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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 18. 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHDsO COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha portoffie a second-clsss matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Ft Mail. Pet rear, W t.00 4.00 i.00 Br Carrier. flaitr tod Susdir ir watt. l"o Pally Wthoul Hundtx " luc EreaUit and Bundtr. ............. 10c EreolBf wtttMmt 8unUr 0 Husdu Baa onlr fa 4 aottee of esanse of addrtta or IrrtfUlarltJ la dallrerj to Osaka Be armJaUoa DtpartmwiL MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED-PRESS The AsKelatad Press, of willed Tbt Br Is a merrhef. it elutlr BUtltf to Ute ate for nrnbllcttion of all nm dlipaWiea credited to It or not otocrwiM credited la this rarer tad alto tin local new rahllthed herein. All rltfiu of publication o( our awclaJ dltpatcoct at a! retertwl REMITTANCE Remit by draft, expreei or postal wrier. Oiilr J-cent sumps taken In sarmenl of null fccr.no it. Peraoaal ebaca. except on Omaue and eaatara aicbanr. BotVxtptad. OFFICES OBaas The Bm Boildhi. Chicago Pnnli'i Cat Building. out Omaha 1111 N St. New York 24 Fifth Ave. Ooansll Blufft 14 N. Mala St. Be Louie New B'k of Commtrca. Uaoola Uttls Bulldtna, W antiunion 1311 8c CORRESPONDENCE Address eomnmaleatloas ralathii to oawa and editorial matter tt Omake Bt. Editorial Department. Air Routes from Coast to Coast Aeronauts and aviators, looking ahead 1p aerial traffic, have made plans for four great transcon tinental air lanes. This does not sound so vision ary as it might have been three years ago, al though at that time great preparations were being made for trans-Atlantic flight, both by airplane and dirigible balloon. Man has covered quite a distance in his mastery of flight since Lincoln looped the loop. The great advance made in the science of aeronautics and aviation since the war commenced makes possible the practical adapta tion of machines of both branches to commercial uses. Our air men have made discoveries not yet told, but which are far ahead of the practice with which the public is familiar, and flying with pas sengers and freight is a most common practice. Knowing ones freely aver that the air will be generally used after the war for transportation, and that airplanes and balloons will be as numer ous as automobiles have become. Cross-continent flights are easily possible now, and cross-ocean journeys by air are sure to follow. Other won ders may be looked for, and "as the crow flies" will cease to be a figure of speech and become a reality when men start for a journey. Br Victor RoMwaUr- OCTOBER CIRCULATION 58,059 Daily Sunday, 51,752 twMi circulation for Oit month subscribed and sworn to or Dwtfttt Williams, Circulation Manatsr. Subscribers leaving the city should have Th Be mailed to them. Address changed at often aa requested. , Let your light shine, but don't waste coal. Petrograd's shade of red is distinguished by its yellow streaks. A Mexicanized Russia gives the new democ racy the hoarse hoot. The drive for the Y. M. C. A. war fund went "over the top" and then some. Next I Washington announces that meat prices are higher than a year ago. Some news, that! Enlarging the Venetian lagoon to head off the invaders suggests a smooth Italian translation of "spurlos versenkt." , Norway talks of boycotting everything Ger man. Talk will not patch the torpedo holes in Norway's sea commerce. In severe cases of cold feet no doubt the fuel administration will honor all requisitions of -the State Council of Defense. With an excess of freight offerings there is only one course open, to traffic managers. War essentials must move first. ' . . The Palestine end of the allied campaign re ports the. capture of 9,000 Turks in 20 days. Lucky Turksl Captivity means Jiving rations and deferred funerals. I But the people over here are more" likely to get on to the kaiser's friends in the United States senate and to get them before they get those red eagles or black eagles or other eagles. In looking over the food price tags of . the country the Department of Agriculture found precious few marked down figures, The child like innocence of the announcement glimpses a delicate grade of department humor. Lord Northcliffe talks right out in meeting with blunt vigor and fearlessness.' The compli ments for the United States woven into his epistle softens with the "light, artistic touch" of the low bow the hammer swings of the pen. A maker and breaker of ministries, Georges Clemenceau returns to power as premier of the new French cabinet. M. Clemenceau combines dash, brilliancy .and fearlessness, three traits which render contr'ol.of a legislative majority ex ceedingly precarious. Above the tumult and the, shouting of pro fiteers and price-fixers rises the affluent dignity of wool. Untouched by laws and regulations mutton's overcoat reclines on the top shelves and fills the flockmajters of the land with golden glee such as Abraham never dreamt of. The State Board of Control declares it in tended all the time that inmates of our state institutions should enjoy Thanksgiving as usual. Explanation accepted. The remonstrance against giving these unfortunates still less than the little they now have to be thankful for has done no harm, just the same. , Militant picketing at the White House takes itself too seriously. ; Members are obsessed with the notion that annoyance and defiance of author ity fashions a martyr's crown. Wi:at the picket--ers really need is compulsory attendance at schools tq learn the rudiments of orderly con duct and cbmmon sense. ' . 7 Queen Lil in History. t Liliuokalani, queCn of Hawaii' and last of the royal line of Hamehameha, was the only one of her family group to become really connected ..with history. Her ancestors figure as curious ravages discovered by adventurous explorers. She was the center of a considerable storm of statecraft that led to the first step in extra-continental-expansion of the United States. The revolution against her rule, headed by Sanford B. Dole, terminated-iu the annexation of the ( Hawaiian islands as part of our territory, but not until a nation-wide discussion had brought defi nite sanction to the proceeding. At the time the queen was dethroned by the Dole carry American marines ur UnAmA - - - - . Hnuku uu, hoisting the American flag over the government headquarters at Honolulu, they took possession of the Dublic offices. This move was mill. Iinrli President Harrison, who was just completing his term of office, and the matter was yet under con sideration when Grover Cleveland took over the administration. President Cleveland's executive order directing the restoration of the status quo ante was the cause of general debate at the time, because it involved hauling down the flag. The president was moved by a sense of justice and fairness to a weaker people and, while he ap preciated the advantages of our having the mid way station in the Pacific, he could not approve steps that had .been taken. Queen Lil was re stored; but she soon was pleased to abdicate, and the Hawaiian republic was set up for a short time, to be formally annexed and made a part of the United States. The death of one of the central group in this little drama of modern history recalls vividly the deep interest that marked the event A mi nor, episode compared with what has happened since, it was the beginning of true world great cm for the United States of Americ y Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. rifty-four years ago, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln stood on the battlefield at Get tysburg and pronounced a short eulogy on the men who had died there in defense of freedom. "The world will little heed, nor long remember, what we say here," said the president, but the world recalls today that, brief address of his as among the noblest treasures in our tongue. His simple words glow today with the lambent fer vor that lighted them then and Americans are called on again to dedicate themselves to carry forward the work begun by the brave men who. fell on that bloody field. Liberty will be main tained only through the ceaseless and jealous watchfulness of those who enjoy it. Therefore it is well that we listen anew to Lincoln's ad dress and to the message it contains. The patri otic gathering at the Auditorium on Monday is a most appropriate move and the selection of Colonel Lafayette Young and Archbishop Harty as principal speakers assures eloquent exposition of Americanism and of the aspirations of .the nation in its great work for man. The occasion should be orie to revivify any patriotic zeal that needs a stimulant. Our duty is none the less now than was that of the men and women of 1863 nor will any true American be found less willing to accept the charge and to give ourselves aeal ously to its performance. Spelling in Our Public Schools. Omaha folks feel a natural thrill of pride at the report of a research investigator, who ranks the schools of the city high among those of the country on the points of spelling and use of words. This is quite comforting to our civic vanity. However, some of the older citizens will scan with amazement the list of "demon" words given out by the home superintendent as those over which most of the youngsters stumbled. The words included in the list are common, familiar to all and in daily use, not a single "trick" word being set down. Half century ago the entire list would have been considered a moderately easy spelling lesson and shame would have been the lot of any pupil who "missed" on any of them. Correct spelling is not so strenuously insisted upon now as it once was, yet no good reason is known for the neglect of orthography, either as an accomplishment or a necessity. More atten tion to elementary studies in the primary and intermediate grades might bring about better re sults. The time to ground the child in the fun damentals of education, which include the three Rs, is during the early years at school. More spelling lessons between the kindergarten and the grammar grades might lessen the terror of the list of "demon" words. A LETTER received this week from an old A friend. Thomas Rees, now manager of the Illinois State Register, published at Spring field, 111., enclosed a copy ot lhe Bee of Febru ary 19, 1872, recently found among his old papers. "How this came into my possession I do not know," he writes. "I was visiting in Omaha about that time and made the acquaintance of yoysv fa ther, who had established The Bee short time previous. I feel a little hesitancy at sending this old paper, as we are frequently in receipt of old copies of the Register, but feeling it would inter est you I send it with my best compliments." I quote from this letter to explain how my attention has been drawn to this 45-year-old issue of The Bee. which we also have in our files, but which I otherwise would probably not have before me. In its four small six-column pages the paj)er contains a lot of curious and instructive matter, especially so in the light of subsequent events and present-day conditions. Food Conditions in Germany, Very little information bearing on the food situation in Germany drifts beyond its borders directly. The dominant central power conceals its own troubles and those of its allies front the prying eyes of surrounding enemies. Now and tcn a home paper blurts out a disagreeable truth overlooked by the censors. Occasionally an official document smuggles itself over the border. By piecing these together much useful light is turned on the dark spots of prevailing conditions. The grain crop of Germany this year is re ported in confidential circular cent by the cen tral food office to different communities to be 4,630,000 tons short of the inadequate crop of 1916. A correspondent of, the New York Post, writing from Zurich, Switzerland, where the offi cial document was obtained, states the reduction equals IS per cent of last year's available supply and one-sixth less than the normal crop of 1913. Last year's grain crop, supplemented with the loaded bins of Roumania, provided the normal bread ration of 250 grammes up to April last, when the quantity was reduced to 175 grammes. Additional supplies from Roumania this year are unlikely, for the reason that one-third of the country was not occupied by the invader and an other one-third was battle ground when winter seeding should have been done.- Besides, Aus tria, Bulgaria and Turkey are on short rations and look to Roumanian fields for some relief. A short crop in Hungary caused the latter to turn down Austrian buyers, reserving all supplies for home use. A shortage in the grain crop officially admit ted and a potato crop far below that of, 1916 clearly forecasts a winter of shorter rations than a year ago. Supplies from neighboring neutrals, owing to the American embargo, undoubtedly will be much more restricted, if not wholly cut off. Equally significant M the increasing food stress is the return of Dutch and Scandinavian workmen drawn to Germany by high wages. These conditions, however, are not regarded by experts as foreshadowing a victory by economic pressure. They indicate rather an early applica tion of the policy which the Frankfurter Zeitung calls "the elimination of the weaker part of the population." Matt Erzbergcr regales the war worn at home and abroad with the assertion that "Germany has, quietly crossed the political Rubicon and in the space of five days changed from an autocracy to a democracy." The voluble centrist leader is gifted beyond the average exponent of kultur. He can picture a political revolution without removing the fog from his glasses. He is the same joyous optimist who, in 1914, throbbed with glee over the coming of "England's little army" and promised to drive it into the channel with "a few regiments of retired German cripples." Matt overflows with Simplicissimus humor when he tries to be serious. Caruso may be pardoned for rejoicing on get ting back to the United States. The American K office stvava isvsrnire Handiv tav . " Remembering thi.; was just in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war, we find it carries a cable message from Rome to the effect that the pdpe intends to denounce the Concordat so far as it relates to Alsace and Lorraine yes, the same Al sace and Lorraine that had just been forcibly taken over from France by Germany, and whose return to France today is one o the big stake! of the war. Still another cabled news item tells of the dele gation of royalists from the French assembly go ing to Antwerp to submit to the Count de Cham bord their program of action to restore a mon archy in France and endeavor to secure his sanc tion, conduding: "But there is little hope of suc cess, forit is certain the count will refuse to make concessions." As usual with old newspapers, the advertise ments furnish information of as great interest as the news columns. The announcement of Mark Hansen, whose establishment was located at the corner of Jones and Eleventh streets, offering v f'v""" gives us an iaea or ine retail prices that prevailed at that time, some of wnicn are wortn quoting: Best Woodbine flour, per sack, $3.50. 1 Best New York standard crushed sugar, 16 cents per pound; 62 for $1.00. Best New York "A" sugar, 15 cents per pound; 7 pounds for $1.00. Best New York "C" sugar, 7y2 pounds for Best New York standard brown sugar, 8 pounds for $1.00. Best Rio coffee, 25 cents per pound; 4 pounds for $1.00. Best Java coffee, 30 cents per pound; 3 1-3 pounds for $1.00. Best Jiew Turkey prunes, 12J4 cents per pound; 8 pounds for $1.00. Best dried apples, 12J4 cents' per pound; 8 pounds for $1.00. Best Caroline rice, 12 cents per pound; 8 pounds for $1.00. Best pure starch, 10 cents per pound; 12 pounds for $1.00. Best corn starch, 12J4 cents per pound; 8 pounds for $1.00. Best New York cheese, 20 cents per pound; 5 pounds for $1.00. Best golden syrup, $1.00 per gallon. Fresh peaches, 2-pound cans, 20 cents. Fresh tomatoes, 2-pound cans, 15 cents. In reading these prices the fact must not be overlooked that in 1872 the country was still on a paper money basis and that these figures have to do with inflated currency and not with gold and silver coined realm. Another nnavoidable observation Is the out standing fact th.t Omaha of 45 years ago must hay been lottery mad. , The way to get rich quick evidently was to buy a numbered ticket and see if Dame Fortune, presiding over the wheel, would iook down upon it with favor. - One announcement, for example, tells us a "grand gift concert, under the auspices of the Sis ters of Mercy, in aid of the Mercy hospital with $150,000 in cash prizes," the grand prize being $50,000 in gold coin. Tickets are to be had for the .paltry sum of $3 each or twofor $5 and agents are wanted to sell them. The concert must have been a side line, for no information is given as to the identity of the artists who are to partici pate. This was one - of the famous "Pattee & Gardiner lotteries." But there were also others, almost as daz zling. For 117 gifts valued at $30,000, for which 10,000 tickets were to be sold at $3 each, were also to be distributed about the same time under the immediate management of G. H. Collins, to say nothing of, "a free gift of $500 in gold to the poor of Omaha.", The advertised list of pre miums is topped by the "house and lot, corner Nineteenth street and Capitol avenue, the resi dence of G. H, Collins, containing nine rooms, gas, vater, cistern." well, stable, etc., command ing a view of the city on the handsomest corner lot in the city of Omaha, listed at $19,000:" the second prize was "house on the corner of Eight eenth street and Capitol avenue, containing eight rooms, listed at $3,700," and a third prize, another "house, on the "corner of Eighteenth street and Capitol avenue, containing seven rooms, listed at $3,700." As assurance that he would carry out his part of the arrangement Mr. Collins appends as reference the names of a score of the most prominent business men of Omaha and the north west. t , A third "grand gift concert and musical jubi lee' is scheduled to take place at Burhops opera house, "tickets limited to 35,000 at $1 each," with a chance at "any of the gifts that ma be awarded there," the principal one being the opera house itself, including "stage, scenery, gallery, gas fix tures, 400 chairs, front and back entrances, with ground belonging thereto," listed at $13,000. And the next three prizes each one of the three brick stores, in Burhop's block, aggregating in the list $19,000. , No doubt later publications tell what hap pened to these grand gift enterprises. It is his tory that the Pattee people got into all sorts of trouble. Some day somebody with time and industry on his hands will write a history of the lottery in the Uncd States, People and Events One practical means of safeguarding soldiers' interests at home is taking shape at Washington in an organization of lawyers pledged to render gratuitous legal service for .members of the army and havy. The plan contemplates the ap pointment of, branch committees in every com munity. Secret service agents already have a score of nearly $100,000,000 of merchandise and food tag ged in the warehouses of three cities. New York City's total foots up $75,000,000, Buffalo $10,000, 000 in sugar alone and Boston $5,000,000. The record of only 30 days' warehouse sleuthing is re garded as a mere starter. Boosters of intensive gardening among boys in Massachusetts cleverly finished the year's fine rec ord by presenting to every boy a certificate of service rendered on farms or gardens. It is an ornate document frorrf "the commonwealth of Massachusetts, committee of public safety, de partment of mobilization of school boys for farm service," 'and bears the state seal and the auto graph of the governor. No prouder treasure for enterprising'boys could be fashioned. The doctrine of the "unwritten law" applied to confiscated coal did not impress the federal grand jury at Cleveland, and that body handed down a batch of indictments against the officials of the town of Willoughby, O., who swiped carloads of coal without permission of the company. Town Prosecutor von Beselar, one of the indicted men, is said to have advised taking the coal, saying "th law of humanity is greater than that ot the overnment One Year Ago Today In the War.1 Bulgars evacuated llonaetlr on the approach ot the Franco-Serbian army. Canadian troopa on western front accused German officers ot "unspeak able treachery" In battle. In Omaha Thirty Tears Ago. Mr. and Mra Dell Rudd have re turned from a trip of four weeks in the east, during which they visited their old home and a number of other places. The doors of the Continental Cloth Ingr house on the northeast corner of Fifteenth and Douglas streets were thrown open to the people. Thirteen electric lights and 100 gas Jets illumed the place, and 5.000 DeoDle tiassed rouna me interior or the store. Mr. Balch tendered a errand rfioen tion to his guests at the Barker on the occasion of the'ODenine of the new and commodious office and dining room, wnicn ne nas recently added to nis piace. M Judge Reuther faa e-ivprt a rlnlicht. ful serenade by the South Omaha Dana in honor of his 38th birthdav. A concert was given at the residence of Mrs. Frank Colpetzer, under the direction of B. B. Young and Madame Young, for, the benefit of tha First congregational church organ fund. juage iiopeweii returned from a week spent in Sarpy county and Judge Groff returned from Washington county, where he has for a week been trying to clean up the docket of that part or the dmtnet. t This Day in lILstory. 1679 The royal province of New Hampshire was incorporated. 1776 Congress approved of a lot tery bill to defray military expenses. 1785 Sir David Wilkie, who won rank and fame as a painter of the commonplace, born In Scotland. Died at sea, near Gibraltar, June 1,,1841. 1802 Jonathan Worth, governor of North Carolina, 1865-68, born at Guil ford, N. C. Died at Raleigh, Septem ber 5, 1869. 1860 The Georgia legislature voted $1,000,000 to arm the state. 1861 General Halleck took com mand of the western department of the United- States army, - 1865 The Italian Parliament met at Florence, which had been decreed the temporary capital of the new king dom. 1890 First battleship Maine was launched at the Brooklyn navy yard. 1914 United States steamship Ten nesee fired on by Turks in Smyrna harbor. 1916 Flotilla of British submarines passed from North Sea into the Baltic. The Day We Celebrate. W. I Masterman, the tea and coffee man, is celebrating his 57th birthday. Russel Harris, civil engineer and president of the Western Contractors' Supply company, Is 37 years old to day. Henry Lee Higglnson, Boston bank er and philanthropist, now in the limelight as patron of the Boston Symphony orchestra, born in New York City 83 years ago today. William J. Flynn, chief of the United States secret service, born In New Yok City 50 years ago today. Frances Cochrane, member of Can ada's new union cabinet, born at Clar enceville, Quebeo, 65 years ago today. Carl Vinson, representative In con gress of the Tenth Georgia district,1 born near Milledgevllle, Ga., 24 years ago today. Fred A. Britten, representative In congress of the Ninth Illinois district, born in Chicago 46 years ago today. Leslie Main, outfielder of the Chi cago National league base ball team, born at Lincoln, Neb., 26 years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Danish societies in the United States today will celebrate the Danish na tional holiday. Many of the larger religious de nominations of the United States will observe the week beginning today as "Home Mission week." The semi-centennial anniversary of the founding "of the Confederate Home, and College in Charleston, 8. C, is to be celebrated today, BRITAIN IN WAR TIME. Laat July the British food controller (ranted a aubatantial increase in the brew, as of beer to meet harvesting needa. A imilar order aa Uiued Jjat month con tinuing the harvest output for three months aa s concession to miners and monition workers. All beer brewed is of reduced etrenrth, known as "light brtter." and tells over the bare at 4 and S pence per Imperial pint. A gigantic housing problem move to ward solution In Englandi A canvass of the local authorities of the city of London and the provinces ahowed will! from 100 to 1,000 honaes each, the number projecTed eaching the huge totI of 150,000 separate aweiiings, or a boat olie-half the number required.' National and local au thorities co-operate in the work of con struction and model plans are to b fur nished bj the British Institute of Architects. An extraordinary situation has arisen re apecting government fixed prices for the ale Of Potato!. Ireland i- eoM t I,.... v.. vested the finest crop of potatoes in half a century, superb in quality and quantity. The same is true of Scotland and Wales. As a stimulus for arreater nrniiuotinn' Vi ernment fixed a minimum selling price ot o per long ton. Excess production over loaded the market and the fixed price is not easily obtainable. Producers are will ing to sell at a reduced figure but dare not do so lest they Incur the penalty of law breaking. Aa a consequence appeals have been made to the food controller for a rule permitting farmers to sell to the best ad vantage. The excess production is es timated at 2,000,000 tons. British authorities anticipate securing through the sugar-rationing card index sys tem a more complete population census than any hitherto taken. The sweet tooth is uni versal. Every one wants sugar, and after tne nrst or the year they cannot get it with out a card. The card serves another end, that of indexing the man-power and woman power of the country, and is expected to re veal where the slackers hide. "Now that the price of footwear is to ex cessive," says the London Chronicle, "people are naturally inclined to send old shoes to be repaired rather than buy a new pair. Un fortunately the cost of repairing advances almost as swiftly as the cost of new goods. Inquiries show that at establishments where the charge for such work was 6s 6d ($1.50) before the war the present charge is 9s 6d, (12.80) and it is argued that the charge is not extravagant under present conditions." Profiteering in necessaries price-tagged by the government is expensive and danger ous to one's liberty. Courts in dealing with such caset generally penalize the profiteer the sum of the excess profits, a punitive fine in addition and a term In jail. - At the Bigglesdale petty sessions last month Jos eph Hall, a market gardener, was fined 100 on each one of 87 counts, to which he plead guilty, for selling potatoes above tha gov ernment price, last spring. In addition Hall. was ordered to pay 1200 eosts, and "sen tenced to two months' imprisonment In the second division in each ease, the tentencei to run concurrently." Outside of tha eon trolled necessaries prices run the up ward scale with the limit off. As aa ex ample of war profits tha London Chronicle cites the wholesale drapers, seven of whom report double and i treble their profit in peace years. Public extravagance is the cause of most of the profits. Nor is it Son fined to the metropolis. It prevails in all communities pulsing with war business. "Ad monitions and entreaties to practice thrift," says the Chronicle, "have gona unheeded, and women, who make up the bulk of the customers of these shops, have not been able to resist th temptations which higher incomes and private conditions have placed in their way." DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "A word to the wise is sufficient," went or Mrs. Flubdub. "That'a well understood," said Mr. Flub i dub. 'Such being the case, why do you kee: A jawing at me f" Louisville Courier-Journal Caller Ton teem to be very strongly ta favor of vacatlona.. Employer I certainly am. They teach employes that the office can exist without them. Life. Contractor It didn't cost me a cent t have that ditch dug. Friend How was that? Contractor I told all the boys in the neighborhood that they could dig a trench Puck. "Times have changed." "In what way?" "I can remember when the firm used te fire a man; now It asks lor his resignation.1 Detroit Free Press. Si .ai sK If ewiwauui it yjc- I Storyettc of the Day. Percy being down to recite at the temperance concert, stood up to do or die. He got along all right until he reached the words "He stood beside her bier!" Then his memory failed him. "He stood beside the bier!" he re peated, trembling. . . . The evil spirits on the back benches murmured one to another. 'He Blood, beside the bier!" groaned Percy, and drew a moist hand across his dripping forehead. , "Go on!" yelled a voice from the rear. "It'll get flat while you're wait ing, you fool!" Buffalo Times. SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. A newly invented elgares holder has an attachment which ejects the burned end of a elgaret without danger of burning th fingers. " Barnard college girls have made 2,000 bandages and a large number of sweaters and mufflers for the soldiers, and have pledged 12,600 for foreign relief work. Barriers extending along th ground from en or both sides of a recently patented roadway gat enable an automobilist to open or clos the gate merely by running his car over them. A sheet iron elbow which convey warm air from a gas range or oil stove burner is a new invention, the purpose of which is to permit women to dry their own hair at home after washing it, ' Water Valve 12 feet in diameter and so constructed that they will close automatic ally in event of a break in the pipe line have been built tor a hydro-electric plant in Utah. A "world war course." consisting of a series of information lectures designed to throw light on various phases and problems of the war, la being given at the University of Wisconsin. In this establishment the public finds the maximum of capability. We tieat our clientele fairly and have thus won an enviable reputa tion in the community. N. P. SWANSON Funeral Parlor. (Established 18S8) 17th and Cuming Sts. Tel. Doug. 1060. Feet slndiea Long 'SllRr.niun WtaMA"' ) You Can Afford It For years it has been your dream to have a little Grand piano in your home. The cost was prohibitive. We have removed, this bar rier to your hopes. The Brambach Baby Grand made by a company with nearly a century's experi ence, costs no more than a high-grade Upright Piano. Conservatories and teach ers praise its tonal qualities it satisfies the most fas tidious in beauty and de. Bign. It occupies but little room. Ask lis to mail you paper pattern, showing exact space it will occupy in the favor ite room in your home. Price $4815 A. Hospe Co. 1513-15 Douglas St sr ANATORIQJ This institution is the only one in the central west with separate buildings situated in their own ample grounds, yet entirely dis tinct, end rendering it possible to classify cases. The one building being fitted for and devoted to the treatment of non-contagious and non-mental diseases, no others being admitted; the other Rest Cottage being designed for and devoted to the exclusive treat ment of select mental cases re quiring for a time watchful care and special nursing. nlMliiriliilnliilriiiliiliiliilHIiiiiilnajtfu Put Pep in Your Punch j A MAN HOLDING A CERTIFICATE OF LIFE INSURANCE in the WOODMEN OF THE WORLD FORTIFYING HIS LOVED ONES AGAINST WANT Is Himself Equipped to Impart The Punch That Puts Thing Over! CERTIFICATES $250 to $5,000 RATES REASONABLE BUT ADEQUATE CALL DOUG. 4570 NO CHARGE FOR EXPLANATION W. A. FRASER, Sovereign Commander. J. T. YATES, Sovereign Clerk. 2 , !. (iIH'IIIH;!IIHlilllllHIHIHIIlHlllHiiimiiHil;nl!i r HIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllMI'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIUIillUlllllillllMlnl'H, A MOTHER'S PRAYER. Alice M. Latrergren In New York Times. Men wonder as they see me still and calm and smiling As I go about my work. They know that I have lost my son, my only child, And I a widow. How much more would they marvel did they know That In my heart there live this hymn ot praise t "God has been merciful to met" ' . , They do not know thank Cod: how few have known! The weakness that had led my boy away Down dark bypatbs ot evil (or a time; That though he had come back to me, re pentant, A ahadow lay across the coming years. Lest he lack strength to fight his curse, innerited. So, when his heart flamed high with seal In those first days of war, I let him go. And trusted over there be migbt grow ' strong i For th long combat with his baser self. . - Now t am left to face th years alonsl Tat nothing now can take from me the piioelesa boon Of bis dear letters! Nor the words his cap tain wrote: "There was n finer man In all the regl- rnent - So elf-contatn4, so resolute, so kind " And so my palu la stilled In thankfulness. uod aa see merciful te turn and me." VIA ILLINOIS CENTRAL Route of the Celebrated Seminole Limited THE ALL STEEL TRAIN Most Direct Service to the South and Southeast Round trip reduced WINTER Tourist Tlckts on sale daily. Limited to Roturn May 25, 1918. RATES TO PRINCIPAL POINTS AS FOLLOWS: Jacksonville S54.56 Ormond S60.98 St Petrbrf ...... S66.1G Dytona ; $61.26 Tamp. $66.16 Orange City 863.66 Ft.Laudardal $75.16 Palm Beach $73.06 Lake Worth . . . . . . . . $73.06 Mi $76.66 r Wt $87.66 Fort Myers $71.26 . Havana, Cuba, via Now Orl.an. $95.91 Havana, Cuba, via Jacksonville $102.56 Tickota to all other point at samo proportional rates. Ticket via Washington, D. C, in one direction, returning via any direct line, at (lightly higher rates. For full particulars, descriptive literature and sleeping car reservations, call at City Ticket Office or write S. North, District rassnger Agent, 407 S. 16th St., Omaha. Phono Douglas 264. THE OMAHA BEE INFORMATION BUREAU ! Washington, O. C I Enclosed find a 2-cent stamp, for which you will please send me, entirely free, a copy of "The War Cook Book." ' Name Street Address j City State