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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1921)
O'NEILL FRONTIER o. a CRONIN FnTiLU ~ NEBRASKA ♦ MOTHERS WHO A > THROW CROCKERY f 4 From the Milwaukee Journal. 4 4 The Boston social worker who 4 4 diagnosed the trouble of the girl 4 4 who daubs herself thick with 4 4 paint and wears the loudest rai- 4 4 ment she can And uttered a 4 4 thought for mothers—for a good 4 4 many mothers besides those of 4 4 girls who become social problems 4 4 for the community. 4 4 “Go back to her home," said 4 4 Oils woman, "and you will And 4 4 a Isek of moral restraint, usually 4 4 a violent tempered father and a 4 4 mother whoso aim with the 4 4 crockery Is sure." Mo doubt this 4 4 Is often true, but the girl with 4 4 flaming cheekbones doesn’t al- 4 4 ways come from homes where 4 4 the bill for chinaware is high. 4 4 what Is truer Is that her home 4 4 lacks moral standards. 4 4 It b not that mother* should 4 4 make their daughter* forbear 4 4 the excesses of loud dress and 4 4 makeup when “all the other girls 4 4 are doing It." It Is that they 4 4 should begin earlier and give 4 4 their daughters some other 4 4 standards to go by than what 4 4 they think "all the others do.” 4 4 Given a bit of training, they 4 4 will look with more intelligent 4 y eyes and And often enough that 4 r what they mistake for the height 4 4 of style Is simply foolishness, 4 4 with a high price tag attached. 4 4 In other words, the dress prob- 4 4 lem or the makeup problem or 4 4 any of the other problems Is not 4 4 • question by Itself. They are 4 4 all questions of a girl's getting 4 4 some principles to go by In the 4 4 days before she lias Judgment of 4 4 her own. And this la as true for 4 tthe home on the avenus as tit Is 4 for the humbler cottage on a side A + streeb -t ♦ ♦ Molly Magulro at Monmouth. On the bloody field of Monmouth Flashed the guns of Greene and Wayne . Fiercely roared the tide of battle, Thick the sward was heaped with slain Foremost, facing death and danger, Hessian, horse, and grenadier, h> the vanguard, fiercely fighting. Stood an Irish Cannonler. Audly roared his iron cannon. Mingling ever in the strife. And beside him, firm and daring; Stood hla faithful Irish wife. Of her bold contempt of danger Greene and Dee's brigades could ten. Every one knew "Captain Molly," And the army loved her well. Surged the roar of battle round them. Swiftly flew the Iron hall. Forward dashed a thousand bayonets; That lone battery to assail. From the foeman's foremost columns Swept a furious fusillade. Mowing down the massed battaliona In the ranks of Green's Brigade. Faster faster worked the gunner. Soiled with powder, blood and dust, English bayonets shone before him. Shot and shell around him burst; Still he fought with reckless daring, Stood and manned her long and well. Fill at last the gallant fellow Dead—beside his cannon fell. With a bitter cry of sorrow. And a dark and angry frown, looked that band of gallant patriots At their gunner stricken down. “Fall back, comrades. It Is folly Thus to strive against the foe." **No! not so,” cried Irish Molly; “Wo can strike another blow." Quickly leaped she to the cannon. In her fallen husband's place, Sponged and rammed it fast and steady. Fired It In the foe man's face. Flashed another ringing volley, Soared another from the gun; “Boys, hurrah!” cried gallant Molly, “F»r the dag of Washington.” Green’s Brigade, though shorn and shat tered, Slain and bleeding half the men. When they heard that Irish slogan. Turned and charged the foe again. Knox and Wayne and Morgan rally. To the front they forward wheel. And before their rushing onogt Clinton’s English columns reeL Still the cannon's voice In anger Rolled and rattled o’er the plain. Till there lay In swarms around It Mangled heaps of Hessian slain. “Forward! charge them with the bay onet!” "Twos the voice of Washington, And there burst a fiery greeting From the Irish woman’s gun. Moncktoir falls; against his columns Deap the troops of Ws.yne and Dee, And before their reeking bayonets Clinton’s red battalions dee. Morgan's rifles, fiercely dashing, Thin the foe's retreating ranks. And behind them onward dashing, Ogden hovers on their danks. Fast they fly, these boasting Britons, Who In all their glory came, With their brutal Hessian hirelings To wipe out our country's name, proudly doats the starry banner, Monmouth's glorious field Is won. And in triumph Irish Molly, Stands beside her smoking gun. —William Collins (June 28, 177*). Wanted Peaceful Holiday. From Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Thomson came back to the ofdtt looking very brown. He had taken two weeks' vacation directly after a holiday, and so had been able to add several days to bis rest period. To the amazement of his boss, how «*er, he went straight to him. and asked for a few extra days off. "Why, you've only Just had your va cation!” ejaculated the amazed employ er. "What do you want the extra days lor?" “I want to ge married," Thomson an swered. "Why didn’t you get married during jrour vacation 7” the boss Inquired. "I didn't want to spoil my vacation.*' Thomson replied. Speaking of peace, civilization and ouch things, do you know or the new gun. sending a projectile with a speed up to five miles a second, able to shoot n five ton shell more than 200 miles! This invention, vouched for by com petent men, “would make war too ter rible and therefore Impossible," says the Inventors. But the last war proves that Isn't so. If the Inventors have under perfect •satrol the power they think they have, they should create wonderful Indus trial tools, for gutting off trees at the posts, quarry?!? stone, and otherwise Wiring beowg ttftor lighter. f RAISE LEGAL AGE OF WIEN TO 21 Affects Them In Marriage and Numerous Other Things— May Not Serve on Juries. Lincoln, Neb., July 17.—Women un der the age of 21 years, who are con templating marlage, would do well to get under the wire before July 28. otherwise no license will be Issued by the county judge without the writ ten consent of tbs parent of the young woman or the veroal consent given to the officer who Is called upon to grant such perlmts. The last legislature enacted a stat ute which provides that women do not become of legal age until they are 21 years old, thus placing them In the same position as men in this respect Heretofore the legal age for women In Nebraska has been 18 years, after attaining which they might do all things which a female of the species could lawfully do at any time. This will all be changed, however, after Jnly 28, when the new law becomes effective. The statute covering the Issuance of marriage licenses, provides that where either party Is a minor that party must have the consent of the parent or legal guardian 'before the county judge may Issue a marriage license. Women, therefore, must have such consent if the are not 21. In the past large numbers of li censes have been granted for the mar riage of girls under 21 years of age, but the number granted for boys be low that age has about equalled that for girls Under 18. Attaches of the county judge’s office anticipate a big rush of young couples within the next two weeks. It Is also expected that the new law will have an Important effect upon estate matters. Under the provision* of many wills legatees are to come Into their Inheritances upon becom ing of age. In the past females have had three years the advantage of males In this respect, but the new statute takes away this discrimina tion. Notwithstanding the fact that wom en have been given the franchise and legal age has been made the same with them as with men, they may not serve as jurors In Nebraska. This Is because the statute defining the qual ifications of jurors says that they must be "male” citizens of certain ags, together with other conditions. NEBRASKA WHEAT YIELD GOOD AND QUALITY HIGH Franklin, Neb., July 17.—Threshing Is in full blast here now and some good yields of wheat and barley are beln reported. Claire Wentworth had wheat yielding 32 bushels per acre, testing 63, while C. H. Starr and A. D. Ready reporty barley making 50 bush els to the acre. Oats will also be heavy. Lodgepole, Neb., July 17.—Wheat harvest In Cheyenne county began in earnest this week. Combine cut ting started July 15. Wheat will aver age about 30 bushels around Lodge pole this year, it is predicted. Elevat ors were paying 85 cents for new wheat on Monday morning and 00 cents for old wheat. PATRIARCHS MILITANT TO MEET AT WEST POINT West Point, Neb., July 17 (Spe cial)—The Patriarch Mlliatant Order of Oddfellows of Nebraska, will meet at their encampment in this city dur ing the week beginning August 7. It is expected that more than 300 mem bers of the order will be here from <4Rside towns. ThiB is the second meeting of the cantonment at West Point, their previous visit having been so pleasant and successful as to in duce them to make the location per manent. DIES FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN FALL West Point, Neb., July 17. (Spe cial)—Claude Harrison of Beemer, who suffered a terrible accident about 10 days ago, by falling from a hay stacker, breaking hia back, and sev ering the spinal cord, and who was Immediately rusheS to St. Catherine's hospital, Omaha, died at that Institu tion on Thursday evening. He was 34 years of age. The Pekin Precedent. Prom the .Springfield Hepublican. The maintenance of American troops at the American legation in Pekin af fords no precedent for continued main tenance of the American force on the Ithlne. Our government has a treaty | right to keep its soldiers in Pekin. In j article 7 of the protocol of September 7. 1901. with China, following the Boxer uprising, the Chinese government rec ognises "the right of each power to maintain a permanent guard in the said quarter for the defense of its legation.'* But no treaty right to maintain Ameri can soldiers in Germany exists, in view of the failure of the United States to ratify the treaty of Versailles. True, the Kuox-Porter peace resolu tion •‘reserves'* to the United States all rights and privileges stipulated by the Versailles treaty, hut, according to the unanimous expression of opinion in the Senate, those clauses carry nothing but suggestions and advice to the executive. They do not establish a right such as the Pekin protocol confers upon Its sig natories. The Retort Cutting. From Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. He was of the hard-up but hopeful variety. Mies Jenks was oertaln.y not young, nor was she beautiful. But she had riches, and, as the poet might have remarked. ‘'Sweet coin is more than coronets, and simple quids than Norman blood.” So he proposed; but, alas! "No, Mr. Jones," she remarked; “I shall never love again. The only man I ever loved was killed at the battle of—*' Jones reached for his hat. a dreadful smile upon his features. "Yes, I know." he said, with a deadly calm. "Walt** loo. waaa't it?* idapest, the City of Love and Eomance, Still Haa Its Beautiful Limbs and Shapely Feet. BY KARL H. VON WIEGANO, Budapest,—Budapest, on the ro mantic blue Danube—the city of love and romance—the queen of opereL Neither war nor the bolshevist re gime of Bela Kuhn has robbed it of its beauty, its charm, its music and romance, nor its beautiful legs, won derful ankles and shapely feet. After four years’ absence I walked along the Corso on the banks of tbe river of waltz and operet fame and they were all there yet. Budapest has the unique distinc tion of possessing more beautiful legs, the most alluring ankles and the shapeliest feet of any city in Eu rope—perhaps in the world. And the Hungarian ladies and girls of Budapest are quite conscious of that fact, so conscious of it that they are proud of that fame for their city and do not hesitate to let whoever comes to the Magyar capital see for himself. To show those wonderful legs, an kles and feet Budapest women wear the.shortest skirts of any of their sex In Europe. A walk along the Corse any afternoon, between 4 and 6, is to behold an exhibition of "legs" that surpass the finest aggregation of "limbs” ever assembled in a Broad way chorus. Were Ziegfeld to collect a cargo of those legs on the Corso for New York he would drive the bald head row rawing mad. The attention given and money Which is spent by women in other countries on millinery and facial mas sage the Budapest women devote to stockings and shoes and cars of the pretty feet. If choice must be made between money for a new bat and money for a ftne pair of shoes and stockings, it is shoes and stockings. Walk along the Cbrso, tfie figures sometimes are sbost for American Miea of feminine beauty, the face not always classic and the dress or suit frequently not the latest But the legs, ankles and feet invariably would make the poets rave. The skirts usu ally are short enough to show the long curve of the calf tapering down to the ankle. The stockings are very transparent and of a oolor in keeping with, but slightly contrasting to, the suit or dress. In none of the defeated countries does one see quite so much threict bare clothing or as many tatters and rags as in Hungary, but against that background the legs of Budapest stand out in startling contrast. Vienna is better dressed. One sees luxury and elegance there hardly met with In Budapest. In Budapest tbe people are on the whole shabbily clad, but look well fed. They have food, but not much clothing. Vienna has many of the aspects of Paris streets in clothing, furs and jewels, but be neath them often white emaciated hungry faces. Vienna has clothes; but little food. In Budapest one gets wonderful rolls and bread of all wheat flour such as even are not to be had In Be-Un, and an abundance of good butter. In Vienna the bread is almost uneatable and butter is a rarity. The difference is reflected in the people. The Hungarians are full of “pep,” the Viennese languid' and appear to be without ambition except to get on the state payroll. Of all the peo ple of the defeated countries, the Hungarians are the only ones who have lost neither self respect nor na tional, pride through the war. In Germany, with the exception of Bavaria, the mere suspicion of patri otism or national feeling, is almost regarded as a reproach. Socialists and emit eqj joj pepeeaans eavq (uptenv jo jsw eqi uioij paqsingunaip so) vuueiA u| puv ajeqt s^maotuap ivjooa being in almost killing out patriotism and national spirt. In Hungary I find that every Hun garian down to the workingmen, haa a keen sense of patriotism and a strong national spirit which neither war nor bolshevlsts succeeded in kill ing- out. The spirit in the Hungarians appeals to any red blooded American. It s a spirit which Rumanians, Jugo slavs and Czech-Slavs, who have bit ten hogs chunks out of Hungary, will have to reckon with in future gener ati/sna Hungary lost two-thirds of her ter ritory and 10,000,000 population through the edict of Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson. Four milllan Hungarians were deliv ered to foreign rule. Want People Back. "We will get back our territory and our people If It take3 1,000 years,” is what almost every Hungarian wlU tell you. Too Much Eating, From the Houston Host. A countryman who went to a large city to see the sights engaged a room at a hotel and before retiring asked the clerk about the hours for meals. "We have breakfast from 7 to 11, din ner from 12 to S, and supper from 6 to 8,” explained the Clerk. "I,ook here," inquired the farmer in surprise, "what time am I goin’ to get to see the town?" How Papa Was Betrayed. From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Mother — Come. Bobbie, don't be a little savage; kiss the lady. Bobbie—No. she's a naughty lady. If I kiss her she may give me a slap Just as she did to papa. A scrap of paper that for five genera tions has reposed between the covers of a faded copy of Spencer's "Faerie Queene" may bring .wealth to Alfred Watkins Seymour, keeper of a small res taurant in Seattle. The paper is a cer tificate of 67 shares of stock in the Mechanics’ bank, left by Thomas Wil liams, Seymour’s great grandfather, who died in New York in 1822. Its actual value, together with accrued Interest, was declared to amount to 1600.000. English teachers faar English children are being "Americanised'' through see ing nothing but American moving pic tures OUT INI BRISK* Asserted Farm Hands Who Refuse to Join Organiza tion Are Being Roughly Treated. Omaha, Neb., July 15.—A special dispatch from Harvard says It Is reported there that members of the I. W. W. are threatening workmen in Nebraska who do not Join their or ganization. The threats are directed against farm hands who desire work In Nebraska and men who refuse' to Join are thrown from trains, the dis patch says, adding that no less than 400 I. W. W’s had passed through Harvard withirf 24 hours. SUNDAY MOVIES AND BASEBALL WIN OUT Superior, Neb., July 16.—There will still be Sunday movies and Sunday baseball in Superior. In the election baseball won out by 43 and the movies By 26. It was a hotly fought campaign, unique in that street and home dis cussion took the form of earnest ar gument as to whether the Sabbath was really desecrated by engaging In these {prms of entertainment. By far the larger number of pa trons of the movies on Sunday come from the country. Baseball on Sunday throughout this section appears to be more pop ular than ever. CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL IS TO BE DISSOLVED Neligh, Neb., July IS.—Neligh was the first town In the state to vote on the consolidated schools, more than a year ago, and it is the first town to vote for dissolution. At a special election out of u total of 420 there were 312 for dissolu tion and 104 against. A light vote was polled and little or no intftestfcwas taken by the peo ple of Neligh. The farmers generally were the persons active In this campaign. OMAHA COMMISSIONER INJURED IN STORM Omaha. Neb., July 19.—A branch broken from a tree by the high wind at Carter lake club late Wednesday night struck Dan Butler, city com missiqper on the top of the head, in flicting a bad gash. He was rendered unconscious tor a few minutes. Sev en stitches were taken in the wound and he was later taken to St. Cath erine’s hospital. WOMAN ASSAULTED BY NEGRO WHO ESCAPES Omaha, Neb„ July 16.—Mrs. Mar garet Moreen, 44, while lying asleep in her home was attacked and crim inally asdhulted by a big negro who entered the house. The woman was alone in thediouse. Mrs. Moreen had been confined to her bed by illness since. Her condition is reported to be serious. CEDAR RAPIDS YOUNG MAN WANDERS AWAY FROM WIFE Cedar Rapldg, la., July 15.—(Spe cial)—Ray E. Elliott, a young insur ance man disappeared from his office here Tuesday and has not been heard from since. His wife reported his disappearance to the Cedar Rapids police Thursday and the police throughout the mlddlewest have been requested to look for him. He had no domestic troubles and his financial affairs with tbe insur ance company were in fine condition. Mr. Ellottt was severely gassed during the war and) has suffered great pain since. His wife fears his pain has unbalanced his mind hnd that he wandered away. A friend saw him in a hotel here late Tuesday, and Mr. Elliott said he was going away but he did not appear to haye any destination in view, ac cording to the friend. NO UNIT CHANGES WHEN ARMY IS MADE SMALLER Washington, July 15.—Reduction of the enlisted strength of the army to 150,000; will be accomplished without changing the basic organization and in a manner which will provide for a rapid expansion In time of emer gency, it was announced Thursday at the war department. Orders have been sent to all field commanders out lining the system to b9 followed as decided by the general Staff. A number of units will be placed on the "inactive list” and similar units will be designated on the active list as their guardian or parent or ganizations. The plan provides that the enlisted personnel of the inactive untls will be transferred to the active units and as many commissioned of ficers as are available will remain assigned to the inactive units but as signed to such duties as may be nec essary. SO HE LOST OUT. Battle Creek, Mich., July 15.— Chas. W. Eccles, who brought suit for divorce was tardy when the case was called today and in explaining to the judge disclosed that he had to wait fro his wife to dress. Thus dis covering the plaintiff and the defen dant were still living together Judge North dismissed the case. VISIT TO HEALER IS DISASTROUS TO HIM Des Moines, la,, July 13 (Special).— William Foster, paralyzed for seven years, was carried to a divine healing meeting In Chautauqua park last night. He put hlB faith in the healing. After prayers had been said he was told to rise and walk. He started but he fell off the platform and sus tained a broken leg. He is now In a hospital. - ■ ". - ■■ -f Robert G. Woodsidc, in Stars and SMpes. I read with a great deal of amused interest the "swan song” of th#« money interests and howl of the profiteers. The United States Chamber CfnC2mmerCe ?**B BP°ken ln final and exhausted effort to kill thj so called soldiers’ adjusted compensation bill which will pass congress very shortly. It is truly surprising to see the ingratitude that is shown in th* whole attitude of this association’s remarks; ingratitude for the boys an<t> men who went out and stood the brunt of the battle and hardships in the field so that these self-same men for whom the United States Chamber of Commerce speaks and also their families might continue to live and enjoy their traditional freedom from oppression that was then threatening the ra- ___ < tion. ^^ V The Chamber of Commerce has flooded the congress and all parts ef the country with its booklet of some size and of quite some cost (the cost of'1 getting out this publication and of mailing it could have done much toward e relief of the men), in an attempt to be-little the ex-service man and th«~ r work that he has accomplished; and an endeavor is made to hide behind the-, cioaa of a sympathy seeker and a few expressions about “aiding the dis abled men.” It is regretted that some of qur bigger representative bodies* attempt to commercialize the plight of the disabled man. Ingratitude appears to be written all through his pfimphlet. The Cham ber seems, in a guise, to bemoan the cost of helping the disabled. It seems* to think that it is necessary arid-with propriety for the Chamber of Com- — -V merce to build up and exhibit to the public large figures of what the gov ernment is spending on allotments made to the dependents of those called in service, on death and disability compensation, on hospitalizing the wounded; and on their rehabilitation. The Chamber also takes occasion to tabulate a set of benefits that warn* B,,;®.i*d *or ex-*ervice men, undoubtedly with an endeavor to show that a, sufficiency of relief has been given the ex-service men. Some of these that they mention are:. Suspension of legal proceedings, of attachment of prop erty, eviction, foreclosure, sale of property for taxes, and forfeiture of right, to public land. Isn’t it a pity that the Chamber must resort to such smalt* measures? It would be interesting indeed for this self-same Chamber of Commerce to tell the country just what it has done, constructively or otherwise, for the bi nefit of the ex-service men and the disabled soldiers. Just wherein the re cords has it or any of the representatives appeared at hearings and spok en in behalf of the passage of beneficial legislation for the soldiers? And* in this I take cognizance of a letter dated May 19, 1921, to the various, numbers of congress which was used as a blind to kill the bonus l'egisla ti*in. Has it done anything at all on the Sweet bill or the various land and-, hemestead bills which are "a lasting benefit?" I don’t recall any of their representatives doing anything actively in the name of their national or ganization In the matter of the hospitalization program, nor does my me m>ry recall any publicity in this respect in behalf of ouch relief by th»* Cliamber. However, at this time when it appears, as a result of the demand, throughout the country of citizens in general, that the adjusted compensa tion bill will be enacted into a law, the United States Chamber of Com merce comes out using a belated sympathy for the disabled as a mask ki. 1 this present measure. Does the United States Chamber of Commerce really and sincerely be lieve that It can scare the average business man throughout the country With a lot of figures that do not tally with the ones submitted by the Sen. ate finance committee through its experts? I am curious to know just how many “conscientious profiteers” are be., hind this Chamber’s actions. It will be interesting to hear just what thw limited States Chamber of Commerce -did to protect the government and thw taxpayers from paying enormous prices for food and supplies during thi war.. It could not haggle about this or else there would be trouble from. ^ within. It could not even haggle about the immense salaries that were being paid to those who stayed at home—but about playing fair and keeping the. country’s promises to the men who offered their lives and sacrificed their irusiness the Chamber can. come out and haggle with the 31-page disser tation. Introspection sometimes is a very good thing. It also would' be* well for the United States Chamber of Commerce to check its figures an«t deductions before it publishes such statements. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States are quite sure that congress and the country are truly cognizant of the fact that this adjusted compensation bill that they are about to authorize will cost but a very small fraction of what would have been the cost should the war .have continued a" month or two longer. The soldiers upon whom the country showered all manner of promises ask but fair treatme'jt; and I am sure there isn’t * bit of doubt but what congress and the citizens will see that they get it. Colonel Procter’* Dead Horse. From the Milwaukee Journal. Colonel Procter of the Wood campaign for domination fame is suing for the return of some of the money he ad vanced in the effort to promote General Wood’s fortunes. He paid out $813,000, and discovers it is not much fun paying for a lost cause and that others don't seem keen to help. Eventually a good deal of this money will be charged up to the education of a well-meaning American millionaire who knew a good deal more about soap than about de mocracy. Colonel Procter didn’t know that the enormous sum spent by a few men would in the end ruin his candi date’s chance. What was more import ant, he did not realize that if the nom ination could be obtained In such fash ion, it would be an evil day for the re public. His lesaon ought to be worth as much as several corrupt practices acts would be. It might have been good for the nation if General Wood had been the nominee; it would have been very bad for the nation if a nomination could be obtained by the fattest purse. In The Jungle. The scenic effects of the West Idles are described In "The Cradle of the Deep" by Sir Frederick Trevis. (Dutton & Co.) Here is a picture of a tropical jungle: So compact is the undergrowth that no trace of the ground is to be seen. • * • Out of the tangle of green rise ; huge spectral trunks, struggling to { reach the sky to breathe, struggling to rtd themselves of the web of creepers, vines and parasites which cling to them and drag them down, as the snakes did Laocoon. • • • Were it not for the brilliant butterflies and moths that glide to and fro one would Imagine it was too dense with damp for winged things to fly in. The dim green light Is as that of moonlight. The sounds in the _ woods are strange, for the leaves are strange and their rustling is unlike that heard In any English spinney. • • • Every thing In this spendthrift forest is Im moderate and exaggerated. The under growth is to a man what a plot of weeds is to a hiding mouse. There is a creeper that covers half an acre. Here is a plant like a violet in its form, but it would shelter a child. Here is a ger anium leaf, but it is shining and stiff and measures two feet across. • » • This thicket suggests a clump of bracken, yet such is the size of every 'fern-like fan that It would hide a dozen horsemen. These woods of Munchausen, these gardens of the megalomaniac are very wonderful, but they are wearisome by their persistent intemperance and parade. Years and Efficiency. From the Minneapolis Tribune. B. C. Forbes, editor of Forbes’ Maga zine and a well known writer on eco nomic and commercial subjects, has been trying to prove that, contrary to the popular saying, "America is a young man's country,” some.old men still have a good deal to do with running it. He begins with the statement that a man of 84, whose name he does not give, has Just been made president of a big com mercial company, and raises the ques tion: At what age are men capable of doing their best in the Business , world? He finds that "most of the con- I spicuously important positions in the | commercial world today are filled by men from 60 to 70 and upwards;” that between 40 and 50 is not necessarily a man’s most productive decade, as manf suppose, but that many, if not most, men who have been conspicuously suc cessful have done their best work be tween the ages of 55 and 65. He says that he once analyzed the careers of 60 men admitted to be the foremost lead ers in American business and finance and found that their average age was $i- __ Murder For Love. _ From the Indianapolis News. Another of Chicago’s lady murderers ha* been acquitted. Alt that seems to happen these years to a woman who goes a-killtng is that here diary is pub lished in the newspapers. There should be enough women now in Chicago who nave killed men and been honorably discharged to start a successful mutual aid and reminiscence society. In the latest case, the woman killed her man. hat the man It seems, abused bar. and she loved him. Moreover he had pre viously committed the error of marry ing another woman to whom he was) still legally bound. Love, however, wais the governing motive. Hear the counsef for the defense: What is the crux of this case? Ia my judgment the foundation stone of ■— all this trouble rests upon woman’*: wonderful love. Let me quote a pas sage from one of Oliver Goldsmith’*) poems: “Lovely woman stoops to folly, i finds too late that men betray.” Why> should a woman pay for a man's follyT' Should she go to the penitentiary because she had a sentimental heart? The foun dation of this case is woman’s love and) the keystone is man’s perfidy. The 12 good men and true composing! the Jury voted that she shouldn't go to the penitentiary because she had sentimental heart. Such logic has con vinced other grave and thoughtful) Jurors. A woman loves a man deeply.)' For that reason she kills him. Pre-l sumably, a woman with a large enough) heart could love and kill a half-dozen i masculine scoundrels, without seriously) running afoul of the law as presently In terpreted. Work. FYom the Springfield Republican. Today we know that not every man. can reach the highest places. Whll*1 much is properly said about competition ) as a spur to individual effort and an j awakener of talent and productivity, it) is perhaps more desirable to teach that j every job which is performed by a ma- ! ture man may be considered an end in j itself if it Is performed for its own) sake and in a spirit of public service, i We can see, too, that the demands forj extreme short hours are, in part, a re- , action from the practice of past decades j when men were overworked. Years ago j there were woolen mills in Massachu- i setts—at least small ones—which ran 131 hours a day and the employes of which ! were supposed to work one night a week j besides. ; Borah on the Bonn*. From the Wichita Eagle. Senator Borah attacks the present j Senate bonus bill on the ground that it. • Is dishonest. He point* out that the bill attempts to promise something to j the former soldiers while promising the taxpayers that they will not have t»j pay the bonus. The amount of the. bonus is about 14,000,000,000. The bill now under consideration, says Borah, merely holds out the prospect for small doles to individual ex-soldiers at some distant date in the future. There are two possible sources for , soldier bonus money besides the sadly } strained pockets of the taxpayers. The , money could be taken from the tax j evaders who profiteered during the war and then passed their unholy profits around among themselves as stock divi dends. Or it could be taken from the accrued interest payments to be made i by our European debtors, provided,' those debtors ever stop spending our j money for war and proceed to pay it , back to us. The Senate does not consider either . of these sources very seriously. Espe- I dally is It concerned in protecting the i war profiteers from any unseemly re- ; quests that they pass over to the sol diers their ill-gotten and ill-kept war j profits, on which they avoided paying ; even the ordinary income taxes, while returned soldiers and men of small ' means have been obliged to make up the deficit by paying most burdensome Income taxes. There is much to be said on the sol dier bonus that will not be said in the United States Senate. With General Dawes. From Commerce and Finance. It was 4 o'clock, and the government clerks in the office of the new director of the budget started to go home. "Hell and Marta!” exclaimed Director Dawes, as the clerks started for tho door. Then he announced that he would 'adopt the custom of the Senate, and j turned hack the hands of the clock. — A little before midnight, as the dl rector finished his work for the day, ho turned the clock forward again, ready for th« morning. "This beats tho so damn efficiency experts." e-.id tho dl- t factor, as ha stepped out «a the atreaL