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w "a THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1021. TheOmaha Bee DAILY (MOKNING) EVENING SUNDAV TUB fUBUSHlNO COMPANY VUMOM S. UPDIKE, rublLher MKMIU Of THE AMOCUTED MESS ' 1V inM Fieaa, e wJ Ths Has Is a . U m- ajuarety smiUs a, la ass res mMiciM a sU sispmtiim araalkat I u er Mt waarwias endued m tki, pr. s ra lad mm voMUfcM) kereta. All rum, f rapuMMeiloa at Mtf SS4CN f also imrnt Tk Oaake MwV el Ike AssjI Burs ef Clw lint arc to com wilt tune a heavy bill to foot There arc tome things on v li tch the soundness of Mr. Ford's opiuioni may be questioned, but thii ii not one of them. Here be It letting an example, not only to lumber corporation!, but to itatej at well. . Tk clnaUtUa mt Tk Omaka Bee SUNDAY, NOV. 13, 1921 71,386 THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY CHAJUXI S. YOUNG. Baaiaee Mwim ELMEA . HOOD, CtrcuUttea Hwtir a mi ,,, ,al fce-ler tkls Ilk Star f Ik leil. W. M. QUIVCY, NeUry Public 1CSI. tawi) AT lti 1000 BEE TELEPHONES Private lreasfc, bakaaae. Ask for the Dwrartineat Ferae Wanted. Far Nlgkt Call Aftar 1C P. M.I Editorial Dmrtanl ATkwUa 1021 ar 1043. OFFICES lf.l r)f 17th and Farnum Co. BlBff, 1 8t. South Side 4911 8. Zth It. New York IM Klfth Avt. W..hlnton 1111 O Bt. Chicago 12H Wrlgley Bldg. Perl. France 4! 0 Hue Bt. Honor The Bee's Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of tae Ne- break Highways, including tbe pave- meat with a Brick Surface of Maia Tkoreugkfaree leading into Omaha. A abort, low-rata Waterway from the Cora Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rula Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. S. Industry and the World's Peace. When, during the late war, certain oi our so- ria utid comrades insisted mat. u was a war oi capitalism, they were silenced by the clamor that certain great concepts of human control were again contending for supremacy, as they had through all the ages. This was right, and yet the i socialists had much to support their assertion. Conscience arid World Progress. The hope of civilization, President Harding said recently, lies in the churches. This it by way of saying that governments alone can not solve the problems of modern life. The processes of human conduct and strivings must be spirit ualized, and if the pursuit of material gains leads humanity astray, something more than laws is needed to set it on the right course. . Scoffers can prove that at various periods of history, when church and state were more or less mixed together, that the influence of religion was thrown on the side of the ruling group, no matter whether right or wrong. Even today there are some persons who consider the church as a whole to be a brake on progress. These have not learned that no lasting reform can come unless it has back of it the real moral fervor which is the fundamental characteristic of the church. Conscience is the mainspring of human advancement and attainment. If its movement is slow, it is also sure. The church today makes less and less of creedal differences. As a unit it is supporting disarmament and co-operating in divers good causes. At the national conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church such subjects as poverty, racial prejudice, cace for the sick and needy and aid for immigrants were foremost. The same spirit appears in a pastoral letter from Cardinal O'Connell of the Catholic church on industrial relations which calls for a "crusade to establish the reign of Christian justice and charity in the industrial world." "The existence of deep-seated discontent and far-reaching resentment in the industrial world," he asserted, is not to be questioned. In calling on the workingmen to fulfill their obligations, he took occasion to assert their right to or ganize, justified the strike as labor's weapon against injury and oppression and added that the state has no right to prohibit a just strike. "We i . . . . . . .. . .j f Facing the future with a determination to avoiu believe that the present evils can be gradually if possible war between nations, we are equally retwdied; that reforms can be introduced, and planning to' extend those possible causes of war that the word wiIf forvvar(i t0 better and that are the justification of the socialists in set- hiher things." he concluded. His faith is in the , ting up that capitalism is at the root of all wars, conscience of men, and in the growth of the Long ago it was noted mat no nation cuu.u. gpint of fair dealing. That is where thinking thrive without communication with its neighbors. men amj women frotn President Hardin's down. A1cn it was discovered that a nation can not nrosDcr bv always selling and never buying. Commerce must rest on something of mutual .t-.nD in he nermanent and secure. Two centuries of experience have proved the adapta bility of the existing form of industry to the needs of humanity, with certain well defined hand icaps. As the industrial population grows, a correspondingly increasing outlet tor its product must be provided. Neither Germany, nor Bel gium, nor England can support its population without an outside market The United States has not yet reached that point, while France may be considered as having sufficient occupation at home for all its people for the next feneration at least. Japan falls into a slightly different .classification, although circumstances compel the statesmen of that country to look about for some place to dispose of the excess population, which Is expanding-faster than the resources of the land will care for them. These great rivals for extra-territorial trade are striving to agree on a basis that will prevent a clash of arms, but are making, the utmost preparationsfor continuing the competition for trade the war of commerce, which is almost as deadly as that other all so abhor, and is fraught at all times with possibilities of terrible import. Out of this naturally proceed certain problems for home consideration. Pursued to the logical end, the "economic determinism" of the Marxian cult, subjugation or extermination of the weaker must ensue. With the improvement of machin ery, the man-power of any country is tremend ously extended, and when the races that now purchase begin to supply their own needs or wants by manufacture, and theytnay be expected , so to do, what becomes of the market to which the surplus of the great producing countries is now. diverted? ' Just as Germany found itself, when out stripped in the race for colonial possessions, re stricted in its market possibilities, so may all the nations now dominant come to be confined." , Then will come the greatest of all problems for decision that can not be postponed. We will have to take up more seriously the question of distribution. It may be answered by the stern law of the survival of the fittest, or it may be solved by calling on the state to do some things that citizens refuse or neglect to do. - That the inferior races of the world will not be able to compete with the dominant in the in dustrial game is not sufficient. At best it is only a palliative. The United States is secure for the time because it may expand enormously ..within its own borders before it comes to the place reached by England, Belgium and Ger many, but in time it will get to that point. Two hundred million people will not put such a tax on our resources as 70,000,000 do on Germany's, but we should not rest in the security thus afforded. While the matter of limitation of armament is the immediate future business of the hour, the future of American industry, which involves all the phases of our national life, deserves attention. place their hope for the future. Harvesting Trees. America is a wasteful land, and in nothing has it been more prodigat than in its treatment of the lumber supply. Tbe denudation of our forests has been without thought of the future, and meanwhile, as in Nebraska, land that might be planted to timber stands idle. Michigan, once a region of noble forests, now has a fast dwindling lumber supply as a result of the neglect of conservation. Henry Ford, who a few years ago bought a timber tract in the northern peninsula, has seen this, and is setting about correcting it by prac tice and example. Instead of completely cutting over the tract, he is harvesting it. Only the mature trees are removed. Underbrush and waste wood left in lumbering operations are carefully cleared away to protect the remaining trees against fire. "While the young trees are left to nature, the vacant spaces about them will be seeded. Thus, when they will have been cut, another crop of timber will be growing. - It is admitted that the cost 'of rearing trees in this way is greater than the present expense of obtaining runrber by the process of stripping I h forests. But it is poirtc ou that unless this LA"""'Q'i j applied, the country ia the jtars What Charity Owes the Public. "Give once, but enough for all." Such is the slogan under which Cleveland's community fund is raising more than $3,000,000. In one week enough money will be pledged to carry on all the city's charitable work for a year. One hundred and ten institutions, practically all the relief or ganizations in Cleveland, have united in this an nual campaign and will share the fund in propor tion to their needs. . Contributors can distribute payments on their subscriptions over several months. They may even assign the whole amount of their donation to one purpose or one organization.. The main fund, however, is shared by all creeds, denominations and races. , aTTag days have been eliminated, and the con stant combing of the city by solicitors for one organization after another has likewise been ended. Cleveland claims that the dollar given to charity through this co-ordinated plan goes far ther. (Jut of every dollar collected 994 cents goes directly into the work of the charitable in stitutions. " , . . Other cities have taken, up this idea of a community chest, but not Omaha. However, in the formation of the Omaha Council of Social Agencies some hope for complete co-operation among the charitable organizations begins to ap pear. Twenty-five institutions are said to be represented in this, but as yet there has been no public announcement of steps toward a pooling of the work of soliciting and the establishment of a general budget. Even so, praise must be given their resolve to avoid overlapping in their relief efforts. These charities must be supported, and the people of Omaha have been as generous as any, realizing that no one is so strong or pros perous as to be able to ignore . those less for tunate than himself. This spirit should be matched by an agreement for full financial co operation among the numerous and worthy char itable institutions of the city. The Husking Bee It's Your Day . Start ItWilhaLauah OUR DAY. Today is the day to be cheerful, Todsy we should strive to be gay, We may on the morrow Have good cause for .sorrow So we should be happy today. To live in the present but shows our good sense, For we shall be past it a hundred years hence. Let's start the day right when we Maken, Let our bright presence fill up the room, No chances for laughter , May strike us hereafter. The future may be steeped in gloom. The joy of the present is full recompense, Tho' it gets us nothing a hundred years hence. There is no use in fretting and pining, And wearing a long, doleful face, If we can't be jolly It's nothing but folly To continue here taking up space. For a pessimist surely would give no offense To pass away now, not a hundred years hence. The Heart Behind the Handshake. A business man throws out the suggestion, which he may or may not mean to be taken seriously, that lessons in how to shake hands be given in the public schools. Educators will merely shudder at this as one more effort to shift to them something that ought to be picked up in the natural course of life. It is even to be doubted if one can deliberately acquire knowl edge of the proper way to shake hands. There is that about a friendly tlasp that seems to come from the heart, and studied effort to counterfeit this would be unsuccessful nine times out of ten. Hearty, whole-souled persons "upon coming together, know how to exchange greetings with out benefit of any preliminary practicing. One man who is really interested in another will scarcely, fail to convey his friendly attitude by his manner. It is those who are supercilious, indifferent, bored, hostile, diffident or unable to take an in terest in people that fall down as hand shakers. No quicker, method of disclosing these qualities is known than by extending a limp, nerveless, jelly-like, relaxed, unenthusiastic hand .Nor is anything more irritating than to find two or three cool fingers laid in one's palm by way of recognition. The business executive complains that such lassitude is bad for trade, and that salesmen ought to learn how to -shake hands in order to increase profits. There must, however, be some actuating motive of real interest in others beyond this cold-blooded calculation. There is too much handshaking now by those who use the disguise of courtesy merely to attain their own ends. One must feel all that be wishes to indicate be fore he can execute the handshake convincingly. , You can't put an oak finish on soft pine, and perhaps the school authorities of Beatrice are right in threatening' to expel high school stu dents who will not study. That Arkansas girl who was dismissed from the eighth grade of school for using face powder might with, equal justice been promote! to high school, " Far better to dwell in contentment Than to live for the gold we may gain, For the wealth of a Croesus . Won't help to release us From death and accompanying pain. And the renter and he who collects the high rents Will be on a level a hundred years hence. .PHILOSOPHY. There are no pockets in a wooden overcoat Perhaps the reason some folks refuse to look on the bright side is because they are afraid it will hurt their eyes. Lost opportunities seldom come home to roost. , a RIGHT IN LINE. When old-time styles come in again, A wife chirps shell be very glad of that, For once again she will be stylish then While wearing her old, medieval hat ,i Brevity is the soul of wit ergo, a skirt must be the essence of humor. For a joke, like a silk- clad ankle, must be seen to be appreciated. Traffic Rules For the pedestrian: "Look out for yourself." For the motorist: "Look out for the other fellow." Swiss delegates are expected to agree to the Hughes proposition to scrap the boats. Boat is no use to a guy without any sea. . " A man may become bald, but baldness seldom becomes a man. Speaking of hirsute adornments, a woman whose nub snaves every morning never gets a chance to see how much better he looks after shaving off a three days' growth of beard. When we hear a wife calling her petty half hub," we take it she is the "spokes." Fatty Arbuckle's film may be under the ban, but, judging from the way folks are flocking to the trial, the big boy is as popular as ever. And the tickets all in the hands of the scalpers. HERE'S HOW COME. Babe Ruth, ie likes the vaudeville, He eats it so to speak, No wonder he drags for the bill, Three thousand bones a week. , UNIMPORTANT ITEM. Over in Siam when a sacred white elephant dies they bury a fortune in jewels with it. . In this country when a man finds himself with a white elephant dead on his hands, he sinks the fortune in repairs and gasoline, i Busy work: Trying to pick up a thin dime off a frosty sidewalk while wearing a pair of woolen gloves. ... THANKS, AWFULLY. Thanksgiving day was inaugurated by the Plymouth colony 'way back in 1621, to celebrate a bountiful harvest and an abundance of food for everyone, and the turkey gobbler has been the national ffird ever since. Plymouth dads merely had to ankle out and pick a nice fat turkey off a limb. They didn't have to mortgage the old homestead nor put the case before a directors' meeting of the bank. In fact, getting the Thanksgiving turkey ready par took more of the nature of outdoor sports than a heavy financial transaction, : Which reminds us that there are but three daze left in which to make our final arrange ments and secure a turk., and this is a case where the early worm gets the bird. Lot of fellows have a habit of waiting until the last minute in the hope that they will be in vited out which isn t an expensive habit, if it pans out. However, if they get stuck and have to hustle down and take what's left on Thanksgiving eve, they are apt to get a gobbler that looks like he had run himself to death chasing grasshoppers. One like Andy Gump's all neck and legs and feet, and a body like a humming bird. The greater part of such a turkey is like the United States navy cost the taxpayers a lot of money, but due to be scrapped. , . GOBBLERS. The gobbler is a handsome bird, 's" With wattles red and feathers trim, He gobbles 'round with pride absurd TUl other gobblers gobble-him. And while we are on the this subject of Thanksgiving, and while there is yet time, let us not forget the poor, who cannot afford a feed. The deserving poor are those who don't de serve to be poor.- . With the price of shoes down on a sane basis, the shoe fund means something this season. Every dollar brings a smile a "foot" long. A man's neighbors never realize what a good man he was until they hear about it at the .fu neral. . Well, folks, rather sneezonable weather, what I , SAFETY FIRST. . When I go riding in the air 111 try to hunt a place " Where gravity does not exist, Then I won't fall through space. how to Keep Well 4Juaallaaa By fXU W. A, EVANS alaaa, aaaita. I Claaaia, auk Mliud la Dr. Evaaa hv raa4ara al Taa Baa, arttt ka aaawaa4 aaraanaliy, uktact la sraaaa Hattatiaa, okare a anipid, idaVnnd vatapa la claa.d. Dr. Evaaa olll aal maka alaaaala ar araacrika lar Individual 41 1, Aawaao latlara la car al Tka Baa, Caorriflht, is: I, ky Dr. W. A. Evaaa. Books for Children , SCHOOL VENTILATION. The aevereat argument on the prevailing tntlioda of achool ventll atlon which I have ever rmd Is that wnicn ueorg t. rainier nns juai run aa a arrlaa of articles In tho Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Madli'lne. The articles were baned on studies of the sickness rate of school chil dren during the winter season In averal New York City school. Home oC the school were ventil ated by open window and aome by the mechanical device in general Use tn school building. Ue writes: "There appear to be something Inherent In the Indirect method of ventilating schoolrooms by mean of forced draft and grav ity exhaust, a practiced In this study, that 1 productive of respira tory affections. Something which Is not present In room ventilated with window and gravity exhaust." II tells us that the temperature of window ventilated schoolrooms may be reduced to 59 degree with out Increasing the prevalence of colds. However, ho admit that window ventilation 1 not entirely satisfac tory, although It Is more nearly so than mechanical ventilation. When we spend one-fiftieth the thought planning and devising that we have spent on mechanical ventl latlon he predicts window ventilation methods for school that will be as satisfactory a indoor conditions can ever be made. For assemblies, theaters, and such larger rooms and more numerous crowd he sees no escape from me chanlcal Ventilation. In window . ventilation there should be ample exhaust outlets and pipes. These should be located on inside wall and with proper regard for the location of windows a well as their size. The radiators should be plated beneath the-windows. Every win dow and other inlet should be pro vided with a deflector. If a teach er will maintain the temperature of the air in the schoolroom some where between (4 and 70, changing the air constantly but without strong drafts. It matter little what any other standards are met How ever, the air should be kept reason' ably clean, and sunlight should be given a chance to sterilize things. In his Judgment, the conditions of the weather are more Important in causing colds than Is ventilation of the school room. The conclusions the study brings mm to are: 1. Respiratory sickness is no greater in window ventilated school rooms where the air is kept at 69 degrees than it is when the temper ature is 64. 2. . The respiratory sickness rate is greater in ran ventilated rooms even when the rooms are more spa cious and when the temperature is kept .10 degrees nearer what is re garded as the proper temperature. 3. In determining wholesomeness of air it is low temperature rather than chemical purity that counts. There'd be some consolation then, 1 In knowing we'd not crash, I'd like to have a sail, but I Must know that I wont smash. Carol Rickert a The fresh college grad. usually thinks he has made a 'good start in the world of commerce when he orders his tailor to make him a busi ness suit . ' A girl will say that she would rather dance than eat but she expects her escort to take her out to dinner just the same. a AFTER-THOUGHT: Even the waiter enwes to him who waits. PHlLVt . Fruit Should Help Baby.' Mrs. B. S. writes: "1. Kindly advise what to feed my year-old baby girl who is greatly troubled with constipation. She is fed on Eagle brand milk, which has agreed with her. I feed her fruits and vegetables, hoping this will benefit her, but nothing helps. She . only takes 2 1-2 bottles of milk a day. I am compelled to give her medicine every day for this purpose. I. will coffee injure her in any way? She will not drink cow's milk. "3. She weighs 21 pounds and is 30 inches tall. Is she nearly nor mal for her age?" REPLY. 1. A child 1 year old should be able to eat enough cereals, bread, vegetables and fruit to overcome constipation. Give plenty of water. Discontinue the use of purgatives. 2 and 3. Yes. It Will Not. M. M. writes: "Does corpus lutein relieve excessive menstruation when one is 46 years of age?' REPLY. Ko. v She's Nervous Child. . 1 Mrs. M. F. S. writes:: "I desire advice about my little ' girl 20 months old. She has seven teeth. walks alone, but is slow in speech. She has no indication of dumbness and Is bright. For five months from the time she was a year old she was in. a hospital be cause she refused food after being weaned. She is very determined about food, and even the doctors could not break her wilL Can you tell me what to do about it? Her weight went down to her weight at birth, 11 pounds, but she is now doing very well except that there are few foods she cares for. She likes oatmeal, farina, cream of wheat, cow's milk not boiled, beets, peaches, bread and butter, end sugar, custards, puddings made from milk and eggs, but she will not eat eggs alone or meat and potatoes." . REPLY. Finicalness about eating is a sign of nervousness. Your child is probably peculiar, is due to develop an unpleasant personality and a lack of self-control. I suggest that you have her examined physically and mentally. 'If she is found normal in these respects the matter of train ing her Into normalcy is up to you, She must' be trained to eat foods proper for her age as well as to do other things as children of her age do them. To prepare for you task read one of the books on character training of children, such as "Char acter Training for Children," by Clark; "Mothers and Children," by Fisher, or "Character Training in Childhood," by O'Shea. Thl 1 Children's Book week, a time for taking stock of the vol limn on the shelve of the young folk, for finding out If any of the favorite which meant bo much to us whvn we were children are mlwiing, and if anythlnu U there ulilili would be better tone. In oboervHnce of thl oocanlon l'ene lope M. Hniltli. a teacher In the Dinaha aihooU, has written this piravlng reverie: It I November. The street black with rain and leet. V khiver In the cold wind a we ate out of our warm home Into the atorm. The flower that grow neu the house seem to call ua aa w ih, 'Help tin. Have ua from the bit' ter cold; gather u In." We stop. We pluck quickly a few blcsKoma and hurry on. A e must not be late. Perhap we shall com back in time to save them all. w shall put them In a groan bowl near the window and delight a Utile longer In their beauty. Suddenly we remember the poet who is to lecture' today. That will keep us late, too late, perhaps. Shall we leave our flower to perish while we listen to the poet talk abq,ut ineir oeuuiyr ino, we snail come home and gather our yellow bios soma beforo It la too late. And be caune it Is November and the even ings are long we shall make a lire on the hearth and sit with the chll dren in its warmth.. We shall tell them fairy stories from old Ireland, Robin Hood and Friar Tuck shall spring to meet them from the glow ing flames. We shall sing "The Piper o' Dundee and have such glorious times that when the chll dren are old and gray-headed their heart win still be warm with the remembrance of it all. Then, because it is November, and all the winter evenings are yet to come, when the good nights aro said and the children are asleep, we shall come downstairs again and, in the lli'lit of our glowing Are, we shall sit down beforo the children's book shelf. We Khali see If "Alice in Wonderland" is there, "Robinson Crusoe," "David Balfour," "Grimm Brothers Folk Tales'The Arabian Nights" and lots of other good book friends. We shall not forget "Cln derella" and tho Mother, Goose rhymes. "The Three Bears" must surely be there, for we remember a little girl who once climbed unto a chair to open this wonderful book under the light of a lamp and was taken right into the land of make- believe, where she has spent so many happy hours that she wishes all boys and girls could find the way there. And "Jack and the Bean Stalk'" must not be left out, for the mystery and daring, the hair breadth escapes, . the awful giant, who roared, "I'll have your bones for stepping stones," has left us quite indifferent to anything that the modern movie can show. Because we know how much the children love the stories of Ruth and Joseph, of David and Abraham, and Isaac, we shall see that a Bible with large print and many pictures is on our shelf, and that the Psalms that the children have a right to know and love are learned while we sit about the fire. We know that November days will come and that our children will need every help in time of trouble. We would give them books to "broaden their knowledge, to quicken the imagina tion, to furnish recreation, to teach principles of right living, to inspire love for country," to teach them spiritual things. Our yellow flowers saved from the storm were radiant in the flrelicht as we turned from our book shelf to dream a little while in the shadows. Problems of the Far East (rraa Ik Flaw Vara Tiara.) The conference cannot paitpone rot, alteration of far eastern prob I" n, s while II I endeavoring to reach an agreement upon Secretary lluches' proponals of naval eurtall mint. Mr. Hughe aald In address In: the conference that It wa felt that the. world's expectation of re lii-f from the crushing burden of competitive armaments should b met without delay! the reaolve wa therefore , taken that limitation should be considered at once. But he continued: Tlilij. however, doe not mean that we imit postpone examina tion of the far eastern questions. Then questions of vast Impor tance pre for solution. It I hoped that immediate provision may be made to deal with them adcqimtely, and it I auggested l l a t it may be found to be en tirely practicable through the dis tribution of work among desig nated committee to make prog ress to the ends sought tn be achieved without either subject being treated a a hindrance to the proper consideration and dis position of the other. The question of Paclfio Interests cannot be put off. for on that all depends. If, as Mr. Hughes indi cates, the two question are to be considered simultaneously by proper committee distribution, It is never theless plain that the decision con cerning China and other far eastern interests must be reached and Arm agreements entered into before the compact for naval limitation can be cc ncluded. We make no unreason able domunds in respect to China. We ask only equal opportunities for trad-i and intercourse. Our people have carried on commerce with the ChliiCNO for more than a century. It is the policy of our government to bo watchful for the commercial rights of our people, and of course the present administration is not go ng to fail in safeguarding their rights and interests in China. The oxcellent spirit manifested In Toklo and shown by the delegates to the Washington conference warrants the belief that the Japanese will approach the negotiation in a rea sonable frame of mind, and will not be disposed to put obstacles in tbe way of the very modest demands we have to make, included, as they are. within the scope of existing solemn agreements. The question of our fortifications In the Pacific ie also raised, though not in any formal manner. Here again it will be necessary that the adjustment of Paclfio interests shall be reached before any question of that nature can be considered. The scrapping" of great warships and the diKContinuance of costly work pon others in process of construc tion are matters that involve many other interests besides those of the government and the peace of the world. They affect the personnel of the navy, its numbers, its character; they deeply concern great plants en gaged in the manufacturing of ar mor plate and other, material for hip construction; they Involve con tractors having millions at stake. Naceaaarlly then Inletmia mutt be I'onaldered. so f ir i'iMe ihey muat t ruierld. I'uiiimllmriii and calculation ran be made safety only upon the baais of certainty, not upon probability or evpaetmioii. ef reduction In the alt of in navy. To thl end, all thoae arrantrnirni upon 'which th screement In r. apart to warahlp neeeanarlly d. pend muat be concluded before the final doelalnn I taken about tarry ing out Mr. Hughes' program. Th countr' reception ef It b been wonderfully uniform and en. thiialustle. It I vitally tniimriant that nothing now be don lo chill that "drat, free, rareleaa rapture."' , A period of reaction ther will be, there I certain to bo, because of th very fervor and unanimity of the applause. The endeuvor now must be to give critic no reaeouable ground of opposition, to arouae. no whero mlsglvlns or alarm or doubt as to our gi'aranlee. It i nevenry to remember that Mr. Hughe, with out the nlighteat consultation of the will or the opinion of th American , people, has put before this confer ence a formula which come nearer tho heart and interval of that peo ple, which concerns them far more Intimately and profoundly, than anything or everything that Mr. Wllaon put before th Pari confer, enc or. brought back from there. Tet PreMdent Wilson wa roundly criticised, denounced, for venturing to do so much without consulting the people. With this precedent be. for them, the American part lot pant in the conference proceedings will be vigilant against any slip or error, any act of cnmmlHalon or omission thnt might coKt the Hughes program much or any part of the public approval so spnntnneouKlv bestowed upon it. The limitation of armaments as a ntep townrd the peace of the world planned for In the Versailles treaty la too precioua possession to be Imperiled by an oversight or a mistake. When in Omaha Hotel Henshaw YOtA BU3INKSS IS GOOD THANK LV. Nicholas Oil Company Give More Thought to Music Spare the Bath Room! What's 'Round It Anyhow? Every once in a while someone rises to remark that "we have turned the corner." But It appears to be a very long and very blind kind of a corner. Portland Press. THE SPICE OF LIFE. Tha Heeler Well. I aa that JimDson.J tnem reformers' cundldata for mayor, la loin' t' bava all his meetin'a opened witb prayer. The bos, Good: That meana ha knowk bt licked! Life. Student (to auraeon) What did you operate on that man for? Surgeon Two hundred and fifty dollar. Student Tea. but 1 mean what did th man have? Surgeon Two hundred and fifty doliara. Boston Oiobe. . Tommy Dad. what's a Scotch mist? Father' Whea a man ssks yon ta hava , diink and yo -don't bear him. Lon don Tit-Blta. j . First Barber Nsaty cut tou'ts siren that old cent. Bill. Second Ditto Tea. Tm eourtin' his 'ousemsld that's to let 'er know I can aea 'er Tuesday Blht: Tha Famn Show (London.) Ther laugh at tt Muartc Bo show when Flor-nc Moore eomplalrs-All the salesmen ar so haughty this year. They'ro tskins; orders Xrom aa ooe," New lork World. (From tbo Detroit Free Press.) Another tried and true custom handed down by the fathers is in for it. We nafer to the Saturday night bath. The United States Bu leau of Education has "launched a nation-wide drive" to stamp out the notion that the end-of-the-week scrub is enough. The campaign, say the papers, is only to be sug gestive in the beginning and will be directed at school children and teachers, though it is hoped to reach the public through them. That announcement has an omin ous sound. We ran trace the his tory of American restrictive move ments. We know how they devel op. First, . someone with a mission decides thflstupld, blundering pub lic needs to be enlightened. A gov ernment bureau or a reform society is interested, or if there is not one already recognized, a new one is created. In the case of the latter a paid secretary, office staff and a field force are provided for. Then the endorsement of prominent citi zens is obtained. A. week is set aside for national publicity, pastors are urged to preach onthe subject on a special Sunday, ushers are asked to pass out literature as the wor shippers file out, the editors are furnished material for articles and editorials, the schools organize pag eants, perhaps a parade isarranged. Sentiment is crystallized! Then, and often, the first thing the un enlightened public knows, it has another law. ' Perhaps we shall not have' a "Two-Baths-a-Week Week," though excellent material for a week can be visualized. "Make America Healthy!'" would be a good general slogan. Posters depicting a rosy business man grinning under the needles of the shower or some such Illuminating text could be drawn. Percy Mackaye could get up a pag eant showing the rise of man from the sodden state of Saturday night ablutions in the washtub to the ad vanced state of two baths per week in a tiled vessel. Perhaps two baths a week are necessary to health. Who knows? By what sort of deductive or induc tive reasoning did the United States Board of Health arrive at Its conclu sions that two immersions weekly are healthful where one isn't? The habits tof individuals vary from the traditional Saturday night standard to the two baths a day affected by some of the idle rich. The Eskimos are said to have been - extraordi narily healthy In their bath less state until the missionaries persuaded them to wash up, thus inducing lung trouble. The government's Interference in the manners and habits of the in dividual has gone far. We hope It does not invade the bath room. Holiday Gifts "Let Me Liv in a Home By the' Side of tha Road" ia tha first line of a verse that everyone knows and loves. Wa hava one verse, as well as the entire poem. - beautifully decorated on parchment and framed, for $2.00 and $4.00. ''"Out Where the West Begin,," "If." "Allah's Prayer," and several "Friend ship' sentiments are framed to sell for T5c and up. A unique cigar and ash tray (n the form of a book la th latest novelty to please the smoker. A . leather case containing playing cards and chips is a pleasing gift to the traveler and costs but $5.50. The "Good Fairy" statue, alwaya a welcome gift, ; is reasonably priced at $3.00. An Avalanche of Responsibility Roctor Finds an Ally. The rector was on hi way to church when he met the gamekeep er. "Ah." said the rector, "how is It, my friend, that I never see you at church?" "Well." said the game keeper, "you see, sir. I don't want to make your congregation smaller." "What do you mean? the rector said, sharply. "Well, you eee. sir, the keeper said, "if I came to church some of the others would go poaching. London Morning Post. Might Be Another Joke. There is really- not so much of a Joke about the idea, that Charlie Chaplin may be knighted. Look at Sir Harry Lauder: Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Boy Orator." One is reminded of the flight of time by read'nr that the Hoy orator of the Platte is again a grandfather. Portland Oregonian, , Descends upon your family, when you take your final departure, if you provide them with insurance money and make no provision for its investment. They are deprived of the aid of your business judgment. Advice they get, even the most dis interested and well-meaning, may lead straight to financial disaster. Insure your insurance by an Insurance Trust. You thus arrange for this Trust Com pany to invest your insur ance money and assure a steady income for your heirs. Read tha -sag on "Insur ing Insurance" in oar book- - let "Wham a Maa Let Go." Thi booklet ia yours on request. Utittei. tataa (UruBt (ftompamj Affiliated With Eh Hmkfc &tjOtB Kational Sank 1512 Farrtam Stmt Omaha, Nebraska ii