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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBISK 31, mi. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEI rUBLUHINa COMFAMT MUON b. urouE. rubllabev B. BREW KB, GeeereJ Muwn MIMBU Of THE ASSOCIATES HUM i,,, I Tt Bat la a Iau.au la tae m far tapaMieillaa at all Mai cneitaJ u a eat hmum aMiiee w mm paper, ui i U lotal eeae piieiMBeS kmtt. Ail rteMe at layeellMUal ear taaotal anpnaaai an aba mailt Ike OoMke ktHi awitil if Ska AaSM Sanaa a a taeeaaloie aalewllf aj tiNalalt'a, eeene, Th clrcaUtioa of The Osaaka Be SUNDAY, DEC 25, 1921 74,052 THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY ELMER S. ROOD, Ctrealailea Maaefer Swore to an4 eubecrtkee' before tae (hi Utk day ef ' (Seal) W. H. QUIVrV, Netary Public AT Untie 1000 BEE TZLE PHONES PrNate Branch Enhanf a, Aak for the Derertmenr or Fenoa Waatai. For Nlirht Call! After l P. M.I Rditorlal Department. AT Untie 1021 or 1041. , OFFICES Main Office 17th and Farnaia Co. Bluffa It SoU St. South Bide aft B. 14th St Now York SSI Fifth At. Weihlaaton 1111 0 St. Chicago 1116 Wrlgl.y Bide rarla, franco 420 Una Bt. Honor JAc J?eVi Platform 1. Now Union Paaaeager Station. 2. Continual improvement of tha Ne braska Highway, including the pave mant with a Brick Surface of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha. 3. A ahort, low-rate Waterway from the Cora Belt to the Atlantie Ocean. 4. Home Rale Charter for .Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. . "Visit and Search." The effort of the arms conference to outlaw the submarine is making some progress, although not proceeding as rapidly or as extensively as ' might be wished. Agreement that the submersi- :f ble may be retained as a weapon of defense is ij unanimous, but the question of its application as an agent of offense is not so easy to dispose of. Under what is referred to as "international law," the high seas are open to commerce of all na- r tions. Trade between neutrals and between neu trals and belligerents is protected, and subject -I only to the interruption of a blockade, which, i prior to the late war, to be legal must be ef i? fective. Commerce carriers, however, were liable i- to visitation and inspection by any belligerent, ;'. and goods declared contraband of war might be : i destroyed, the vessel be taken as a prize and ;v disposed of according "to the convenience or 0 necessity of the captor, but its company must be ; ' safely lauded. h Unc", that humane rule the asperities of war r. weregreatly softened. The scope of the World f Wifr, however, was such' that combatants felt ; impelled to disregard the rule of visit and search' Jt And that requiring a blockade to be effective , ,! before It could be recognized as legal. Great Britain declared, by order in council, what 4 amounted to a constructive blockade, and re- quired intercepted commerce' carriers to detour it to British ports, wnere inspection might be had s at leisure. ' Germany retaliated by loosing the 4 submarine, first on vessels visiting British or Fiench ports, then indiscriminately on all com j merce. While the British action was well with j out the limits of the Convention of London '( (which had never been signed by Germany), it '5 did not carry with it the terror of "spurlos ver f senkt," and did leave the government liable to i the vessel owners and consignees, a responsibil t ity which was accepted. t It was thus discovered how little substance' I there is to what has been so confidently referred to as "international law." "Visit and search is a sacred phrase, but open to many construc ; tions in actual warfare. That is why the Root i resolutions are important. If the big naval J powers of the world agree -that the submarine is. to be outlawed as a commerce destroyer, by re quiring it to observe the provisions of visitation ; and safe bestowal pf the ship's company before destroying a merchantman, another step will have been, taken in the direction of setting up an io' ternatipnal law that is more than a shadow or formula. Morale between nations must be de veloped, however, before any lasting form of law ; will appear. ' Reveling in the "Revolt" Our interesting democratic contemporary ' gleefully shouts that the prairies are afire with ' "revolt," that if all the republican policies were ' left to a referendum they would be rejected. 1'crhaps, if the owner of the-World-Herald were Ho direct the referendum. Just what does his "revolt" mean, though? 'Among other things that arc attacked is the tariff, which is said to be in favor of the Ameri can manufacturers. The alternative to that is free trade with Europe, with the consequent purchase of articles made over there. Every day's work so provided for a British or a Gcr ' man workman means a corresponding day's idle st ness for an American workman. How will the r.gricultural depression in Nebraska be helped by keeping the mills and mines of the country - idle in order that prosperity may be restored to our -European brethren? ' Repeal of the excess profits tax law is an other thing that would have been rejected by !; the referendum; maybe. "But the World-Herald '.' very studiously neglects to tell that the new rev enue law relieves more than 2,500,000 heads of families of a burden laid, on them by a demo cratic congress. Moreover, "there ain't no ex cess profits' to tax. It is true that the republican party has not 'been able to undo in nine months all the evil the democrats did in eight years, bat our excited . brother ought to recall that the last "great d solemn referendum" held in this country re- ; .ulted in disaster for the party whose variegated ,nd variable policies he so strenuously advo cates. The country is coming qpt of the dumps, ' and the democrats will have to sing something ;piore attractive than the "blues" if they expect to get much of a chorus among the people next -fall. '. ' ' ' . -"- : Sunrise and the New Day. At a dinner where every man breathed hope and coutage, over 1,200 Omaha bankers, - mer chants, manufacturers, salesmen and the like pledged themselvea to make 1922 a real season ' of activity and prosperity. In the homely simile of John L. Kennedy, "we have been riding the axle long enough, and now are going to put ' new springs oV the wagon." In that spirit the aid year .is closing and the new coming in, and . with such determination success must follow. When the men whom President Harding desig nates as "ambassadors of trade" go out to meet their customers, they will bs sustained by a faith that conquers. The middle west his carried on through the disasters of the last year, facing failure and disappointment with equanimity, be cause Its leaders know that the adverse condi tions are not permanent. ItIs impossible to definitely check the expansion and development of a region whose resources are so diverse and unlimited as those of the great empire of which Nebraska is a part, and to which Omaha bears the relation of the market town. It is "full steam ahead" once more for business of all kinds. Sunrise is here, and the new day holds opportun ity for all and certain reward for energy and enterprise. Let's go! other View of the Farm Outlook. Put in its simplest terms agriculture consists of raising raw products which are exchanged for manufactured ones. From this point it ap pears that if factory output is curtailed and the production of food increased more farm stuff will have to be exchanged for less finished goqds. In an article in the New Republic, David Friday, a noted economist who has been ap pointed president of Michigan Agricultural col lege, discusses this chain of circumstances which leads from the American farm to European mills and back again, saying: The present economic order is essentially a co-operative one. Its co-operation is effected through exchange, and between all the ex changing groups there is an intimate degree of independence. The American manufacturer and the American farmer depend upon each other. But the American fanner is tied to the European price level by the fact that he pro duces for export. The European farmer is in turn dependent upon Europe's manufacturing communities. So we can do little for the American farmer unless we help the European manufacturer and his laborers. Whether we like it or not, the organization of industrial so ciety has made us our brother's keeper. The point is made that European farmers are back on the job, but the manufacturers are not The condition abroad, it is predicted, will be one in which the large volume of farm products' must be exchanged on the basis of a curtailed industrial output. The American farmer, who produces a surplus for sale in the world market, must meet this competition of cheap grain and meat abroad. Mr, Friday has his mfnd on the need for assisting European industry in order to re-establish agri cultural prosperity in America. This is assuming no change in ' the volume orflature of farm production in America. There ' , ,1 IJ jJ .1 is no aouDt mat me worm toaay is aiiuosi as much of an economic unit as are the forty-eight stales which make up this republic. There can be no general prosperity in New York while half the other, states are suffering from depres sion; the stagnation o'f business in Iowa would not be to the advantage of trade in Nebraska or Illinois; so is it with all the countries of the globe. For the disorganized condition of world affairs the treaty of Versailles is almost as much responsible as was the war itself. It is time that politics and diplomacy were brushed aside and an economic congress called to consider, not prejudices nor aspirations, but cold business facts, and get industry off dead center. " The Husking Bee It's Your Day Start ItWithaLau$h How to Keep Well Br DR. W. A. EVANS. ' Qttaatiaae eoacaralai hribae. aaaHa. Itaa aae aravaaliaa el diaaaaa, auttaa to Dr. Evaa hr raaaara at The Baa. vti! he aaawatai eraeaan aahjact to nraaar uaUUIloa, atkara a ataaiaaa, Mtaaate' eavalopa la aa claaaj. Dr. Evaaa l Ml aua ttafaaale ar araaarlha far Individual eiaaaaae. Aeetaaa taitart la care ef The Baa. Coprrlaht Ittl, br Dr. W. A. Evans SLEEP OUT THE OLD SNORE IN THE NEW. Tis New Year's Eve and In the cabaret, Where New Year s Eve was wont to be so gsy, Ihe sounds of mirth are gentle and subdued For cause of joy, they say, lias passed away. BAD MENTAL HABITS. Thla la the story of an lnveitlga Hon by a very Intelligent, palntalc Ing pqyatclan of soma 90 young man, each of whom had one or No flash of silk-clad limb, no, naught like that, more complaints, hut none of whom ax No ribald laughter nor suggestive quip Passes 'round from carmined lip to lip, No fairy dances on the table top Not e'en a sapp with something on the hip. To kick from careless head a recreant hat, And Mr. Rohrers minions in the room To watch a guy and tell him where he's at. 'Tis true a few staid souls have come to dine. They'll hang around 'till almost half-past nine. Then home, for there is nothtng else to do, No foaming stein, no campagne and no wine. At midnight, when the obsequies are done, And folks have given up pursuit of fun, A little stranger, 1922. arrives To take the place of 1921. The gay light in his eyes then slowly dies, And sives wav to a look of pained surprise. "Where are the folks that used to wait," he said. had anything much tha matter. They had lots of time on thai hand, not much to (to, and an In born liking for aelf-lnveatlgation conaiderably developed by uae. Never nun a wno tney were, or who the doctor was. It might Juat aa welt have been any group of young men or old men, or young or old women, for that matter. Never mind who the phynlclan was. It might Juat as well be your physl dun. This physician took the time and the trouble that la tha only difference. First, none of them had any or ganic trouble that waa a factor In the case. The most frequent complaint was pain. The most frequent pain was "To drink my health and form their New Year's In the chest Pain said to be In tiesr Then on the threshhold to the By and By, The Old Year stoos and sadly wines his eye. said he, "The country's bevo prohibish gone dry!" PHILO-SOPHY. A broken resolution is a broken rung in the ladder of success. We hadn't really decided whether to start a or around the heart headed the list of heart pains. But the chest had no monopoly of the pains. Every locality or tne body nau some pains, Next In frequency was weakness. Then came stomach trouble. Other frequent complaints were cold hands and feet, nervousness, short ness of breath, dlfllculty In breath ing, backache and various kinds of headaches. The baais of diagnosis as a rule. Is symptoms. It is symptoms that cause us to suspect dlxease at a stage early enough to help matters. what a pity that such an linpor new year or just go on with the old, but we see tant factor should be gummed up now that we nave no option m tne matter, uur 1921 calendar has run out. No, Eggbert, that S-cent electric rate doesn't j apply to street car fares. Very few cafes of indigestion or gout were reported following the Christmas festivities. SEASONABLE ALIBI. by the creations of introspective minds and self-centered idle people! And now what is to be done about all these symptoms, worked up by all these people? In the main they are exaggerations of minor sensa tions, which better balanced people also have, but which they disregard This doctor said the treatment Is largely psychic. The persons involved give them selves over to bad mental habits, Perils of Prophecy. The announcement of , a California scientist that earthquakes may be predicted with the same precision as weather forecasts are made might have been put more positively. Weather forecasts sometimes are wrong, but any mistake in announcing the time or location of an earth quake would not be received with the same non chalance that greets the meteorologist's mistake in predicting sunshine on a picnic day that ends in a downpour. v . According to the method of determining the coming of earthquakes by detecting the slow preliminary movement , of the earth's crust, it would seem that although a destructive shock might be predicted, neither the day nor the month nor even the year might be certainly known. . ;, .As ' ."' It is only necessary to imagine a prosperous city in the neighborhood of a creeping surface stratum and the effect of a scientific warning of. oncoming destruction. It might be five or ten years before the earthquake came, and yet un less the people could feel certain ot the date, gradually population and business would steal away. If a quarter of a century passed and still the crack of doom was not heard, some very bitter things might be said about the prophet who ruined real estate values and drove away business. The situation ' may be compared to that in the Ibsen play in which one man discovers that the curative waters which have made a village famous are polluted. No one wanted to know the truth or even a bit of the truth. At all events, the fact should be kept from the tourists. Too much knowledge of the future is not welcome. If ever history is reduced to an exact science sq that scholars may total up human tendencies and predict with certainty the fall of their nation or the rise of a rival, the overthrow of a class and the dictatorship of another, these prophets would be stoned. So might also any scientist who ventured to predict heavy earth shocks in Los Angeles or another quake at San Francisco. No no I didn't nick this out I cot it for Somehow or other, if they are to be AO, no, i man I piCK tms out. i got it ior . f. . . trained or must Christinas JOYS OP WINTER. - I like the winter season . With its sparkling frost and snow, I find it rather pleasin As I ankle to and fro Though it paints my cheeks with roses, I would like it even more, If the ills that it imposes. Didn't make my nose so sore. : ( ' UNIMPORTANT ITEM. , We understand Babe Ruth didn't send Judge Landis a Christmas greeting card. Prob ably couldn't' find one with the right sentiments on it ADD SIGNS OF SPRING, Bunch of kids whiling away the tedious hours of vacation playing marbles. Who'll see the first robin? ; cured, they must be trained or must train themselves In good mental habits. Some have enough stuff in them to do that by themselves. Some can do it by the help of books, some with the help of psychologists, some with the help of religion. Some are Impossible. - Bad physical habits are also a factor in many cases. Out of 58 of these cases it was found that 60 did not bathe enough;. 37 took little or no exercise. An Important part of the treat ment consists In teaching personal hygiene. Such people must be taught regular habits of exercising and sleeping; what to eat and when; attention to bowel habits; the need of drinking enough - water. They must learn to use less tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco; to sleep with the windows open. The thoughtful physician who made this survey suggested the ad visability of . putting this group at manual labor on farms, and keening Looks like the telephone company is going them there for 14 months or longer, If the congress of the United States were looking for insults it might become very in dignant over the latest charge of Senator LaFol lettc. The implication that a dozen or two men, none holding public office, can meet in a club and decide what measures shall be pushed to passage and what ones thrown into the discard is, not pleasant to the unorganized mass of citi zens who have no such powerful representation. One of Mr. Debs' ardent admirers in sists that Presidents Wilson and Harding vio lated their oaths in keeping the great leader in prison. The comrade should read the law under which his champion was convicted, and keep in mind that it was held good by the supreme court In spite of what has happened, Milwaukee is not yet completely lost to fame, and the vote of as city council in favor of the sale of beer has put it in the headl'nes once more. That Spanish newspaper which looks back over the c!osijs' year and calls it rotten no doubt finds comfot in the belief that the next year could not te any worse. A convict sentenced to hang 20 years ago has now been released from the Kansas penitentiary. Not even a life insurance policy could have given htm g-f eater security. eight's the night for Santa Claus. to have a hard time getting its number. See that an epidemic of mumps are going the rounds and are not confined to the children. Isn't that swell. - ..' , V "Teachers are having a well-earned vacation, but it sure is a hard week on mother. - TODAY'S IDLE THOUGHT. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but he never played a jazz phonograph record.,, SNAPPY NEW YEAR. Sapp who thinks he can start the New Year with a bun.g-starter or open it with a corkscrew, is laboring under a delusion which is apt to be a snare. It simply isnt being done this season. Bird who copped a pocket flask for Christ mas better tie a ribbon around its neck and hang it up with the old bootjack and the wooden spigot. Yap caught cranking a corkscrew will spend Monday arranging bail. Flip who fractures the 18th Commandment will be given Mr. Rohrers personal attention in the matter of turning over a new leaf and mak ing a few New Year s resolutions. Goop who used to climb off the wagon every time the lodge put him on the refreshment com mittee will hereafter cast his vote for wieners and Eskimo pie. Celebrators, just a .moment, please. Meet Mr. Rohrer, the ubiquitous, who, we understand is to be honor guest at several of our most ex clusive watch parties. The gent in the dress suit N.o, that isn't one of the waiters. Keep your eye on him or watch your step I . . BROKEN BOTTLES. (One Reel Fortieth and Dodire.') The havoc wrought by the proverbial bull in a china shop fades into a sweet dream of peace ana quiet when compared to a squad of bulls firing into a drug store with not guns. -IT'S ALL WRONG, SARJt All summer through the scorching heat, - Upon the street where hot sun pours, .The traffic cops stood on their beat And waved like human semaphores; With wildly geitulating arms They bade the traffic eo and stoo. While throbbing pulse gave vague alarms That heat might overcome a cop. . ' - . But now when chilling winds are here - And gray clouds overcast the skies - When winter's in the atmosphere And coppers need the exercise To pep the blood and keep 'em warm, All in a passive state they stand And blow their whistles through the storm, And never even raise a hand. AFTER-THOUGHT: We wouldn't be so anxious to watch the old year go if We weren't sure there will be another to take its place. PHILO. whether they liked it or not Long Walks Regularly. H. writes: "1. My height is S feet Vi Inches and my weight is 138. I eat well, but really only two meals a day. Would long walks help to keep me down to normal? "2. Are sweets harmful?" REPLY. 1. Yes. 2. Yes.- V; . . Grape Juice. M.r E. writes: "1. ; Kindly state if couple of glasses of grape juice are all right for the stomach and bowels, taken daily this time of year. 2. Does it produce . too mucn acid?" '-'--.' REPLY. .-. . 1. Yes. ' .' 2. No. : '- r "': Have Swollen Glands Cured. Miss A. E. C. writes: "About four years ago, when 1 was J4, i was operated on for a swollen gland be low the chin. " 'About six or seven months later I noticed a whole string of glands had begun to swell from a point below the ear almost dowh to the shoulder. Was again operated on but only one or two glands were removed. "1. Do vou think thev will cause any harm if allowed ' to remain? Have had them three years and, so far. they have not given any pain "2. Could they have been caused by a decaying tooth? Is there- any way tney couia be removed except by operation, as they did not seem to do any good? 4. Had been told they were tubercular glands. Could they come to tuberculosis?" REPLY. 1. It Is safer to have them cured 2. Yes.. There are various routes by which such infections enter the body, just as they result from dif ferent Infecting bacteria. 3. Treatment by sunlight and oth er forms of light Is generally sue' cessful, if Infection is no longer entering. 4. Yes. (Tha Boa eflara lie aaleaiae froaly ta Ma raaana ho mm m tlUraae ear eabll o,nrihia. r-tjunu iaal Mlora bll krlrf. aaa avf loS rd. II ala laatala that tha asa of Uta arllar awaiaaar men brtlor. oat aroaaaaHlv far eukllMllon, bat Iaal taa oa'ltar aur nw wna www urn la imibw. tm b Soaa ao ar-Mna' a oadane ar aoaant vwwa ar apiaiuaa aipraMod sy eorrv- apeaaaaia la IB Lotto Boa.) Comment on tlx) Strike. Oxford. Neb., Deo. 17. To the Editor of The Bee: In a recent editorial you rather rubbed It Into the packers, blaming them for nut narmoniiing their dliToreneea with the atrlkera. rom a selfish stand point It may be at you ray that creditors of the atrlkera have the greateat interest In the settlement and without question they will hope mat tne strikers will win. It seems to me that outside of the men and their employers the farmere have the greatest Interest that this con- troversy be settled right UnJust compromises or Adamson laws has been the rule the Past elaht years and it is time, our government re 'urn to common sense In enacting and executing laws whoso founda tion is Justice, not political camouflage. There Is no Question hut tha futmers have been indirectly pay ing the high wages of the packing house workers. They have never complained while a. llvlujr price was ipic xor mem, nut now it la Impos sible for stockmen to break even and many have lost and more will lose their hard earnings of a Ufa time, no sympathy is shown the farmers by these strikers. Their only selfish ambition is that thev can prevent or curtail business till tne packers are forced through financial loss and public clamor to give them the wages they demand. The Bee spoke QiBuarntdiiKlv of men who accept the positions left vacant by the strikers and tha letter signed "Striker" applies to them the most abusive language printable. What proof have we that men who are accepting this Work at the wage offered are not as good citizens as those who refuse to do so? And yet one would suppose from read ing tne papers that it was more honorable to be classed with the unemployed than accept employ ment at wages nearly 100 per cent above prewar prices; while the rarmera who make these waaes rtos sible are faced with the lowest pur chasing power for their products Known to tnis country. There is no question of the right of the strik ers to quit their Jobs, but that right is not plainer or in any way more Just than the rlaht of other men to take those Jobs If they desire. The strikers have not helped their cause by abusing those who would stay on tneir jods or in intimidating new men who wish to work. Farmers always stand to lose in these strikes and it should be a les son to them that they have many bone-head leaders who are agitat- nsr the same stvle class legislation as built up by labor union heads. A. C. RANKIN. truly unfortunate, though no more so than ta the Individual who sometimes spoken of as an "edu cated fool." . , May I respectfully ask those who ao ardently advocate higher edu cation tor the maaaes If it la mak inn the people happier and more contented? If It Is making them less seirtah and leas envious of one another? If the prisons are any nearer empty because of It? May I also ask If the sllck-tongued graft era who prey upon tho common people are Illiterate? What would Omaha or moat of the other mld-weatern cities be If It were not for the common people in tnr surrounding territory who do not feel themselves above doing some of the menial labor of which you speak In your editorial? Yes, the people deserve the bene fit of education; but should they be made to suffer the evils of an overdose? GEORGB LUKENB1LL. Where to Draw the Line. Gibbon, Neb.. Dec. 26. To the Editor of The Bee: In a recent edi torial in The Bee you stated that the unmistakable impression of my letter of December 10 waa that those who do the common toil were to be denied the benefit of education. That was not the impression that meant to give, for I- am not advo cating illiteracy. It is the higher education that Is being forced upon the people as a fad that I wish to condemn. A reasonable amount of book learning is good for all of us. but like many other things that are good when used in moderation, too much is often worse than none at alt The totally Illiterate person is Thanks From Umj Legion. Omaha, Dee. 27. To the Editor of The Boe: We wish, through your columns, to extend to all those whd have assisted us In carrying out the program undertaken by the Doug las County post, American Legion, during the Christmas season our most sincere thanks. Through the generosity of our friends we have been enablod to provide for the needs of our former Diinaies ana tneir lammes mrou?n- out the city. Our undertaking de veloped Into rne of so great mag nitude that without the assistance of our friends it would not have been possible for us to have fully met the many needs which de veloped. In 40 cases families who could not wait until Christmas were pro vided with groceries to meet their Immediate needs. Medical attention and other assistance was provided In 12 cases ot sickness. Christmas dinners and other gifts were pro vided in 173 families; in cases of large families two and three bask ets were provided. One hundred former service men who had not homes nor families in the city were entertained at Christmas dinner at the Loyal hotel. An orchestra pro vided entertainment at this dinner and our guests were later enter tained at the Brandels theater. One hundred and sixty-three men were equipped with clothing; in half these cases these men were com pletely equipped with undercloth ing, socks, shoes, shirts, suit and overcoat. Fifty-one women and children were completely equipped with clothing. Coal was provided for 21 families. Rent waa paid for 12 families. Grocery bills, gas bills and other bills were paid In a num ber of instances where the families were seriously in arrears. The serv ice rendered in different cases was quite varied, ranging from sending a mother to Leavenworth to see her son, to getting clothing out of pawn and providing taxi and ambulance service for the sick. In particular we wish to extend our thanks to the Western Union Telegraph company for the free messenger service given us; to the Drive-It-Yourself company, for the use of a Ford touring car; the Brandels theater, the Eldredge-Rey nolds company, the Brandeis stores and the Al Scott Tent and Awning company for assistance, given, and to the Omaha Real Estate board for the use of salesmen cars In de llverlng Christmas baskets, and oth ers who assisted in any way. SAM W. REYNOLDS. Commander' Douglas County Post No. 1. LLOYD HOLSAPPLE, Chairman Christmas Relief . Com mittee. . - Co mmon jense By J, J. MUNDY. You Have Got to Work. You say that it Is to long since, you have had ss much as s week ol work shcad of you that you have forgotten how it would feel to be stsurcd of enough to keep you from want, if not sctual hunger, should this winter be a hard one. You have been on the anxious scat for weeks and months snd you are boiling down your expenses to the last notch. But you are finding plenty of time to worry snd fuss snd fume snd then brood over the condition of things in your home due to dull times. Have you never tried to think of the old saying that "the darkest cloud has s silver lining?" You are losing faith in many things? Well, you have not made any headway with the gloomy spirit that is certain. Suppose you take an hour or more each day to th nk up what would help you most with your work, what sort of knowledge would put you into a better place along your line than you have ever held before. Persons have been known to get so interested in Ideas or advance ment along favorite lines that they have not cared to eat did not want to sleep. If it takes money to make that advance do not be discouraged for perhaps by the time vou are mental ly ready the job will come. (Copyright, ll!l. International Pasture Bervira. inc.) Collrgo Girls as Spinsters. Fifty per cent of college girls be come spinsters, says a California professor. Whether It is a dreadful ate depends on the point of view. - Pittsburgh Gasette-Tlmea, Jack and Jill The Healthiest Year Insurance company statistics, cov ering 27,000,000 persons, make 1921 the healthiest year in the his tory of the United States and Can ada. The death rate among policy holders dropped during that period from 9.80 per thousand to g.24 per thousand. Influenza all but disap peared. Tuberculosis. pneumonia, Bright's disease, measles, whooping cough, typhoid fever and numerous other ailments brought fewer per sons to their graves than in 1920 despite a rising birth rate and a growing population. The only dis- Time to Repeat ' I couraging fact was a considerable nee more they are grooming Carter Harn- Cide and automobile accidents. . t t f. ' tt i . t 1 r . t ' I . . . while the 1921 figures may in part son for mayor of Chicago. For about half its his tory the toVn wants a Carter Harrison in the mayor's office. If it isn't the father it is the son. If anybody can wreck the Thompson ma chine it would be a Carter Harrison. There are hundreds of thousands of citizens who vote for Carter Harrison from force of habit Los An geles Times. Fifty-Fifty. Christmas goods dropped 50 per cent as com pared with 1920, the mercantile experts tell us. So has dad's Christmas roll. Richmond Times Dispatch. "Treat 'Em Rough" Out of Date. "Treat 'em rough" was a good war slogan, but we fail to understand why the laundries should adopt it Baltimore Sun, be traceable to exceptional circum stances, there Is every reason to be lieve they represent two important drifts in the attitude of the race toward Itself. A decrease in one year from 5,91 to 40.S13 deaths attributable to respiratory diseases is significant So is the fact that while tuberculosis now claims one in every nine policy holders, it claimed one in every four bat 10 years ago. The age of science has found weap ons to repulse many an 111 of whicn human Mesh was once the inevitable prey. The skill which man has been able to bring to his fight against disease Is aa potentially useful In the obvi ous battle to be waged against tne careless and vicious ot his own kind. New York Globe, "Well, I must say, Jill darling, that these new fashioned short skirts are very zippy 1" remarked Jack, looking through the illustrated magazine sec tion ot the bunday newspaper. "I think they're horrid" objected the most perfect wife. "Why, yes terday I saw an old lady of at least 5U wearing one. Why , not? I dont blame her trying to look young." "But, Jack, she looked like a 14 year-old girl on a bathing beachi "Well, it's natural to fight against age. And besides. ... Uesides nothing 1 hey re ac tually immodest 1" Well, it makes skirts look very graceful and chic." " I think my hubby has been star ing at the chicks on the avenue too much," and there was a tiny sug gestion of indignation and displeas ure in Jill's pretty voice. , "Oh, don't be so prudish, dear." Jill marched into the kitchen with the breakfast dishes, and left Jack to look through the pictures of the fashion with his pipe for com- .fort. They had been invited to take dinner with the Fergusons that aft ernoon, and Jill busied herself with the electric iron, to have, her pret tiest frock looking still prettier. Jack read in silence for an hour or so, and suddenly looked up to observe the hands of the little French clock. "My goodnessl It's nearly church time," he exclaimed, tossing the; paper aside, man fashron, in several directions at once and littering up the neat living room. "You'd better shave and dress put on your frock coat, dear; we will go right over to the Ferguson home from church. I'll be ready as soon as I get through this sleeve. You are always such a slow poke in dressing on Sunday 1 Nothing of the sort I Why, the idea!" And Jack raced through his shav ing, and dressing, breaking all rec ords, in order to be downstairs again before Jill completed the home tailor ing task with the electric iron. "Hurry up, honey, . the organs playing now.- We'll be late, and miss the music. That's the best part of our church anyway. Well, you certa-nly do burn no the time today," and he fidgeted about nervously. Here I come, and down the stair way she did come, her sauciest hat in place, her eyes shining with ill- concealed mischief and dressed in her prettiest gown. ' Great Scott r cried Jack, looking at her w!th widening eyes. "Yon're not going to wear that dress . . .to church . . .and on the street . .and to the Ferguson's V indeed, sir, why notr Why, Jill, it' worse than the old granny with the bathing suit ef fect What did you do to that skirt? I refuse to allow you to go out of the house in itf You foolish boy!" said Jill, look- :ng at her reflection in the French mirror in the halL "It's exactly the' right distance from the floor ac cording to those very ityles you were looking at in the paper. You said you thought it very chicl" Oh, goodnessl What women will do to make a fool out of a man," grunted Jack. "You've ruined that dress and it cost $65 1- I'm go ing to Reno if you wear it, that's final. "Then we'll go together, honey," auehed Till, "for wear it I will." She suddenly stooped over and took out a dozen or two or three pins from the spirt, and shook it down to its original length. Jack grinned sheepishly. 1 guess we both agree in our hearts about these chic sk'rts, hon ey," he confessed. "I would rather my little wifey looked like a turtle dove than a chicken. And he billed and cooed for fully five more minutes, so that they ac tually did miss part of the church service! (Copyright, 1921. Thompson Feature Service.) 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