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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
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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. '
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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.
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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.)
Parents' Problems
How can a girl who agrees with
everyone be helped to have opinions
of her own? '
When someone has expressed an
opinion in the family circle, turn to
her and say: What do you think?
Always when asking her for an opin
ion emphasize the word you. lo
make clearer still to her the value of
individual thought, emphasize the
word when asking any one what he
or she thinks.
PIANOS
U TUNED AND
REPAIRED
AH Work Guaranteed
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 Douflao. Tel. Doug. SSSS.
Browning, King & Co.
"The Store of the Town"
Be Your Own Judge
We Say!
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Values
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time, since you began
buying clothes, when there
was a greater need for be
ing particular about what
you get for your money
and it's business to consider
quality , BEFORE price.
You will see clothing priced
lower than ours, but
There's a Reason
7 Somewhere That
Makes it Lower
(If it's of equal quality)
If you want true economy
and all-wool quality that
retains its shape after long
wear, you 11 get it in
Browning King & Co.
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A genuine saving i
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INNER-CIRCLE
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When in Omaha
Hotel Henshaw
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A regular $50.00 quality. The
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, Single
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and double breasted
ULSTER OVERCOATS
T y!50
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Big, Fleecy English Fabrics,
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sold at $50.00 and $55.00.
Men's and Young Men's
SUITS
Choice selections in single and
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SPECIAL VALUES
$35.00 to $40.00
Suits NOW
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0 $22.50
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.$38.75
BOYS' OVERCOATS
AND SUITS
$795
- Regular $15.00 Coat, made in
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stand the hard service the aver
age boy will give his coaU
Boys' Plush Lined Coats
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