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I HE OMAHA BEE: THURSDAY. JULY 6. IMS. The Morning Bee or nets Maia Orftre ITill 4 Ttrnim C. IIM ....( tf.ii ft. (MMlfc td sJ (. title St. Haw Verk J tilth Aveeae Weekiasta . . :t Star Hid. Ck. . . !?: (tager Bid Tri, Kwii But SI. Rgwra MORNINC EVENING SUNDAY THC BCE PUILMHINC COMPANY MIUON . VTDIKE, Publiaher. . BBkWEK. Can. Viuitr. to keep up with the machinery he uii, and until a new tort of brain ran be devised the dancer of a costly blunder will be present alone with all high speed operationa. -' MiMBU OP THC ASSOCIATED PRESS TU iaMelela Fnm. wHek Tae e la a imkr, It aulaeifeie aaehi.4 te lae nee foe rapublieaiioa of til aev dinutm erediiad ia 14 a a WW fm4 la IBM MP", UM M IM kMl MM aaliaeal a little ef racntuceuea of iir row euceiceaa era ten neenaa. Nil average circulation el The Omaha Baa, June. It 13 Daily 71,731 Sunday. ... .77,034 B. MDWEk. Geajeral Meaner E.LMIR 3. ROOD. CarcuaitMa Mtur tnr.ni t aad suaecribeet fcelora ma lata Slk day at July. IBU (Saall W. H. QUIVEY, NaUry Paklm TW Oaiiat flae to a eef al tta Aei Rante of rtraaitllflaa. ika i tad aataorlir aa Mmlaiioa Mdjte. tad The Baa clmuuiua It ran' BEE TELEPHONES meat Branca Siraaafe. Ate lor uia uevarnnrai AT d . w . j ... r. ii. a ta p M i n iejtie Kditoual DapartBiaet, ATlantw 111 or 1000 STERN REBUKE TO LOOSE TALKERS. Pleading for patience and the exercise of pa triotic devotion to the fundamentals of our govern ment, President Harding delivered a sentence at Marion that ought to sink deep into every mind. He said, near the end of his address to his neighbors and friends: My one outatandlng conviction, after 16 months in the presidency, is that the greatest traitor to hln country is ho who appeals to prejudice and inflames passion, when Holier Judg ment and honest speech are so necessary to firmly establish tranquility and security. In all the history of the land there was never more of loose and reckless speech than now; never were misstatements more glibly made, or malicious falsehood more persistently circulated. This is the golden age of propaganda, and champions of causes, however trivial, feel called upon to trouble the world with assertions in support of their cause. Dissatisfied individuals spread their dissatisfaction by magnifying their grievances and expanding their complaints, looking for revenge rather than for justice, for ad vantage instead of for a square deal. Exaggeration is freely indulged in, slander per sists, and all manner of falsehood in every shade pervsdes the air. Agitators are at work, and no as sertion appears to be too wild for them to make; on the other hand, men whose minds usually are calm and whose judgment is normally sound, have allowed themselves to fall into a frenzy of indignation, and denounce the) offenders with scarcely less of intem perance. These are alike responsible for the condi tions that brought forth the rebuke from the presi dent. Self-government means self-restraint, a check imposed by each individual upon his own words and conduct. Unless he can do this, he is contributing to the continuance of the disorder and hot assisting in the big job of setting things straight. Matters can not be set right until a start is made, and this will not take place while men are milling like a herd of frightened range ateers. Congressman Jefferis hit a bullseye when he said this country needs more of toleration than anything else just "how. Make sure of your facts before you Ipeak, try to get the other fellow's viewpoint, and your expression will be more weighty, even if they are not so vehement. We need calm, deliberate action, and not the furious, emotional, explosive im pulsiveness of the revolutionary, who is ready to smash all but has no plans for rebuilding anything. And not all of these revolutionaries are waving the red flag. HOME RULE FOR OMAHA. One of the issues which made James C. Dahlman mayor of Omaha for the first time, sixteen years ago, was "home rule." He urged that Omaha be given the right to frame its own charter, independent of the state legislature except insofar as general laws governing the entire state might apply. That was in 1906. In 1909 the state legislature proposed a constitutional amendment to permit the larger cities of the state to make their own charters. In 1910 the people approved the amendment. That was twelve years ago and Omaha still lacks "home rule" by its own negligence. The issue is before the Voters again July 18 and its exact nature should be clearly understood. The proposal on the ballot is simple: Shall the City of Omaha adopt its present charter as a "home rule" charter?" That is all. A favorable vote will riot change the charter in the slightest. The City will continue to operate under exactly the same law that governs it now; the citj commission will have no greater authority and no less; the provisions limiting taxes and bond issues will be exactly the same as now. There will be one difference: If the charter is to be amended in the future, it must be by vote of the people of Omaha instead of by vote of the state legislature. That is the whole story. The issue is just as simple as it could be made. There is no reason why any person should vote against the proposal because he is dissatisfied with some provision of the charter. Defeating "home rule" will not change the charter; adopting "home rule" will not change it. If "home rule" carries, then the people may change the charter by majority vote at future timeS just as they now amend the state constitution. If "home rule" is defeated, then Omaha must run to Lincoln every two years and depend on the state legislature to do the work which, after all, concerns only Omaha. THE HUMAN FACTOR AGAIN. Inquiry into the disaster that cost several lives and injured more than a score of victims when an Atlantic City flyer was wrecked last week brings the human factor to the fore again. While not defi nitely determined, it is almost certain that the signal tower operator set the switch wrong for the train. The superintendent suggests as an explanation that the operator mistook a train of empties for the flyer, and, thinking the latter had passed, set the track for another train, and so sent the heavily loaded passenger train into the ditch. If the incident has any significance at all, it is that modern system is safe only to the point where the man breaks down. very recent disaster of magnitude has demonstrated this. Machinery can be made safe to the point where it collapses under the strain put upon it, and the same rule applies to human brain and muscle. It does not take much of a mistake on part of a signal tower operator to cause a terrible wreck. How to guard against such errors is the problem ever before the operating managers of not only the ' railroads but all great industries. The problem is not a new one, nor have any new elements been dis closed by-recent experience. Man has a hard time i ONE YEAR'S DEBT REDUCTION. Not at political propaganda, but as a mere state ment of business fact, the balance sheet of the first year of Harding's administration challenges respect ful consideration. It is a little more than a respect able showing, for it discloses what may be accom plished under careful management. As a contrast to the record made by the first year of the Wilson administration it shines, ai Hamlet put it, "like a good deed in a naughty world." First of the interesting facts is that the public debt has been decreased by 11,014,000,000. This is a noteworthy accomplishment, for it was achieved under conditions of great business depression. An other outstanding fact is that the year's balance shows a surplus of $314,000,000, which compares with a deficit of $350,000,000 acquired during the first year under Woodrow Wilson. Aggregate receipts for the year, were almost $140,000,000 in excess of estim ates, a proof that the calculations wera conserva tively made. Total expenditures were almost $200,. 000,000 less than the estimates, an evidence of the prudent economy that has been practiced at Wash ington. One more very interesting fact disclosed by the report is that the rustoms revenues, under the Ford- ney emergency tariff, were the greatest in the history of the government from this source. The tariff pro duces income as well as affording protection for home industries. The Harding administration has reduced the or dinary expenditures of the government; has reduced the public debt, and has reduced the burden of taxa tion borne by the people. On this record it faces the world. OPINION What Editors Elsewhere Are Saying THE BEE'S LETTER BOX OMAHA BANKS AS A BAROMETER. Totals given out by the Omaha banks in response to the call from the comptroller, showing the condi tion at the close of business on June 30, are most encouraging. An increase of $12,236, 276 in deposits over the total for May 5, the date of the preceding call, indicates the accumulation of actual cash in Nebraska. It is not wholly due to the extension of credit to customers, for the loans show a decrease of more than $300,000 in the fifty-five days between calls. This decrease is scarcely ascribable to a relaxation in business activity, but is probably a re flection of the retirement of old loans and a conse quent strengthening of credit. Accepting these figures as an evidence of busi ness conditions, and they fairly represent the situ ation, the conclusion is warranted that Nebraska is pretty well out of the morass and back onto solid ground again. A year ago the banks were strained to the utmost, subject to a terrific pressure from without and within, because of the demand for credit and the inability of debtors to meet obligations. To have weathered such conditions, even with the as sistance of the War Finance corporation, is an ac complishment of which Nebraskans may be proud, and in which the bankers should get their share of credit. i Now that the corner has been turned, and the road ahead looks to be clear, it is no time to advise or suggest reckless adventuring. .The prudent man will engage in justifiable enterprises, guided by his experience in the past and confidence in the future. Pessimism or distrust should have no part in the program, for the clearing weather gives no warrant for such gloom; Nebraska and Omaha business is on a solid basis, and the future is as encouraging as any prospect ever faced by our people. Tit Initiative I'eUUon. tram ina MMaeet l-eer Nea. It Is with a areat ia or reluc tame that volte our opposition to the initiative petition that is now being iliiulated asking that Ilia fo t. ina; amendment l mad part of the constitution of the state of Nebraska: "Th nomination ef candidates for the office of I'nited Hietrt senator, members of enneraaa. members of the slate legislature, and for the state and county elective nrtVera shall be by direct primary. Hatlota used In the nomination or the elec tion of candidate for elective public office created by the ronmilulton or the lawn of thin stilt ahull hute 1 hereon no party name or circle, or any other dealgnntlon relating to candidates." We healtate In voicing our oppo sltlon because we rvalue that the njaior portion of It provides for the reforms that should be put into effect. We lire In full accord with the provision of thi amendment lno tar a the direct primary and re moval of the party circle are con cerned, but believe that the elimina tion of th party name from the ballot will produce a condition that will not be to the beat Interests of those groups who seek to have cer tain reforms enacted Into law. Sine this government was formed men have gathered together nnd proposed certain measure that they sought to have made a part of the policy of the government, they have also banded together for the pur pose of abolishing certain measures that they deemed detrimental to the welfare of the nation and have cre ated political platforms upon which tney based their claim for the suf frage of the people. Kecognlzln the right of these group to place their Ideas before the voters the government has made provision (or the forming and op- I eratlng of political parties, which nave become a part of the machin ery by which the people may change tne laws under which tney live. just so long as men are permitted to advocate changes, just so long ill there be political parties and we nrmiy believe that party desig nation upon the ballot is necessary tnat the voter may Intelligently ex press his desires. We favor the nonpartisan ballot for those officers whose only claim to the office should be their ability to properly conduct the affairs of tha office, but we believe that the gov ernor and the law making bodies who ask the votes of the people upon a definite program should be designated upon the ballot aa repre senting the platform upon which they stand. BROTHER CHARLIE" AND THE DRYS. F. A. High, who, as superintendent for the Anti- Saloon league in Nebraska, approves or disapproves of candidates for office, looks with amazement on the pectacle of "Brother Charlie" Bryan lining up with Gilbert Monell Hitchcock. As a plain matter of fact, Mr. High finds the situation just a little bit em barrassing. He is loath to visit his anathema on Mr. Bryan, who has been and is among the driest of the drys, and he can not in the remotest sense counten ance Senator Hitchcock, who has been until very re cently the wettest among the dripping wets. Any body can understand Mr. High's dilemma; if he en dorse Mr. Bryan's candidacy, in effect he endorses Hitchcock; if he do not, he must rest his disapproba tion on the supposition that the always staunch ad vocate of prohibition has gone philandering with emissaries of the rum demon. It is not a pleasant predicament for Mr. High, and, we rather fancy, it is not especially pleasant for Mr. Bryan. However, the exigencies of politics produce some strange effects, and this is one of them. While the superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league is making up his mind what to do, Nebraska voters are trying to accustom themselves to the peculiar turn of fortune's wheel that sets a Bryan and a Hitchcock side by side, each working for the other's success. Moreover, the present situation could not have been created without the knowledge of "Brother Will" Bryan, and if the great commoner gives his as sent, he will probably also give his aid to his brother's cause. In such an event the frown of Brother High will not be nearly so portentious, for the smile of William Jennings Bryan in Nebraska is potent, at least with the democrats. A Jerry Simpson With Hosiery. From tha Cincinnati Times-Star, When populism was In a formative state some of its leading exponents were neglectful of the detail of hos iery. Gradually the custom of cloth ing the feet among populists and their successors in the principles of populism gained such ground that the sock has now Intervened be tween the foot and the shoe, even among the most radical radicals. But apparently the minds of some of the heirs of populism have never been clothed. Here we have Sen ator Ladd of North Dakota, the col league of Senator McCumber, advo cating the meeting of the appropria tion of the soldiers' bonus bill by the simple expedient of "turning on" the printing; presses of the govern ment and Issuing a few billion dol lars In currency. ITndiscouraged by the plight of the European coun tries, in which the emergency of war prompted an inflated currency, Sen ator Ladd would hava us Join them in the misery that ever has come and ever will come to the nation which regards money as but scraps of paper, issued without reserve and without a reserve. Senator Ladd should lift his eyes to the wheat fields of North Dakota. There he would find an apt illustra tion. What the soil is to wheat, re demption is to currency. When wheat and corn and oats grow in mid-air, their fields rising like mirages upon the horizon, then what Hoover calls "published currency" will have real value. Money needs soil to grow in. It no more can be artificially synthetic than can wheat or corn or oats. The man who should say that crops could grow without soil would be regarded as a nature faker. The senator from North Dakota is not a nature faker. wrinkle: fahrns that give him a sassy, droopy nppmiam'D. Ilia sar torial splendor will before the hoi blast of summer While woman eraar tha hem with a few pal and dih al her f lee ttltll H powder puff, mm. Iu fac ahininir. In hair ton, led, p rapliitlioll Hilling hi lOllar. mop at hi teaming brow rontlnu- Oiialy. Th d.ipper figure In form-tlttina roni, m rr fully tailored trour. hair lerk and tairfully brushed, of spring, undergoes a iiietnmorphol in summer, lie may even sloop to wear I he. alpaca coat. hoae un stylish appearance i familiar to all who have ImtenH to political speak era, Tu Clean I i tin tfc'iun. rrtm in t (iutroua uupittin I'ongreaa I mi Lint moving in the matter of oil pollution of ocean waiers. With the Increasing use of Oil for fuel on ocean-ltolng M-saels, the nillantice la r ipldlv itrottlng. We tnav latltih lit I he finicky woman who could not go bathing because an other lady waa uhIiik the ocean, but it la no laimhing manor when an oily scum may be driven hv the breeze and render a popular bench I nnsoiutciy iinpoaainie, r.vrn mm, however. Is less aerlous than the now well marked Injury to ocean food auppllea and the greatly Increased fire risk In oil -polluted harbor. It la not a case in which we may "clean uu our own yard and be rid of the trouble for ourselves, whether other act or not. We may clean up any particular spot, and within a short time the nuisance will come in from beyond our Jurisdiction and be a had aa ever. All nations which. make any considerable use of the ocean contribute to the pollution, and only by concerted action on the part of them all can It he prevented. The house of representatives has therefore passed a Joint resolution, originating with the foreign rela tions committee, and authorizing the president to call a conference of the maritime nations for the purpose of devising measures by which the pollution of navigable waters by oil refuse may be controlled. The reso lution now goes to the senate, and there ought to be no question of Immediate and favorable action. To Benefit All the People. Whereas there is an inconsiderable minority who will benefit by a tariff at the expense of all the people and a larger minority who will benefit by a bonus also at the general ex pense, all of the people will he tho beneficiaries of reduced prices through cheaper fertilizer nt the ex pense of no one. Surely all of the people be deserving of some sort of tonslderatlon. Memphis Commercial ConatliuUon and IVilarailon. onuhs, July 4. To the Editor of The omaha H Hingulsr as It may aaetn to tha ordinary patriot, I pent a considerable part of lodav in reading the nmaha newspapers, fcaprcially did I read the editorial psgra of Th mah llaa and th World-He ralil. and finplod myself in lontiaatinc Ihe spirit and tone of the I., uling articles In each. That published in Th pea breathe the spirit of a hopeful pa trim, who realises that all things are not righi, but trusts that under the government a fair chance Is given to all. The editor of the World Herald Is disconsolate because th Idealistic conditions dreamed of and hoped for by Thomas Jefferson have not come to pass. He speaks of th constitution coming to fulfill the promise of the Iieclarnllnn of Inde pendence, and bv Inference sug geaia that It baa failed. If the constitution has failed, it Is not the fault of the greatest charter of human rights and liberties ever set out by man. but of the people themselves. It is not. perhaps, to our credit, but a similar condition mav be found In all ages. Many centuries ago precept were laid down, and rules of conduct codified, the observance of which would In a short time have established some thing approaching the era expected in millennial days, but man's natural perversity ha defeated all the hopes of the Idealist so far. Even a promise of an eternity of hliaa for good behavior and of eternal tor ment for 111 doing has not sufficed to wean him from his propensities. In the Decalogue, in the Ilamu rabian rode. In every collation of law known to man: In the teachings of all sages, from .arathustra down In the preaching of Jesus Christ, we find the simple rules by which men may live in concord end amity, but they are not observed. Why, then, do we expect the constitution of the L'nlted States to prevail where so many others have failed? It. like the Declaration of Independence, Is a human document, whether Its doctrine be inspired or not. When the Declaration of Independence was signed In 177 many of th colonists declined to accept It: they exercised their right of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" by remaining loyal to the king of England, and so incurred the displeasure of their neighbors, the loss of property, and moro or less enduring obloquy. Just because they did what the great Jef ferson said they had a right to do. To be sure, the tones or 177 stood out against the majority and undertook to thwart the people in their will, and probably deserved what came to them. After the sur render of Cornwallis and the estab lishment of peace, the colonists did not agree so harmoniously as might have been expected. Each colony had us own aspirations, and Its own group who felt their private Inter eats were paramount. The consti tution not framed until after a contlileiabl clash bien politi cal Ideal, and vn after It was promulgated If wss not adopted with any pecil celerity. It had bean declared erTaetlv aom time before Rhotl Ulsnd and North Carolina signified their willingness to coins under It. Thus It ha bn, and perhaps will ha. Man does not yield to an tlinrity cheerfully at all time; he parsisi In seeking his own good In hi own way. even whsn that way runs counter to what is seemingly th publlo good. In face of this, w should not mourn as those who hse no hope. The race has mad vast Dtngress. and Is making progress, even If written laws and high Ideals do not bring about all at once the conditions longed for by their champions And who will say that th way that prevails Is not In the end good, since Behind th. aim unknnwa Itinn.th Hoil within tha thifleo, Kaapms waten sbavt His own. Is It not better to believe that even the prtsent-day disorder of the world Is a harbinger of ultimate tain for the race? TnrwtrA. forwtra let ua ransa; Ltt tha eln atnrM tpm fnravar paw ibt rinfint (reovaa of ehanse. HOPEFUL. 1'OIJTirAI, ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. VOTE FOR Ida Lorenzen Non-Political Candidate for County Superintendent of Public Schools. Bom and raised In Douglas county. Graduate of Omaha High School, 1904. Firt grade certificate issued by the state of Nebrasta, also credits from Peru Normal and University of Omaha. Eleven years' teaching experience in rutal and graded schools. Of the 116 teachers in the county, all are women but six. Women in the school room should be provided a woman superin tendent. PRIMARIES, JULY 18TH, 122 Next National Problem. The next national problem is to find wall space for th newly-framed diploma. Indianapolis Star. A SEASONABLE ROMANCE. Mln a II n.day. Mti all II. Toil would think thtm loo paiaa Forlovts under trlckt. Tti Mai hotly want hit way Till to eoninerad Mln. And tha ewnad hit heady away Malting. Iti him win. In rloaa union aid by alia Toil may aet tliam dally. Mai. tha vir'or, fluihad with pride. Mm conatnting styly. "Pooh! thay're much too old." yau .near, "Thua lo ba together." Not at all they're alwayt near, Coupled In "The Weather:" O. C. A. Child In tht Ntw Terk Timet. CINSORINO NATURE FAKERS. from Ika Milway.ee Saatistl. Cdt Raymond Whit, the young aviator who emnd from the Flora Ma Wergladee after Ih fall of h s plane with a pletureaque lale et ad venture, ha Incurred the wrath of a great newspaper. His assertion that be escaped a panther by climbing a 10-foot tie Is bluntly set town a a piece of nature faking. Has any body ever known a 0-foot tree to stop a panther? His newspaper erllle Is as Incensed at th audacity of what It considers a new Munchau sen tale that it appssds to "leading toological authorities and others to explain the myeterlous conduct of a panther apparently unable or unwill Ing to climb a tree. While we are waiting for the ver dirt of the authorities. Cadet While romes out with another Installment of his interesting serial. Famished and nearly exhausted, ne aaye. i was deaperate and caught on of th hug grasahnpper I saw In th swamps. I only at hi lege and couldn't stand -them. Hut pretty soon I caucht another raahoppr and at all of him." If ancient prophete In the deaert mad locusts a habitual diet, there le no reason why Cadet Whites grasshopper should be doubled. Perhapa aom grasshoppers ar mere edible than others. But the ceneorlou newspaper mentioned above, not content with attacking the aviator, train his guns on members of its own profession. Regarding the panther story as a palpable fake. It grieve to sea th tale published In It own columns. It "hurts the credibility of news papers." . . American newspapers have be come pre-eminent because they print the news Instead or merely handing out officially Inspired or editorially predlgested or otherwise censored reports, on the European plan of lvln the nubile only what the au thorities think it ought to know. Moreover, both the American pre and the American reading publin have a sufficient sense of humor to recognise a "fish story" without a solemn label giving due warning that "this is a nature fake." And must Cadet White necessarily be a faker? Perhaps the panther was In no mood to exert himself, or maybe he had also been eating grasshopp ers. Some editors are altogether too solemn. POLITICAL ADVCRTISEMENT POLITICAL AjrVEmTIHMENT Don't Chance Infection in Hot Weather! r SUNBURN MOSQUITO BITES ' POTSOM TW ninnnxm nrrrre w.ww. it i xaaawivAV iA X UJ Cuts. Burns and Bruises i5oMphewa "First Aid for the Family" a Soothing, Healing Germicide. To the School Taxpayers of Nebraska As a taxpayer you want to know and have a right to demand of a candidate for office wherein his election will be an improvement on the present administration or benefit him as a taxpayer. As a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction and in answer to the above demand, I announce my belief and pledge my support to the following declaration of principles: First Greater economy in the conduct of the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction less MILEAGE, more WORK. Second Fewer fads in the elementary schools more inten sive work in the common branches. Third I am unalterably opposed to the present administra tion's policy of extravagant expenditures in school inspec tion and to the useless multiplicity of all phases of school inspection at the expense of the taxpayers. Fourth I stand for . "home rule" in school mattert and absolute local control by school boards in the manage ment of their own schools. Fifth I believe that our schools should be controlled by the local taxpayers without the interference of a bureau cratic power at Lincoln dictating how the taxpayer's money is to be spent. Sixth I stand for retrenchment and economy in school ex penditures, elimination of non-essentials, beginning with the overhead, and I stand for non-interference in our high school management by an educational oligarchy. As go the rural and common schools, so goes the nation. CHARLES W. TAYLOR Non-Political Ballot, for ; State Superintendent Alumnus University of Nebraska; graduate work Nebraska and Columbia Universities; formerly superintendent at Ohiewa, Geneva and McCook; for past 11 years head ef Department ef School Administration, Teachers' College, the University of Nebraska; ex-iervic man, 48 years old. Oral fireworks are on display at The Hague, where the powers of Europe are engaged in the lasting oc cupation of trying to tell Russia what to do. So far the spluttering has had no more effect than did the Genoa conclave, but hope remains. England must have been highly edified at the sight of the chief justice of the supreme court and the American ambassador to the Court of St. James twitting one another over local politics. One of the sad sights of the present day is a democratic editor looking over the commercial page in search of something to support a calamity howl. The maintenance of way men will lose little if at all by talking it over with the bosses before going out Ak-Sar-Ben can very well have a pageant without any barefoot dancing by school girls. Fourth of July is getting to be quite a day in dear old London, it seems. The Blue Valley watermelon crop is safe, thanks to the late rains. Everybody seems to be interested in the primaries but the voters. "Jerry, go ile the car! There'll be no strike today." Eleven Immortal Ladles. From tho Kansas City Star. The national women's party has asked for a list of the 12 greatest living American women. Listing "the greatest" of any line is a thank less and precarious task, so we turn ed it over to J. Fuller Gloom, who doesn't realize the chances he is taking. Mr. Gloom has submitted the following: Carol Kennicott. Beatrice Fairfax, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Brlp. Gen. Elsie Janit, Lou Tellegren, Hon. Allro Paul, Maggie. Mrs. Rohrer, The Sheik's Wife. Pollyanna, Carrie Jacobs Bond. And then, with his customary earelessness, Mr. Gloom ran away without naming the twelfth Im mortal. Or maybe he couldn't decide. The Gay Chameleon. From the New York Tribune. Marvelous and manifold are the interest of the Department of Agri culture. The latest notice contains some helpful hints about chameleons. Many inquiries, says the department land Secretary Wallace is an honor able man), have been received con cerning the care, food and habits of this famous animal, and to meet this nation-wide demand for chameleon alia the bureau of biological survey has compiled the necessary data. Is your chameleon thirsty? Do not give him a dish of water. He won't know how to use it. Instead, get him a Chinese sacred lily and place it in a small, shallow bowl. SDrav this with water and watch him Ibd the droplets on the leaves. Is he hungry? Turn him loose in the pantry. He is the sworn enemy of Don Marquis' friend, Archy the cockroach. In fact, the department apparently ' favors conserving all these animals. A supply of them, it says, will prove a valuable source of food for chameleons. One other caution. If you place one on a Scotch plaid don t expect it to "bust." The Scotchman who la mented the death of his chameleon when he placed it on his kilties was evidently spoofing. For further in formation write to the department. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of ir- J I On Second Thought Br H. Sf . ST.XIFEB. Some people think there must be something wrong with the man who plays a game they know nothing about. Man and Woman. From tha DenniDOB Herald. While woman's appearance im proves with, summer, her dainty shimmering hot-weather dresses adding to her attraction, man's oride in nis appearance wanes, his carefully creased trousers and coat. nestling close to nis snouiaers ana fitting snug at the waist, give way to the baggy, uncreased. ill-fitting "summer suit." Man's summer suit is utilitarian: it is not beautiful. Fetchingly garbed in organdies and georgettes of soft pastel shades, woman defies the heat of the sum mer and looks none the worse for It. Not so with man. He hurriedly dons fabrics that bag, stretch and Caribbean sea outing 10 NG, lazy deys at J sea combined with tie picturesque interest of foreign lands. A Great White Fleet Cruise to ths Caribbean is an ideal vacation at any season.' Climate one of the most equable in the world squally delightful in summer or winter. Enroute Cuba, Ja maica, Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guate mala. Quaint native life, historic cities, glamor of old adventure on the Spsnish Main. 16-d ay Crul.ee from New Orleana: S2W up. New Orleans-Havana and return : $75 up 22 day Cruiiet from New York: $315 or. Writa today for- free Illustrated foldera. Bock Travel Agency 306 South 16th Street 7ri.Domfti 4Sl Omaha, Neb. GREAT WHITE FLEET Is 'Everything all right at tha cJfica, Jone$?" 'That' goodYaa, I'm having a fine time." Away From Home ! No matter where you go whether on a vacation, on a far away visit, or just a short automobile trip, the telephone keeps you within easy reach of your place of business. Many business men spend a considerable amount of time, away from the office. The telephone makes supervision possible from any distance. The Blue Bell Sign it practically everywhere. It n easy to talk to your piece of bunnest from wherever you may be, end learn tht progrea of affairs. Northwestern B ephone Company USE BEE WANT ADS-THEY BRING PROFITS: