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One more pull for W. S. S. Make it a good one.
The Austrians are trying (or a home. run.
Italy gets an assist.
Italy Is repeating the Isonzo and the Corso
along the Piave, and this time is clenching vic
tory. '
' Ice cream gets special classification in the
food list. That If where the public long ago
placed the dainty. ;'
Clemenceau expresses great admiration for the
American soldiers he has seen.' Thanks, and re
member there are plenty more where those came
from. '
Of course, Senator Norris makes it distinctly
understood that he does not want to be re
elected by the vote of any man who is disloyaj.
Wonder if he will vote for himself? j
The hyphenated World-Herald is now using
the word "Hun" in .its headline! nearly every day,
which must mean t5at the senator's ukase of dis
missal for headline writers committing this of-,
fense is at last a scrap of paper.
Senator Hitchcock's World-Herald calls upon
Edgar Howard to defend his ,legal tender Liberty
bond currency inflation scheme. Why not assign
that taslcto Editor Tibbies, of the World-Herald's
editorial staff, who "would need only to repeat,
what he has already written in favor of fiat
Money.
One announcement from the food administra
te wilj be welcome, to users of tobacco. '. That is
tt the amount' of sugar employed in camouflag
i. jr the weed is to be reduced to the nUnimum.
TLJs will give addicts the chance of knowing
whether their are getting tobacco or long-leafed
alfalfa. . .
BOTH DISTINCTION AND DIFFERENCE.
Some dullards fail to grasp the vital point of
the proposition to prohibit salaried city hall ap
pointees from seeking primary nominations for
political offices. Men holding positions as a re
ward of party service may properly look for pro
motion through political channels, ut men hold
ing positions under a "nonpartisan" administra
tion may properly be denied the privilege of using
their places as a base of operations for political
preferment. '
' True, this distinction was ignored by ex-Mayor
Dahlraan when he ran for governor as the dem
ocratic .nominee, while drawing pay as chief ex
ecutive lor the city, but it was not violated by
Woodrow Wilson when he continued to serve as
governor of New Jersey after becoming a candi
date, for the presidency. Though elected on a
nonpartisan ticket, Mayor Dahlman made the
city hall the nesting place and meal ticket for the
local democratic machine, and in so doing frac
tured the political code as well as the spirit and
intent of the commission plan of city govern
ment. As an extreme example we might picture
our superintendent of schools trying 'to hold on
to his job while chasing votes for a political nom
ination. How long would the people stand for it?
In a word, there is both a distinction and a
difference separating nonpartisanship and parti
sanship, and it is not hard to draw the line be
tween the proprieties which they demand.
War Prisoners as Slaves
British Prisoner's Story of Life in a German M unition Factory
k Amsterdam Letter in London Times.
The following sto'ry of life in a munition I which actually took place between the inter-
Austrian Defeat Crushing Blow.
General Diaz has fairly redeemed the disaster
that overtook General Cadorna's army, and Italy's
military star is again in the ascendant. The rout
of the Austrians along the Piave is complete, and
while the full extent of the defeat can only be
guessed at now, it involves the main strength of
the army on which the kaiser relied to crush
Italy. Its significance is too plain to be ignored;
just as the breakdown of Cadorna's army in De
cember shocked the Entente Allies and made
possible the Hindenburg drive in Picardy", so this
triumph of Diaz will turn the tide the other direo
tion. Austrian morale, already shattered by con
ditions at home, scarcely tan recover from such a
blow in time to be of much assistance in the fur
ther operations of the present summer. While it
is possible for the foe to hold his positions in the
Venetian Alps, he will not be able to threaten the
plain again. Germany is so thoroughly com
mitted to operations in France that little likeli
hood of diversion of strength to aid Austria can
be noted.. On the contrary, signs are not wanting
that Germany has discounted Austrian defeat, and
is preparing to carry on the war with little or no
regard to the fate of the Hun forces in Italy.
Victory at this time will not only revive Italy,
but will encourage the righting men of all the
armies engaged against the German. The retreat
on the Piave is prophetic of what ultimately will
be witnessed along the rivers in France. The
dtys of the Blonde Beast are numbered.
Weak Spot of the Nonpartisans
The weakest point in the program of the Non
partisan League is that plank which undertakes
to set the agricultural industry apart front all
ethers in the country as 'an object for special
favors. Townley and his followers are willing to
tlace all other industrial enterprises under close
regulation, and to restrict commercial activity
within narrow boundaries, while allowing ,the
fanner the widest latitude". It is just this sort of
Ctcial plea that has given them a standing with
the thoughtless, the unfortunate and the selfish.
To array one class against another is the most
ciogerous form of demagogy, and, sorrow to say,
tka one most frequently and successfully prac
&d, So far as the Nonpartisan League ! has
t:-!e?ed anything of political success, it has been
trough this form of appeal The impossibility of
telaging alt under their control, and the undesir
tV'jtf of such an accomplishment, have been the
!:fat Of the faction, which has sought to work
rula through elevating one class above another.
Formers are beginning to - see through .the
schemes of the tricksters, and it will not be long
unt.1 the "non-parts" have joined a host of prede-
cesson in the limbo of bad dreams.
Thsmen who raise the crops in America are
L.tc!!igent enoughto understand that their indus
fcy la on a parity with mil others, that success
emends en thrift and industry, and that "be it
c-eted will not produce a crop where the fields
--v aot been properly prepared, seeded and cul
f," ."xted. "Political hocuspocus never did and never
v.TJ produce peace,' happiness or prosperity.
Through Russia to Berlin.
. Allied statesmen and military authorities.alike
are returning to one of the original plans for
aiding Russia and defeating Germany. It is the
march of an allied force across Siberia to restore
the eastern front. The physical difficulties in the
way are enormous, but not insuperable. What is
most important is the effect the presence of such
a force would have on the Russians themselves.
No one longer believes that much will be gained
by being over-sensitive with regard to the feel
ings of the bolsheviki, and all understand how
much is at stake. Establishment of Prussian
control in Russia, which steadily is going for
ward, means indefinite prolongation of the war,
as well as the creation of a future more or less
threatening to peace. , If, then, it is possible to
restore the Russian spirit, and set up anew a
fighting force on the eastern front by sending an
expedition across Siberia, the plan is worthy of
the effort.
In connection with .this it has been suggested
that the provisional government of Russia be
restored, with Vladivostok as its temporary cap
ital, order to be effectively set up as the govern
ment is able to extend its sway' westward, until
finally all Russia has been lifted from the chaotic
depth into which it has fallen. That this plan also
is feasible is' admitted. 1
President Wilson is now appealed to directly
to send help, for he Russians, We are willing
enough to do this, but reluctant to take from our
stores for the benefit of those who will not help
themselves. If the presence of an army made up
from all the allied forces, including Japan and
China, could cross the 'continent, and present its
line in western Russia, a rallying point would be
found for the elements of strength among the
Russian people, now sadly scattered, but only
waiting for the chance to get into action. The
whole program is one of the most feasible offered
for the salvation of that distracted country.
; Negotiations for purchase pi the gas plant
might be greatly simplified by getting a proposal
from the company and matching it with one from
the city. Peaceable bargaining when possible
beats litigation. ; v
Austrian strikers demand that general peace
negotiations Je opened. Their emperor knows
the terms on wnich a settlement can be effected,
and the rest is up to him. '
factory at Cassel is furnished to me by a
prisoner of war. I give it in his own words:
Henschel's steel factory before the war
was a steel-producing (Siemens process and
crucible furnace) and tool and machinery
works, since the outbreak ot war it has
naturally turned its whole resources to the
production of munitions. Approximately
,20,000 people were employed in this factory
in the latter part ot 1515, amongst these be
ing 2,000 prisoners of war, who had been
sent there not knowing until they arrived
the nature of the work the v were to oerform.
The majority of the prisoners of war imme
diately they realize they are at a munition
uctory refuse to work, but either by force
persuasion of guile they ; subsequently re
mained there. . X! ttZ,
This factory is situated much like an Entr.
lish steel or machine works. It has different
departments, i. e., melting furnaces, electric
powerhouses, steam plant, gas-producing
piant, nuers ana turners shops, steam-hammer
forces, smiths' forges, sheet mills, wire
mills, an import and export department, and
its own rolling stock.
Ihe method or different methods of
finally compelling a prisoner of war to
work in one of these factories israthcV pe
culiar. On arrival at the works prisoners
are given a very good meal, with a few bot
tles of beer and things to smoke. They are
then interviewed bf the fimi's interpreted,
a very. very clever linguist, and it is this gen
tleman's dutv to impress upon prisoners of
war that it js not a munitions factory. No,
they only make bicycles, pen-nibs, pocket
knives, razors, etc. The field and siege
guns, machine guns and thousands, of 'shells
that you see stacked in every sparedfoot of
the yard well, they paint those.
Of course, whether you are British,
French, Russian or Belgian, and though you
were employed in your pre-war days as a
barber or bacon-curer, you realize that this
fellow is pulling your leg. Because, surely
(you think to yourself) it does nqt require
furnaces, boilers, electric cranes and turning
lathes to paint guns and shells, or to pro
duce pen-nibs; and, besides, you cannot see
any paint at all.
Well, you flatly refuse to start work, and
our before-mentioned linguist, who is quite
a gentleman, leaves you with your sentries
for a time. He re-appears hortly accom
panied Dy a oerman ofticer of high rank
who, he informs you, is in charge of the
works and also of prisoners of war, and that
he is invested with supreme power over
every employe. He can, if he wishes, sen
tence you to death and to various other
tnings. Well, you again refuse to work, and
immediately you are surrounded by about
20 sentries, who playfully tickle you under
the ear with the butt of their rifles or the
end of a bayonet, and you regain conscious
ness to find yourself in an underground cell,
quite close to the exhaust pipes of various
machines, and you soon realize you are
neither iii Kcw Gardens nor the Crystal
Palace.
You stick this for what seems to you a
life-time (it is usually three, four or five
days); then suddenly your smooth-tongued
interpreter pops up like the devil out of hell
and asks, "Will you work now?" Should
you answer in the negative the devil disap
pears and you are left to your own reflec
tions for another three to five days. Should
you tell him you are thirsty and would like
a drink of water, or hungry, havipg had
nothing to eat for from thri tn five Hq,
he informs you that if you will consent to
work you will have anything in reason that
you desire. Well, you are beat, and realize
that it is better to await an opportunity of
enabling you to get back to your lager,
which, in the circumstances, seems heaven
compared with the shop where they paint
guns and shells and make pen-nibs. So you
aiuinpaiiy mc stave unver on a tour ot the
works. -7 . ;. ,.
' f First he takes you to the employes' dining
hall, and as you have not had- food, water,
iigui or recreation tor trom three to five
days, you do justice to the reallv eood food
given to you. Then when you are given a
few bottles of lager beer and a cigar you be
gin io regara tins aevu opposite you not as
a devil, but as your guardian angel. Then
over the drinks he unfolds to you a wonder
ful tale. I will give you the conversation
Booty Soothes the Hun Soul
"Th4 booty in artillery and war material
is tremendous," said the.German war office
in its official report announcing the taking
of Soissons. "The vmpetuous advance of
our attacking forces prevented the ertemy
from carrying back rich war provisions
heaped up in the captured territory. Large
depots fell into our hands at Soissons,
Braisne and Fismes. Extensive munition
depots, railway trains and hospital establish
ments, with a large quantity of medical
equipment, fell into our possession."
When it begins the discussion of booty
the German war office fairlv licks its choos.
That is something tangible that Junkertum
can understand and appreciate. It is some
thing worth fighting for. It represents div
idends on what Mirabeau called the principal
industry bf Prussia.
To the German mind, booty is an inspir
ing relief from the stereotyped tributes to
the heroism of the field-erav trooos "in' de
fense of the fatherland," or even to formal
recognition of the co-operation of Gott, who
is sometimes as undefendable as the Austro
Hungarian ally.. It is part of the eternal
verities of a German war.
That is what this conflict is all about
booty but booty on a colossal and magni
ficent scale which has not yet, been realized.
That is why the spring offensive was under
taken, with its unparalleled expenditure of
blood.
There can be no more accurate index to
the present German state f mind than the
war office's hymn of thanksgiving over the
spoils ot the new offensive. New York
World.
preter and myself.
He said: "If you will work for us at
your trade (crucible steel smelting), we will
pay you 25 marks (25s.) a day, out of which
you must pay 10 marks for food and lodging.
You shall live in a house in town with civil
ians and bi allowed to wear civilian clothes.
When your work is finished you may go
anywhere you wish, provided you are ac
companied by the German in whose 'house
you , are lodging. You can have any girl
you wish, provided she is willing, and there
is no .reason why you should not. be very
comfortable and have a lot of money saved
by the time the war is over. You will only
be required to work six days a week, but .if
at any time you work on Sundays you will
receive double pay."
"A very- alluring prospect." I remarked,
and then asked if I could have the remainder
of the-week to myself (two days), and also
go into the furnace to become accustomed
to -the German method of work, which I
thought might be different from ours. The
interpreter readily, complied with the re
quest, and asked me to sign" a paper. This
1 received rather diplomatically, saying I'd
b.gn it, on completion oi the first week's
work. . .
Well, my next two days were spent in
looking around the shops. The only pecu
liarity I noticed was the truth of the inter
preter) ; remarks ' concerning , women.. In
every branch f the works where a prisoner
was employed he had women and girls s
neighbors. The drilling, boring, slotting
and turning machines had, 'without excep
tion, if operated by a prisoner, a machine on
the immediate right and. left operated by a
womani or a girl. I questioned different
Frenchmen concerning what I'd been told
about the women, and learned that it was
quite true. As many as 500 prisoners of war
were living with women, and were allowed
as much freedom of movement after work
ing hours as the Germans themselves.
.Mark you. don t censure these men: thev
didn't voluntarily go to this work of paint
ing, guns; they were forced, and are not to
be blamed, but pitied. And I do hope that
some day they will receive recognition for
the hopeless and futile resistance they put
up Deiore tney nnaiiy succumbed to the gen
tle persuasive methods employed by those
blasted German slave traders.
, The food at these works is generally very
good during the first month. Then you are
dieted as follows:
Breakfast Coffee and 300 grams (about
10 ounces) of bread.
Dinner Soup, very watery.
Tea Time Coffee, potatoes.
Supper Soup or coffee and potatoes.
The living acommodation is pxactlv as
in the lager one large room, holding 200
or 300 persons. You have a bed sack filled
with straw, and two blankets. Your straw
sack is quite close up to your right and left
neighbors. You eat, sleep and drink in these
barracks. The latrines are also inside, as
you are only allowed out under escort. But
if you have succumbed to the charms of a
fraulein and are a skilled workman and
willing, then, as I've pointed out, you may
live together.
I think I have stated all the outstanding
icaiures oi interest at such a tactory. Be
fore concluding let me 'impress upon anyone
who may read this story that it is absolutely
true, with the exception that I'm doubtful
whether the name of the firm is Henschall's
or i-ienschels, but it was an ammunition
factory in Cassel.
My informant adds that he managed to
get out of this inferno without doing one
second's work, but how is another story.
Federal 'Control of Clothes
The food of Americans and 'the fuel to
keep Americans warm have been for several
months under the strict control of the federal
government. As to shelter, housing facilities,
we have been cut off from new buildings also
by federal regulation of material shipments.
Heretofore, however, our clothes have beer,
left untouched, save as 'prices have been run
up by army and navy demands, and by war
conditions. The announcements made to the
Associated Woolen and Worsted Manufac
turers that a "textile administrator" will soon
be appointed should have shocked nobody.
Over wool, cotton, silk and other fiber
cloths this administrator will have the same
power that Mr. Hoover has over food and
Mr. Garfield over fuel. Women as well as
men will get what he thinks they should
have. It looks, at present as though in the
near future civilians would get precious little
all wool material for garments. About all
the wool available is required for uniforms.
Price regulation will not be an unmixed
jsvil. But how this can be accomplished in
the matter of cotton goods, with no check
at all on the price of raw cotton, it is hard
to determine. And congress, controlled by
a southern majority in the dominant party's
caucus, has up to date refused any such
relief to the cotton manufacturers. Many
problems will have to be worked out. The
process will be watched with the keenest in
terest by old-fashioned Jeffersonians, but
without any acrimonious protest. The least
government theorists are as ready as the rest
of us to acknowledge that an unprecendented
national emergency justifies it. Brooklyn
Eagle.
People and Events
Many a man who readily elucidates the
strategy of war thoughtlessly tackles the
management of a war garden and acquires
a volume of eloquent grunts. It's funny but
it does not tickle the backbone.
' In the debate to shorten debate in the
senate Senator Sherman, '-after talking 90
minutes, calmly asked for adjournment so
that he might finish his remarks next day.
Owing to an oversight of the reporter the
record of the motion fails to mention the
laughter evoked.
Tear Ago Today In the War.
British pushed Germans back . on
1m along front ot a mile and a halt
President Wilson designated Secre
taries Lansing, Redfleld and Houston
end Herbert C. Hoover' as an exports
council to administer '' embargo on
foodstuffs and all war materials.
' l Day We Celebrate.
S. M. Sadler, abstracter, born 1854.
J. H. Forrest, member of the For
r""t fc Meany Drug company, born
iStl.; t
John Dillon, the new leader of the
Ji nationalists, born In Ireland 67
j.-m ago, .
; General Sir Francis WIngate, the
r.Jah high commissioner for Egypt,
?ra la Renfrewshire 67 years ago.
Rev. Kewman Smyth, D. V., of New
ven, an eminent leader of the Na
si Congregational Council, torn at
nswick, We., 75 years ago.
. ahop William A. Quayle of the
5odlt Episcopal church, born at
-ville, Mo 68 years ago.
"J Day In History. , ; ;
!1S Napoleon bade his last fare
i to his soldiers, after his abdica
te ' ' v -. -
163 General Lee, with an army
bout 80,000, crossed-the Potomac
S-ia the Invasion of Pennsylvania.
. .ii Congress enacted that eight
shall constitute 'a day's work
mechanics and other workmen
IromeBt employ V" '"
J ust 30 Years Ago Today
C. F. Little, editor and proprietor
of the Insurance Messenger, Junction
City, Kan., is in the city in the inter
est of his paper.
A great ratification meeting by the
republicans is to be held at the Mil-
lard hotel this evening, !At it will be
organised the first Harrison club in
the United States. '
0 A. Rathbun, who .has been at
tending Cornell College, arrived home
and will 'spend his summer vacation
in Omaha.
In honor of th departure of Mrs.
D. Black to her former home Mra,X
Brown and friends gave Mrs. Black
a. delightful picnic ati Preis lake.
Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Black, Leah and Roy Black,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Simons, Mrs. B. KeU
ner, Miss Carrie Kellner and Messrs.
Gross, Bernstein and Gladstone,
Over There and Over Here
; Eusopta Palladino, a noted Italian
prophetess, is dead at the age of
51. To suffering mankind she willed
a prophecy that the -war would end
In September, but neglected to men
tion the year.
Great Britain this year has 'planted
1,000,000 acres of potatoes and in
creased the normal wheat acreage by
45 per cent. All of which will count
m making the war's finish a hummer
with steel horns.
The making of poker chips has been
Stigmatized as one of the useless in
dustries during the war.- A stack of
chips, wisely hoarded, may eventually
be cashed In at an extra profit.
Stranger things have haopened.
Doing one's bit nowadays develops
novel Ideas of service. An English
woman of rank lost two husbands in
succession since the war began and
took No. 3 into service as one of
London's May day brides. Her
achievements to date suggest some
thing new in training camps. , .
H A corporal of a tank corps on the
other side," retired to a' hospital ' on
receiving a knock-out shell, lamented
his misfortune ami refused to be com
forted. After being fixed and rested
some, the Stars aud Stripes relates,
the corporal picked his duds and
crutches up and quietly stole away
and actually .hobbled through rnud
and rain to his camp, 20 miles away,
3'hat he survived the ordeal is evi
dence of the remarkable physical
strength and fighting spirit of the
man,
Whittled to a Ptoirtt
Minneapolis Tribune: Ambassador
Gerard predicts a revolution in Ger
many after the war. Too bad to put
it off so long, because Willy won't Bee
any more of it than Nicky did.
Kansas City Star; More reports of
revolution in Austria and still the cri
sis is deferred. If the Hapsburg had
the good breedings1"' exhibited by
Charles II on his deathbed he would
apologize to the world for being such
an unconscionable time dying.
Minneapolis Tribune: The emperor
of Austria to the emperor of Rou
manla: "Ii is a time when kings
must stick together' Old Ben Frank
lin, wasn't It, who put it better than
that when Jie aaidi... "II wa do not all
hang together we shall all hang sep
arately." New fork Herald: Congratula
tions to that sturdy Tyne" skipper who
fought and sank a German submarine
on his 74th birthday. His feat, like
so many others to the credit of
Britain's merchant marine, should
have a poet laureate's immortaliza
tion provided a poet laureate can be
found big enough to Immortalize.
"' Louisville ' Courier-Journal: t The
German lie factory at its present rate
of operation will soon run out of ma
terials. , Having . captured hundreds
of. American munition wagons at a
point where there were no American
munitions, and having annihilated the
American marines at a point where
tha American marines are wiping up
the earth with the Germans, it has
I sow destroyed the Foch ' reserves.
' Twice Told Tales
, Prussian Inspiration.
;' A soldier, home from the front, was
relating anecdotes to' an admiring au
dience In the railway carriage.
1 "I remember one boche sergeant,"
he said, "who told me after he had
ticen taken prisoner, of cburse that
he once had 100 eggs given him, and
was ordered to distribute them
among a company of 1Q0 men. But,
somehow orother, "one of the eggs got
broken. The boche was troubled at
first as to how he was going to share
out 99 eggs amont? 100 men, but he
had a Teal Prussian inspiration."
"Tes. And wht did he do?" de
manded one of hi j hearers,
j Tommy heaved his pack higher on
his back and opened.the carriage door.
J ''Killed one of the soldiers!" he
called over his shoulder. Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
"Galloper" Hard Hit.
Sir Frederick Smith "Galloper,"
as he Is sometimes called in England,
,ot into difficulty now .and then dur
ing his American visit on account of
his fiery and ebullient nature.
"Galloper" Smith had an alterca
tion with an Irish-American lawyer
at a trial that he attended In New
York. The altercation became very
warm. Finally one of the "Gallo
per's" supporters said, with a sneer
and a tOSS Of thft hp.lr! tnu-r tha
Irish-American :
'Come away. Sir Frederick. Re
member your ra,nk."
"Remember I'm what?" roared
"GalloperV Smith, fiercely Wash
ington Star,
Thanks From Chamber of Commerce.
Omaha, June 22. To the Editor of
The Bee: The Omaha Chamber of
Commerce, through its executive com
mittee, desires to express its thanks
to The Omaha Beo for the generous
attention given in Its columns to the
25th anniversary celebration of the
chamber. It is especially apprecia
tive of the space given on Sunday,
June 16, to a resume of the chamber's
achievements.
No one could appreciate more than
we do the value of the co-operation
of the press In the work of citizens of
Omaha to develop their home town
Yours very truly,
OMAHA CHAMBER OF COM'
MERCE.
By order of executive committee.
ROBERT H. MANLEY.
Commissioner.
Song of the Cigarette
Omaha, June 21. To the Editor of
The Bee: Kindly find space for this
little piece of poetry:
Whan the cold la maklnf lea cream of tha
marrow of your bonea.
When you're ahaklng like a jelly and your
teat are dead aa atonea.
When your o'othea and boots and blankets,
and your rifle and your kit
Ara soaked from Hell to breakfaat, and
the dugout where you ait
la leaking- ilka a baaket and upon the
muddy floor
Tha water Ilea In filthy poola, six lnchee
deep or more;
Though Ufa aeema cold and mlierable and
all the world la wet.
Tou'll alwaya set through aoroehow If
you've sot a clgaret
When you're lying In a Ilitenlng poat, way
out Deyona the wire.
While the blasted Hun behind the gun la
aoing rapid lue.
When bullets whine above your head, and
sputter on tha ground.
When your eyea are strained for every
move, your ears for every sound
You'd bet your life a Hun patrol la prowling
somewhere near;
A shiver runs along your aplna that's very
mucn iiKe rear:
Tou'll atlck It to tha finish but I'll make a
utile oat.
Tou'd feel a whole lot better If you had
a cigaret.
when Frlta la starting aomethlng and his
guna ara on the bust.
When the parapet goes up In chunks, and
ettiea down In dust.
When the roly-poly rum Jar comes wabbling
niruuga ine air.
Till It lands upon a dugout and tha
augout isn't there;
When the air la full of dust and amoke, and
scraps of steel and noise,
And you think you're booked for golden
crowns and other heavenly Joys,
When your nervea are all atremble and
your brain la all afret
It Isn't half so hopeless If you've got a
cigaret.
When you're waiting for tha whistle, and
your foot la on the atep.
You bluff yourself, it's lota of fun, and
u in uino you re nep
To the fact that you may atop one 'fore
you've gone a dozen feet.
And you wonder what It feela ilke, and
your thoughts ara far from sweet;
Then you think about a little grave,
with "R. I. P." on top,
And you know you've got to go across
although you'd Ilka to atop;
When your backbone'a limp aa water, and
you're bathod In Icy sweat.
Why, you'll feel a lot mora cheerful If
you puff your cigaret,
Then, when you atop a good one, and tha
stretcher bearers come,
And patch you up with atrlnga and splints
and bandages and gum;
When you think you've got a million
wounda and fifty thousand breaks.
And your body'a Just a blaated sack
packed full of pains and aches;
Then you feel you've reached the finish,
and you're aura your number'a up,
And you feel aa weak as Belgian beer
and helpless aa a pup
But you know that you're not down and
out, that life'a worth Jiving yet,
When aome old war-wise Red Cross guv
allpa you a cigaret. .
This la from Cnm TaM, t,,- i
the British army. Kindly give this a
space somewhere in your Sunday is
sue so as some of our tobacco haters
may read it. JREADER.
, CHEERY CHAFF.
'How do the glrla get their hair slicked
back ao tightly T"
!!l th.',?k thejr ftrst twUt l Into a knot"
Yes?"
"And than draw It back with a steam
winch." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Ia your husband In favor of daylight
saving?" -
"I think ao. He stays out ao much at
night that I think he'd really prefer aot to
use any daylight at all," Washington Star.
A Scotch minister was asked to pray for
rain and his prayer wag followed by such a
downpour that the crops were Injured. Dur
ing the storm one old farmer said to' an
other: "Thta comes o' trusting ale a re
quest to a meenlster who Isna acquatntlt wl'
agriculture." Boston Transcript.
"I've Just heard Miss Banes nlnv th
muslcale. She can positively make a piano
talk."
"But can she make it monopolise the con
versation ?" Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sister's Beau Lillian, if you'll come and
sit on my lap I'll give you a nice present
Lillian (aged S) Is that why you gave
sister a diamond ring? Feople'a Home
Journal.
"Madam, may I ask why you are muti
lating my awning?"
"I want to get a aklrt with an awning
atripe like that, and I thought you wouldn't
mind If I cut off a little piece for a sam
ple." Baltimore American.
"Now that your daughter has received
her diploma, I presume aha la busy planning
her future."
"Yes," replied Mr. Gadspnr, "but first of
all, daughter Is having the house done over
and the furniture rearranged In order to
provide a proper setting for a person of her
Intellectual attainments.- Blrmlnghaia
Age-Herald.
Tor a middle-aged woman she pays a
good deal ot attention to dress."
"Well, aha worked hard aa a bride and
helped her husband to succeed. Now ahe'i
wearing the clothe she didn't bava then.
And who can aar aha ia not entitled to
them ?" Chicago Post.
A formal fashionable caller addressed a
very little girl: .
"How are you, my dear?"
"Very well, thank yon," returned tha
child.
"Now, my dear, you should aak ma how
I am." v
"But I don't want to know!" tha child
replied, honestly, but unexpectedly. Har
per'a Magazine.
WE'VE GOT THE KAISER'S
GOAT
(All Blgfets Reaerved. )
rm.Wilhelm of der vaderland, -Vyt
Don'd you understand?
Meinaelt and Gott should all command.
Ve two vork hand In hand.
I want a ruler great to bo,
Und all should honor me;
But dera U Vllson o'er der vay,
Ha hasa aome dlnga to say.
Chorus.
He Mvr ha fvlta fvnr 11hrtv.
He make mein beepla fvrea;
It'fl In Ant triMa vat h Ml.
DereV many now slain on der fveeld, '
Und more, before I yeed;
Und vot ara all dee Uvea to me, .
If I gain victors-.
For all die suf f'rlng I ear not.
Le war Gott la mein Gott;
De only vun I fvear la he
Who fvites to make mar, fvree. ,
Chorue.
Dere's all dees gountrtes ro'jvS aboud,
Dem all I could knog onrit;
But dare ia Ungle Sam coma In,
Mlt his ten million men; i
His soldiers dey all Uk(- to fvlte,
Dey dink dey'ro doing rite;
Und every war dot he'a been ia,
Eure, be did always vln.
Chorus.
Peres dem big shipa und udSer dl.-.rr.
Dey azlnk mein submarines:
Und den dey knog to smlddereem.
All mein new zeppellns.
oomo dsy dey'll al a march begin.
Hurrahl On to Berln! .
Und I'm afvrold dot ven dey stard!.
I'll go Like Bonaparte.
Chorus.
Omaha, Neb. S. S. SWITZEt.
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m i Til i'JWv J M ' AMlK! jt -siM
, Minify 1 :
nil
forty United :
Front Sharing
Coupons (J
coupons eaeh de
nomination Sd)ara
pscaea in even
ease. Exchange
able for a!uB
ortolans. -
When you want the one
best drink for good taste
and good health.
"Bear" In Mind
Enjoy the good taste of hops, tha 7 '
foam and the sparkle.
Drink all you want it's non-Intoxicating.
'
Atgcei,atdrugglsts,'lnfactat
all places where good drinks are sold,
LEMP
Manufacturers - '
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That's why thousands V I
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