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The Kodak Fiend.
Rose—Did you have a good time on
your trip to Florida?
Roger—I can’t tell until I've devel
oped my films.
Concert Conductors.
Church—This paper says “Railroads
! will net in concert.”
Gotham—Well, they will not want
; for conductors.
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High Cattle Prices
Accompany
High Beef Prices
If consumers are to pay less for
beef, live-stock raisers naturally will
receive less for cattle.
If farmers are paid more for live
stock, consumers will necessarily pay
more for meat.
Swift & Company pays for cattle
approximately 90 per cent of the price
received for beef and by-products.
The remaining 10 per cent pays for
dressing, freight to market, operation
of distributing houses, and in most
cases, delivery to the retailer. Net
profits also have to come out of this
10 per cent.
This margin cannot be squeezed
arbitrarily without danger of crippling
the only effective means of performing
the complex service of converting
cattle into meat and distributing this
meat to the fighting forces and to.
consumers.
Swift & Company’s net profit on
beef during 1917 was only % of a
cent per pound. On all products, it
was a little less than four cents on
each dollar of sales. Complete elimi
nation of these profits would not affect
appreciably retail prices of meat, or
farm prices of live stock.
Swift & Company will be glad to
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will improve conditions in the meat
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Address Swift & Company,
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WIDOW OF GENERAL
MAUDE REMEMBERED
King George Asks Parliament to
Make Her Special Grant
of $125,000.
By Associated Press.
London, (by mail).— There was •
stir in the House of Commons the other
day when the Prime Minister, David
Lloyd George, suddenly appeared on
the floor just before the close with an
Important looking document in his
hand. Instantly members began to
speculate as to what might be the sub
ject of the announcement he was to
make.
Tlie premier started talking confi
dentially with one of the under war
ministers as soon as he hud taken his
seat on the treasury bench, and it was
immediately inferred by observers that
the subject was military, possibly the
military situation in Ireland or some
development on the fighting fronts.
Other members noticed that Mr. Lloyd
George was in good spirits and be
gan whispering about the likelihood of
a great victory somewhere, or perhaps
good news from the Irish convention.
Then the prime minister arose. Ilia
message was a signed document from
the king, asking the authorization of
parliament for a grant of $125,000 to
Lady Maude, the widow of General
Frederick Stanley Maude, who com
manded the British expedition that cap
tured Kut and Bagdad. The general,
after a wonderful career of victory, died
a poor man, leaving hardly more than
enough to pay his. funeral expense*!.
The king's request was referred to its
proper committee and it is expected
that the grant will, In due course, be
made.
The habit of recognizing great vic
tories by public grants of money is an
old one in England, and most of tbe
great British soldiers of the old wars
benefitted by it.
Wellington received three different
grants, amounting in all to $3,500,000.
Lord Roberts received $500,000 in 1901,
and Kitchener received $400,000 for his
work in the Soudan and South Africa.
Lord Nelson received a pension of $25,
300 a year, charged against the funds
pf the postoffice.
To th« German People.
Bach to his taste: If you prefer
Tho kaiser’s whip across your flanks;
'.f you enjoy the bloody spur
That rips your cannon fodder.’s ranksj
If to his hoots you still adhere,
Kissing ’em as you’ve always kissed ’em,
Why, who are we to interfere
With your internal Teuton system?
If from your ■ -nils you know quite well
You might, this moment, find release,
Changing, at will, your present hell
For Liberty’s heaven of lasting peace;
If yet. for habit’s sake, you clioose
This reign of steel, this rule of terror.
It's not for us to push our views
And point you out your silly error.
Herein I speak as I am taught—
That your affairs are yours alone,
Though, for myself, I should have
thought
They had a hearing on my own;
Have I no right to Interpose, a
Urging on you a free autonomy,
Just as. your U-boats sliovo their nose
In my Interior economy? -
I’m told we have no quarrel, none.
With you as Germans. That's absurd.
Myself, I hate all sorts of Hun,
Yet will I say one kindly word:
If, still refusing Freedom’s part,
You keep the old Potsdam connection
With all my sympathetic heart
I wish you Joy of that selection.
—Sir Owen Seaman, In Punch.
The Clothes of a Spy.
George A. Schreiner, In Harper’s
Magazine.
Since the subject of espionage is very
much to the fore these days, I will go
briefly into the theory and practice of
espionage, confining myself to what Is
known to all genera] staffs as “secret
field Intelligence.” This polite term is
given by a general staff only to its own
agents; the agents of tho other side are
known as spies. This is a little Incon
sistent, of course.
Whether an intelligence officer Is a spy
or mero scout depends entirely on how
he is dressed at the time. If in uniform
he becomes a prisoner of war when cap
tured. and as a rule he 13 confined in a
fortress. If he has assumed disguise he
faces tho firing squad next morning.
The fact that an officer has spied upon
the enemy In civilian clothing does not
make him the less honored among his
brothers-in-arms. On the contrary, being
selected for tho "secret field intelligence
service” is looked upon by tho more dar
ing as a rare distinction. A commander
would be court martialed if it became
known that he had failed to avail himself,
for reasons of "honor” of Important infor
mation brought in by his agents and had
for that reason mismanaged an action.
Espionage is a necessary adjunct to any
military establishment—so necessary, In
fact, that the splep of the antagonist are
done to death when faUght.
Why Japan Is Crowded.
Walter E. Weyl, in Asia.
When we grasp the smallness of Japan
and the size of Its population we readily
understand why tho land Is so crowded.
Japan proper Is a narrow and diminutive
country. Its area of roughly 150,000 square
miles, is somewhat smaller than that of
California, while Its population Is 30 times
as great. Moreover, like Italy, Japan Is
chiefly a country of mountains and Its
arable land under cultivation amounts to
only some 25,000 square miles, a farm area
less than half that of the single state of
Iowa. It follows that Japan is the classic
land cf Intensive agriculture. Its dwarf
farms are not really farms at all In our
sense of the word, but gardens. There
are no pastures, no barnyards, but merely
little squares of land, now covered with
water, now filled with mud drying In the
sun, and now vividly green with the beau
tiful rice plants. These little patches of
terraced and Irrigated land have nothing
In common with our 100-acre farms. In
Japan the average agricultural family
(and there are 6.650,000 of them) occupy
only two and three-quarter acres each.
Only one family In 10 has as much as five
acres (two cho) and over one-third of all
rural families have farms of less than
one and one-quarter acres. It is inorcelle
ment carried to a tragic absurdity.
Must Have Been a Colonel.
From the European Edition of the New
York Herald.
Teacher of Scripture Claes—Yes, chil
dren, then Nero ordered his centurion tc
give the" slave 26 stripes—
Mabel (whose father is In camp)—Eord,
mum, that must a' made’im a blooming
colonel.
At Home in the Pen.
From European edition of the New York
Herald.
First Capture 1 Ilun—Vot vos da" barbed
wire for, frlendt?
Second Captured Hun—To keep us In, of
course.
First (with" great ast nishment)—Who
vants to gedt oudt?
LIVERPOOL LEADS IN
CONSERVATION OF FOOD
Liverpool (by mall).—Liverpool, the
second largest city In England, is lead
ing the whole country in solving the
food shortage problem. It has munici
pal kitchens which are models and work
more efficiently than those In any other
part of the kingdom. It sets every
other city in the country an example
by maintaining a municipal potato
peeling plant and cooking tno potatoes
lor the bakers to mix with the flour.
Its latest enterprise Is supplying
householders with boiling water lor
cooking and washing purposes and
thereby causing a great saving in fuel.
Liverpool's city fathers are very
proud of their efforts to make their
people the most comfortable In the
country in these days of enforced econ
omy. With a display of pride they
gladly show visitors these new ways of
meeting the food shortage. They lake
them along the streets where butcher
shops are shut, tor want of meat. A
sign on tiie meat market reads: "Why
buy meat from the butcher when you
ran get it ready cooked at the food de
pot?" The argument Is unanswerable,
particularly when there is no meat to
buy at the butcher's.
There are eleven municipal cook
shops where a family of four might
buy and take away a satisfying dinner
for 25 cents. Stewed steaks, potatoes
and puddings are the principal articles.
An enterprising city engineer has set
up an engine which runs a machine
that peels tons of potatoes in a few
minutes, and also supplies steam to
great cauldrons in which the potatoes
arc cooked. This enterprise supplies
a clean and wholesome flour to the
bakers which Is mixed with wheat flour
and helps to produce a delicious bread.
At the food depots a person can bviy
for a cent a great bucket of boiling
water, nrul the population is being en
couraged to come for this boiling wa
ter in order to save coal. Instead of
buying coal to boll a kettle for cocoa
Or tea people can get as much water
as they want for a cent.
Those responsible for Liverpool's en-<
terprlse declare that results have al
ready shown that a workman’s family
can live much better and more eco
nomically by buying its meals at thd
food depots than by doing its own
cooking.
The South American Gentleman.
Clayton S. Cooper, In the Christian
Herald.
It Is not sirange that these antipodal
ideas concerning a matter so vital as
breadwinning bring misunderstandings. I
have talked with'scores of business men
In South America who have been united
at least In this point, namely, that they
cannot see the value of any man’s work
ing or continuing in business, after he has
earned enough money to make It possible
for him to live in any degree of comfort.
Tile Spanish-Ameriean Inherits certain
of tile ancient medieval ideas about tha
“gentleman,” who, like the high caste
Brahman of India, has been intended from
the foundation of the world to occupy a
Special and selected field of leisure com
petence, while far down below him, with
a wide gulf between, is the laborer or
common worker, who was created to till
the soil and tp keep shop, incidentally
being ready at all times to wait upon th>
gentleman.
Names of the Persecuted.
From the Christian Science Monitor.
Mr. Trotzky's family name of Bronsti In,
or Braunstein, Is one of those Innumerable
cognomens compounded of German and
common to Jews in eastern Europe. At
the partition of Poland, most Polish Jews
were without family names, and. as they
were simply known by such patronymics
as Isaac, Solomon, or Moses, the Prussian
and Austrian officials of the time manu
factured surnames for them by the thous
and. The names themselves indicated
that the sponsors undertook their task In
a vein of mockery. They ran through
the whole gamut of flowers, animals,
colors, and stones, and even Indulged In
grotesque humor. Som« persons were
Identified with localities, such as the
Rhine. When the east European Hebrew
turned socialist, lie in common with Gen
tile comrades assumed so-called “party
names,” for In those days the revolu
tionaries were like hunted beasts, com
pelled to hide their identities from the
most highly organized secret police in the
world.
"It Is Guynemer.”
Charles Bernard Nordhoff, In the Atlantic
Monthly.
Guynemer, the great French "ace,’' has
disappeared, and from accounts of the
fight one fears that he Is dead. What a
loss to Franco and to the allies! the end
of a career of unparalleled romantic bril
liancy.
I shall never forget one evening in
Paris last spring. I was sitting In the
Cafe de la Falx, under the long awning
that fronts the Boulevard des Cnpuclnos.
All Paris wras buzzing with Guynemer’s
mighty exploit of tho day before — four
German planes In one fight, two of them
sent hurtling down In flames within 60
seconds. It took one back to the old days,
and one foresaw that Guynemer would
take his place with the legendary heroes
of France, with Roland and Oliver, Arch
bishop Turpin, Saint Louis and Charles
Martel.
Presently I looked up. A man was stand
ing In tho aisle before me—a slender
youth, rather, dressed In the blaok and
silver uniform of a captain In the French
aviation. Delicately built, of middle
height, with dark, tired eyes set in a pale
face, he had the lpok of a haggard boy
who had crowded the experierxe M a life
time Into a score of years. The mouth
was remarkable In so young a man
mobile and thin lipped, expressing daunt
less resolution. On his breast the parti
colored ribbons of his decorations formed
tbr^e lines: C'rolx de Guerre, Meflaille
Mllitalre, Officer of tho Legion of Honor,
Cross of St. George, English Military
Cross and others too rare for recognition.
All about me there arose a murmur of
excited Interest; chairs were pushed back
and tables moved as the crowd rose to
Its feet. Cynical Swiss waiters, with arm
loads of pink and green drinks, halted
agape. A whisper, collective and distinct,
passed along the ferrace: "It Is Guy
nemer!'’
The day before, over the fiery lines,
he had done battle for his life; and this
evening, In the gay security of Pails, he
received tho homage of the people who
adored him.
He had been looking for a table, but
when It became no longer possible to
Ignore the stir, he ralse-1 Ills light hand In
embarrsfSsed salute and walked quickly
Into the cafe.
Brawn Recognized Brain.
From the London Globe.
It Is refreshing to note Mr. Arthui
Henderson’s declaration that the labor
party desires the term "worker” to be In
terpreted "In Its widest and fullest sense
to cover not only the manual worker but
the brain worker.’’ For years past the
terms “worker,” "working man" and
"working classes’’ have been the reverse
of precise because they have embraced
only the manual laborer and those closely
associated with him. The hundreds of
thousands of clerical workers and profes
sional men and women of all classes have
been excluded, although they are ax least
as much entitled to he called “workers ”
Cuflously enough, for some time past edu
cated women earning their living have
taken to calling themselves “women work
ers,” even when their labors were profes
sional.
By Gosh!
Vlrlnm Field Is just past seven, but
die knows there are "had words"
which little girls do not use. How
ever, she can make her meaning clear
without (hem.
A few days ago her mother sent her
to the grocery and she returned all ex
cited. "Oh, mother. I gel into an aw
ful row," she said. "Mr. Smith, the
grocer, was awful mad about (lie food
laws," continued ihe young narrator.
Do you want me to tell you exactly
what ho said?" with expectation of
using a naughty word by permission.
“Well, no, you need not tell the exact
language," said her mother. "Well, he
said that word in ‘Long Hoy,’" eon
eluded Miriam, which was just as ef
fective as the dash that is substituted
for swear words In polite print.
But will Mr. Hersehell look over
"Long Boy” again and see wlmt “had
words” lit' lias been using, for "you
bet, by gosh, he’ll soon find out."—In
dianapolis News.
THE BLUE THAT’S TRUE.
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a clear, dazzling white, whiter than
snow, not a greenish yellow tinge like
cheap bottle blue. Buy Red Cross Ball
Blue for next washday. You will be
happily surprised. Large package at
your grocers, 5 cents.—Adv.
Room for Improvement.
Artist—“That is the best picture 1
have painted." Friend—“Well, don’t
let that discourage you."
If a man Is Inclined to lead n fast
life lie should lend It lo the nearest
hitching post and lie it.
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PATRIOTISM ECONOMY
“Actions speak louder than
words-Act - Don't Talk - Buy Now
Satan, Hohenzollern & Co.
It Is significant tlmt the obituaries
:>f Abdul Hamid have been much more
restrained than would have been the
T'ase if the lted Sultan had departed
this lif<* a few years ago. The reason
is not that the issues of the war hove
stamped interest in the decease of n
deposed despot, Imt that Abdul Hamid
strikes us today as a rather Inferior
kind of monster. At the time of -his
tenth lie was, so to speak, only the
‘Co." in the firm of Satan, Ilohenzol-.
lorn & Co. And, if American advices
ire to be credited, the senior member
;if the partnership lias resigned In
favor of Wilhelm, whose modern nieth
>ds he is unable to rival.—London
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tiow It the Time to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots
Thcrp’e no longer tho sllghtoRt need of feeling i
ashamed of your freckles, as Othino—double j
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ipots.
Simply get. an ' ounce of Otliiue—doable i
jtrength—from your druggist, and apply a little ;
>f it night and morning und you nhould soon see ;
:hat even the worst freckles have begun to cll»- !
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished en
tirely. It is seldom that more than one ounce
a needed to completely clear tho hkin and gain
»• beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to nsk for the double strength Othino,
is thi« Is sold under guarantee of money back
If it tails to remove freckles.—Adv.
His Excuse.
“Loogy yub, sail!” severely said
good old I'urson Hugster, "deb tells me
:lat yo’ done sold yo’ vote to de Ilon’
iblo Thomas ltott. How does yo’ ex
terminate' such nefariousness as dat,
sah?”
‘Tli-well, pnlison,” replied Coat Sim
mons, the gambling man, “I sold riiuli
vote to de liou’able, and dnt's de
(roef, but I restituted muli conscience
by turnin’ right around and votin’ for
de yudder gen-leman.”—Kansas City
Star.
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Not the Kind Expected.
"A good many ladies wore disnp
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"How was tlmt?”
“The guest was spoken of as a
midge expert and he turned out to lie
lothing but a famous engineer.”—Uos
*nn Evening Transcript.
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Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
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"Pa, what is a profiteer?" "A man
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‘.hull win the war quickly.”
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—" ~~~ --
From Experience.
Tlie meeting was in full swing, ami
tlie suffragist speaker was holding
forth in a valiant manner on bcliall
of her cause.
“Yes,” she cried, “women have been
wronged for ages. They have suf
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“There is one way in which they
have never suffered," said the meek
looking limit standing in the rear.
“What way is that?” demanded the
suffragist.
“They have never suffered in si
lence?" was the sad reply.
It is difficult for tlie star-gazer to
avoid stumbling on lie’s cobbles.
Weakness lies in fancied wisdom.
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