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SUNDAY, NOV. 20, 1921
71.717
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The Bee's Platform
1. Naw Ualoa Paiaeager Station.
2. Coatlaneel Improvement . of - tha Ne
reek Highway, JacluaMag tka pave
raaat with a Brick Surface of Maia
Thoroughfare leading ialo Omaha.
3. A abort, low-rat Waterway from tka
Cora Bait ta tka Atlaatic Ocean.
4. Hm Rula Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Governmeat. ,
Japan Under a Regency.
, A new chapter of history may be opening in
Japan, where the crown prince .has been called
to govern the country as regent because of the
feebleness in health'of the emperor. The young
man is credited with a tendency to ideas at va
riance with the traditions of Japan. He has shown
already an inclination to disrcgaVd. the foolishness
that gave to the person of the emperor the sanctity
of divinity, and may break down the barrier that
has so long separated the ruler from his people.
This will be a great step forward, for it will in
time accustom the Japanese. to the thought that
finally, their ruler is but a man, after all. Once
that notion sinks in, the adoption of the other
forms of democracy will be far easier.
hen the grandfather of the , prince regent,
in 1889, granted the long-promised constitution
to his country, it was modeled after that of Ger
many rather than of England or of, the United
States, w ith-the result of setting up representa
tive; government in name only. The imperial
will is yet the rule in Japan, the ministry being
responsible to the throne and not to the parlia
ment or the people; An hereditary nobility per
sists,' to the: perpetuation of "both autocracy and
aristocracy. Born to these conditions, the 'new
regent may not be expected to greatly modify
them until after, full, and mature experience. .
While the tendency , in Japan is toward a
more democratic form of government, the influ
ence of the privileged ciass is sufficient to retard
progress. ' The religion of tlie country greatly as
sists in tins, ;, so long as ancestor worship pre
vails, that long 'will, the mass of the nation re
main impenetrable to the ideas of true representa
tive government.
The economic condition of Japan, too, will af
ford a fcreat problem for the. regent. In 1912
conditions were such that 25 cents out of every
dollar of wraith created in Japan went to pay
imperial taxes; at that time in the United States
the ratio was. 0.25 cents, or only one-hundredth
of the Japanese rate. With our enormously in
creased tax rate, we still are far below the 1912
ratio for Japan, and can not understand the sit
uation, there from experience. Industrially and
politically the empire is in a state of extreme
agitation. The ancient nobility is struggling to
holdon to power, the awakening sense of the
people threatening them,
, Japan has not nut on western ways or habits
entirely, nor did the short journey of the crown
prince around the world wholly fit him for ap
plying the principles of' the democratic govern
ments he saw oh parade only. A big job still
awaits a workman in Taran. V
Putting a Premium on Corn.
An interesting and at the same time, encour
aging, token of the belief that farm prices are
before long to readjust themselves is seen in
Madelia, Minn. There the merchants have
agreed to accept corn at 10 cents a bushel above
the market price in payment, of bills and for
purchase of goods. A considerable stimulation
of trade ought to result in that locality from this
enhancement of the purchasing power of the corn
crop. ''
" Undoubtedly the plan of the' War Finance
corporation to finance stocks of corn which the
farmer stores is spreading confidence in the agri
cultural regions. The design is to relieve the
grower of the necessity for dumping his product
on the market at times when the demand is slow.
By accommodating the available supply to the
demand a more stabilized market might be secured.-
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the
self. Hardly in) one can tit down in even
most perfectly appointed rait without om m
giving ever the hath. Thit tow repute blight,
the potaibility of other coolt taking proper pride
in the compilation of huh, Mn. Maloney wit
n'i vikj a luxni'j en.i, vui an. n. m.,..v
with an cnthutitstic and appreciate gustatory
audience.
Curzon't Warning to France.
. . A plain notice hai been served on France by
her principal ally that the'partner.hip, if it i 10
continue, must be on a 50-50 ban's. What the
answer will be await the future. France hat not
been inclined to rely aolely on itt external tl
liancei, either for protection or guidance,, but
hat proceeded directly in ttvcral important nego.
nations. , i
One of these wai a modification of the repara
tion agreement with Germany, whereby certain
payments in kind were to be made to France, to
be offset against the general total, but in which
neither Belgium nor England would .hare. At the
time notice wit served on' Germany that it mutt
pay in accordance with the decisions reached and
the rules laid down by the reparations commis
sion. No obstacle wat placed to the arrangement
with France, except that tuch paymentt would
apply only at they bore relation to the propor
tional amount due, to France, while the govern
ment at Parit wis reminded that it ihould not go
about negotiator lettlementt in which itt allies
do not thare. The, Angora agreement with
Greece, which wat presented to England, not at
a, subject . for discussion but , as a (act ac
complished, appears to have been the final provo
cation, and to have elicited the warning Curion
uttered. '. '
-. French efforts to tecure every possible guar
anty for. the future are commendable, from the
French viewpoint, but are not wholly justifiable
when they involve practice! that are to generally
reprehended as are. .pome pursued. The isola
tion of Germany by renewal of the "iron ring,"
irritation of Italy by suspicious frontier, move
ments, and a general attitude of distrust of oth
ers, has not added strength to the French situa
tion. The world w ill approve their ambition to
become self-supporting, but it would like to see
that end attained by methods not quite so ques
tionable as some that have been adopted. A little
more frankness in its dealings with friends will
help France amazingly right now., .
- TKe Vindication of Hash.
One could hardly expect to become famous
or wealthy simply through cooking good hash,
but this has come about in the case of Maggie
Maloney. Her recipe for corned beef hash was
a shot heard 'round the. world, and now her em
ployer, tha widow of Mark Hanna, has left her
$25,000.' This B-Oes to show that thera are nnti.
tions in life which are seemingly devoid of op
'ortunity, and yet actually full of reward for ex
iellenee. . ' .
There may have been lots of.jkes about
ah, but Mrs. Maloney'a not that kind. It
! marvel rather than a mystery, and no one
was every known to speak disrespectfully of it
IYesidera McKinley and the statesmen of his
day would steal away from official duties to dine
on Maloney hash with all the eagerness shown
by Jigga in hi craving for that other corned beef
dish which is served with cabbage. ; -
Kings and princes secured the formula for
making hash a la Maloney, but seldom, it is said,
was the effort at imitation successful - It is to
be suspected that this failure w as due to the fact
that hash almost universally is regarded as a
catch-all. a meant of disposing of odd lots of
neat vegetable! instead of an object in it-
Big Job Ahead for Congress.
' When the regular session of congress comes
together on the first Monday in December, it will
find a full docket awaiting it. One of the most
important items will have to do with the regu
lation of immigration. The Dillingham law ex
pires by limitation on June 30, next, and a new
measure must be .in operation by that time, or
our gales w ill again be open to the very thing
we put. up the bars against. America once was
looked upon as a haven by the oppressed of the
world. Now it is considered a dump. We would
be the last to shut the gate of opportunity to
any, but protection of the people already, here
requires that strict rules and regulations for ad
mission be set up and enforced. Our "melting
pot", has not achieved the miracfe we hoped for,
and may not for some time. We can not afford
the transfer of Europe's problems to our shores.
When immigration ceases to be the coming here
of individuals, as in the past, and takes on the
aspect of migration ' of great national groups,
as is at present threatened, prudence demands
that we close our doors against the menace. , Un
til European conditions are bettered by the people
of Europe themselves, America must be cautious
as to admittance of aliens.
The Husking Bee
lis Your Day
Start It Witha Laugh
Should Not Tax Charities..
-A decision by the State Board of Equalization
that charitable institutions, churches, schools, and
the like, will be exempt from taxes for another
year,, because of uncertainty as to the intent of
the law,: merely postpones a decision that is sure
to come in time. Nebraska needs money pretty
badly, but not badly enough to exact it from in
stitutions that are not profit-making in any sense,
that' are established for and maintained by the
citizens, and whose upkeep is paid for by the
citizens. ' ,': . "
It may be true that some schools and hos
pitals are purely private ventures. Such are ca
pable of definition, and should be properly classi
fied, in order that no mistake will be made by
the tax collectors. To throw out a drag net and
haul in all, regardless of character is both un
wise and unfair. In some instances an institu
tion may be set up and managed by a church or
society, from which earnings are gathered, but
so long as this money is not devoted to private
uses, but goes to the maintenance of the purposes
for which, the church is organized,, the end ap
pears to be legitimate." 'A similar. line of reason
ing will apply to so-called lodge property.
The gain in either instance is not profit in
an exact Sense of the word, but is applied for a
worthy object, the accomplishment of which oth
erwise might, be impossible, or would have to be
paid for directly by the members. TO pursue
such undertakings for taxes savors too much of
enforcing a levy against a church oyster supper
or taffy pull where an. admission fee is charged.
The Bee is in sympathy with the principle that
will lay a tax equitably against all forms .of
property, but we think a plan may be devised
torovide exemption -for any that is used solely
for, charitable, educational,. or religious purposes,
and without' profit to anybody. ,It is not neces
sary to split harrs on this point; a broad, general
rule may be laid down and be easily enforced
with hardship to none.
Josephus DaniehJ, ; who as secretary, of the
navy urged the "building of the world's greatest
navy by the United States, is now speaking for
disarmament, thus illustrating anew how much
easier it is., to be an idealist when one is not in
office and has no responsibilities. . -
"News that the great cement plant at Superior
is running full blast, laying up its product against
a heavy spring demand, shows a praiseworthy
confidence in the full recovery of the building in
dustry next year. - . -
Aristide Briand says' it is no time for a row
between friends. True, and even enemies can
afford to drop righting for a while.
. Disarmament appears to involve more than
just laying aside of weapons.
It will be a new head but the old system 5n
Japan, y , -
Are we becoming stable, or only tired?
NEBRASKA. ,
Tht" grandeur of the mountain height,'
. Tht charm of gladt and glen
In laymrn'i hrt inspire delight,
Incite the poet't rfl: '
Let lyric fuel their fuel gain
From towering thing! and grand, ' '
' ' But past not by with cool diidain
Our -own prairie land. !
Nebr'aika't plaint in endleii iweep
Are fit for poet't theme,
In summer life or wlnter't tleep,
Or autumn' mood terenej
.' Her iprcading field of goldeil corn, '
Her highways broad and long. . .
From desert torn by manhood'! brawn
Full worth the poet't tong.
The soul of man will aU iyi thrill
At Nature't rugged tcenes,
But peace and comfort finds her (till, '
... In beauty' more terene;
Then hail Nebtatka't Stately hornet,
. Her gen'rout soil and clime,
The plaint ft ere reit her heroei bones. -Her
fields of corn and klnel - .
' . Frank, T. Mann, Winnebago, Neb. .
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PHILOSOPHY.
Two -weak partners won't makt a buaintis
firm.' .;' .
',.
An ounce of prevention may be worth, as the
laying hat it. a pound of cure, but it won't get
your picture in the medicine ads.
'".a-
Governor McKelvie's economic probe commit
tee hat ditcovered that the pricet of tome necea
titlet are either coming down, albeit tlowly, or
are remaining ttationary at. tome altitude.
Seem to be a few cases where Ike Newton'i
law of. gravitation fails to function, at it were.
Or even, one might say, the more aubtle law of
tupply and 'demand. . ,
i-'.'.
' And now we are anxiously waiting, in our
quiet, unobtrusive way, for the governor's coun
cil ,to get ott down the, list to Thristmat treet to
see whether or not we are going' to be able to
provide Santa Claus with something on which
to hang the children's presents. ,
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A POST-THANKSGIVINO DREAM
Mince pie with a brandy lack
To make Thanktgiving merry,
At eve tome turkey bonet to pick,
And a bowl of Tom and Jerry;
A cabaret on the bright white way,
Champagne and a roll of jack
"Wake up, old top," I hear you say,
( "You're lying on your back."
BUSY IS RIGHT,
riiilo: Speaking of a busy time how is this
that haonened to me? Out on the lake with
your casting rod on a perfect May morning. A
great blue heron nytng' low oyerneaa, . a iwo
potind bass breaking water forty feet away, and
a deer fly sfinging.you under the chin? Tim.
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... OVERSIGHT.
We met General Diaz, famous Italian war
rior, when he was here last Tuesday. The gen
eral is studying American institutions and ex
pressed himse,lf favorably on boot ball, chicken
(wild or tame), the Omaha polite force and the
Nebraska climate, but in the excitement we for
got to ask his opinion ,of near beer. .
a a a
quick, Watson, call a cop.
To Mr. Dunn Dan Butler cried,
. "I'm here to start a ttorm,"
"I'm not iurprised," H. Durin replied,
"You're running true to form." .
'". .. ' . .
'; YOU SAID IT . .
An esteemed and prominent young educator
has suggested that the money saved by. this coun
try' from disarmament and scrapping the navy
be used for the development and encouragement
of art and poetry. " ,v ,
Now that is the idea in a "nut shell," Filbert,
and in' the language of the classics, before art
died an impoverished death, you uttered a mouth
ful. Although it is a time-honored custom for a
poet to starve in his garret on graham crackers,
aspirin tablets and water, only to have the royal
ties come pouring' in to his heirs and assigns
after he has cracked under the, strain and has
been relegated to the boneyard iOr the padded
cell, a poet can't produce his .best work under
those" conditions. '
What inspiration is there to a hungry, hollow-eyed
poet who has . mulled 'over a' snappy
idea that has been, .so to pseak, aged in the
wood, to have'it returned -to him by "calloused
editors under his own postage,' accompanied by
a blue rejection slip? . :.
The bird who .originated the blue rejection
slip had an almost uncanny knowledge of the in
fernal fitness .of things. , After a poet accumu
lates enough of these little rejectors to paper the
walls of his "studio" he, is possessed of environs
that match his daily, mood. "
Why should baggy trousers and a .frayed col
lar be marks of. genius? Why, we ask you,
should hunger and chilblains .be supposed to
foster inspiration? You tell 'em, actions. , You
speak louder than words. ,.,'.., 1 . . .;
', But let a1 poet ..glimpse,,, through .his .horn
rimmed specs, a, slip of negotiable paper with
his. name following Ahei magic word's,' "Pay To
The Order Of;" and see what happens in the
realm of higher .literature. Art for "Art's" sake
is all very well for a, guy' whose folks1 had the
foresight to name; him Arthur,' but ;for the vast
majority of writers, even though they love their
work, art is but a. means to an end. and that end
is beating the little, old. HC of L. '
. . , : . ...
Oh, I tell you when you're freezin'
There's no. earthly bit of, reason
' Why you shouldn't toast your. feet before a
. fire,; . ' '
Quit your,, yellin' "Coal's expensive,"
Really coal is quite dispensive, '
. Buy some corn to burn 'twill fill your heat
, desire, f Garol Rickert
''', "' ' - .',' .
f, . Who said there , was honor , among holdup
men?,: Just -last week we read where a bandit
held up a bus driver. . . ;.
" . ' ' ' '
' The old 10-guage still has a healthy kick.
Duck hunteri complaining , of shooting pains in
the right shoulder.. . .
V7--:,':i : ..
: "What "art you reading t'jat you find so ab
sorbing?" asked friend wife at the breakfast
table. "A war story?-- ' '''
"Yep," we answered tcrstly. "Married Life
of Helen and Warren". , ..' .
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The storekeeper -who taResf advantage of a
rainy day to put 'on an umtfrtlla sale seeks to
make a weather profit. " ".;'
- . ' ; . k ' e ': a '. . .
AFTER-THOUGHT: ' Still, burning coal is
a grate expense. . - ; " " PHILO. -
How to Keep-Well
f OH W A EVANS '
Quaallaaa eeaaenriaa ' kygtaaa, aaaJla
iaa aa4 aravaaikaai al tit.att. ek.
IMaS a Dr. gaaaa ka metri at
fkt Baa, alt ke eaaoaraal aaraaaaHf.
i araaat llaanaliea, oaara a
altrinaS aai .l.aa la aa
Of. gvaae HI sal
' " arpaaar
Tka Saa.
.. CarlhV IIII. kr Dr. W. A. Ivaaa.
lettere la
: ABOUT SCARLET FEVER
. Boarlet faver la far rerm being the
worat dleeaae know or. tln'th
aouthfrn at a tea it, t rather a trifllna
dlaorder and la not eonaldered one
of the health ofltrera' aerloui prob
lame. In the cAirter eeetlonk tt la
more' aevere ana even - wornn
health denartmenta.
At (hat, It la not trifling dlaor
der, elrice It daatroya a fair number
of rlilldrrn, and iavca a irain or
hrt dloaaa. HrlRht'a rtlaeaae and
chronic ear trouble among thoae
hn aoate with Ihelr Uvea.
The' diaeaae It moet wldeanread In
the lata winter and early aprln
rrionthe. It mill become lnerena
lnly, prevalent week by week be
twaeri new and that .time.
It rarely affecto hablea at the
brtaat. The e period of greatest
orevalenee Is the fifth year. Forty
five per cent of the caaea occur In
f h dren of 5: 40 oer ceni in enu
dren S tn 10: 11 per cent In children
10 to IS. and only 4 per cent in
nrrvini of all other acei.
The fatality rata la hltrheat In
bablea with acarlet fever. Tha eec
ond year of life ranka aeeond. The
chance of death In a caa of aearlet
fever decreases ai tha ace Increased,
except that adulta having aearlet
fever Buffer severely.
Vew adulta are susceptible to It
even though they have never had
carlet fever.
Tha reuse Is not known.
The period of Incubation it three
or four davs.
The Infection atarta in tha throat
and sore throat la always an. out
standing, feature of tha dleeaae pic
ture. ,
Tha eruption starts the first day
of the disease on the neck and chest.
Tha skin region around the mouth
la rarely involved. A fed, rashy
face, . accompanied by a white
mouth, is always suggestive of scar
let fever.
The quarantine period la generally
four or five weeks, but the sick cnua
should not be released from quaran
tine at'the end of four or five weeks
If the neck glands are still swollen
or the ears are discharging, or the
nose running, or the tonsils en
larsred. and the throat sore.
Children with these conditions
nresent can spread scarlet fever,
even thoush five or even 10 weeks
have elapsed since uie onset or the
disease.
Children tick with scarlet fever
should have good nursing and medi
cal service.
The nose, throat and ears must
be kept clean: the kidneys and heart
most be watched.
In recent vears the plan of treat
Ing cases of scarlet fever is by tn-
Jectlne blood serum, taken rrom
otherwise healthy children convales
cing from scarlet fever.
From two to three ounces or oiooa
serum are injected deep into tne
muscles. The injection . should be
made In the first days of the disease,
If it is to give any benefit. As a.
rule the fever begins to drop two
hours after the injection and the
temperature ' reaches normal in
about 24 hours.
Dr. Georse H. "Weaver selected 51
cases out of a total of 1.200 cases
to try this cure on. They were se
lected because of their 'neverlty. '
If the serum was, injected before
tha fourth day the, children recov
ered rapidly.' If. ..'It, was. pot given
until the fourth day or afterwards
the remedy ; appeared to do' no good.
In the worst ,of n epidemic of
scarlet , fever if wjll generally be
easy .to get convalescents to. donate
some blood to be used as a cure.
- Dangers of New Feminism.
Bishop Hughes of. the Methodist Episcopal
church of Boston in an address at Detroit said:
The-new feminism is drawing the best of our
womanhood from - marriage and motherhood,
while loose ideals on the permanence of marriage
are being imported by Russian barefoot dancers.
The hand that stops rocking the cradle begins
to rock the boat of our family life.
f i . Won't' Injure., Child. . 1
, . Mrs. '.Tt.! J. ", writes: VI ' am. two
months pregnant and, several days
ago I ha a hysterical' 8pen,v',causcd
from.' great excitement and. w,rry.
After I gained Control 'of myself 'I
had severe, pains In my: abdomen.
These' pains' lasted; a,bout .two dys.'
h Do you-think I,,, have ' hijured
myself or my child 'in any way!,;!
"2. What can1 I do . to overcame
constipation? . : ' '., ?";' '' ' ,"., : '
"3. Is it harmfulto take the'-wax
out of one's' tdrs?" ., - ' '
-. t..v-.AEpT.. .r:r. .'
1. No. Of course, a woman given
to hysterical fits 'Is liable to-bear a
chid with an unstable, nervous sys
tem, but that is' because ,. of the
mother's emotional makeup and not
because, she had. a .fit or two more
or, Jess. . .Emotional outbursts dur
ing pregnancy are on a par with
similar outbursts , at "other V. times.
They, harm the baby.' neither! more
nor less 'than "outbursts it ...other
times.. -V"'-. ' '.','.'' '-. ' ' ;i'v -.- ;'..
i 2. Eat', plenty of bran,'" vegetables
snel -bruits. ' ,' ' ,
'.8.. No. ' .':,'; ;. ,;' . '
;' fv Causes of , Trachoma. '
Anxious writes: . "Please - give'
symptoms and treatment . of ' tra
choma.". " "' . ' ?
'., . '.-..''''. HE PLY. ' ::
It generally starts , In with acute
sOre eyes and discharge . of mucus
and -pus. Then settles down to a
case of granulated lids. Other cases
start 4s granulated lids. The disease
is contagious. It is spread by tow
els, handkerchiefs and wash bowls,
It is widely spread. It causes many
cases. of blindness and thousands of
cases of weak, eyes and near blind
ness. The granulations, are scraped
off and the areas are treated with
mild; caustlck. After , that milder
remedies are applied '. locally.- AH
cfcscs- should be reported to the
health department.1 ( V'-,V' "
My Marriage
Problems
Aaala Carrtoaa'a Na rkaaa at
"RoTelations of a Wife"
Cfrlm lilt, kr Mtwapapat raxurt
am, lua.
Tht Shock Colontl Trjvert Cava to
Madge.
Colonel Travert leaned forward in
hit chair, watching me intently as
I 'told the ifory of finding the
wounded trooper in the reiervoir
grounds. Hit face wat immobile,
but I thought I detected a twinkle
in hit eye at I purposely ikirted the
reasojit for our being in the lonely
place. When I had brought the
.lory down to our appearance in the
hospital ' and had finished it, the
twinkle appeared to have shifted to
hi voire, when, after a long min
ute'i silence, he tiwke:
"May I infer that your ah visit
to the reservoir grounds was an un
official visit?" he aikcd.
"Your inference is correct." I re
turned smiling at the thought of
our inegai ruling party neing reprc-tented-as
I did not doubt it would
be for the benefit of the petty of
ficialdom at being a screen lor in
vestigation upon the part of mysteri
ous "higher up" authorities.
"I think, however," he said, grow
ing teriout again, "that this little af
fair hat points which may interest
you people."
J here wat that in hit voice which
hinted subtly at something hidden
beneath the surface of this attack
upon the trooper. But it was not
my cue, I told myself, to give him
any idea as yet, whether I knew only
the facts I had given him. or. as he
evidently surmised, had a back
ground of knowledge from which I
was even now reasoning.
Besides, the badge i wore, the
authority I carried, were tiQt mine,
but Lillian's. Even though I guessed
her reasons for investing me with the
badge upon this particular night
which I did not I had no authority
to divulge my . surmise to anyone.
Therefore, I answered him with a
noncommittal monosyllable:
rcrnaps.
He shifted his eves for a fraction
of a second to Captain Hastings. I
did not see their expression change,
nor did I detect the slightest signal,
yet he must have conveyed a mes
sage to the vouneer man. for the
captain promptly found urgent busi
ness in some other room, and took
Mr. Cosgrove with him.
ow, Mrs. Oraham, Caloncl
Travers rose and towered over me,
suppose we lay our cards upon the
table. How. much do you know or
suspect about this business?"
"I am atraid my hand will not
be of much value," I returned. "In
the first place, while I have seen
active service under this badge, I
am now on the retired list. This be
longs to. the officer under whom
I used to work, and who gave it to
me tonight for some reason which
she alone knows. She appeared to
fear some emergency in which 1
should need it. But what knowledge
she possesses I do not know. Every
thing' I know. I have told you.
t But . yotl suspect something or
somebody;" Colonel Travers re
joined quickly. "But ' of .that later.
WHY
Do Earthquakes Occur?
Although we are accustomed to
think of the earth as a solid ball of
earth and rock, we should remember
that it is really a hollow sphere, of
which the .surface is. comparatively
hin, and. that inside this globe, there
is a core or center which is extremely
hot possibly as a result of the far
off age when the earth was thrown
off by the sun or possibly because of
the friction due to the immense
weight of the earth's crust. Little by
little and so eraduallv as to be al
most imperceptible to the most deli
cate of instruments, this outside
shell of the earth is contracting, for
the earth is far from having com
pleted its process of cooling and is
still, amenable to the law w;hich says
that cold contracts and beat expands.
It is this contraction of shrinking
that causes earthquakes, for it leaves
certain parts of the earth s surface
unsupported and these tend to suae
together until they are once more"
solidly in place,'
Earthquakes are, ot course, . ot
more frequent occurrence in the vi
cinity of volcanoes than elsewhere,
for here the crust oi the eartn is so
thin that the interior heat bursts
forth, sometimes in the form of con
tinual flame and sometimes as : a
eeular movement of molten rock.
But even other "sections are by no
means immune from earthquakes for
the loosening of the earths surface
on one part of the globe naturally
tends to move the other parts until
thp sphere is once more a solid
ball, sufficiently well braced to with
stand the usual stress incident to the
forces which are continually at work
both inside and out. , ..
Copyright, 1921. Wheeler Syndicate. Ine
Select Loss Lnriil Cloth. , .
Miss E. B. writes: "What causes
me to talk aloud in my sleep? Is
there anything I can do. to stop It?1
' ' ' J ''REPLY: : - v ;
Yorir mind ; Is '- troubled . about
something. ,Oet- your mind freed
of its burden. . Cultivate control of
fears, anxieties and phobias. ' Your
night thoughts.! and i your day
thoughts are cut from the same
cloth. If you will think calmly in
the day you will not yell at night.
. . .
"' . Challenge to ervk. '.
The sentence in the 'president's
Thanksgiving proclamation that
might well st.-ml out in bold type Is
this: -"Opportunity for every great
service awaits us II we shall prove
equal to it." " As a fortnight hence
we shall be giving thanks for mer
cies, received, let us go on. as the
president suggests, to pray for a
keener consciousness of our' great
responsibilities. -Congregationalism
Breaking into tlie Solid North.'
It is rather pleasant to" see the
Daughters of the Confederacy elect
ing as their president Mrs. Living
ston i Rows Schuyler, a New . York
City woman. Crossing the Mason
and Dixon line is like crossing the
Rubicon. It has never been crossed
before. Brooklyn Eagle.
One Thing Left Out.'V -Well,
we guess every possible
means of lightening the tax burden
has recelred the careful considera
tion of our statesmen now except
not ependlnjr so much money. Ohio
State Joura.it --t .
Common Sense
r :' By J. J. MUNDY.
Watching; Opportunity.
When vou have an opportunity to
do a certain thing you have wished
to do, are you quick enough to see
and act in time to accomplish your
purpose when the time comes?
In other words, are you alert to
opportunity?
There is a lot of difference in in
dividuals in appreciation of circum
stances which might mean opportu
nity. -'
A certain amount of imagination
is necessary and an ability to rec
ognize the essentials to success in
the way which seems to open.
It pays to exercise your brain
forces constantly, so that they may
wrest success where the other fel
low has found failure, perhaps.
It pays better to use your head,
and change your own failure to suc
cess, commensurate with your ef
fort. Many things which look hopeless
on the face of them are the stepping
stones to something very much
worth while if you take the trouble
to study things out and keep work
ing. Many a man has made a failure
because he thought that working
meant using only his "hands or his
feet.
The ereatest thines are the result.
of brain work first
(Copyriaht. 1921. Inlarnatfenal Feature
Service, Inc.
May I ik the name of your tupe
rior officer, and th brl and quick
tn mram vl getting in touch with
her?"
"I could not give you that infor
mation without her permision," I
mid, troubled, for I did not know
how important Lillian might con
tiirr a meeting with the officer,
"But I can get in touch with her
during the next few hours, and let
you know tomorrow morning what
her decUion i."
"Thank you. That wills be time
enough," he rejoined. "And now
(or your own autpxiont at to this
affair tonight. I confcii that I am
exceedingly anxioui lo hear them."
Thin wat toinetlilng I could tell
him, for it wat no violation of l.il
lian'i confidence, only a wild sur
mise of my own. "I have but one,"
I said, "and it is fo fantastic a
thing, with practically nothing on
which to bate it, that 1 hesitate to
voire it. Besidei "
I paused with a sudden remem
brance that the man bclore me was
tupposrd to be a honom friend of
the man named Smith.
"Besidei what?"
I looked at him doubtfully, trou
bled. "I do not wish to offend you."
"Vou could not," with a charming
smile.
"Jt concerns tome one vou know
and are supposed to like."
Colonel Travers looked at nie,
quizzically.
"Now, I .wonder," he laid, "just
why you put in those words 'tup
posed to.' Are you perhaps psychic?
But no matter. I'lease give me the
slightest reason you have for sus
pecting the man named Smith."
Lillian would not have moved a
facial muscle at this speech, but 1
rould not help starting in turprise.
Young Hastings had had no oppor
tunity to tell his superior officer
of my little colloquy with Smith.
How, then, had he known?
"I think it is you who are psyi
chic," I said, smiling.
"No, but you gave so vivid a de
scription of the voice you hoard in
the reservoir grounds, and then "
I did not hear the rest of his ex
planation, for full into my conscious
ness at last leaped the thing for
which I had been groping. I know
now where I had heard the voice
of the man who calls himself Smith.
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
B MILDRED MARSHALL.
Temperance in all thmgt ta prom
Unl thouc who wear today'a tali
manic gem the amethyst. Accord
ing to Leonardo, this none hat the
power to control evil thoughts,
quicken the intelligence and render
its wearer shrewd in biiiincti mit
ten. Furthermore, it hat the gift of
preserving toldicn from harm, ind
guarding ill who wear it from con
tagion. ... , .
The turquoie it the natal atone of
lliose who were horn on tome inni
verxury of thit day. The ancients
believed that this gem would break
an i warning of the approach of
daniier. A curious tupcrstitioii re
garding the turquoiae it that it will
strike the hour correctly if suspended
from a thread and allowed to touch
(lie hide of the sita".
The orient prescribes green a a
s'gnilic.nit t-olor on this day. To
wrar it it believed to bring about
conditions which will necessitate
ninrh travel.
Orange blosfonis arc lucky flowers
toihiv.
(iVpyniht, )fl:t. Whr.ler gyndlrala. Ine.l
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