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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. DECEMBER
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1921.
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Paris. Fraoee 4-'Q Hue Kt. Honor
77ie toe's Platform
1. Now Union Passngr Station.
2. Continued improvmBt f tlia Ne
braska Highway, including tba paa-
' mont with a Brick Surfaca of Main
Thoroughfares loading inlo Omaha.
3. A ahort, low-rate Waterway from the
. Corn Bait to the Atlantic Ocaan.
4. Horn Rule Charter for Omaba, with
City Manager form of Government.
President's Forthcoming Message.
Attempt ate being made to anticipate tlie
iiC3sa;je president Harding will deliver to con
iWS to.ronow. One forecast is that it will
leVl.' chiefly with the tariff, and that the presi
dent win urge immediate action on the Fordncy
tiea.vjre now pending. This may rest on the
nowledfcc that Mr. Harding is committed to the
hedry' of protection, and that in all his cam
paign speeches he pledged himself to assist m
I cvining the Underwood law. The need of such
evision is admitted, but difference of opinion
ver details is wide and almost as difficult to
eroncile as were the views on the revenue meas-
' . . i - i- . f
irc.-, jU!t as aavoca;es ana opponents m
ales tax. for example, could not. find a common
necting phce, hut were finally compelled to
ccepl "ometh.iii; neither is satisfied with, so the
ontention over the American ; valuation plan
;oes on. The prophets say the president favors
he klea,- but will suggest some modifications in
he provisions for application of the principles.
We may expect, also, that the message will
iave some reference to the monetary system of
he country, with suggestions for improvements
n the banking lawp, t6 'give not only greater
(ability but also freedom of action to the1 federal
teserve banks. Relief that is now being provided
. . . . . , , ... - , .
y certain maKesmit metnoas. may men ue
fforded through machinery especially devised for
he purpose. : What the president may have to
ay about the rearrangement of the several ad
ministrative departments of the government will
e interesting. He has definitely expressed his
:cys On the movement to dismantle the De
triment of Labor, stating lie will not consent
o'the proposal. His leaning to the cstablish-
nent of a Department of Public Welfare is also
veil known, and it may come' about that some
Fvidely scattered but related bureaus and com-
uissions will be gathered into- closer co-ordina-
ioii and set to functioning under a new cabinet
position..
'-Immigration, the Philippines, better enforce-
Iiient ot the jrohibjt:on laws, the ratlroads,
ir.cmployment and agricultural depression are
ther domestic topics that deserve discus
sion, in presence ct the arms conference, no
;reat foreign problem comes out for consig
nation'. ' A strong message,, outlining a definite
oiicy, will be of great value as reassuring public
onfidence in the outlook for business, now
lowly reviving. One thing may be accepted as
erfuin Mr. Harding will make no radical rcconi--Herniations,
for he docs not believe in rocking
he.;&oat The rest will be known - wheu his
ne's'siige Is presented to the public. ;
Passing of Parson Lowe.
'The pulpit strength of Omaha will suffer dis-r
iact loss when Titus Lowe leaves to accept the
iutjes of an important office in the Methodist
hencral organization. Accepting the fact that he
s called to a wider field of activity, and that a
htrict adherence to the rule of itinerancy would
hare-taken him from Omaha long; ago, his con
gregation and the circle of evangelical churches
u the city will regret his going. Rev. Dr. Lowe
s one of the ablest among a long line of eminent
castors who have filled the pulpit of 'the First
.ethod!!t church of Omaha with dignity and dis-
ijiction,- Qualified in a high degree as speaker
.lid teacher, he possesses the rarer qualification
f eminent ability as an executive and organizer.
hVhen.the general conference met at Des Moines
ast year, Dr. Lowe was given a most compli
mentary vote for the high office of bishop in the
.'lurch, a recognition of his fitness and a proof
.ht he 19 known outside the conference to which
he "is attached. When he goes into the office of
I secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, he
will' not be a stranger to the work,-for. hi's
I service' abroad has given him first hand knowl
edge of some of the problems he will have to deal,
Iwith. His promotion is deserved.
V Education and Americanism.
Life is just one week after another", and
r.liis one it is planned to observe as American
Education week. Its purpose seems to be double;
tirst to . call public attention to the need for
education in order to protect democracy, and
second to emphasize on teachers and pupils the
importance of a knowledge of American history.
These are both laudable objects.
The development and progress of the human
race it m its own nanas. it is tnrougn educa
tion that improvement must come. This does
not mean that by. teaching children to toe
problems in arithmetic as swiftly as an adding
machine or by their learning to spell words
which they will never use, anything will be con
tributed to the comforts or blessings of life. Xor
is a knowledge of American history a panacea
lor the troubles of this nation. The story of
lour country most be linked up with the story
lo the world and fitted in with the history of
I other cations before it takes on full meaning.
Thus is it also with all other lessons in the schools.
Cart mutt be taken that the young mind Is not
smothered under a mass of elementary detail,
but is freshened and fructified by the broad vision
that is opened op by intelligent teaching. Book
are only doors to knowledge, and in themielves
da not represent wisdom, which is a living thing.
Gve the Middle West a Chance.
Competition with the Panama canal is forc
ing reductions in transcontinental railroad rates.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul railroad
has given notice of a cut of 21 cents a hundred
pound in the charge for carrying iron and steel
products from Pittsburgh and Chicago to the
Pacific coast. This amounts to a cut of about
25 per cent. Other lines have made lower rates
also for such west coast products as fruit,
vegetables and canned goods.
So much traffic lias been diverted from the
rail lines to the steamships that these concessions
had to be made in order to attract business. The
Panama canal has put competition in transporta
tion. Means must now be taken to secure some
of this advantage for the middle west.
Hardly any direct commercial benefit has
come to the interior of the continent through
the Panama canal. In fact, it has enabled Cali
fornia liay to he shipped by water to New York
cheaper than Nebraska hay can be taken there
by rail. The zones enjoying most of .the benefit
of this waterway extend not more than 400 mile9
from either coast. For example, lumber from
the northwest can be sent by water to an At
lantic port and thence by short rail haul to
Pittsburgh or Cleveland at less freight charge
than if sent directly by rail.
Nebraska does not share in this advantage,
for it falts midway between the two coasts. But
Nebraska is not therefore opposed to the Panama
canal. All that it asks is equal consideration
for its transportation needs. With 16 other
states of the middle west, Nebraska is back of
the plan for a clear channel for ocean freighters
up the St. Lawrence and through the Great
Lakes. This project will give the landlocked in-
terior some of the advantages which now are
enjoyed solely by the coastal sections. The op
position of eastern interests is so patently selfish
as not to deserve the consideration of congress,
before which the plan is shortly to come for
decision. .
Washington, Oregon and California are now
nearer the Atlantic coast, measured by freight
costs, than are Nebraska and Iowa. They are
closer also to the European markets. It is a
splendid thing that they have this cheap outlet.
The middle west does not want to see them lose
this. All it asks is the same opportunity through
the Great Lakes, which would move the sea
1,000 miles inland.
"Jack" McCrae a Man
Writer of "Flanden Field"
Dtrvt Highest of Tributes,
OX
(Stephen Leacock, In London Times.)
In Handera Flld tha opnte fclow
Hot ween tha croaaaa, row on row,
That mark our place, and to tha ky
Tha lark, atlll bravely ilneinr, fly
Scares hxard ttmldnt th run below.
Wit arn tlio dead. Hhort days agu
Wa lived, felt dawn, saw aunaet glow.
Loved and wore loved; and now wa lie
In Flandera Flelde.
Col. John McCrae. when he died in the ltos-
pilal at uouione in January oi m. icu as m
legacy to the world an immortal poem. It is
no exaggeration to say that the verses 'in tun
tier Fields" are indinolubly linked with tin
storv of the great war. The vision of the pop
pics that blow among the croses symboliies at
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once an tne sorrow ana me pnuc oi mc mtum-c
that they immortalize.
But to those of us who were privileged to b
his friends Jack McCrae left in addition to tin
an abiding memory that will never be obliterate
and that the laose of time can but intensify. W
did not need his written verse and the story of
his devotion to tell us the kind ot man he was,
We had lenown it lontr.
The same ideal of patriotism and devotion to
duty that inspired him in the war had been the
mould in which his life was cast.
I can remember Jack McCrae when lie was
an undergraduate at the University ot loronto.
Even then h was a soldier of sorts: he belonged
to an honorable but neglected body called Com
pany k, the University company of the Queen i
uwn nines or tne mniiia oi lauaua. inc nines
were unpropitious. The atmosphere was one in
which military ardor burned dim. Company K
was often compelled to form its imaginary fours
with only three in line. The evolutions were
all too often the butt of the feeble wit of the un
dergraduate; Indeed the company itself was
presently attenuated to the vanishing point and
disappeared.
But looking back upon them !n retrospect
they appear a band of heroes. McCrae'a name is
only one of an honored list of Canadian soldiers,
dead and living, whose first service to their conn
try was in the drill squad of Company K.
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raara ak Mr t iIImum b Buhllf
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.rtwaablr krWf, sat OTr 04 mot it: It
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eramiwar raa Irilw, na arartW
tut pabllrallnn, kul that Ilia adllar ma
know wllh wham na la drallnf. Tba !
ilnaa at pnlaiul la rati una ae aari
Virata ar anlaloas asiirraanl by rwrrc
IMMdrals la tba Lctlae
New Party or the Old Game?
Mass meetings have been called in Lancaster
county, and will be in other counties, to select
delegates to the convention at Grand Island on
Thursday, from which it is expected a new politi
cal party will emerge. Douglas faithful met Sat
urday night and chose delegates to be present
from this neck-o'-thc-woods. From whom they
will hold credentials may not cut much figure in
the gathering. This is a detail, however, and can
well be left to the convention itself to settle.
The character of the proceedings at Grand
Island will go far in settling the future of the
party. At the start certain elements of. discord
are present. The so-called farmer-labor party,
which ran away with the" bacon at Chica&V last
year, leaving the socialists, the "48ers, and
several other bands of reformers out in the
cold, are willing to take over the new party in
Nebraska. Likewise, the "48ers" will adopt the
infant as soon as it is born, while the Townley
itcs will accept it should the opportunity afford.
Thus, there is no danger of its becoming a found
ling. Another interesting feature is the presence
of Floyd L. Bollen of Lancaster and Arthur G.
Wray of York, Unless the new luminary in the
political heavtn is to be a binary star, the con
vention will have to make a choice between these,
for a party head. The distinction should be
Judge Wray's by right of discovery, proscription,
adverse possession,, or any of several facts on
which title may be founded. He was msurging
at a time when Mr: Bollen was seeking honors
as a democrat." This applies equally "to our
esteemed friend, Judge Edgar Howard of Platte,
whose long and varied political experience fits
him to lead a forlorn .hope as well as to direct
the many little details that must be looked after
when political parturition impends.
When the .party is brought forth, no matter
under what leadership,' or to which of several
more or less inchoate groups it attaches itself,
it,. will have a great mission. Either it will afford
a rallying place for those who are dissatisfied
and discontented with the old parties, and thereby
lead on to some accomplishment, or it will be
come a trading stock for crafty leaders who will
seek through it to "fuse" themselves into public
offices they could not otherwise obtain. WThat
will be concealed will be of far greater importance
than what will be revealed at Grand Island.
McCrea graduated in arts, and later in mcili
cine, at the University of Toronto, and soon after
his graduation saw active service in South Africa
as an officer in the Canadian artillery. It was
after his return from South Africa in 1900 that
he came to McGill to fill the post of lecturer in
pathology, which he occupied till August of 1914,
With this he combined the arduous work of a
doctor in general practice. No man of our circle
in Montreal worked harder than did John Mc
Crae. Yet he seemed to find time for everything,
and contrived somehow to fill in the spare mo
ments of a busy life with the reveries of a poet,
"Flanders Fields" stands out, of course, from all
that he wrote, as a poem in which the occasion
and the inspiration are unique ftnd can not be
repeated. But it is by no means his only poem
of high merit. Those who know the excellent
little memorial volume that Sir Andrew Mac
phail has written will recall at once "The Oldest
Drama and The Happy Warrior" as produc
tions not easily surpassed.
a Kplwui of farm I.lfv.
Edn'ar. Neb., Nov, 30. To the
Editor of Tha Hee: I am wondering
If 13 In the family la it neifuuiry
adjunct to A railroad man, but for
bidden to a farmer, eapcoiaily a
backwooda man. tually there nro
(nriurra wun aiirnt ciiuuren and a
grandmother, nnd th whole blamed
family, Jnrludlnir the frandmother
ana the dug-, work Hi daye In tlio
year ana part of the nights na wall
It aeenia to Ua tha imnreaslon
among city dwellerea tlmt a farmer
wire goea out to g.ixa at the utara
and rrlcs "eenlo, weenie, nilnlo, mo,"
ana uown drop rrom th sklea great
qumitltlHa of rleli crenm, butter,
esua ami vetteiable reidr fur tha
tabio. Alan, dear alHter. "who knows
what Hhe la talking ahont," what a
mixture.
Now, alrti'r. aftor you have mar
keted and ".hopped (even the back
woods women havo to buy the flrat
garment on which to Dlnce tha sub
sequent patching, "they also buy A
few grocerlea at tha snma or a little
mora exorbitant price). Well, as I
wa saying, after you hove done
this work, together with your house
work, after you huve managed and
made- over eurmentH of your Ions
lost relatlvea and frlenda, then, l
ter, Just suppose you add a few lit
tle things ouch ax the following:
1. Help with the milking and
separating.
2. Feed the calves..
3. Water the plga nnd chickens.
4. Feed, water and care for the
baby chicks.
6. Clean out all cooos and hen
houses.
8. Turn the Incubator eggs.
7. Fill lamps, house and incuba
tor. (No electricity in the back-
woodo.)
8. Hoe the garden.
9. Gather the vegetables for din
ner.
10. Curry In the water for the
day. '
11. Wash the ftecarator fthat Joy
of a farm woman's existence).
12. Gather the eggs.
Remember the niiikinsr and feed
ing stunts come twice a day. Then
Just as you get your best apron on
and sit down comfortably before the
mending basket, possibly the cows
or the calves, or the piss, or the
chickens, get out and un hour's
chasing and fence-flxing results.
Fart of these are not all year talks.
but each day, you know, brings its
own pleasures.
Honestly, sister, don't we baek
woodswomen earn our cream?
Wouldn't you prefer to pay an ex
orbitant price in money rather than
in your own strength?
The wise ones say, "Farmers, go
more extensively into dairying!" In
Restriction of the business of the packers to
handle only meats and related products and to
prevent the handling of groceries and other com
modities in their refrigerator cars is again be
ing called into question. This time the western
fruit growers seek to have the decree modified
to allow them to market their fruit through the
pa'ckers and thus save them from heavy loss.
The present regulation was made on account
of the fear of the wholesale grocers that the
packers would get a monopoly over a large part
of the grocery field. Hearings are now on in
Washington, and there will be a good deal of
interest in the outcome.
But Jack McCrea never adopted the pose of a
professional poet, He wore his hair clipped to a
mriitary neatness and his clothes were of the or
dinary fashion, and his manner free from the
least taint of literary affectation. His only stand
in? literary affiliation was with a quaint body
called the fen and Pencil club of Montreal. It
met fortnightly in a studio, kept its soda water
(its principal possession) in a tub of ice at the
side of the room, and, with some reluctance, per
mitted its members to read to it their lilerarv ef
forts. It was in this little circle that Jack Mc
Crae's poems first came before the world. I be
lieve that he also belonged in a kss regular way
to a Shakespeare club, but of the high delibera
tions ot that body 1 am not qualified to speak.
Busy though he always was, McCrae seemed
to find time for social life, and was in great de
mand at Montreal dinner parties. His fund of
stories that was never exhausted made him the
treasure of his hostess, and even when his
hostess had withdrawn Jack's stories did not ex
actly come to a full stop. Yet with all his social
gifts and opportunities he was a man of the
greatest moderation in his eating and drinking
and his amusements, abhorred late hours, and
kept himself, mind and body, in the training of
an athlete. I should say that the governing idea
in his mind was a sense of duty; for all his
merry stories, he regarded the world, after the
fashion of his Scotch ancestors, as a stern place,
aa abode of trial and preparation for something
real beyond.
For McCrae was deeply religious; not in the
up-to-date sense of being intensely interested in
explaining away all disagreeable forms of belief;
but in the older sense of childlike reverence and
implicit obedience to the Written Word.
Of his Work at McGill university there is no
need to speak. ' The college never had a better
teacher. But his mere teaching was the least
part of it. It is the example of the manly life
that he led, better than all teaching and preach
ing', that will remain with the generation of stu
dents that were trained by him.
To us in Canada it is a wonderful thought that
Jack McCrea's verses and Jack McCrae's memory
should have now become a part of the common
heritage of the English people. These are links
of empire indeed. "
Art and Appetite
These accounts of the poverty and distress
of men who lately were hailed as heroes serve
as a reminder that that stuff is not edible, and
suggests the thought that the next conflict may
have to be fought on the union scale, with an
eight-hour day and double pay for overtime.
The socialists have 66 seats in the Belgian
parliament, which suggests the thought that
America would be considered as going to the
dogs with any such representation; but King
Albert still seems to be sitting pre.ty on the
roval throne.
The husband-to-be of Princess Mary is 13
years her senior, and the bride herself is 24;
the marriage, then, might be described as that
not of May with December, btt of June with
October.
There ought to be a lot of kick in the cur
rent furnished by the O'Xc'l! povrcr t'an. v.Ir'cb
is ran on corn.
Canned goods no longer sell through pretty
Iabels. according to speakers at the meeting of
inc western t-anners' association in Chicago.
Housewives formerly bought the can of peaches
that had the most luscious looking lithograph
upon the label. Now the canny housewife, shut
ting her eyes to the pictured fruitage, picks her
brands by her experience of the contents.
This seems to be the final phase in the eman
cipation of appetite from art, or art from appe
tite the phrase works either way.
Most persons of the older generation remem
ber the rage for the "still life" in art. Baskets of
fruit, creels of fish and hampers of game were
esteemed fit subjects for the masters of oil paint
ing, and every art exhibition produced its in
stant effect in a run upon the fruit stands and
markets. An especially t3'pical subject was the
"spill life," a box of strawberries on end and
pouring its appetizing contents into the eve of
the beholder.
Food pictures began to go out of the salon
about the time they came into the grocery. Pos
sibly it was because the Tintorettos of tomatoes
and the Rembrandts of radishes commercialized
their talents. More likely it was the fault of the
public that refused to buy a barren panel of fruit,
vegetables or fish when an equally lifelike
lithograph was available with a can of the real
thing.
Now that the still life is said to be going out
of the cannery it may very well come back in
the studio. The notable vogue of the old-fashioned
flower pieces lately gives ground for hope
that the fruit will follow. Chicago News.
From Pulpit to Potato Masher.
We seem to have heard several housekeepers
say, our own among the number, "With all the
cry about unemployment, we can't find anyone
in the town to come in and do our housework."
Wonder how many "unemployed" men might
get good jobs in good homes if they were will
ing to swallow a little pride and learn how to
cook and look after a homel We know one'
minister who has lost his church on account of I
deafness and is now working happily in an apart
ment houe as a servant What is the difference
between the pulpit and the potato masher? Not
, . j , r ., . , -. .
, any, oniy more cemaros irom inc Kttcncn man
j the kirk. Christian Herald.
first duty la tn pass tha IiFollettc
and NorWa resolution declaring the
I ulted titatea thoul4 raoognlxo th
Trlah republic and protesting against
terrorism by the Hrltlsh in Ireland,
both of which have been too long
ddluyed, and in tha meantime put
rnlted fitate labor back to work
by buying no Iirltish made good.
- Tha te' antl-Irlah tendencies
damn thl Communication in nd
vance to the wnata basket, but Iru
lumt'a rause, bei-HUN it is u Just
cause, will go iimrehlii on deaplt
Thi) Hue' attitude toward' Irish
freedom, J. 13. OAKLIX
How to Keep Well
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la Or. Eva a rsaeVa at Taa tea. Ill ka aasararaal eaaeaaJlr, !
aMraaaaa'
llaaltattaa. wear a ai
Evaaa will aat ataka a dlaaaaala
AMrass laltara ha aar ( TWa Baa.
. Caarrlgkt, lilt. f Dr. W, A. En
aaval I aleea Dr.
far ladlvteW aWta.
plain English, "Farmers, nfter you
nave worked rrom sun to sun, or
shall we say from moon to moon,
add on four hours more for your
self and family each day, then you
probably can find a little time even
then to put some patches on your
clothfes (the cream will pay the
taxes by careful management). You
will get the same amount of cash
you had before when you did half
the work; for, behold, your excess
cream has brought down the price,
nd ' when farmers get to be busi
ess men" they will learn that there
is such a thing as a "law of supply
and demand."
Possibly I have wandered, dear
sister, but let me add, if I "have
started something," l ean "finish it,"
even though I be from the densest
backwoods of a. Nebraska farm.
MRS JOHN DOW.
Plenty of Freedom Here.
York, Neb., Dec. 1. To the
Editor of The Bee: "Irish leaders
now in the spotlight are rapidly
forfeiting any legitimate claim they
have to leadership." So winds up
n editorial in today s Bee under
the heading, "Ireland Boils Over
Once More." '
The Irish leaders In the spotlight
that The Bee editorial says are rap
idly forfeiting any legitimate claim
leadership received their man--
dates from the Irish nation and havo
no right, even though they were to
isposed, to change in one item or
iota the obligations to the Irish re
public- they assumed with their lead
ership, nor the fundamental prin
ciples on which the Irish republic
was built. To do so or attempt to do
so by the leaders The Bee editorial
complains of would be the vilest
treason or attempted treason to
their country and the vilest be-
rayal of a sacred trust reposed in
them ever recorded in history.
Britain has never and is not now
trying honestly to settle, not an
Irish question, for there is no Irish
question; but the question of British
occupation of Ireland with her bru-
black and tans armed and
equipped with all the murderous
paraphernalia of war.
Nor is it a matter or concern to
Ireland that Canada and Australia
are . satisfied under - a dominion
status. That Is Canada's and Aus
tralia's business, and Ireland has
Inclination to "butt into their
affairs." They can be ruled from
Downlnsr street, if they like it; have
a governor general sent them by the
British king, if they like it; have
the laws passed by their parliaments
declared unconstitutional by the
British privy council, if they like it,
and Ireland will not complain. What
Ireland demands, and rightly de
mands, Is to be allowed to attend
to her own affairs without interfer
ence from Britain, and Just such
maudlin editorials as appeared in
today's Bee on Irish affairs Is a
deterrent to a settlement of Britain's
terrorism In Ireland and not of a
helpful nature, aa is the reference of (
The Bee and other papers to Jim
Craig, the Belfast booze maker, des
ignating him as the "Ulster premier" j
when The Bee editorial writer
knows, or should know, or get off
the Job, that rister consists of nine
counties and that the so-called "Ul
ster parliament" consists of only six
counties, two of which are solidly
Sinn Fein and refuse to go Into the
"Ulster parliament," while two more
have a majority of Sinn Fein and
refuse to go into the "Ulster parlia
ment," while it is almost a stand
off in one of the remaining two
counties between Sinn Fe-lns and
Craig's booie fighters, leaving the
"Ulster parliament' that editors
prate about but one county, Antrim,
and it Itself la only about two
thirds Craig booze fighters. Is The
Bee editor trying to dignify this
two-thlrd3 of a county when it re
fer to the "tTlster parliament?"
What make the editor of The
Bee think that the glorious leader
of Sinn Fein, the Methodist. Arthur
Griffith; tho Episcopalian, Barton,
and other Protestant like them, to
gether with the Catholic. DeValera
and General Mirliael Collins, are
forfeiting their claim to leadership
when they refuse to betray the trust
repoeed in them by the Irian nation 7
Why does The Bee editor euggest
the treason?' Is there an ulterior
purpose in the ugefrtion? They
would forfeit the confidence of the
world and earn the contempt of
everybody if they swerved one lota
from th tram repoeed in them I
mean the decency of the world.
When congress again convenes its
1'rank Crane' (lirUtlniilty.
Omaha, Dec. 1. To th Editor of
Tho Hvo: regarding a letter refer
ring to Dr. Frank Crane which ap
poured In your column recently,
will say that that latter was an In
exprtiMlve way ot advertising A set
of book. Dr. Frank Crano 1 not a
heretic, ince he wan not a member
of tha true faith; therefor lie la
not a heretic. Kcgurding Dr.
Crane' Christianity, It was befit
exemplified to ni whn I wrote him
a letter aettina forth my rhureli'a
position regarding divorce. In which
he replied, ncarcely auylng two
words.
Christ did not defend a creed,
since He had one to give, saying,
"Go y thcreforo and toaoh whatso
ever I have taught you." ft, Peter
Wu appointed head of the church
In the words, "Upon thl rock
will build my church, and the gate
of hell ahull not prevail against It,
and "Feed my lambs, feed my
sheep;" "I will give you ihe key of
tha kingdom or heaven;- "Whoso
ever sins, y shall be forgiven," etc.
Since the apostles were authorized
to forgive aitis, in tha words He
breathed upon them, anylng "Who
soever nlnn ye shall forgive, they
shall bo forgiven," and St. Paul for
giving an incestuous man therefor,
the true church of Christ must for
give Bins or have a sacrament of
confession.
St. Peter lived In Rome, and ac
cording to an established tradition
his successor I the bishop of Rome,
which wa generally accepted until
within two years of tho "reforma
tlon."
Dr. Frank Crane is an eloquent
writer and great thinker: It is true
ho has a large audience; "that which
the world loveth, the father hateth;
that which tho world hateth, the
father loveth." For centuries Chris
tianity was persecuted and was hid
den in catacombs or caves in the
mountains. The true Christianity
of today is still hidden until some
courageous soul will arise to defend
it. And it is still persecuted.
CHRISTIAN'.
- Grain at Rosalie.
Rosalie, Neb., Dec, 1. To the
Editor of The Bee: In your issue of
November 25 F. M. Russell, pro
motion manager for the TJ. S. Grain
Growers, Inc., admits that the
Farmers Grain company at Rosalie
turned down the contract offered by
the U. 8. Grain Growers, but he
savs that the "Farmers' union at
Rosalie has maintained a shipping
point for farmers' grain and they
accepted the elevator contract, thus
giving us the proper connection at
that point."
. If the U. S. Grain Growers' "con
nection" is no better elsewhere than
at Rosalie, heaven pity them! The
Farmers' union at Rosalie has a
store here, but it has never handled
a car of grain, and -It has no loading
facilities except a scoop shovel. Our
company owns the only ."co-operative
elevator" in the town, and the
farmers never look to the Farmers'
union for grain handling, nor for
anything except the goods usually
found in a good village store. ,
G. B. PATRICK,
Manager Farmers Grain Company.
UNHEALTHIEST SEASON.
W ar entering on th unhealth
ltt season of the year. Further
more, It i a season tn which th
sickness rat have been slowly
getting worse during th SO years
which have witnessed a phanom
anal decrease tn stekntss during th
other season. ,
The reason I that man has never
lt arned luiw to dress - tn cold
vtatlier. and, particularly, how to
hint and ventilate hi homa and hi
work place.
Huntington say that th health
of man 1 best when the tempera
ture In tha open air range around
64 or with a maximum ot TO or a
minimum vt tS at night, the season
when the window are kept open
and artlnVlal heat 1 not requlrtd.
The reason for going south in cold
weather I that we may stay out of
door most of tha daytime and sleep
In window ventilated rooms at nlstht.
Ionnrd 1 1 til. the great Knglish
authority on heating and ventila
tion, savs that radiant heat ftnd
open window ventilation is much the
most comfortable and Healthiest
Plan. The hent thrown out by an
open fire, the best form ot radiant
heat, is what he advlKes. At the
same time, the method has limita
tion-!.
The healthy. Available, it-foot
furnace open fire la only on-lxth
that at three feet. At nine feet It la
a tenth. Tha very rapid drop In
heating power come during th first
six feet as one move away from the
fire. As one goes beyond that dis
tance the drop 1 slower beeauao
there is not a areat amount of heat
at best. Therefore, in a room heated
by an open Are, those near the fire
are too hot and those far away are
too cold. Therefore, the method la
ontv useful where the occupants of
the room are rree to move aoout.
In the borderline cases he advisee
compromise Dlan which retains
some of the advantages of the open
lire method. It 1. that radiators be
placed under the windows. That
these ba run at nlaht. to warm up
the walls and door. That after thla
ha been done the rooms can Be
keDt warm enourh during the day
by open fires with no heat from tha
radiators.
The essential In any heating sys
tem is warm floors. The occupants
nf a mom can - generally make
enough heat to keep their bodiea
warm, but they do insist that the
floor and the zone near the floor be
kept warm enough to prevent thera
from suffering from cold feet.
Aeeordine to Pettenkofer. an apen
fire carries 20,000 cubic feet of hot
air up the chimney, and this air
must get into the room somewhere.
An open fire is liable to draw this
supply along the floor as cold air.
Therefore, the use of open fire heat
in very cold climates is further lim
ited by Its tendency to cause cold
floors. -'- - ,
Trlmer"
guag.
Blood Pressure. '.,
S. C. write: "1. What caues
high blood pressure?, 2. wnat
causes low blood pressure? 3.
What causes low temperature, of
an average below S8? 4. Where
can a book dealing with high and
low blood pressure be obtained? -
. REPLY.
1. Constipation, lead poisoning,
syphilis, heavy, meat diet.! overeats
ing. worry, tatm, emotions. .These
are among the causes. ' ' .
2. Laziness, lack of pep, lack or
enthusiasm, weakening diseases. '
3. Possibly th same answer to a.
4. Faught's "Blood Pressure
1 written In slmpl lan-
I,in kjr If Yon taint.
Mis M. A. V. writes: "A few
day ago I vlltd on of fh I
theater. Aftar waiting In lh lobby
tor an hour I beoama verv dly and
almost fainted. 8upnoln I had
fainted, would there hv been any
rhanee of being helped on obtain
ing ventilation? N. the" would
not huva been any emii clian . I
think till matter will b worthy of
your Investigation. T think the
inenaremnt should hot be Unwed
to have such larif number In It"
lobby. Th -crowd Just seemed to
crush and crowd upon ach other."
REPLY.
ITaJ you fainted you would huva
been carried to a rent room and In
all probability a window would huve
ben onened. There Is no possibility
that the authorities will do any
thing. Your remedy lies In avoid
ing crowded places. No law coin
pels anyone to go to a theater where- .
the lobby Is crowded.
Xormal With Preference,
rr. If. writes: "1. According to
your classification of mental ability
in school children, how would you
f.l ma? I find lnnaunffes. music-.
and a few other subjects delightful
and extremely easy, but mathemat
ics and certain sciences are ex
trunely difficult. They requlr ll
my time barely to pass In them.
3, (a) van a musical ir"
mak a practical business man or
woman? After I aing or play to ex
cess I find that I am 'too up In the
clouds' easily to concentrate on
more practical tasks, (b) Should
this be so?"
REPLY.
1, You are no doubt normal
minded. You havo aptitudes In lan
guage and music. Another normal
minded person with an aptitude for
mathematics mUht find language
and music difficult.
2. (a) Yes. Howevr, some do
not. (b) A a rule it Is not wise for
a person to permit himself to be
come too onesided. There is soma
disadvantage In having a one-track
mind. -
At the Itace.
"What's thla race?"
"Exclusively for non-winners at
this meeting." ,
"I wish they'd let the public In on
something of the kind." Philadel
phia Bulletin.
A Holiday With Pay.
There is a feeling that America
already has enough holidays, but
there's always room for one more
that Is, the 10-year kind. New
Haven Journal-Courier.
THE ENGINEER.
As I listen In the nlght-tlm
To tha engine's whistle shrill,
Koewlns the Iron monster
la rontrolled by human will;
I aaad a prayar to. hsaven,
For tha. man of stesdy nrvt,
Who tiaers forward In th darlcnss
Watching- every brlflfa and eurva
For 'tis he who brings tha mesaase.
From our loved ones far away;
And tha paper In the mornlns
Filled with records of tha df
And th rover who ta weary.
Who no longar cares to roam.
XiOnsinir for his wife and ehlldraa,
In tha bleeeed walla of heme.
And tha freight of market value.
Coma to make our Urea camplst,
"Brlnglnc' comfort without measure ,
-To -th farm ana tmey airesi. ,
So I pra for him sincerely,
Askln a power dlvln.
To carry him through la safety.
While he's "coverln Bis line."
-Candace 8awyer Lattbach, In th Mil
waukee Magaslne,
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