeds go to your milk and ice
fund. You are under no obligation
to take these goods. After you see
them if you do not want them and
they do not suit Just return them
but I wanted to get. a few necessariesJ
for my mother and thought that would
be a good way to hem both. And
see' you have looked into the homes
where much good can be done, so if
you want me to I will send you a few
pieces. Trusting that this will meet
with your approval, I beg to remain
yours respectfully,
MISS MAUD REYNOLDS,
Loup City. R. F. D. No. 1.
(The Bee cannot undertake to sell
these articles, though it appreciates
the spirit ln which the offer is made.
Editor.)
Advance of a Printer' Devil.
Omaha, July 25. To the Editor
of The Bee: It is something amazing
ana very unusual for a printer s devil
ana a former editor of a country news
paper published at Florence, Neb., to
be promoted to a $35,000,000 Job, but
sucn is tne fact, starting out in life
as a printer's devil at a salary of $2 a
week, back in New York state forty
years ago, to the present Job with
nothing much else to do except gaze
upon 135,000,000 every day, is indeed
a nne occupation and something print
ers and editors seldom ever asolre to.
The first day I struck Omaha thirty
years ago I subbed on The Bee and
that day's pay was the first Omaha
money I ever saw, but now I can see
money from all over the United States
the money of the Woodmen of the
World, which is piled up here in
Omaha at the headquarters of the
great order, with nearly 1,000,000
members and all of them boosters for
Omaha, the home town of the order,
FRED B. NICHOLS.
Thumbscrewlng Our Old Folks.
Omaha, July 25. To the Editor of
Tne Bee: We wish to lay before the
people of this nation the trasric fart
that our old country, Sweden, a friendly
neuirai, is Demg subjected to an abso
lute embargo by the United States gov
ernment. This makes the suffering
among our old folks even more in
tense than before, on account, not only
of lack of oil and coal, etc., shutting
down industries and making living ex
penses twice as high as here, which la
at present the case, but also, and not
the least, because of lack of food. Not
Intending to do anv useless nmirn.
ing, as diplomats from our old country
already did make representations to
tne American government, we simniv
accentuate the circumstances that the
oweaes at present are not wanting in
doing "their bit," according to their
numbers here, to supply volunteer sol
diers. Also that the inventor's name
who helped to save this nation from
destruction in the last centnrv wna
jonn .Ericsson. H. MELL,
A member of the human family and
a iriena or an nations.
706 South Sixteenth street.
terday's paper states that Belgians are
being slowly starved to death, and as
a result of their weak physical con
dition the catching of a cold or- a
similar ailment, means sure death.
Remove the cause, insufficient food,
and the effect ceases.
Mr. Herring hopes that his first
letter "touching the unreality of evil
may not be clouded by so-called com
mon sense objections." I am waiting
to find out how the unreality of it can
be demonstrated. I have tried both
by reading "Science and Health" and
by appealing to a regular practitioner,
but have completely failed.
DAVID OLSON.
TART TRIFLES.
"I'm
"Pleaae. air," whined the beggar,
tranter hare and "
"So am I," interrupted the accosted man,
"and I think we've both something to ba
thankful lor." Boston Tranacrlpt.
"Thla seema to be a very dangerous preci
pice," remarked the tourist. "I wonder that
they have not put up a warning board."
"Tea," answered the (tulde, "It la danger
oua. They kept a warning board up (or two
yeara, but no one fell over, ao It waa taken
down." Harper Magaalne.
"When a congressman makes a monkey ot
himself ha can have It atrlcken from the
record."
"What about It?"
"I waa just thinking that would be use
ful ln ordinary life." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Crimson Gulch has become a remarkably
peaceful town," commented the visitor.
"Sure," replied Bronco Bob. "With
world war on hand there'a no chanca for
any little local ftght No true Crimson
Gulcher wants to bo a piker." Washington
Star.
First Child My pa aaya we've got tha
best outlook of any house, trom our roof.
Becond Ditto that's nothin'. We had a
painter to fall often ourn. Baltimore Amer
ican.
Bacon I see women letter carriers in
France receive five francs a day.
Egbert Nothing to It. What'a tha use of
a woman reading other people'a poatala after
they've been censored? Tonkera Statesman,
tEftt Mft.lcABl-d'eUc,
vJMfCr IS 1U BtSr KktCrrTr
To YAK. A $ IW. TDm flrtoq
VJMMTR SACHSEL
tt vm A TAW ,
Mr. Lynch and hla friend were discusalnr
family names and their history.
Haw did your name orialnate?"
tha friend.
'Oh. probably one of mt anrutnra v. -
ef tha grasping kind that you hear about an
often Somebody gave him an ynch' and
he took an " Christian Register.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The annual meeting of the Montana
State Bankers' association begins Its
sessions today at Great Falls.
Delegates from ail over the middle
west are expected at Lake Geneva,
Wis., today for the annual conference
of the missionary education move
ment. Portland. Me., is to be the meeting
place today and tomorrow of the an
nual outing of the New England Street
Railway club.
Three negroes convicted last April
of the murder of Harry Parker, also a
negro, are under sentence to be exe
cuted today at Wilmington, Del.
Hebrews the world over will gather
at temples and synagogues at sunset
today to usher in with prayers and all
the impressive ceremonies of the Jew
ish ritual the Tisha B'ab fast, which
commemorates the fall of Jerusalem.
Storjette of the Day.
There is an old woman living in a
small town in southern Pennsylvania
who makes a great effort to keep
abreast of the times. Her opportu
nities, however, are circumscribed and
she is sometimes compelled to resort
to her imagination. She went to a
church sociable laetly and as she en
tered the room one of the attendants
said:
"Good evening, auntie, I am glad
you came. We are going to have
tableaux tonight"
"Yes, I know. replied the old
woman, "I smelt 'em when I first came
in." Buffalo News.
HERE AND THERE.
Ia recent air raid on London an enor
mous bomb which fell near the entrance tp
a rail ay station mad m hole tn the ground
f feet wide and 4 feat deep, and yet ao
limited waa it destructive rang that the
woodwork of a covered footway few yards
distant was not shattered. - -
Contrary to the popular belief, the sub
marines are the most expensive ships ever
built, in proportion to their aise. The dis
placement of the undersea craft used by
tha Germane rang from 800 to 1.200 tona
and the outlay for construction runs from
11,000,000 to $1,600,000 each.
About Reality of Evil.
Omaha. Julv 24. To the Krlitor nt
ine jee: it is with some diffldenne
that I undertake to answer Mr. Her
ring's letter' appearing in your issue
or me mn instant. He makes fun
of my advice to use common sense in
connection with philosophy regarding
good and evil; but as he attempts to
ridicule the Idea by means of rmuitive
statements that are far from the truth
i reel it akin to a slacker to fail to
object.
Nine out of ten readers of Th "R
will agree with me in denying thai
common sense made DeoDla belinvn
the world flat for a treat manv
turiee." Pure ienorance of farts
(truth) was the cause. Ignorance and
common sense are not synonyms. Gali
leo was Kinea Decause of bigotry, ha
tred. Ignorance and surjerntltinn an
not by common sense. This Is equally
true of Huss. To say that common
sense blotted New England with the
wucneraft is such a Jugglery with
words as to be entirely unworthy of
Mr. Carl E. Herrlne He will nver .
found guilty of such eereelo tin pprora
when be pleads before a court of jus
tice or equity. To say that common
sense "sits on the back end of a train
and sees the rails close un" Is an fan
tastic that it cannot cause anything
but genuine surprise, coming from
such a speaker.
Why, Mr. Herring, should not com
mon sense be used in "the crud h- i
ginnings," and "only as the ultimate
of philosophy?" To my mind it is
needed when you think about "things
kvm. no n ci, as J 1 1 VUIIIICUUUU WJ111
tarm or stock yard." where I pre
sume Mr. Herring thinks IJaelong.
The reality of evil tnot its orema
nence) is before us daily. I saw a little
girl tne other day who was cross-eyed.
My heart went out to her ln svmoathv.
From my porch I see a blind mother,
unable to permit her little cherub out
of the house, into the grass and under
the shady trees, because of difficulty in
keeping track of her darling. The
"Battle of the Ancre" has brought to
our attention the evils brought upon
millions of human beings, by the
power of other human beings, wrong
fully Inclined. With S. Goldsmith,
"The final conquest of evil could never
prove its nonexistence." However, the
.Christian Scientists believe that they
can "demonstrate the unreality of
evil." I can change discord into har
mony by the turning of a peg on my
violin, or by calling the proper me
chanic when the piano produces dis
harmony. The evil oi withered plants
I can remove by applying water. Yes-
Old Gotrox Let my daughter marrv von
when you can't support yourself T Why, ahe
would atarve.
Suitor (with great dignity) Well. air. if
you're the kind of man to let your daughter
and husband starve, I don't ear te enter
the family. Boston Tranacrlpt
"Where did Flbson get hi early training
i a war correspondent?"
"When he waa an ordinary iain
reporter he used to 'cover a court of do.
mestlo relations." Birmingham Age-Herald.
"How la your wife making out with tho
onion she la raising in a flower pot?"
They're drooping. Stirring the aoll with
hairpin waa all very well, but 1 don't think
perrume irom an atomizer a the sort of
Irrigation they need." Louisville Cnurior.
Journal.
Bacon Don't vou think tha war will f-
fect our pockets?
Egbert Oh. yes: I cuess wa can rtn ith.
out them, too. Tonker' Statesman.
Maid (to guest late for dinner) Thev'va
eat down for some time, air.
Hostess' Little Daugther Don't vnu car
You Just alt on the stairs with Dicky and
me and have things aa they come out
Chicago Post,
THE GREAT GRAY SHIPS.
"Will Allen Dromgoole.
The gray ships aoftly steal to sea
Mild wind and aoughing tide;
The gray gulls rest along the wave.
The weed-waifs soundless glide
And solemn aa the atlll nlght'a flow,
The Iron-breasted tighter go.
Their brave lad watch the home-shores fad-
Within the gathering miat,
Their pulses tingling to the touch
Of lips their own have kissed
F,?CB,.won1I''n,f now' n5 dreaming, when.
Hi Up ani her will meet again.
The bold moon woos the amorous aurge,
The atlll dark fleea tha dawn.
The red aun climbs the old earth' knees
The great gray shlpa are gone,
where wounded Freedom calls her son
The young lad muster at their guns.
No more they dream of clinging Hps,
No more of clasped hands,
Nor who shall sail back home again
Who sleep In foreign lands;
But, atrlpped and cleared their aouls, the"
wait,
Like those gray ahips, a soldier's fate.
O silent ahips, with those who love
Sail on to lands afar:
There Is no prouder thine- f1n?
Than you, gray ahips of war:
And safety rests, abides. nrfnr
In those brave sailors' hands, and vours.
We do not charge you bring them back
Wfcat'er the bitter price;
But only that the victory
Shall match the aacriflr-
That Freedom live and sing aloud
Within the soldiers' throat or abroad
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