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    THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1921.
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The Bee's Platform
1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued ' Improvement of the No
breaks Highways, including the pave
moot with a Brick Surface of Main
Thoroughfares lead-'ng into Omaha.
3. A short, low-rate Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantie Ocean. .
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
. What the World-Herald Is After.
The World-Herald, awakening to its peren
nial task of electing its principal owner to pub
lic office, expresses great concern about the al
leged partnership between the republican party
and "big business." , Again and again it warns
the farmers, the workingmen, and other groups
which together make up the common people,
that they have nothing in common with the
party of Lincoln and Roosevelt, that their only
hope lies in affiliation with that curious admix
ture of political neurotics led at' divers times by
Bryan and Parker and Wilson and Cox, whose
high priest in Nebraska today is Hitchcock.
. How times do change! Since when has the
World-Herald won title as champion of "the
common people" against the vested interests?
Surely it did not win that authority in 1904, by
its campaign in benalt ot .Parker, the reactionary
democrat who opposed Roosevelt for the presi
dency. Surely not in 1912, by its most ardent
championship of Judson Harmon, favored can
didate of "big business" for the democratic pres
idential nomination. Surely not in 1914, by its
insistent support of Wall Street's demand that
there be only four federal reserve banks instead
, of twelve, nor in the same year by its opposition
to woman suffrage in Nebraska. Nor again in
1918, when its owner, Nebraska's senior senator,
refused to give his vote to woman suffrage when
'that vote alone would have given the woman's
cause the necessary two-thirds majority of the
senate.
The Worltr-Herald, always with an eye to the
election of a senator next year, professes great
concern about the common ' people. Judged by
" its record in the past, how much more of its
' kindly and philanthropic interest can the com-
1 mon people stand?
The simple fact is that Mr. Hitchcock feels
the need today of garnering in the votes of the
plain people. Therefore it is necessary for his
newspaper to picture him as the only true friend
the plain people have ever had and to portray
all others as imposters, deceivers and knaves. It
his worked before and may work again. If it
does, benator Hitchcock Will be able to renew
, his lease on his beautiful winter mansion in
Washington and on his summer home up the
Atlantic coast, with an occasional trip to Asft
viile, N. C, for a game of golf. That is the
' stake and the World-Herald proves very plainly
that Senator Hitchcock thinks it is well worth
' working for. .. .
more or lest iiioiury paturc. On of the ptoit
practicable ii that offered the business turn of
the city, that they so arrange their affairs as to
givt the greatest amount of employment con
sistent with the prudent management of their
concerns. The best possible Christinas present
for the mail out of work it a job.
Moonshine Money.
Allen L Benson, a newspaper man who once
ran for president of the United States on the
socialist ticket, has been on an assignment for
the last few weeks which brought him in close
contact with Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edi
son. Of all the remarkable stories about the
Ford railroad, the possibilities of the Muscle
Shoals project and the opinions of tlieje two in
ventive minds, the tuost remarkable one con
cerns the possibility of manufacturing gold from
baser metals,
Even school children have learned to laugh at
the search of old alchemists for the philosophers'
stone which would transmute common substances
into silver or gold. It is not usually remembered
that from these early ventures grew the science
of chemistry and many inventions. Now Edison
is quoted a saying that the ancient wizards were
not entirely misguided. He announced that it
has been discovered that lead, instead of being a
single element, contains two ingredients, and
from this concludes that it may any day become
possible to make gold artificially.
The unthinking might regard this as meaning
that then everyone would be rich. If one wished
a new set of furs or a motor car, a little home
brewing of the precious metal, and the wish could
be fulfilled, according to this dream. Those who
are tempted to view such an outcome are like
the sailors in a play of Eugene O'Neill, who.
though almost dying for lack of food and water,
rejoice without bounds, at the discovery of a
chest of gold on their desert isle.
' If gold could be made from lead, bond
holders and, the creditor class in general would
suffer, and no one in particular Would gain. Pebts
could be paid off, but that would not mean more
goods to be distributed. For purposes of buying
food or clothing or any other articles, the gold
would be of little more efficacy than on a desert
isle. Edison says it may happen any day, but if
it does it will be only one more blow at a sadly
disordered world.
Nebraska Congressmen at Work.
Whatever else may be said, the present Ne
braska delegation in congress is made up of
workers. Since the regular session of congress
has been in session, a little more than a week,
they have accomplished a great deal for the
benefit of their constituents, and will cer
tainly do more. Amorig other things,
Messrs. Jefferis and McLaughlin were 'instru
mental in putting over a provision "for the pro
tection of herds from the scourge oftubercu
losis, their personal efforts with the Department
of Agriculture, the budget director and the chair
man of the house committee on appropriations
resulting in the item being carried in the de-
ficiency appropriation measure, which is on the
tapis for ' immediate , attention. Congressman
Kinkaid is able to telegraph the disabled veterans
that by reasdn of his exertions the emergency
bill to provide for payment of allotments is
passed, and that the money will be available for
Christmas. Such service as this is what is ex
pected of congressmen. While the republicans
who now represent Nebraska have made and are
making good in the broader field of national af
fairs, they have not forgotten the concerns of the
people at home, and are giving careful attention
to local matters and seeing that nothing is over
looked the accomplishment of which is of use or
benefit to Nebraska. In plain words, Nebras--kans
chose well when they sent six republican
. congressmen to Washington.
Omaha's Army of Unemployed.
Local welfare associations hive set the num
ber of jobless men in Omaha at the present time
at around 6,000. Some allowance must be made
for. duplications in reports, whiali can not be
. carefully checked because of the manner of their
making, and also for the fact that Omaha is a
great center for casual or unskilud labor. Men
seeking for employment on big contract jobs
come here to get work and return when the job
is over. Thercfdre, the condition is not in itself
especially abnormal, although it is not altogether
, attractive. Six thousand men out of work means
, that many of them are in need, and that most
of them are getting by on rather limited resources.
None of these is an out and out applicant for
cha.-ity, but all must live, and failure to provide
thctn with employment that will secure the means
' of decent livelihood entails the responsibility of
. giving them a livl without work. Suggestions
. of various kinds have been made for the solution
of the problem, some of a practical, others of a J
Tree Choppers.
Down in Texas officials have been found
brave enough and conscientious enough to take
an tinterrified stand against lynching. Their
method is to simple as to provoke wonder that
no other authorities have thought of it. The plan
does not concern itself with seeking out and
punishing those guilty of mob offenses, stiffening
the backbone of jailors and sheriffs, speeding up
the routine of the courts so as to assume swift
judgment of accused criminals, or even building
a fire-proof, mob-proof jail.
These ideas are considered too superficial by
the authorities in Fort Worth. With remarkable
acumen they went to the very heart of the prob
lem of lynching, and then cut the heart out. Near
the county jail is a tree with stout overhanging
branches, ideal in every way for stringing up the
victim of a mob. Two unofficial hangings have,
as a matter of fact, been celebrated right there.
Nothing of the sort will happen in the future,
for the order has gone but that this lynching tree
must be, cut down. They are going to make it
hard for mobs in Fort Worth.
Some may scoff at this Texas reform and say
that it does not really touch on the morality or
immorality of the practice of lynching. They
will claim that telephone or light poles offer
the same facilities for vengeance by choking.
But how many of these skeptics are there who
are able to see that a good many reforms in
which they take an active interest consist of noth
ing more fundamental than chopping down the
lynching tree? America abounds in persons who
believe firmly that by altering some one par
ticular practice or habit 'the millenium will be
brought in. Faith is given to tinkering methods
and to promises of sudden improvement, and
there are, few indeed who are willing to accept
the principle of thorough, but slow progress,.
Cheaper Freight Rates.
Reduced freight rates on grain, flour and hay
are to go into effect on, western railroads De
cember 27. This means a better return to the
farmer for hjs wheat and corn, since his freight
bill for getting his crops to market will be less
Cheaper distribution costs will put a larger part
of the consumer's dollar in the pocket of the
farmer. ,
If it is so easy to see the advantage of lower
railroad rates, it is just as easy to understand the
gain to the1 middle west from construction of the
Great Lakes waterway. The statement made in
Omaha recently by Charles P. Craig, that the
value of grain to western farmers would be in
creased 10 cents a bushel by opening up .the
Great Lakes to ocean freighters, is on the best
of authority and has never been seriously ques
tioned. This would mean much to business pros
perity, a thing recognized by every line of trade
in this interior region. In a financial report the
other day this comment appeared:
Chicago shipped 127,357,000 bushels of all
grain east via lake during the past season, the
largest quantity since 1900, arid indicating how
valuable the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence canal
project would be for grain producers in the
central west, as the low water rates made pos
sible a great deal of export business in corn.
The market for American products will be
widened by the cheaper and better transportation
facilities. Through the locks of the Soo canal at
the foot of Lake Superior now pass 100,000,000
tons of freight each season. This is only part of
the. total traffic between the inland ports, and the
merest fraction of the volume of traffic that
would rise if the channel to the sea were cleared.
The Husking Bee
It's Your Da tj
Start KWithaLauah
' A MEMORY.
Oft' have I sat In lonesome mood
When my day'i work was done,
And in the evening's solitude
Surrease from woe I've won
By calling 'cross the empty void
And when such course I'd seize,
A gentle voice and unannoyed
Would answer, "Number, please I".
But now alas, like days of yore,
That pleasant voice is gone.
Cold silence enters through the door
While Progress marches on;
Tat memories haunt fain would hear
That voice upon the 'phoi.e,
But when I place it to my tar
I get the dialing tone."
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PHILO-SOPHY.
It Is well to remember the past, but let's
not dwell in it.
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When we see how much Christmas means to
the children we hope we will never grow up.
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If everyone would stick to the slogan, "No
Turkey for Christmas," as a protest against the
high prices, they will probably come down so
everybody can buy one.
Eggs, too, are going to be high, but who
wants an egg without the nog?
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Judge Foster fined a guy $100 Monday for
illegal possession of liquor. Wasn't that stag
gering? i
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EASY PICKIN S.
Do your shopping Christmas eve
On that day gifts may be selected,
A chance 'twill give you to retrieve
The things that others have rejected,
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TODAY'S IDLE THOUGHT. ,
Although Cleopatra did not always set a good
example to her subjects, she never smoked
an Egyptian cigaret".
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She: I think I'd like a squirrel fur for Christ
mas. He: Well you ought to get it. You are mak
ing a noise like a nut.
MITT DODGERS ORGANIZE.
Boxers have organized a union and will seek
affiliation with the American Federation of La
bor, pipes an industrial item that got put on the
sport page by mistake.
Old slogan, "Go. to work or fight, will be
changed to "Go to work and fight." When
walking delegate calls boxers to middle of ring,
instead of examining mitts, they'll scrutinize
each other's union cards. .
Nonunion boxers will not be allowed to fight
in closed ring. Union scale will provide straight
time for scheduled rounds with time-and-a-half
for overtime. No union fighter shall be docked
for time spent in hanging on ropes, but pay shall
stop only after business agent of his local shall
notify him m writing that he has taken the
count.
No boxer shall strike an opponent while either
of them are on strike.'" Boxer who appears in
ring with scab on nose shall be suspended under
Markus of Razz-berrv rules.
Sam Gompers will be the Landis of the
boxing fraternity, if the plan carries.
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Gene Melady savs there is no connection be
tween wrestling and boxing. In that case, if the
mat polishers want to join a union, they'll have
to form one of their own.
CREAM OF THE NEWS, MAYBE.
Our business office is in receipt of a letter
address to the . Omaha Dairy Bee. We knew
that the state is coming to the front in the
matter of dairy cows, but that is the first time we
ever heard of a dairy bee.
IF YOU ARE WELL BRED. .
You will not walk an front of a lady who is
learning to drive an automobile.
HIGH VOLTAGE.
"Electrical Gifts" is the' talk,
And many stores have a full stock,.
And the list that Ma brings
Of electrical things
At Christmas gives father a shock.
A WORD, PLEASE.
We'd just like to say that if any of our friends
arc contemplating sending us an automobile, or
even a tord, for Christmas, we wish they would
kindly accompany same with, coupon book good
for gasoline. . Money is' tight this year and we'll
need something: to help out on the up-keep.
M. d. Will say that we can turnish the air
to blow up the tires.
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LIFE'S LITTLE ACHIEVEMENTS.
Oettmg the right number the hrst tuaie you
dial."
AMBISH. ,
A lilting rhyme Is what I fain
Would write, e'en gay or solemn, v
- Just something that will entertain
And help fill up this column.
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AFTER-THOUGHT: A columnist is known
by his quips. - PHILO.
Whatever one may think of the advisability
of birth control here, one can hardly refrain
from approving Mrs. Sanger's intention to lee
ture on the subject to the Japanese. If over
crowding accounts for Jhe expansionist activities
of that people, a limitation of population might
alter history for the better.
' Omaha still is getting many compliments be
cause of its busy streets and generally active ap
pearance. Wait till we get the 1922 program
under headway I
southern democrats do not like the way in
which Postmaster General Hays is running the
department. Have they forgotten Burleson
already?
The naval holiday is unique as being an af
fair which is without expense. Was there ever
before a holiday on which $ 170,000,000 was saved?
How to Keep Well
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THE SUN CURE.
The following are abstracts from
Kogrt'a ".iliitude and Health."
Treatment' by sunlight glvea Its
bast results In the treatment ot sur.
gltial tuberculosis In children.
It Is effective. In bono tubercu
loma, gland tuberculosis, persistent
wound, and. In lesser measure, in
pulmonary tuberculosis.
In mirglcHl tuberculosis, after a
time the skin J black, the sores
are closed, tho secretions are
stopped.
At the beginning tho hed, heart
and lunge are screened off. The
feet are exposed for SO minutes the
first day. Irfiler tho treatment is
glvfr. th legs and arms, and,
linally, the entire body. The length
of the exposure is increased until
It Ihms nil dayi
Tho patient In to be watched to
se that tho lirht does not Rive him
congestion of tho lungs or head, or
fever.
The sunlight of the mountains
contains .more of the healing and
Bcrni-kllling qnstlen, bc'cmisc less
of that part of tho air has been
filtered out.
Tho lower temperature Is alo a
factor making for cure.
Cold Is a fine therapeutic agent
for the sick and fine preventive for
the well.
The lightness of the nlr- nt high
altitudes helps to cure. At high al
titudes there is not much moisture
in the air and but HttK dust and
few bacteria. There are very few
cloudy days and no fogs except In
the closed-in valleys. It is alwavs
possible to find sunny nooks shielded
from the winds In tho mountains.
The sea air and seaside air Is al
most as healing, and for many of
the same reasons. It is clean, bav
ins little dust, and few bacteria. It
contains a full portion of those parts
of tho sun ray which kills germs
ana cures disease. It ranks a fair
second in the cura and prevention
of disease.
Yet, says Roget, healing by sun
light can be. carried on anywhere
with a fair chance of success, if
mere are proper installations and
competent direction.
In the treatment of sinus, old
suppurations, Rnd surgical tubercu
losis. In the Alps the patients sleep
In rooms open on one side. The
windows are without trlass. but are
provided with curtains to keep out
me snow.
In the daytime, with a cloth
around the loins, sandals on the
feet, but without other clothini?.
they roll about in the. dry, powdery
snow with skin as black as old oak,
and nothing covering it. They snow
ball, skate, toboggan, ski a weird
sic;ht of swarthy gnomes scrambling
aoout in ttie snow light.
At the sea there is more fog. and
the many cloudy days limit the use
which can be made of sunshine.
The air is heavier. It is more
chilling and less exhilarating.
But, on tne other hand.-It has
some advantages. Sea air is rich in
salt. It contains 12 times as much
iodine as does midland atmosphere.
It also- contains more ozone and
bromine.
But not all sea airs have the same
winter qualities.
In some places the sea air is
much more raw than In others. A
balmy sea breeze in winter is very
helpful for more complaints than
winter itch.
In certain places the sea air is
not excessively foggy and the per
centage of cloudy days is not great.
Symptoms of Liver Cancers.
J. M. C. writes: "1. I noted your
recent statement that cancer of the
liver did not usually causa pain until
fully developed and sometimes only
a short time before death. What,
then, are the symptoms of such an
ailment?
"2. Is chronic appendicitis apt to
be followed by cancer, if condition
Is prolonged?
"3. Do adhesions cause pain and
will they continue to spread and
cause any serious trouble?"
EE PLY.
1. Among tho symptoms of can
cer of the liver are enlargement,
particularly knobby enlargement.
jaundice, pain and loss of weight
and strength. Since cancer of the
liver is generally secondary to can
cer elsewhere, inquiry should be
made as to symptoms due to the
growth in the first site.
2. Yes.
3. They cause pain. They do not
continue to spread, as a rule. They
rarely cause serious trouble, lour
triple-headed, question required
sort of sandwich answer.
Letters to the Editor
What About Periwinkles?
Omaha, Dec. 14. To the Editor of The Bee
Thomas Edison does not say things Just to
hear himself talk and when he said that the
chemists of the world are apt any day to pro
duce gold artificial v it gives room for thought,
'The fact that chemists discovered the other day
that lead consists of two elements instead of
one, gave a. great boost to the transmutation of
metals, what would become of the world's
standard of value If we could' make gold? It
would not be long before it was made commer
cially in large quantities at a comparatively small
value. Just as the electric light of the laboratories
linally became the electric light ot commerce.
Then we could In earnest try to trade the farmer
the 14th floor of the, woodmen of the World
building and he would not take it It would
not be worth anything to him. '
We would all then realize the fact that if
we could not raise any food we would have
to starve. The relative importance of the farmer.
the man who owns land on which something
can be raised, would then be apparent to every
one. As a matter of fact, the relative importance
is tners now, Dut as long as gold Is a medium
of exchange It la unrecognized. The fact of the
farmer's Indispensability will be so plain that
the wayfarer, tnougn he be a fool, will under
stand it.
It Is not a bit too early for the scientists,
economists and chemists of the world to give
a little thought to that inevitable day when
gold will be produced artificially and our present
standard of values will disappear. When that
time comes the man will be lucky who has
relatives In the country. His summer visit to
them will last the whole season around and
the favorite outdoor sport of "Baiting the Rube"
will come to a sudden and pathetic end. The
worst part of It Is. however, that the German
chemist is so far ahead of the rest of the world
that he is apt to make the discovery first. It
would be a kind of poetlo Justice considering
what the world Is trying to do to those poor
devils EENTUN BROWN.
The Irish Future
Breathing Rice Bust.
P. C. writes: "Is working in a
food products factory, grinding
rice flour, powdered milk, etc., and
inhaling the dust injurious to the
health?"
REPLY.
Not to any great extent. Organic
dusts are far less injurious than are
inorganic dusts, such as metal and
stone dust. .
Variety of Causes. ,
A. C. R. writes: "Do two quarts
of milk, moderately rich, and one
light meal a day contain sufficient
nourishment for a woman almost 40
vears old doing mental work and
troubled with a stubborn intestinal
Indigestion, especially when entirely
on solid food? What causes the
urine to be excessively alkaline,
what is it apt to lead to and what
is its cure?"
REPLY.
1. While "light meal" Is a very
elastic term, it is probable that such
a diet would sustain fairly well for
a few weeks.
2. If the alkalinity Is fixed It
probably means that the diet con
sists largely of vegetables ana iruir,
This condition does no harm. If
tho alkalinity is due to ammonia
and the person is an adult it prob
ably means infection with an am
monia producing germ.
trraan The Itaataa Traaaxrlpl.)
It la extremely easy, and very de
llshtfitl, to leaislate for a country
that does pot exist, That has been
lha happy task of alt the writers of
I topinn romances, ail the cookers
up of Ideal commonwealths, from
I'lato down to llellnmy. Hchemes of
constitutional construction, legisla
tive programs, political and so.lsl
systems, coma handily and smoothly
when you have nothing to do but
sit down and Invent them for an
Imaginary people. Of recent years,
during the agitation In behalf of the
Irish republic, the literary geniuses
of Ireland have been busy framing
such sola of laws for the free state
which now is promised. They have
built up an Irish Utopia which, If
wo may Judje from the history of
the past, has been fur easier to con
struct In their Imagliimlnns than It
will be found In th actual operation
of tho constituent und legislative
bodies which it is hopvd soon to set
in motion. Horn of their plans are
found at length In the December
number of the "Survey Craphle," a
sn.-lological periodical which has
had tho enterprise to send a man to
Ireland to collect answers, from the
highest Irish authorities, to the
question. "What would the Irish do
with Ireland?"
Answers obtained are from such
men as (Joorgs W. Russell CAE"),
poet, artist, philanthropist and
dreamer; Krsklne Chllders, an Eng
lishman by birth, and a mnn of
l:trge ability, who has cast In his
lot with Ireland; James fUephcns,
romancer; R. M. Henry, educator;
Sir Horace 1'lunltott. wise and prac
tical reformer, thinker and patriot:
Lionel Smith-Gordon, economist and
man of affairs; and others. Each
one assumes to nnswer the ques
tion. Mr. RussMl v.-otfld base the
Irish future largely on the co-operative
movement among the people
which he has fostered and devel
oped. He stresses. Indeed, that
tiaolio cultural movement whlcls is
the Ideal of the whole large literary
gioup In Ireland, but he recognizes
the fact that Ireland, outside of
Ulster, is almost exclusively an ag
ricultural country. He is suspicious
of purely political methods, and op
poses centrallration. "I hope in
Ireland," he says, "for some thou
sands of self-governing economic
communities, minute nations. In
fact, leaving but little for central
government to do for them." Co
operations he therefore depends
upon, rut says Ireland will repudi
ate tendencies to socialism. "There
are over 500,000 peasant proprie
tors in Ireland who would pour
boiling lead on anybody who tried
to nationalize this land." But he
expects the next generation ' to see
many co-operative labor and pro
duction associations in Ireland, with
as much control over their indus
try as the farmers have over theirs.
and both rural and urban workers
partners in great production federa
tions and wholesalers." A sort of
voluntary socialism, but apparently
involving no political authority.
Mr. Erskine Chllders is quite
definite in his schpme. He, too,
recognizes the fact that Ireland Is
almost wholly agricultural. -He
wants co-operation encouraged. "T?ut
he proposes a system of responsible
ministerial government, not at all
sovletlsh: "We shall maintain a
wide suffrage, including women.
proportional representation. two
chambers of parliament, the upper
one less democratic than the lower,
but probably excluding Deers and
including direct representatives of
economic and cultural interests,
while shorn of power to obstruct
the lower house permanently."
Teaching the Irish language will be
made compulsory, but not Its ti3e.
He would also have elected, not ap
pointed, judges. Mr. James Steph
ens, naturally, stresses the cultural
movement. Ireland must "return to
her fountains." It will -have to
establish a new psychology, after the
British debasement. Indeed, to
read Mr; Stephens, one would sup
pose that the new Ireland was to
be made out of fairy stories and
poetry. Perhaps it is, but if the
rest of the world knows anything of
the Irish nature, there will be a
larf e . admixture of politics.
The situation Is indeed a difficult
one. It is true that south Ireland.
in the economic sense, is almost
wholly agricultural. And it has not
altogether a sound or successful ag
riculture. The farmers have almost
completely abandoned tillage. Sir
Horace Plunkett says that the peo
ple are pastoral rather than agri
cultural in their instincts. They
graze their little farms: seldom do
they till them. The vomen folk do
most of the work. That give the
men more time for politics. The
men must put their plow Into the
field If they ar? going to save Ire
land; The problem is one of "build
ing up rural society on three sides
the technical side, the commer
cial side, and the social and intel
lectual side." Sir Horace Plunkett,
like the others, has very little use
for politics.
These and other observations are
interesting but not altogether en
couraging as to the future of Ire
land. Co-operation may have a fine
start in the country evidently it
has. since the large dairy interest is
chiefly based on it but it does not
answer the problem of political up
building which every self-governing
nation must solve. The Irish peo
ple have agreed in resisting the.
British authority. How will they
agree when they have set up their
own? The framers of the future of
Ireland have taken little account of
the party and class differences that
are sure to arise, or of the clash of
personal ambitions that must take
the place of the zealous co-operation
in resistance. It is as "AE"
says, Vthe affairs of the Irish people
have been handled for them hith
erto. Now they must handle these
themselves; they must make na
tional decisions about financial pol
icy, trade policy, education, agricul
ture, labor, economic development,
the nature of the social order and
the whole character of an Irish civ
Jack and Jill
dear," advised Jill. "But put MU
pedal cm your ecstatic abnut the ol
,ce. Do you understand?"
By VIVIAN VANE.
"Jack dear, I think it's perfectly
horned that you haven't 1m J a raise
in salary (or ages."
"Well, Jill," and her ruisoann
flushed witli embarrassment, I had
an additional 25 a week given to tne
as wedding present front the com
pany. . That wasn't such a long time
agodoes it seem ages to you?'
"Ot couse not, you Dig sweet goose
only yesterday! uui
"And besides I know that the cor
poration has had to pull in its horns.
They've let a lot of people go during
the last two. months."
"Yes, Mr. Humble Pie, but you
didn't sec them letting you gol
j ill's eyes sparkled with wifely
pride, as she patted his cheek.
"I've been working hard so that
they wouldn't I persisted Jack.
"That's just it. You wear your
self out, and get no appreciation
I think you ought to march right m
to the president and tell him that
unless you get 25 more you will"
Jack laughed indulgently, as he
kissed her.
"You don't know that president of
ours, my dear. Anyone who handed
him an ultimatum like that would
be shown the door so quickly.
Jill pouted and shook her head in
I'ignantly. "I don't care. I wish I were a
ifian, and I'd get value for my work.
Why, Jack, you don't get as much
money as a railroad engineer or a
plumber or a carpenter!"
"All right, dear, all right. But
we live within our means. 1 know
that by another six months I'll be
due for a raise perhaps 10 more."
Jill stamped her little foot.
"You old fraidy-catl If you had
25 more a week 'we could hire a
maid again, and have lots of fun.
And I need a maid now!"
Jack said nothing but buried his
nose in a new magazine, and JIM
pretending to be very angry with
him, went to her escritoire and began
writing some Jong overdue letters.
To his great relief Jack heard noth
ing more about the salary idea from
the most perfect wife, until one eve
ning he came home, in great excite
ment. "Look, darling, what came in the
mail today to me at our office!"
Jill's eyes sparkled, as she peeped
oyer his shoulder, to see an imposing
letterhead, beneath which was a per
sonal offer of -a position from a large
company, a rival of Jack's. own cor
poration.
"They offer me a flat 35 a week
more than my salary," said Jack,
gleefully. "I didn't even know they
knew about me or my work."
"Well, what are you going to do
about it, dear?" asked Jill:
Jack became thoughtful and his
face clouded.
"It listens beautifully. "But I'm
leary of jumping from the frying
can to the fire. I know the presi
dent of our company likes me, and
it seems disloyal to jump right over
to a rival for a mere matter, of
money, and to sell the inside knowl
edge of our firm, that 1 have.
"Oh, I do wish I were a man!"
indignantly cried Jill. "If he's such
a wonderful friend that he deserves
your loyalty, why don't you be per
fectly frank about it and ask his ad
vice 1" V
"I never thought of that!" said
Jack, brightening up. "It will show
him where my heart it. I'd hate to
leave our office, at that. But I don't
think it would hurt to let him know
that I'm staying because I like it."
"Do that very , little thing then,
1
ue with a tnumpiiain tVM
ly watthed liim walk.
eps and opened the j I
him with a vigorous f I
.n1il vnii believe ft? 1.1
W4
mam
in if
door
hug.
He rot angry at hrat and then lha
old nun told me he'd been Mack-mailcd-and
would raise me 25 to
stay. 'But what will i have to tell
that other company?"
"You don't need to answer them,
Jack dear. My Uncle Bill i a friend
of the general manager, arid 1 per.
suaded liim to R ma incu t
make you that oiler on ray aoiemn
pledge that I'd never let you accept
Jack looked indignant lor an in-
sUnt- . . a
"Well, I never thought of thatr
fcnd then he laughed. "Your uncle
knows who's boss around this house,
at .that I You don't need to bt
man, dear."
And he hugged lier until sn
squealed for help I
(Coprlht, lil, Tnnmpaoa Vesture
Hrvlre i
Parents' Problems
What had best be done to teach a
ch'ld who likes to "show off," and
seizes every opportunity to do o, to
be more 'retiring?
There is nothing so wholesome for
the "showing off" spirit of any age
as snubbing by one's peers. If I knew
a child possessed by this temptation,
I should encourage him to play with
children quite as clever as himself or
somewhat older ones, who would not
tolerate Irs nonsense. t
Falling of rolltlclnn.
Some politicians implicitly obey
tha rule that it's best to say nothing.
but they can't go so tor ss to keen
their mouths snut. wasningu-
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THE SPICE OF LIFE.
"I think I'll dron In on the boye." aatd
lha miner a he fell down the ahaft.
VTom. -
Taxation.
"What do you regard as the most
satisfactory form of taxation?"
"The kitty in a poker game," re
plied Senator Sorghum. "It's lib
eral and perfectly reliable, and at
the same time everybody is too
much engaged in trying to do, busi
ness to notice the expense."
Washington Star.
As
For Congress' Stocking.
a sultauie present ror every
body's congressman why not Samuel
Smiles "Thrift?" Chicago News.
THE BLIZZARD..
The eky la dark with racing clendn.
Wlnd-dHTn. eombre sraya and black;
Tha hrlkin driver pliea tr.e lah
And ur- on hla firing pack.
Ica-fleck-d and unortlnr. on th.r apeed
Across tho anow n-shroaded world;
Tha trees bend low and moan In fear
The trrant, wlnd-sod's ap-ars ra horle-1
Aralnst the earth's nhlelded breaat
Ea-h alinsinf lam-e with war-cry cast.
And earth a ahackled slave muet etajr
Until this deapot'e rule haa pawed.
Whltelaw Eaucders.
TTe How long have you been encased?
She Thla time or all together? Lord
Jeff.
'A lot of eloquence.' said Vncle Kbin,
"aln no lflore practical uae dan hollefin
Tome aeven'.' in a craps game." Wash
ington Star.
The Toledo Blade proposes a Tell the
Truth Week. What do they want to do
start another war? Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Woli-ea thin It a fine thln- when hp
are Introduced In llicir neiihborheod. but
It ia the coming of the sheep that leads
to tne e-iterminatlon or tne woivea.
Moral, tc. St. Louis Olobe-lemocrat.
A -eery beautiful home wedding- took
Mi" at the reeld-nre of Sol T. Ham and
wife. Sunday eveninr at S o'clock, when
Kin-r Ron- and Miss Mattie liam were
married. Sharp County (Ark.) Record.
Traffic Cop -Say jrouf Didn't joa see
ma iv. at tm!"
Mlrandy "Ves. yon fresh thing, and If
Henry were here ne a paate you one ior
it." Sun JDodger.
Jonas. Ilea been to lslt hla . son In
America and. on hla return remarks: "Th-y
say that the aun ri-a alk hours later in
America than In Sweden, but I had te
ret up at the same time, anyhow."
Strlz. Stockholm.
A tlnr maid, held up to hear her fath
er's voice on tha telephone, burst into
t-ara. "What are you, crying for?" aaked
her mother.
"Oh. mamma." a"hhe the child, "how
ever run we ret dadda out ol that little
h-le?" Morning PoaU
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