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No on can fail to b impressed by the difference in the atmosphere of the opening session of the inter national conference at The Hague and that of the Washington disarmament parley or the Genoa economic round table. At Washington men met under the 'mpetus of high resolve to achieve a definite and practicable re. duction of the war burden of the world. They were stirred to enthusiasm by Secretary Hughes' inspiring appeal and his unexpected announcement of the United States' readiness to agree upon a fixed pro gram of radical naval curtailment. At Genoa the circumstances were Jess auspicious. The United States was absent and there were very definite elements of discord between the European nations represented. Nevertheless, representative statesmen took advantage of the opening session to Voice their hopes for a "new deal" in Europe, for the solution of economic problems which were and still are forestalling the permanent advancement of the peoples so lately released from the horrors of war. There were pessimists at Genoa, but there were also optimists, and for a time at least the optimists were the more outspoken. The Hague session opened without apparent in spiration, with nothing but reiterations of the an tagonistic positions which wrecked the Genoa con ference. It opened under the dispiriting shadow of failure by the allied bankers to arrange new bases of European national credits. It is perhaps sig nificant that the first day was marked by attempts to discourage publicity of its affairs to an extent not undertaken at any other international confer ence since the war. The world was so stricken by war that it wel comed any reasonable action tending to curtail the possibility of war or the extent of the damage that war could work. Apparently it has not yet suffered sufficiently of the evils of economic devastation that its component nations are willing to sit down to a heart-to-heart discussion of practicable means for re moving the causes of these disturbances. The eco nomic problem is more complex. Its elements are more difficult of understanding and perhaps more difficult of solution. The time is coming when it must be solved and the one ray of light in the present situation, is the certainity that, whatever difficulties may come first, the ultimate solution is 'nearer with each passing day. When that time arrives, the' United States may wield an important influence, not as a bargain-seeker contending against others equally selfish but as a leader among nations willing to give as well as take, with the same spirit which made the Washington conference a success. ,! JUST EVERYDAY PLUCK. Circumstances, as much as men, make popular her,oesc , Albert N. McDonald, 43, Texan, after 10 years of training in the American army, enlisted with the Canadians in 1916, fought at Vimy ridge, Cambrai, on the Somme, and suffered four wounds, one by a bayonet The most unobserving man can observe that there was a hero! Coming out of the war he put $6,000 into res taurant fixtures in a Texas oil town, martial law was established, and today he can't sell his goods for even 100 there. He came to Omaha to take charge of a railroad eating house in a dingy section of Grbson,-not far from a bootlegging joint, and to "clean up" the neighborhood. In his first clash over liquor he was shot five times, thrice through the stomach. "I'll get well," he grimly declared and he did. Two weeks to the day he walked away from the hospital. "I'm going back into Gibson," he announced. "I'm going .to clean up the neighborhood and make it a decent place for the railroad company's men, a fit place to run a business." Within a week he again will don a chef's cap and an apron and turn mainly to cooking, say, corned beef and cabbage. Thus does peace hide its heroes. FIRST FIFTY YEARS THE HARDEST. . The young lady reporter, after "covering" her sixth divorce case involving well known people' in less than that many weeks, remarked: "I'm never going lo get married; I've seen and heard enough." By way of rebuttal, we commend to this young woman and all others of similar pessimistic thought this remark by Mrs. J. W. Evans, Omaha woman who celebrated her fiftieth wedding anniversary last week: "We never had a quarrel during the fifty years of our married life." Now, mind you, it would be risky business to guarantee a half century without quarrels to any couple. The chances are there will be quarrels. But the marital life which one sees disclosed in the di vorce courts is not typical. Most married folk live happily. AMBITION NOT MERELY DISCONTENT. The manager of a hotel, taking breakfast in the main dining room a day or so ago, rebuked the waiter for what seemed a most trivial thing. "When placing a fingerbowl before a guest al ways have the hotel crest on the silver base toward the guest," he told the waiter, with much sterness. "He's new at the business, that waiter," the . manager added to a breakfast companion. "Probably he's wishing he were manager, so he could get even with me for the rebuke. At that he probably would be as good a manager as I would be a waiter. It's surprising how much a waiter must know to carry On his duties properly." - Men who are or pretend to be discontented with their own occupations often make envious remarks . about the occupations of other men. "Gosh, I wish T had that chap's graft," or "Pretty soft for tiat guy," or may call that work hut I don't," remarks heard frequently during a day. These discontented ones are oblivious to the fact that every job, from digging a ditch to running banking house, requires a peculiar physical or mental ability. The haberdashery clerk forgeU that pitch ing hay Is an art and wishes he were a farmers the farmer blisters his hands after pitching hay for twelve hours and wishes he had a "soft" Job in a furnish ing store. Ambition is not useless envy. It Is to be fostered as a potent factor in American life. The hotel waiter might well with to be manager, but he should not confine himself to wishing. He should try to fit him self for the managership, In doing this he would learn that being a hotel manager is not such a snap as it may appear. And like the manager he would acquire insight which would give him a healthy respect for the ability of other. Much useless dis content could be stopped by this line of reasoning. PULLING IN OUR HORNS. Considerable grief impends for those coast cities that will have to give up navy yard or shore sta tions under the naval reduction plan. Who will doubt that the civic and commercial bodies In each locality will pull every political string to maintain their hold on the government payroll? The commission which will handle this problem will have a difficult task. Dismantling warships, while requiring less finesse than removing a naval station, is not easy, either. One has but to consider that these heavily armored vessels were built to withstand the highest explosives to realize the difficulty of taking them to pieces with peaceful Implements. The oxy-acetylcne torch, pneu matic drill, the chisel and the power-hammer have much work before them. More than 500,000 tons of tho American navy are to be scrapped under the disarmament treaty. Junk out of these men-of-war will turn up later in auto mobiles, electrical appliances, farm implements and tools. This conversion of what may be called waste into useful products adds to the wealth of the na tion, just as the abandonment of surplus camp sites and navy stations will do by reducing the nation's tax bill. THE FINE ART OF PENMANSHIP. . i Come to think of it, women generally do write a better hand than do men. So it is not surprising that the first prize for penmanship in the Omaha schools tohould go to a girl, Inez L. Harris. That 13 awards of merit should be made before one boy is reached, is however, rather remarkable. What is to be made of the showing that out of 421 grade school pupils making a high grade as pen men only 68 were boys? It is small comfort to notice that the supervisor who trained them was a man. There are some things a woman's arm is not adapted to, throwing a ball for instance, but using a pen is a more delicate operation that seems to be perfectly suited to a dainty touch. For a generation the art of writing was almost lost. The era of the ink-drawn birds and scrolls gave way to one of angular, awkward lettering. The typewriter came into general use in the nick of time, for there is a good deal of writing that is extremely hard, to decipher. We dare say the thing is better managed now, with special instruction in the position and the movement of the arm as well as expert criticism of the writing itself. WHAT THE INCOME TAX SHOWS. Year by year the American people increase in wealth and productiveness. That conclusion is in escapable after pondering a-pamphlet on statistics of income for 1920, issued by the internal revenue bureau. Returns of net income show a heavy increase each year. The. greatest increase, mounting to $7, 400,000,000, was recorded in 1917,' reflecting no doubt some of the profits of war. Since, that time $10,000,000,000 more hlis been added, more than a third of it in 1920. From the point of view of general welfare, it is reassuring to find the bulk of the increasing income falls now to the small fellow. Out of 7,259,944 per soijs reporting, only 33 had n income of $1,000,000 a year or more, j In the war years this class was more numerous, with' an aggregate income five times as large as In 1920, the last year for which figures are available, in the same period total annua earnings of the class falling between $1,000 and $5,000 doubled. ' '. Most of the 'small incomes, of course, proceeded from salaries and wages. This source, however, sup plied only a little more than one-half of the full re turns. Industry which includes both trade and farm ing, was responsible for a little" more than one-fifth. The profits from owning3 property, such as lands, bonds and stocks, brought !in . almost as much. The trouble .with such statilitics as these are that before they can be collected they may be out of date. These figures of two years ago indicate that America was heading in the right direction to a broader distribution of the returns of thrift and industry. It is unfdrtunate that we must wait two years longer in order to ascertain our exact position at the present moment. ' CINDERELLA AT THE BRITISH COURT. Cinderella was blessed with a fairy godmother who arrayed her in fine jewels for the court ball. That magic feat is now imitated by London jewelers who hire out diamond tiaras for a night's social dis play. These will not fade out at the stroke of mid night, but may be returned the next morning. The cheap pursuit of expensive pleasure could scarcely be carried farther. When any social climber may wear at a court ceremony a magnificent rope of pearls by paying $30 as rent to a jeweler, the glory and advantage of ownership decline. The net re sult is'something like communism, since it weakens the pride of possession, makes splendid gems almost common property, and puts the comparatively poor society dame on the same plane of splendor as the wife of a war millionaire. What an impression of mummery is given by the news that London jewelers are rushed with ap plications for hired jewels to be worn at the royal receptions. Cinderella was a heroine, right enough, but the same popular admiration is denied those so ciety folk who so patently, are living beyond their means that they have to appear in plumage rented for the night. . . - When Andy Nielsen, parson-pilot, goes flying he believes in doing it right. Whfethe crashed into a hay rack near Tekamah, he had a police surgeon with him to dress his wounds and a lawyer with him to prevent any damage suits. All he needed, in fact, was a fire chief to put out the flames. Conan Doyle explains that Sherlock Holmes is dead, but that he is revolving in his mind a new fiction character to take his place A detective story from Sir Arthur's pen would seem much more plausi ble than his spook stories. j Cereal chemists announce that the best wheat flour lacks only five elements of nourishment, and three of them are minor. The two vital ones are soluble fats, and once science can put these into bread, it will in fact become the staff of life. - BUILDING ANEW CAPITOL Some Nebraska Editors Favor Marble Over Limestone While Seeking Economy, Do Nothing for the Sake of Loitering Cost That Would Injure Permanence or Dignity of Building, It General Sentiment Ravenna New. n n r.u: Thai raiiltol bulldln will Be an architectural triumph hen completed, a ouuaing in vp inm with th amrlt and Droarresalv n.. nf a artat atat. A million more or le In lie cost rtpreatma to iia infiivijiuai nni mucn mors man a few aallons of or attendance , . tmwt mnvii ihowi. and the Der matome of th building should not he cheapened or it Beauty iesanea i.u tha ii nf infarlnr material. Marble I th standard material of arohliartural durability ana Btauty th world over and It u In th construction of th new buuainc i greatly to h preferred to llmeeton. If neceaaary to circumvent th con tractor' trust, let the stat proceeJ with th work under competent upcrvieion. Long Pine Journal. Ted I Hummel: Th new state capltol building should be, as far a possible, a horn atut project, nut only In th work Iteelf. Nebraska men aiiould b riven preference to Job. xrvic men coming nrei Competition among bidder should be more keen. Bulla it or maroie, that It may be a lasting monument to th state. The 1300,000 saved would he poor economy when It come to consider the wearing qualities. Ih economy In design- In anything but the quality that goea Into the building. Ray Spring News. George E. Benschoter: I do not think It advisable to carry on the rapltol work by the Mate without contract; better put off building for a year. A to using limestone in place of marble. If the architect think it I a durable, better save 1300,000: if not, use marble. Noth ing la too good for Nebraska. Wolthlll Time. G. A. Dudley: The taxpaylng pub lic certainly should approve the policy of the rapltol commission in rejecting the building bids because they seem unreasonably high. If satisfactory competitive bids cannot be secured, the alternative or tne state doing the work hinges on th reliability and Integrity of the men supervising the construction. In a building of the proposed magnifi cence, a saving of 1300,000 does not Justify substituting limestone for marble racings. Nebraska snouio not hesitate at the legitimate cost of a capltol worthy of the state, but doe not countenance graft or any expenditure without an equivalent value In return. Nelson Gazette. The lack of competition in bids is the first act in the Nebraska Capitol drama indicating a disposition to pave the way for graft. In rejecting the few bids submitted Governor McKelvIe has again demonstrated that he has a mind of his own and the committee of which he is the head is to be commended for en deavoring to protect the Nebraska taxpayers. The wisdom or tne state undertaking the work 'without con tract is questionable as it would furnish many opportunities for mis understandings, and these always prove unsatisfactory and expensive. The letting or contract aggregating upwards of IS, 000, 000 is a herculean task and must be kept wen in nana if the people are given Justice and those In charge make an honorable record. . Economy is always com mendable, but to cheapen the capltol by substituting lower grade material would likely prove disappointing in Freedom and Reform From a Speech by senator Oeorse W. Norrla. , "In a free "overnment, founded upon consent of the governed, on tne tneory that the people are suf ficiently intelligent to be given the right or self-government no man in my judgment can successfully deny tne rignt or tne people to nominate candidates unless at the same time he is consistent and denies the right or tne people to vote at a general election. Give to me or to anyone else or to any machine or any body or men tne right and power to nominate candidates and they will not turn their finger over to decide who shall be chosen at the general election. The history of the coun try is full of such examples. "Abolish the right of the people to name their candidates and the effect will be the abolition of the right -of the people to elect their public officials. The secretary of war, wnen ne advocates the aboli tion of the primary, is advocating a return to monarchial form of gov ernment. "From the very beginning of civ ilization there has been a contest between those who wanted to go rorwara ana those who wanted to go back. There has been a continual conflict between those who want the power given to a few chosen people ana tnose wno wanted to give It to an tne people. "According to the belief of the men who are opposed to the pri mary system, the only way to select the best man. is to turn the matter over to a particular few who, by some inherited right, are assuming ior tnemseives tnat they know more man anybody else and must neces sartiy ne entrusted with power. xney are aoing what the kaiser did when he said he derived his power irom uoa. "Our forefathers said 'govern ments derive their Just power from tne consent or tne governed "That means me; that means you that means the bricklayer; that means the carpenter; that means the lawyer and the doctor and dentist and the scientific man as well as the man who has had only one training and that to know how to compound interest and not lose anything by the operation. "Secretary Weeks said that when wt- have attempted to improve the constitution by amendment we have failed signally. He believes we ought never to change the constitu tion. - That means we would never have had the amendment guarantee ing liberty of the press and freedom of speech. That means that today we would have slavery; and that means that we would have no pri mary; that means that no change could be made to relieve human suffering or to bring about Improve ment in government. "One of the statements of Secre tary Week is that th primary has a tendency to abolish partisanship in government. If that were the only thing it ever did, it would jus tify its existence. If there is one single evil in the government today, it Is the evil of arbitrary partisan ship which forces senators to come into the senate saying 'What is my vote? Where doe the committee stand? I do not know a thing about what has been discussed, but I am going to vote for a tariff a mile high if the committee has it in the bill that way. v "If the committee goes out and changes it and comes in with a lower rate they will be with the committee again." the end. Nebraska I a young and progreaalv state, rich In resources. Th caultul la to aarva for lions to com and nothing but th tery ocst material win be satisfac tory in in long run. Ulbbon Reporter. i. k. jonnaun: i doubt very strongly th advisability of th (late undertaking th construction of th new capltol building Itself. Work of any arcription cost th govern ment, th state, or ven a tnunlcl pallty much mor than It doe an Individual or firm. Whit Nebraska should hav a capltol building of which th people should not b shamed, still, with th present heavy burden of taxation, this I no Mm for extravagance. A handsome and dignified limestone building win nil every public need and the I300.0U0 saved would benefit more people If applied to highway Im provement. Tekamah Herald. J. It. Sutherland: Th state will be justified In rejecting all bids on th stale capltol to break a price nxing combination among contract ors. George K. Johnson, state en gineer. Is competent to supervise the construction for the building com mission. The state capltol commis sion. Th state capitot commission must do what It can to break up any graft by a contractors combine. Bedford stone Is preferable to Mis souri marble and should be used In construction, thereby saving $300,000 of th taxpayer' money. The bid ubmitted show that Bedford stone was that much lower than marble. Falrbury News and Gazette. Lew Shelley: I believe the publlo haa always suffered from the policy of asking for competitive bids on public works. It usually, sooner or later, drives coi,' -actor into com bination for self-protection, or fur nishes a strong Incentive to render defective service. If Governor Mc KelvIe ha found "competition lack ing he has in this case only discov ered what is usually overlooked. In an enterprise of this magnitude, no contractor should be considered whose character and business deal ings are not above reproach, and the state should expect to pay a reasonable profit for his services. Spenoer Advocate. The state capltol commission is to be commended in rejecting bids on the state capltol building. In the face of seeming lack of compe tition, the figures appear to be out rageously high. The commission should give bidders another oppor tunity and. If the bids submitted are out of reason, the state should take on the work itself. There might be convict labor used on the work. Ne braska's new capltol building should The Bee's LETTER BOX Treat 'Em Hough" No Koluilon. Stanton, Neb,, June 14. To the Editor of The U: Who I BrownT I h a caus or I h an affect? Everybody will have to admit that he I a bad actor. Ill latest crlm I a moat deteatsbl on. II I not even on th level with the beast. Ueast obey th law, law of their kind, nor do they deviate from this law by on jot. Thi fellow obeyed neither th beast law nor yet th statutory law. He has been In jail. What was th result of hi Incarceration? Did It do mora than to suspend his crimes while he waa In prison? How many mor year of prison 11 f would b neceaaary to mak him a decent, re pectabl citizen, and one who eould go at larg in safety to the women? How much more time must he do to be cleansed from hi lust? Are there not other Browns? Are there not other tirowna who hav not been apprehended, who have not served any term in prison for their crimes? What about these other Browns? If found out. arrested, put on trial and convicted and sent to prison, will they be any cleaner than this Urown when they are let out? It commitment to prison has any virtues, Nebraska ought to ha thor oughly blessed In so much that Jts great prison is so full that th In mates, figuratively speaking, are sticking their heads out of the win dows. Every bit of space Is full to capacity and the, various county Jails nouse enough to rill It again. Notwithstanding this accomplish ment of prison infliction, there are stand for ages and the people are demanding a structure commensu rate with our great etate. They do not want It cheapened in looks or stability and, while demanding that It be built at a minimum of cost, would sanction the extra expense of a marble structure. Dcahlrr Rustler. E. J. Mitchell: Would not use limestone In the capitol. Colorado sandntone might do as a substitute If 1300,000 could be saved. Let the state handle the Job. Harrison Sun. F. W. Meyer: Am not In favor of the state proceeding on the capi tol building without contract. I am not In favor of limestone; think marble should be used. Believe postponement of work until next year should be made and new bids submitted at that time. Genoa, Leader. My opinion is that if the state at tempts to build a new statehouse itself it will cost szoo.ouo more, man It would by contract. As regards to saving $300,000 by using lime stone Instead of marble, we say use marble. After planning the finest building of the kind in the country it would be a tragedy to cheapen it with material. Marble is worth that much more; and there is nothing too good for Nebraska. a lot of sapheaiis who have no abil ity to reason who loudly ilomand that our prison b mad a plat- vt terror and of severity. Ootid l-ord! The human rai-e had tlml fur thou sands of tsr and got no bolter r suits than w are gritting now Th aauhraded fool advocate a- verity because they ate Incapable of Offering any other scheme. They know that Imprlaonment does not work any good. Nvetihles the want It continued deiplt It failure and th Urown that It end out Thl proposition I so elemental that It nsed no comment namely: Tun Ishment will not mak a guod man out of a bad on nor will It terror deter any criminal from committing hi crimes. Ther were erlmlnala when death the reward for ne- farloua acta. There wer heretic when the HpanUh Inquisition tortured It thousands by all the savagery that Its adm nlatrators could devise, Nobody wss over itinde good hy tor ture nor prevented from committing a felonv by terrorism. You and I sre in luck or out of luck, whichever way one views It, that the good Lord didn't exact the si:oreme penalty for our first or any subsequent sin. Had He made thl His rule of action, how many would ther b who would have survived until now? Had the death penalty been HI practice for every and any sin the whole race would have been blotted out at the very beginning. Ther would have been none left after Cain. Tou and I are here be cause Cod didn't do that sort or a thing. He was too wise to the game to try It. It la odd than any should aaaume greater wisdom than His. What fools these are who think their wladom superior to His, We have tried th most sever In fllctlons that devilish humsn Ingenu ity could devise. We have made use of the libbet and the block. We have immolated prisoners alive, we nsve run the gammet from severity to mildness. What is the resum Browns! Shall we keep on? Ter saps ao, for we don't seem to have Intelligence enough to devise eny better method, we win go on to tne WILL R. WOODRUFF. end of time making Browns. Omaha and Aviation. Omaha, June 1. To the Editor of The Bee: An Omaha designed and constructed airplane has made Its maiden trip. At the other end of that voysge this plane was en tered in the midwest flying meet In which aviators and airplanes of re nown competed. And the first day of the meeting this Omaha ship nosed its way into the aviation hall of fame by winning two main events. This airship, which is or a distinct type and was designed and construct ed under a velr or secrecy, attained and altitude of 6,500 feet, returning to earth in 15 minutes, and won a 15-mile race against a field of worthy opponents. High praise is due the designer and builders of this flying machine, all Omaha men, and Congratulations also are in order for the pilot who guided the Omaha winner in the lists. Harry G. Smith. Omaha air mail pilot, was at the stick of the Beiianca when it first left the ground at Fort Crook field. He piloted the ship on Its maiden voyage from Omaha to Monmouth, III., without mishap, and he was la lb cockpit when th JJJtll nc was declared winner In t(9 main eventa of th meeting HmV Is known as th most careful pilot th air mall Mrvlc and It I futias that h should be an Omaha fir1 fur Ilia Omaha dlvlaluna of Jh I Ice hold unblemished tSvf.'ia. not equaled by any other division. tiinlih, William 1. Votaw, .lark Knight. C, C. Lang and oilier whusa home station ha been the A k -Bar-Hen field, hav don much to blac ih nam of Omaha nigh in in annals of aviation history. EX-ACB. Honking Horns. Oniuhil, June To the Editor of Th lice: The crash and clatter In downtown sections of American cities haa come to be accepted a a neceaaary phase of preaeut-day rlv llltatlnn. one oon become accus tomed to the rumble of aurfai car, th roaring of motor and vej th discordant medley of sounds In su? cafeterias. Hut after th day of toll, whea eae retire to th an-called peace- and quiet of one's home, much teaser noises disturb and annoy. Th friend ly but thouslitleaa motorist who drive up In front or a reldeni' an aound hi cluxon long and TOd IS not adding to th peace of th neigh borhood. - In most cases he Is endeavoring to entice a friend out for a .ride. But his clsxon sounds just aa loud In th home of people whom h ha no Intention of taking out for arpln. How are these people to avoid hear ing hi claxon? And how. ohSow, are they to know the signal 'Isn't meant for them? Many a peaceful nap has been Interrupted by a claxon which Isn't meant foe -the ears of the napper: many a booKhea been hastily closed without a book mark by some Innocent resder-who thought the claxon called him..' ' The most obvious solution wduld be for the motorist to leave hur. car long enough to ring th doorber, If this Is too great an effort, why-aot invent a special system otjlgntfl , two short honks and one 'hiCP'O- for example and thus ellmlnl.N-7 unnecessary discomfort to othaeaT QUIET, FLEAS.' 3 I aWweMr .- i -a Plws 7aW jJPY Is) JWtfe "V U t, m ) wA r "' " '"'J. ONLY Be ' ' ': . - for an extra can of POSITIVELY the greatest value ever offered in a whole some high-grade baking powder. If you haven't taken advantage of it do so today- the supply is limited. Every can bears a blue sticker on the label containing this special offer: eVJ. 4 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SALE One 12 os. can at regular price One 12 oz. can at pedal price Two 12 oc cans for 25 cents 05 cents 30 cents Perfect Satufaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded Never again are you apt to get this famous brand of baking powder at this "give-away" price, which is offered during this sale, just to give every housekeeper an opportunity to prove its superiority for herself. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity' If the first grocer you call on hasn't any left, try the next ona Don't let this opportunity slip by. If s all new stock and guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. The time grows short Act today 1