THE mil OMAHA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921.
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7Ac Uee's Platform
. New Uaioa Pysaaaer Station.
I. Continued laaarooesaeai of lk Ne
braska Hlahw?, laeludiaf tba pars
mal of Mala Tboroucbiaree loading
iaio Omaha with a Brick Surfaca.
3. A short, tow-rale Waterway from la
Car Ball to tba Atlantic Oceaa.
4. Hama Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Maaater form of Government.
Providing Another Puzzler.
The srnate finance committee has reported
out the revenue measure in tomcthing approxi
mating the form in which it will finally be
adopted. Most of the material house changes
have been retained, the chief point of divergence
being in the amount of tax, to be levied against
corporations, the senate fixing it at 15 as against
12H Pr cent set by the house. The surtax
limit is reduced from 65 to 32 per cent, effective,
as is also the abolition of the excess profits tax,
with January 1, 1922. Debate will turn largely
on this point, and it will not be a surprise if the
limit is raised, and finally set at a point nearer
a division of the opinion between the house and
the senate committee.
What the senate has done is to undertake to
more definitely deal with the question of capital
added during the taxable year. This has in most
cases taken the form of stock dividends, and has
permitted .the transformation of earned and ac
crued profits into employed capital, whether per
manent or not, without the payment of the
normal profits or income tax. Under the house
bill, a direct impost of 12 H per cent is laid
, against the sum of such new or added capital;
the senate has made an exemption of 60 per cent
for the first year, and has raised the levy to 15
per cent on the new capital so created.
Whether, under the decisions of the supreme
court, which have been very clear oil the point,
undivided profits so converted may be taxed by
this method is not to be answered off-hand. A
, considerable debate is very certain to follow the
presentation of the issue, and much force may
be arrayed on either side. That a stock dividend
is not a profit-taking procedure is admitted, al
though the fact is made possible only through
the earning of profits. How, then, to secure the
' proper tax ou 'Income that is thus converted into
V pUl, and without injustice to one or the other
; parties," the government and the owner of the
' business, is the big puzzle to be worked out.
Manifestly, an income tax to be jus) and
' equitable should touch all forms of income
equally; if any portion of such income is per
. mjtted to evade its share of the tax, then what is
left must contribute unduly; To entrap that con
siderable part of earned income which has found
refuge in the easily defined realm of undivided
profits has been acutely before the revenue col
lectors in its baldest form since the income tax
. law was first put on the books. If the expedient
proposed by the present bill is adopted, it will
be subject to eonstruction by the courts, but it
may hold the germ at least of the solution. The
stock dividend has been a handy device, but it
has cost the general government a large sum,
'and has put the burden that much heavier on
that portion of profits takenthat really did pay
.tax.
I merely a taming l lh sinful to b littl mart
tar fuL h' will continue la b jrot, just as
in always hti l"n, but any nroleitn may tifr
tcau it pUrs liul or no objection to lh sin
mi within it No pro(Un Is immaculate; lh
lamt injunction thai saved ih Msidaltn from
being stoned will protect offenders so exposed
today, yd this scl'mii fact ought not to be turned
to in order lo shield or Micnuat terioui of.
fenses. When lh public declines to accept a
notorious evil doer simply because he is clever
at something else besides his vices, a long step
will be taken in the way of improving private as
well as public morals.
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China and Siberia Coupled.
Following through the agenda for the arma
ment conference, th reader may discover the
real cru of the international situation at lh very
end. Limitation of armament is so patiently en
forced upon all th consulting powers that neither
of them will partake of any particularly virtuous
conduct in eventing to th utmost requirement.
Disregarding any argument that may be pressed
in favor of the continuation of present programs,
the delegates will find themselves confronted by
such popular demand for disarmament as will
render that feature of the program less difficult
of approach than the portions that deal with Pa
cific and Far Eastern questions.
Japan and the United States ar not the only
parties at interest in connection with the second
half of Secretary Hughes' schedule for the con
ference, nor will the debate turn chiefly on the
island mandates. Back of all the discussion so
far had looms the huge problem of Siberia, an
empire of undiscovered, unclassified resources,
which must be brought into service for civiliza
tion. Whether the secrets of this great area of
unknown possibilities be sought out now or be
left for the slowly-moving progress of develop
ment, some arrangement must be made for the
proper control of the region.
Only the haziest of government exists in any
part of Siberia now, and this in full recognition
of the pretense of the Soviets to having organized
the western half of the country. A huge prize
is here awaiting seizure, and there is present
some power willing to take it over. What will
keep the conference most occupied will be set
tling responsibility for the open door, not in
China alone, but in Siberia, to the end that
threatened spoliation be supplanted by orderly
development. And this is one of. the reasons why
Japan was so reluctant to accept the Hughes
agenda.
. Credit and Meat Production.
It is a thing for the banker and cattle feeder
"to adjust between themselves, but consumers are
, interested, too, in the question of maintaining
' adequate herds of meat producing animals on
'. the farms and ranges. A cattle shipper from
Dawes cofcnty is quoted as saying that though
there is an abundance of feed- in his part of Ne
' braska,the prospect for cattle being put on it is
- small.
, This is the time of year when stocker and
s feeder cattle are usually bought, A live stock
' dealer U telling his customers that this is the
time to stay in the game. But feeders have lost
money for the last two years, and many are
panic-stricken from their heavy losses. From
out of his many years of experience in the mar
ket this commission merchant declares that the
feeder who goes at it in a moderate way now has
a food thance to make money. There has never
been a wider margin between thick, fat corn:fed
steers and feeders. In addition to this, corn and
hay is cheap, and apparently can be marketed
" most profitably on the hoof. -
Money is still scarce, and the possibility that
this, together with discouragement from past
losses, will prevent the necessary stock being
. prepared for market is another hardship of this
i period of transition. It remains largely a matter
af providing credit, and the solution lies between
. the farmer and the banker.
Omaha's Air Race.
The great event of the American aviation sea
son is the Pulitzer trophy race which is to be
held in Omaha during the Aero congress in No
vember. Compared to this, the James Gordon
Bennett balloon contest, just held at Brussels,
seems small and out of date. There is, of course,
a suspense in balloon flights, due to the fact that
no one can say just where or how far any con
testant will go that gives a gambling interest.
The sight of these gas bags drifting on the wind
across the English channel, and the thought that
some of them might be carried far out to sea
gave a thrill, and there appears to have been one
narrow escape.
Omaha's airplane race will be a speed event,
vith quite a different attraction. Instead of en
trusting themselves to nature, these flyers will
steer around a course marked out for them, pass-,
ing and repassing the crowds of spectators- in
stead of leaving them to read about the finish in'
the newspapers.
Forty aviators entered the Pulitzer trophy
race held at Mitchel field on Long Island last
year. The race was over ,a 33-mile circuit, four
lapj completing a course of 132 miles., The win
ner, Capt C. C Mosely, flying a Verville plane,
averaged 178 miles per hour and covered the first
33-tnlle lap in a fraction over 11 minutes. This
was about three miles an hour. Capt. H, E.
Hartney, who took second in a Morse, and who
has just made an inspection of the Omaha flying
field, finished the race in 47 minutes, two min
utes and a few split seconds slower than the
winner.
This is the sort of contest Omaha is to stage
this year, while the whole world looks on. , It
is always interesting to -read of these marveloui
records, but much more thrilling will it be ac
tually to see them. ...
Sin Personal, Not Professional.
, When "Big Bilf Hart, movie hero, told a re
porter for The Bee he did not look upon sin as
a profession, he was right ' Misdeeds, no matter
by whom or under what circumstances, are per
sonal However, it is unfortunate for the re
spectable members of the guild of moving pic
lure actors that they must in some sense share
the obloquy that attaches to the misbehavior of
their associates. Decent actors have patiently
borne the presence of the indecent, and, whether
condoning the flagrant offenses or not, have by
common consent .at least lent the cloak of their
respectability to cover the sin they knew was
odious. Reforms should come from within, and
- ki the case of the movies will have to be more
drkstic and go' deeper than the alteration pro
posed by one firm in its form of contract It
simply specifies that in event of the actor becom
ing involved in immorality, his or her pay shall
cease. That will protect the employer, but does
ot touch the root of the matter, la fact, h is
Style and the High School Girl. "
History, it has been said, Is a lie agreed upon.
Fashion, it may be asserted, is likewise a matter
of agreement, though it differs nowadays from
history in revealing more than it conceals. - Out
in San Francisco, however, the young women in
the Commercial High school have agreed to dis
agree with the current styles in dress, and by
that have made cotton stockings, middie blouses
and wash dresses the vogue. Under this sensi
ble arrangement any girl coming to classes in a
transparent waist or a ball gown wilt be consid
ered entirely owt of place, even dowdy. Silk
stockings will be an index of lack of taste, and
an elaborate do-up on the hair will attract only
glances of pity for the possessor, who thereby
confesses being behind-the times.
It is useless to fulminate against the ex
travagance in dress that exists in high schools
throughout the land. In some instances, no
doubt, the wearing of expensive and elaborate
costumes is encouraged by parents in all but a
few cases neither over-dressing nor under-dressing
would be possible unless father or mother pro
vided the money. But, nevertheless, final re
sponsibility must rest on the children themselves.
By their own good sense the California girls
have put a limit on the needless competition in
costuming. It is not to be doubted that they
will still preserve an attractive appearance, and it
seems quite probable that with their minds less
intent on dress, interest in their studies wilt be
keener. By a vote of 9 to 1 this school com
munity of 1,000 girls has rebelled from the Paris
covenant of fashion and established a style of its
own. The way is open for the students in any
other city to do the same, and here and there
such signs of independence and good sense are
to be found. '
Better Days Just Ahead
Sign of Recovery Are Noted
Wherever the J ll Cast.
(Prom the Boston Transcript)
At we near the middle ol the autumn we see
on many side increasing evidence that lh mid
summer prophets of an early turn in th lid of
business knew what they were talking about,
fn bidding goodby the other day to a friend who
was starting on a trip around the world, a well
known captain of industry said: "You will hardly
recognize your country when you return sis
inoniha hence, o great will he the revival of en
terprike.' The suddm rUe in the prke of cotton
has rescued many communities in the south from
condition bordering on bankruptcy. It is said
t have been started by an order from China for
500,000 bales of cheap cotton cloth. The order
w as 'distributed generally through the 'south, th
mills began buying cotton, and up went the price.
T he mental attitude is often a big factor in the
building as well as the breaking down of pros
perity. Secretary Hoover told us several month
ago, while in Boston, that America had turned
the corner, but that few Americans yet realized
that fact. What has happened in the south is
having a beneficial effect upon the spirits of other
sections. It is helping thousands to realize the
fact that America has turned the corner. "If
cotton can come back, why not copper?" reasons
the miner of the far west, and this prompts the
cattleman to ack "If cotton, why not cattle?'
A small measure of relief has been extended by
the government to the railroads. A larger meas
ure will soon be forthcoming. A million men
will be none too many for the railroads to em
ploy as soon as they get the money owed them
by the government. The sight of one million
unemployed returning to work is certain to have
a tonka! effect the country over. In spite of
strikes in the building world, there is more build
ing today than there was six months ago, and
such is the extent of unemployment that those
responsible for the condition of this industry are
rapidly losing their power to hold up its revival.
Moreover, a Knowledge that millions of men are
out of work makes the millions lucky enough to
be at work today more appreciative of their good
fortune and more desirous to make their services
too worth while to be spared. And the stabiliz
ing effect of all this is far-reaching.
The president and his cabinet are aware of
the good and bad elements in the present situa
tion. The conference on unemployment soon to
meet at Washington' will not attempt the impos
sible. Its first endeavor will be to get at the
facts in the case; its next to bring about a re
organization by states and cities that will cover
the country with a view to developing new busi
ness and rinding men to fill the new jobs that
more business will provide. Many governors
and more mayors have been as backward as our
national legislators in dealing with unemploy
ment. A considerable share of blame for pres
ent conditions rests squarely upon the shoulders
of the republican house of representatives. In
stead of revising taxation downward, they began
the extra session by revising the tariff upward.
Instead of repealing the excess profits tax, they
began by piling on new and excessive tariffs.
They failed to heed the war's lessons, they re
fused to adopt the recommendations of the presi
dent, they ignored the plight of the business
world, they kept the entire country in a state of
uncertainty, they dawdled for months over the
resolution of peace, they squandered their own
time and the country's money in many directions,
and now they are beginning to hear from their
constituents. They should return to Washington
this month much chastened by contact with the
home folk. The president's conference on unem
ployment will be in session. Representatives of
wge-earners and wage-payers will co-operate
under the leadership of President Harding and
Secretary Hoover in formulating a national pro.
gram all with a view to getting America back
to work and gaining for Americans their fair
share in home and foreign markets. The senate
meantime will come to the rescue by enacting a
tax revision bill before taking up the tariff, and
the capacity of the republican house to throw
newwonkey wrenches into the machinery will be
very much reduced, for the average republican"
congressman will have his hands full for the next
twelve months in trying to convince his con
stituents that he or his party should be sustained
at the 1922 elections.
. ' In turning the corner and getting a glimpse
ahead of the straight up-hill climb to normal
conditions, we shall probably find, however, that
the returning prosperity wifl be reserved for mil
lions of individuals who are willing to earn re
wards by hard and honest work. The experts
are emphatic in their assurances that, unlike war
prosperity, that which this country is steadily
overtaking will be based upon harder work and
more of it, for smaller wages than prevailed dur
fng the war. For in order to compete with ths
countries scourged by the conflict, America, as
the leader among the countries little touched by
the war, will face competition that will apply "the
acid test" to all our claims concerning American
initiative, grit and capacity for hard work. The
new prosperity will not be limited to any section
but, unless all signs fail, the slacker will have no
share in it. The better days ahead will not be
for him.
Veterans and the Bonus
A member of parliament declares that wealth
is still a problem, but most people will think
that poverty is a greater one.
One fact descovered in connection with that
new gas in Germany is that it will explode if
pressed far enough.
- "Pat" Harrison having spoken, the procession
of the equinox will be resumed. .
Time was when "Mike" Dempsey didn't need
a rocking horse. ' -:
Th Kukluckers ducked too much,
How to Keep Well
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Coerriabt, ttlt, by Dr. W. A. Et. '
HANDICAPPED AT THE
TART.
The mai'hinery for protecting the
health of ihao pupil Is conldr
ebl, and eaoh tear eeea it a row
Urt-er. A bald headud man buying
hair restorer la a no more forlorn
slb'ht than the weary doolMlon of
lh hopeleaa i roup of fanatloal men
and women who (or ten yeare have
I ought school Inspection hy fair
mean and foul.
Though the wava at health service
for school children la sweeping over
the land, no one is orcanUlnii any
thing tr the protection of the health
of the school teacher.
In an examination of (77 girls In
a normal school Wafer found health
tandarda very low. Ninety-nine per
cent of theae flrls were achool teach
ers within two year of the time
Wager examined them. Twenty-one
par rent of the entire number had
menstrual trouhle.
$o large a percentage la bound to
rroult In a high kloknees abaentee
rate when theae girl take up teach
Irig. Twenty per rent of them had
soma digestive trouble, principally
constipation. Klght per cent had
eom curvature or tho spine or weak
back or considerable pain In the
hark. A woman with pemlatent
backache la seldom a patient teacher
or one with pep.
Thirty-nine per oent of them had
some enlargement of the gland.
Many had enlarged neck glands
(Rcrofula), more had jnlanced ton
alia, aome had adenoids. One and
Ight-tenths per cent had aome lung
trouble. Three per rent were con
sumptives. The proportion of CQn
aumptivea was not large.
It la reasonably certain after this
group of (77 hail taught a few year,
had breathed the poor air of the
schoolroom, and suffered the ex
haustion of the weary grind, the
number having consumption will be
conelderably more than three per
cent
fifty per cent had teeth which
needed care. Three per rent had
heart murmurs. Twenty-three per
cent had eye troubles, moat of which
could be remedied by wearing suit
able glasses. Seven per cent had
trouble with their care. A deaf
teacher Is badly handicapped.
Thirty-one pe-r cent had flat feet.
A teacher with flat feet may start
out all right In the morning, but if
the' visiting supervisor will drop In
toward the shank of the day he will
find the schoolroom machinery run
ning down at least In a high percent
age of cases.
It muBt be remembered thla study
of physical oondition related to girl
just entering on school work. A
similar atudy .made of the same
group after they have worked in
BtufTy, even temperatured school
rooma for five yearn would tell an
other atory. il me eall attenilen
to another point. With the egoep.
t!on of consumplon and heart die
oae none of the disorder mantle-"
immediately endanger life. V'hat
they do Is this: They lower em-eU-ney.
, Baths Not Harmful.
E. 8. II. wrltest "One of the testa
for the Girl fcvout Oeod Health badge
in that the candidate take a bath
(tub or sponge) every day for a
year. I have been taking a bath,
usually hot, every day for atx month
and feel fine. I have read and have
been told that thla le harmful and
would like to know your opinion."
Reply Keep It up.
It's Dangerous to Health.
C. H. M. writes: "I wish to ak
you a nueetlon concerning health.
At the factory at which I am em
ployed the male employe nearly all
aplt on the floor, many chew tohaeni
and expectorate until It forma large
pooln on the flour near their work
bt-nrh. The janitor aweep up the
rubbish and dried sputum In clouds
of dust during working hour (with
all wtndowa tlrhtly closed In eold
weather). If I open a window on
a cold day they ull complain. If
none of there peraona are afflicted
with tuberculoma will thla endanger
my health? They all aeem to be In
fairly good heulth."
Reply Tuberculoid I not the
only disease which 1 spread by the
habit of spitting on the floor Pneu
monia, bronchitis, colds, and poaaihly
Influenza belong on the list. In
every large group there are some
consumptives and more persons re
liable of spreading pneumonia,
bronchitis and coryza.
Advocate Spruce Gum.
Mrs. E. U E. writes: "Pleas tell
tho pregnant women who Buffer from
nausea mat oid-roanioned spruce
gum will control the slrknesa better
than anything elm. Have tried every
thing else, but the gum wa the only
thing that gave relief."
I'olson Ivy lU-niody,
H. a write: "There Is one rem
ody for poison Ivy that is practically
infallible and every one should know
about it Equal parte of subrarbon
ate of bismuth and calomel applied
as a dusting powder after scrubbing
the affected parts with alcohol. Then
cover with a layer of absorbent cot
ton and bandage lightly. It Is effec
tive even after blisters have formed,
the bismuth drying up the blisters
and the calomel preventing the
spread of Infection. As I am a per
ennial sufteref from rhus tox and
have tried about every remedy in
the pharmacopaela, I had reason to
bless this discovery and the discov
erer, for it acted like magic."
Jack and Jill
The "Yellow Peril"
Support for the position taken by President
Harding when he announced that, he was "not
much concerned" about a bonus for unwounded
and unimpaired veterans of the world war was
assured from the moment when the announce
ment was made. Popular interest in the agitation
for legislation which, while placing a dangerous
economic burden upon the country as a whole,
would bring discredit to the men it proposed to
benefit has waned toc!ose to the zero point.
There was obviously little doubt in the presi-,
dent's mind but that the veterans themselves
would approve his stand. Nor has evidence of
that approval been long in forthcoming. The
October issue of the Disabled Veteran, the organ
of the Disabled Veterans' Relief society, typifies
the reaction of the men who served.
Pointing out that the beneficiaries.of any cash
bonus plan would lose far more than they would
gain "under the false financial plan erroneously
described as settling the nation's debt of grati- j
tude to the men who served," the indicated paper
proceeds to a recitation of a number of the ill
effects which would attend the payment of the
bonus as advocated. The argument, while sound
and persuasively made, is not new. Interest
therein is attracted primarily by the fact that it
is the veteran himself who is speaking.
From the outset agitation for the bonus has,
originated from a limited group within the ranks
of the veterans. The aroma of politics has been
strong about it. What lukewarm support it ever
attracted to itself, either among the ex-soldiers
or the balance of the country, was based upon
the adroit use of phrases either empty or charged
with fallacy. With' the statement of true facts
as to what the scheme actually involved before '
it, that portion of 4he general public which, j
through misguided sentimentality, was prepared j
to do an unwitting ill-service to the men to whom I
the nation owes so mdeh was quick to cool It j
is a matter for deep satisfaction, that the atten- j
tion of the veterans themselves is alive to the
dangers toward which a handful of their over-
zealous buddies was leading them. Washington ;
Star.
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
A French writer of distinction,
Dr. A. F. Legendre, who has passed
23 years In China and the far east,
relteratee the hysterical prophecy
of tho "yellow peril." Asia, he says,
is at the white man's door 800,000,
000 strong. This, he informs. Is the
biggest cloud on the horizon of the
future. The "crystallization of
Asia for the Asiatics" proceeds
apace. The late war coat the white'
race 20,000,006 men. Japan once
defeated Russia, and tba white race
"lost face" In the oriental mind.
Pan-Aslanism la a reality.
All these are stock arguments tt
the alarmists, of whom Dr. Legendre
la by no means the first. But has
the white race, being true to it
traditions, and steadfastly adhering
to its Ideals, cause to be alarmed,
concerning the future? We cannot
see it In that light. The white world
in familla with the mighty swoep
of history. That story telle us that,
from the very beginning of civiliza
tion, quality and not quantity has
ruled. :
Before the dawn of the Christian
era Asia' millions invaded Greece.
What happened? With an army
numerically less than our own, pres
ent standing army the heroes of that
day stopped the colored horde and
sent it home in disintegrating
streams. Some time later a beard
less Jmpertol boy with a few indomi
table legions overran and conquered
th vast Asian empire. Rome under
Augustus or Vespasian, or the most
successful of its emperors,' did not
number 1,000,000 citizens. And eo
on all down the ages to the present
time. The same thing should be
true of the future. Even Dr. Le
gendre concedes to the white race
superior working ability and greater
leadership. Then why the peril?
Furthermore, notwithstanding the
frightful cost in lives imposed by the
late war, there yet remain on earth
550,000,000 Individuals of pure
white blood. These millions are civ
ilised, united through Christianity.
Opposed to them are 1,500,000,000
of black, brown or yellow men with
out civilization, without a common
faith.
The "yellow peril" is but a dream.
The Ku Klux Klan
Cincinnati's Pride.
pital, described as one m which it is a pleasure -to
be sick. Here is a suggestion for a pleasant
and inexpensive summer vacation! Go to Cin
cinnati and fall ill. Boston Transcript
Dumping Ground for Failures.
' "The United States has plenty of school
teachers because of the industrial slump." It's
about time to quit making the teaching profes
sion the damping ground for failures. Washing
ton Post .
(From the Washington Star.)
Why is the Ku Klux Klan at this
time of day? .,
We are all familiar with-the ex
planation of the order at the time
of its first appearance. It was con
fined to' the southern states, and
white supremacy in local affairs was
tte confessed object The civil war
had but "recently closed, and the
freedmen, it was charged, had fallen
tinder leadership foreign to their
own and the section's welfare.
Hence this terrifying agency to curb
influences alleged to be detrimental
to both whites and blacks.
But that was 50 years ago. A
great deal of water has gone under
the bridge since then. The freed
men, are not a menace anywhere
now. They have advanced-considerably
in the scale of 'good citisen
ship. Many of them own their
homes They pay taxes and sup
port bchools. In the south they are
without political power. They are
not welcome at the polls, and have
no voice there. Why then, half a
century later, the reappearance of
this order, accoutered in the same
way, and designed to produce the
same terrifying effects on the public,
and particularly on the simple por
Urns of the public?
Moreover, why extend the area of
its activities? It boasts of "lodges"
now north and south, and declares
that in a short time the whole coun
try will feel its presence.
It officers and sponsors pledge it
as a friend of law and order, and
assert that its purpose is the defense
of the weak end the constitution of
the United States. But why trick
it out in grotesque regalia, parade it
at night in the glare of torches and
spread curiosity and alarm in every
direction? Do the weak and the
constitution stand in need of aucb
A champion I
J&eBoes
(The Be often lln column freely to Its
readers who care ta dlseum anr subtle
question. te reqneita (hat tetters be
rvamnably brief, not errr S0O worda. It
alao ImIhU that the name of the writer
neeompaay each letter, not nronwarllr
fnr publication, bat that the editor may
know with whom lie Is dealing. The Bee
dote not pretend to Indoroo or accept
tirwo or opinion MprnMd by eorre
pondents ta the Letter Boa.)
I Cut Oat Extravagance.
Omaha, Sept 20. To the Editor
of The Bee: In apite of the condi
tions that confront us and the ca
lamities that will surely befall us it
we do not mend our ways, we as a
people, are giving no evidence of any
serious curtailment of our spend
thrift habits. Fifty per oent of u
who are using automobiles are not
justified in buying a gallon of gaso
line, yet there is no indication that
any appreciable number of people
have put up their pleasure automo
biles. One half of the moving plc
turo houses would be closed for lack
of patronage if people were doing
tfceir duty in the way of saving for a
rainy day.
If the women would do their plain
duty, beauty parlors, which did not
exist 15 years ago and are toaay ap
fiarently considered a neeessity by
a lot of women, would be closed and
women would dhampoo their own
nair and manicure their own nails,
They would also' refuse to pay the
exorbitant charges asked by dress
makers and milliners and would not
buy clothing, shoes and hats at pres
cnt extorlonate prices. They would
do their own marketing for food and
household requirements. The na'
tion's bill for exDensive candles. In
stead of doubling and trebling, wonld
show a big decrease besides resulting
in a healthful physical reduction n
the over-fat who are now spending
fortunes for fake reduction cures.
The running of accounts at stores
by women, perhaps the greatest evil
of all, would show a decrease In
favor of cash buying if they really
meant to economise.
Actual physical hunger and want
are Douna to come 10 a ioc or peo'
pie this coming winter, who, by
sensible curtailment or luxuries ana
no n -necessities now could prevent
disaster to themselves and their
families. What we need above all
things is a religion of saving' and a
genuine effort to light the devil of
extravagance and wastefulness that
has taken possession of all of us,
especially our women.
CHARLES WEAVER.
CENTER SHOTS.
Even if the comlrfg winter Isn't
severe the coal prices will he. To
ledo . Blade.
The old-fashioned man who
waited for his ship to come in now
has a boy who goes out to the three
mile limit to meet it. Baltimore
Sun. .
And though you build your house
in the depths of a forest, the bill col
lectors will make a path to your
door. Hartford Times.
Another excellent frontispiece for
a war history would be a life-size
portrait of a tax receipt Akron
Beacon-Journal. ,
The soup we are sending to the
relief of Russia should be bottled
and lebeled, "Shake your dictators
well before taking." Kansas City
Star.
It is said that Chinese women have
taken to wearing skirts. So that
is where all the skirts have gone I
-Chicago New.
A minister baa been obliged to
give up his calling because he was
found guilty of using profanity. He
should have known that he was In
danger of an everlasting Are. De
troit News.
Major General Leonard Wood
quite as president of the Mayflower
descendants, because he's going to
the Philippines. Vet the traditions
of his family will help him to har
monize law and liberty anywhere on
earth. Brooklyn Eagle,
said
"Myrtle Fanning is going around
t lot with Bert Barnes, don't you
think?' asked Jill, et she spread
frape jelly thickly on lh Trench
loatt and pasted th delectable dish
lo Jack.
It eyed th toast grd:ly and
Uiumbled a reply,
"Whatr
Ye. I'v no.U-l it." al Jwk
"I luppos th will b rngiftd or
lo.iiethlng sili like that."
Jill bridled immediately and
withdrew the tot.
"Silly t Well, J4fk, if all things,
he spluttered. "How long imcc
tea have rovM-wl silly lor a frl
'ow and the ci'l h loves to b
iv t engaged f '
'Rngagememi are alt nousence,"
sa:d Jack, t i 1 1 o 1 1 v rapturing the
rri'iirh toast srd helping himself to
two thick li-. "liive me some
more jelly, honey."
-Nonscnie?"
"Stir, v,r.t' tl th of m ca
gagement, inway? A ftllow and
Mil decide tVv're crary ahout ruch
t.ther. All t:ght. Why on tiiith
Wt they i;j awjy somewhere and
ret married uitlmttt m iking n lot r,i
(us about it and an'ioymg their
fiiends and worryuiT their folks?
Lngagemc its seem almott immoral
to mt."
"How absurd you are, you crazy
boy." said J II impatiently.
"Now if Bert Barnes is wild about
Myrt." he started, "why "
"But Myrt isn't sure.
"Well, hasn't he asked her?"
"Not in just so many words,'
Jill.
Jacked pondered and played with
his napkin.
"Say," he finally blurted, "how do
you know all this inside stuff about
Bert and Myrtle?"
"Why Myrt ran in yesterday to
ask my advice, and-"
"Listen here, little woman." said
Jack seriously, "don't give advice to
any woman on that sort ot thing, it
can't-be done, lust keep out of it."
"I saw Bert Barnes at the lunch
club today," said Jack that evening.
Jill immediately became interested.
"Bert's getting along fine in busi
ness and he'll make a corking good
husband for Myrtle," he went on.
Jill giggled, bnt Jack didn't notice.
Bert has a couple of thousand
saved up and he will be a big man
in his concern some day. Only
trouble with Bert is, he is so crazv
over Myrtle he doesn't use ordinary
good sense. As a matter of fact,
Jill, that fellow hasn't got nerve
enough to go right up to Myrtle's
house and rjrooose. That is. he
didn't have nerve enough until to
day."
"And now?"
"Oh, I fixed it up all right," said
Jack expanding.
"You fixed it up?" cried JilL
"Certainly. I told him jutt how
to do it So he's going lip there to
night and if he follows my tip, we'll
be getting an announcement of their
engagement. They'll probably be
married in the spring. I told Bert
that June was a good month,
and"
"Yes, honey, I told Myrtle that,
too, "
"You did?" cried Jack, accusingly.
"Sy, Jill, ou shouldn't advite Mil
lie about lirr tvrtonal alUiu hke
th4t It Mill quit tight. Mi tnitft-t
think voy ri tring U butt ill. )W
know,"
And Juk dipped Ms spoon tenta
tively into lite soup, nut ohimii'g
Jill's ()tnet smile.
Where It Started
Spic and Span. '
This term, meaning perfect, orig
inally mesnt "new" or "bund
new." ( loth wa (uriiKrly strctilifil
on "iikr and spanner." heme new
cloth was lieth trom 'Spike
spanner," or pike-nd-M'stnnrr nrw.
Another derivation i lutmivai.
"spike" meaning n.iil. m il "pun''
or "tpaum" a chip; thus u Iti(
said to be "pik-and i5iiii" new:
that It, evtry nail and bit of wood
was new.
(i'epriiM, llll. t lr iavi. !
An lutisn is the invrnior of sp
parstui to measure the di-ptli oi
soundneis of a person's lcep.
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Smith Barn, Maa
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Whitney riayer, Mah....8425
Taehnola Player, Man.... 83915
Barton Player, untd, Maa 8475
l.RKOnd Plnyer, uaad Ma. 8465
Mrldorf Player, Walnut
New 8422.50
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fered on terms If aa dertred.
1513-15 Douglas St. '
"The Art and Music Store."
Hull I
Put Your Dollars
to Work
The money you have worked hard to
earn should be put to work earning
money for you.
START ,WITH ONE DOLLAR
save systematically and every dol
lar you leave in a savings account
will participate in the earnings of
the Association, distributed each
January and July.
There is no better security than our
First Mortgages on improved real
estate.
Savin 4 6 Xoan.Msocia.tion,
OFFICERS
PAUL W. KUHNS, Pre.
E.A.BAIRD. Vka Pre.
J. A. LYONS, See.
J. H. M'MILLAN, Trees.
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