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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tbs Asa-cisted Press, uf which The Lite 10 a member. Is eicturlrslF p;it(tied to (he use for repuMtratlon of all news dispatches credited to it or • nt otherwise < redded in ill's paler, and also the local news published herein. All nghis 01 npublications II our special dispatches are also reserTfid. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department *-p 1 or Pel-son Wanted. For .Night Calls After 10 r. M: Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. IOOO OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam t'o. Bluffs ... 12 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 21th and N New York—288 Fifth Avenue Washington . 422 Star lildg. Chicago - - 1720 Stegcr Bldg. GIVE COMMON SENSE A CHANCE. > • After a fashion that is-trimostThroll, the governor complains that a republican legislature is striving to -trjp him of all the power of the executive office in order to retain a few appointive positions in repub lican hands. This attitude of Mr. Bryan might confuse any who have not given the situation careful thought, but i hose who have followed the governor through the windings of his somewhat tortuous course v-ill notice (hat however hemaytwisl and turn, he never deviates from the point on which he has sc-t his mind. That is that the governor shall be the boss, shall be the man to appoint all employes, shall have the author ity and power to hire and fire, and that each name attached to the payroll shall be placed there by the governor and remain there so long as the governor pleases. As an alternative to this it is proposed by the Mathers compromise that the administrative work of the state be distributed among (he several constitutional officers, each to have that portion which is more nearly related to the natural functions of his office. In this the governor is to share, but he will not tic the head of the veterinarian department v ith “a skilled and competent person” of his own se lection to do the work, and so on through the nine departments he proposes under which to locate the state’s activities, with himself at the head of each. What Governor Bryan has carefully avoided making clear is that under tho code system a form of civil service has been developed tiiat has oper ated to remove political considerations entirely from the several departments. Employes have been en caged because of their fitness and retained on ac count of their competency, and with no regard for their political affiliations. This state of affairs will be in grave danger should the Bryan plan prevail and the governor be given the power of making all appointments, without referring any to the legis lature for confirmation, and have the right to era ploy or discharge any subordinate. Under the Bryan code power would be concen trated in the hands of the governor to a greater extent than ever. He might share the responsibil ity he so much dreads- by calling in members of an executive council, but the hand that enforced any of these policies, no matter what or whore, would be the hand of Bryan. .Mr. Bryan appeals to his predecessor to support him in his opposition to the Mathers plan and thereby admits that his professed abhorrence of the “code” has been but a r-ham. What he couid not abide is the McKelvie code, and for it he seeks to substitute the Bryan code. Under the Mathers compromise a workable plan government is suggested, one that will reduce c.x I ns- and save the state *”7,600 in salaries Gov ernor Bryan proposes to pay the “skilled and com petent” persons he will name as department heads. This will never do, for the governor demands the r rivilege of establishing certain of his tried and true adherents to well paid places under the state. What the people want, as we have frequently pointed out, is that form of government which will best care for the activities and interests of the state and all its citizen- at the least cost. They are not deeply concerned whether it is a republican plan, a democratic plan, on a not -arti-nn league plan. Just now theyr would like to see politics set to one side a little while at Lincoln,'while some patriotic common -.. use is applied to the problem of running the state mi right lines and saving a little money for the tax payers. SCANDAL AT THE STATE HOUSE. , E.ther something is being covered up in the cap ital case, or the whole affair is without foundation. • One way or the other, the people should be told. Engineer Johnson, acting as secretary for the com mission, was quoted several days ago as saying he ■ ould resign if Architect Goodhue was not removed from his connection with the building. Goodhue, still is architect, and Johnson secretary- Governor Bryan is now credited with saying he will call for mer Governor MoKelvie to return and preside over the meetings of the commission, when Commissioner Thompson gets back from California. All this suggests a mystery, and the senate has named a committee to inquire into the whole affair. The chairman of the committee says the inquiry will be open. We hope it is, for the people are entitled to know the truth about this matter, despite the determination of the governor to keep the public from finding out any of the details of the dispute, which arose from certain charges made by Engineer Johnson iff reference to the stone contract. Bertram Goodhue has more nt stake thnn any body. , In designing the Nebraska state house be . rented virtually n new school of American architec ture, and has received much comment and criticism because of his design. Ilis professional reputation is at take, for, no matter how many buildings he may des gn or construct in the future, his monument will be the Nebraska state house. It is fitting and proper, then, he should have something to say with regard to the construction, as to the carrying out of .his plans in detail, and be allowed to protect in all reasonable ways his own good name. This does not. mean that the stale should pay an exorbitant price for material, just to meet an architect’s whim, nor does it appear on the surface that, anything of the sort is taking place The head „t the firm from whom the stone is being purchased has appeared before tho commission, making a definite .mil complete statement. He also has published a letter, setting out the terms and conditions of the oontrart under which the work has been carried on. More than half the stone to be used has been fabricated, and a considerable part of it assembled on the grounds. The sum of $82,000, due the stone men on architect’s estimate, is held up. The stone rfn promises to protect Itself to the end. The senate inquiry looks like it was needed fjntil it full investigation < made and a complete rt port given the public, the mutter should not. lie Popped. And the doors should be open when the inquiry i« bad. that thy re may he no mistake ns to *hat is brought out, * y ST. PATRICK S DAY IN THE MORNING. St. Patrick was a gentleman. That much is con- ! ceded, but nearly all the^rest is subject to debate. : Ilis origin, his life 6tory, his religious belief, even ■ the character of his works, all are surrounded by j such a mist of legend as to baffle the investigator. ! Histories of his time are so vague in many ways ' and so positively contradictory in others as to leave the student his choice between opposite statements, a not very satisfactory condition. What is agreed upon, however, is all to the | credit of the saint, and proves that he well deserved i his canonization. In the Fifth century he carried i the message of Christ to the wild pagans of Ireland, Britain and Scotland, and, bishop or not. he taught the gospel of love and peace to those whose creed had been something vastly different. He caught I the imagination and heart as well of king and i subject, of chief and follower, and founded a church that long withstood the bickerings and disputes of | clerks and goepelers. Patrick was a great man, he did a wonderful work, and he left his name a perpetual heritage to the world, a light shining in the darkness to guide any who will turn to it and follow its beams. So it is a very proper thing today to wear a bit of green, whether shamrock or ribbon, for the memory of a man who was good and who did good for a sad world in his day. BACK TO HIS OLD MOTHERS ARMS. No man can ever fully measure the effect of a single act. A circle, ever-widening in its nature, follows the action, touching the lives of all who come'within its reach, until finally it may truly he said to affect in some way all humanity. Deeds done with little or no thought of consequences, go en and on, spreading good or evil, through the world, sometimes changing the whole course of more than one life, and modifying the destiny of many. Such a deed recently was done in Council Bluffs, where a kind-hearted, thoughtful surgeon took an interest in a boy tramp. The lad attracted the doc tqr’s attention when being treated in a charity ward. Some of his history was obtained, and it was found he was a confirmed wanderer, soon to become a professional hobo and a menace to society. The doctor examined the lad and decided that change could be made by a slight but delicate surgical oper ation. In the boy’s skull a depression denoted the effect of an old injury, with probably a bone press ing on the brain. The operation was had, the diagnosis justified, and the pressure on the brain relieved. A few days ago the lad was discharged from the hospital cured. The doctor who performed the miracle of restoring him to health and usefulness ■ paid his fare to Chicago and gave him the address | of those who would help him still further. Tuesday night the lad walked into his home at Quincy, Mass., to be clasped in the arms of his mother, who praised God and prayed Him to bless the doctor who had saved her son. It is a simple enough tale, hut it tells of a I life changed from idleness and probable crime to usefulness; of a son restored to his mother s arms, ' ;,nd another triumph for the skill and science of a surgeon who senes humanity well. i _ SAYING IT WITH MUSIC Omaha is about to get an excellent illustration ! of the universal appeal of art; the great inspiring i truth that genius knows no country or nation, and that the soul of art is the soul of the universe. Me i talk of a French school or an Italian, or German, or Russian, or some other school; even America is ■ i.spiring to a distinctive form of art life, and yet through it all the schools are the same, tinctured 1 row and then by the effect of environment, but. dif j fering none in fundamentals. Grieg is solemn, ; Tschaikowsky somber and mysterious, Wagner pon derous, Verdi bright and gay, and so we might go I on, briefly comparing the composers of different na ! tionality, but they all had their inspiration from one source, lighted their separate torrhes at the same altar, and their work is the possession of the world. Ignace Jan Paderewski is a great Pole, a patriot, | who sacrificed his wealth without stint for his coun Iry, who served in many ways to bring his people back to happiness and prosperity under a govern ment of their own. '‘Frits” Kreisler also is a pa triot, an Austrian, who laid aside his violin and served in the trenches until wounds sent him to the hospital, from which he emerged unfit for military , duty. Fortunately for the world, the calamities ' that disarmed a brave soldier did not destroy a great musician. Now they come, speaking the language oi no country, no national or political divisions. Paderewski the Pole will play numbers by Schumann the Ger man, and Kreisler will give us ravishing melody from the genius of France and Spain, and in their notes will unite the aspirations of all right-thinking people, an earnest prayer for the coming of that day ■•wV-;n the war drums throb no longer anil the battle dags are furled." "Music, heavenly maid," may lead the nations along where statesmen have failed. What the government needs is a few more mail clerks who can shoot as straight as that one from Council Bluffs. Suzanne Lenglen may he the international ten nis champion, hut we hope she doesn't look hke her pictures. The ground hog certainly did finish strong Wear a hit of green today. : Homespun Verse Hv Robert Worthington Davie OUT OF A JOB Out of it Job! He nvikes one. "Paper! Paper!” “I'll take one l!i fumbled around and found Two pennies—(ho vagabondl And where wlU I eat," thought hr. _;'VV|th nothing to buy a. meal: At supper time I'll see How hungry and drear I feel. Most folks seem rather funny When out of a Jolt—and money: Most folks would care—not he! It’s common for him to be A-trampIng the si rafts alone. Homeless—-and penniless, too With nothing to call his own. And nothing at all to do Out of a Job—not dreary. .Shiftless, but ever weary, Working when work he meets If begging won't gi\e him en » i out of a Job and busted. Facing > future ptini Neither loved noi trusted Little It worries blln l \ “From State and —— Nation’V— Editorials from other newspapers. The Drug Evil. From th<- New Republic. The lives of some movie actors ap pear to be more lurid than the films In which they star. But it is hard to believe that all the vice in the United Slates has been concentrated in Hol lywood. In fact the drug liai.it was popular long before celluloid «;u adapted to Its present purpose. The use of drugs cannot rightfully b< gitrded as the vice of any group of in dividuals or even of any single race. Despite the traditional use of opium in the far east, the basis of the habit is as fundamental as human nature. Indeed »n are all drug habitues if one includes coffee, tea and alcohol, which contain habit forming drugs. Fortunately their use is but rarely ao companied by the evil effects induced by addiction to morphine, cocaine, heroin and codeine. The desire to feel fit is univeipal. Every "dope fiend" promises himself that he will give up the drug "some day," but each day that comes is not "the day." By imperceptible grada tions the dose required for relief mounts, and as the poisonous effect ! becomes more marked the done Is in creased by larger Increment* to bring back the feeling of well being. But hts old friend the enemy is unable to restore him as before. Frantically he ! srasps at any strnw—even the. ac quisition of another drug like cocaine. This represents the turning point, for , now tlie "dope fiend" begins on the downward path leading to that low level of deterioration characterized by a loss of will and energy which ends . in insanity. Clearly the drug habit is a serious I menace to the general welfare, for it * appears in every stratum of society, | though it is perhaps mote common i among the degenerate denizens of the , underworld, the criminals, prostitutes | and mental defectives whose condition j is rendered even more hopeless aqd i pitiable as social outcasts because of their slavery to “dope.” That the drug habit can be conquered is an . n- I eouraging fact, but for more good can i »e achieved by attacking the root of i ■lie evil and striking at tbo drug ad- ! diet's supply. A World Full of Wirkednr«r From the Worcester Telegram. There must he a tendency upon the part of those watching people who; confessedly know a great deal about , Clod to get p* rfectly discouraged. The intimates thus cit*d have *•.* much righteous resentm* nt toward th*' nor ma' jyid apparent natural way* of their fellow men. Morally ’he stand ard of fellow men seems to be getting lower ami lower. Up in Beacon Hill we have one wor thy organization fighting valiantly to prevent the selling «*f bread and the playing of checkers on Sunday. Out in Utah they are locking up promi nent citizens for snu king tobacco where other people can sniff it. Kan sas. having Ion-: ago made it criminal to puff a eigaret. now considers ineas- i urea making it erlAiinal to own \ eigaret. The N»w York assembly has n bill to provide supervision for fiances : in hotels In tho same state the j Civic league demands that dance j holds be standardized. Kentucky didn’t fjulto succe<nl ;n repealing the I laws of nature' end abolishing evolu tion. hut Texas, a state which pro duced Mr. Blanton, consider* legisla tion to liar evolution from school*. We must have more censorship for the moving pictures because the great mas* of u* who attend them . rc too vile in our r.atui* s to bo trusted. i bores. I: nr, • >dsr TUplJ* ».*'■• Many .1 man may look Uac* on th day* when he used to split wo*»d and pile it in the kitchen woodbox every evening after school and l»e thankful that in his youth be had chores to do. The child of today do* s not have this character forming, service in stilling teacher that many of us dreaded rather Than appreciated in the j old fashioned • a\ The wool pile has b* en sppplanted by the ja* get. the family cow by the milk delivered in dean bottl* s. the family horse by the autoniohU* aid the old well has t*een transform* 1 info a plumber’s faucet. The d»*etiic bulb has emdlcated th* old 1 imp with it* sooty chimney. The telephone has made unnecessary the notes that little hoys used to carry to neighbor*. The j creamery ha* made the old daehchurn i relic. Today there nr» few chop • 1 f«u boys to do /Troutid Imm* ex. rpt , '•hovel snow end mow the lawn. Modern household appllan* e* have deprived girl* of many of the chores tl ey used to do f<»r mother. Manu facturing ha* lightened mothers’ household cares. The home, once the center <*f Industry and apportion*-1 labor. hn* become a place where pc. - pie sleep and < at and • * leionnlly spend an evening in family group* reading tlie newspapers or enjoying' Daily Prayer | When I * all t*> r**m?mb'inr** »h* un f# Kru-fj filth that Is in the* which dwdt first In thy grindmoth'-r Lei*, and tin r. thcr Eunice. and T im persuaded that 1*i the*- also Wherefore I put the, in i« embrmn • that thou rn up t gift * r od. which i* 111 thee |*v »he putting on f r:iy hng'le For Oo4 hath * «■: |.v**n ue the Nplrlt of Par. hut *»f power, an*l of jr\f and *f a aound mind — 2 Timothy 1 . f» • 7. Our Father, \vo tli.it Tb* e for binding this family together by flu* I mh* red ti‘* of • *tnin^li blood W • i* member with how much sacrificial love its lif** has Ik* h < rdated wnd suHtaiurd. \\> Lies* Thee f.*t a mother's ir.av ill md ten Itinera, for n father * faithful toil. Kult us together by our common joy* and borrow*, ho that even if w* u p fur remove *1 front c*ne another, nothin* tnav estrang* our heart*. When the youngest **f tin * obi and 1 gray-headed, may the memorbr *»f ■ 'Ur hoome still 1>p *wo*t and dear. May the children* children of ' * family still h/i\« Urn vigor and vir tue* of our best forefather md may the faith, too, of our f*lh«r*w burn brightly In their heart * Deal graciously ulth our loved can h <*iv* up our daily bread and strength for our dally task* To Thee* We c ommit ♦ho life and destiny of each, through Jesus Christ, our Ix>rd Amen. IK or WALTER lUfM'Hl.Mirb If. aw n p |t«« U< *l**r, N V l I NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for FEBRUARY, 1023, of THE OMAHA BEE i Daily .71.BBK Sunday.<8,661 B. BREWER. C.n. M«r V. A BRIDGE, Cir Mir Subirtthnl and aworn to l«rfo»f tn«» this 10th day of Marrh. 192.1 W. M gUIVFY, (Scat) Notary Publl* Sonys°/6bvrage John G I^cihardt Nebraskas Poet Paureaie CRY OF THE PEOPLE. Tremble before thy chattels. Lords of the scheme of things! Fighters of all earth's battles. Ours is the might of kings! Guided by seers and sages. The world's heart beat for a drum, ■Snapping 'he chains of ages. Out of the night we comp' Lend us no ear that pities! Offer no almoner’s hand! Alms for the builders of cities' When will you understand? Down with your pride of birth And your golden gods of trade! A man is worth to Ids mother, Earth, All that a man has made’ Wi are the workers and makers We are no longer dumb! Tremble, O Shirkers and Takers! Sweeping tlie earth—we come! Ranked in the world-wide dawn. Marching into the day! The night is gone and the sword is j drawn i And the scabbard is thrown away! I the radio The old-fashioned home j pleasures have given place to new. | Boys end girls must find their cxer- . cise today in community life or on the streets. The inspirational resources of family life have diminished with the passing of the old fashioned home. We have gained much but have lost in many ways. Not the least of thee losses in our home life is the disci pline of doing chorea. With the , passing of the many family chores ! civilization lost one of its wisest hu- ; maiming and socializing traditions. : Those parents are wisest and those children happiest where substitutes for th« old-fa'Shioned i hor-s are de vised in the program of the modern household. The Leviathan. Krom The New York Tribune The Leviathan vw not built urigi nally t>v the Germans as a money maker; her purpose was to gain pres- ; tfge fur ;ho German fleet in' that high ly thrifty and efficient campaign 1 which brought German shipping to , its hugi success before the war. Her sailing again, under the American flag, must be viewed in the sumo light. She | ■ ian win trade for American bottoms, seamen for our tcwls—who knows but Her. ilors to vote for laws to keep our flag oil the sens! We present this nuggestion to the shipping board: Give the entlr. farm bloc a free ride to Europe on the Leviathan. It might learn not only what a dry boat is like and where Europe is. but also why fast ships are a handy thing to have in peace as in war. (As Admiral Hen son noted, we have thrf'O liners that ran do 20 knots an hour; England 1 has 112). Tlie only regret :« that her recondi tioning and her operation must alike hr"done in the government. Tlie waste of government work means a greatly , increased loss to be paid for by the taxpayers. Common Sense Don't Mistake Nervous Haste (or Karnest Purpose. Do not take youself so seriously. You seem to think that if you do not accomplish a. certain thing by the lime you have set you will l>p dis i raced or the world v. II not bo able to get on smoothly. It is r.ght to have a sense of re sponsibility and a desire to he true to that responsibility. Hut when you must turn yourself and everyone with whom you come in contact Inside out to accomplish your purpose you are making a mis take. A thing done well must work in well with everything else Your anility to "do or die'’ may l*' more of a nervous haste to get to the end of what you have started rather than an earnest purpose to carry on and ncmntplish a certain great good. You must remember tha! accom plishment takes time. You do no good by hurrying. I'erhaps half t - .,.--..1 you W'-h to •■I i ompUsh would be lost if you sue. eerdetl in gaining your point too quickly. For your own growth and for the Welfare if the many it is sometime* l- et that time Is given you to work things out for a permanent guod rat hat than a hasty success, t< 'opyriifht, Special Player Plano Bargain Saturday Only This beautiful new Player Piano, excellent workmanship, easy ac tion, perfect tone, will be sold Saturday only for $295, f. o. b. factory. If you have been intending to pur chase a player, here is a real opportunity to obtain a bargain in a new high grade instrument. Come in early as the number is limited. Convenient / ernt* Can He Arranged i&.^ospcd'o. I Y^rjrlhini in Art and Mu«ic 1513-15 Douglas St. “The People s Voice” Editorial* trow readers of The Moipiflf Be*. Ktaders of Tt»« M*r*fn« B*« *r* Invited to u** th'e column frool;' for e*pre»*lon on mattrri cf public Ictereat. If You Bait the Trap. Omahi—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Another remark on flirting. I vo been reading the com plants about the pestering flirt I thought tack fiver the years that I've traveled the various streets of Oma ha. both day and night: of the many men I've met. even talked with and never a one has tried to flirt. I looked in the glass and the face tliat looked bark at me was by no means re pulsive. 1 said: "I wonder why?'’ I began to watch flirtations. Then one evening before starting for home I Jazzed my hair out arouf/1 my fare, put on a good sum of rouge (not too much), lipstick on my lips. penciled my eyebrows nnd lashes 1 went out on tin street and paid no attention to any one, but started for the corner to take the car. On the way I met three men. grt a kindly look from one and a smile from another. I boarded the, car. On my ride of 20 block* 1 received five knowing looks and two winks. As I was transferring on far nun, a middle-aged man stepped close to me, touched my arm and said, "Where do we eat, kid?" I went home, washed my fare and said. "O-, I see!" JEST A MAID. The Fontenelle Hotel Controversy. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha There is a very im portant controversy going on Just now —one that should interest us as much ns the Creighton college drive and Brownell llall—except that'Instead of developing the V an as these colhges aro doing. It is in protecting the in terests of people already living here. It Is * the Fontenelle hotel sltuntion. Why don’t we rise up against this in justice? It amuses me to discover that the main point against Mr. Epplev’a man agement Is that the hotel has come Into scandal .and disrepute, and also that it has not been conducted as a first-class hostelry. What is to become of <ur Fonts r.elle, which our citizens built so that we could have a decent and repre -‘-ntgUve hotel’ For the sake of Oma ha. don’t allow unworthy hands to acquire this hotel Mr. Eppley’s suc cess as a hotel man is well known. Ills hotels arc .a credit to a town. Surely this Is a matter of vital con cern to the citizens of Omaha and w. shouild make the greaUs’ struggle against anything being ’ put over" on us. A PUBLIC SPIRITED WOMAN. Rhymed Reply to "Married Mail." Th- nr.. 4% T i.un 1 A Married Man" haa written In his truer. B< seem# to rwn !h..' for u o-i hi* chances now ere heller. S.nre he. for hf«. did take a wife to ahhld t»y hi« prole-tior— A; a taler ilati h- may meditate .n pain ful tetrewpectlon For I've a "hunrh" that when th- months into the yeara *r- winking. He U ehank- hia rnlrui and a different kind -if tone he i! then '*■ * -klri: For tile honeymoon may shin■" :n dun* mull all it* beauti and apt r !. The® I - • ..pa- r! » r.! h r' r-; t-etl In 1 he hour* of rtitII L'.-eeiut— r [ an.t *heerleae. When lar.ei * da th w.ii-rn 1. pi. companion near u*. But I maintain one f«c la plain—*» pm' • p r t mliikk*’ It— Tha' Ilf- beloa . trber- re we ko. l*rgt y wha» rr.^K** —GE'lP.GE lvkenhill, Olbbon. N»b. _ Who Do We Do It? Omaha—To th- Editor of The Omaha I'- • Aft. r nil. it i* r:.t\er pleasant to reach the age .then it i* excusable to -it in a big chair by the Our Secret A mbit ions_! , TO APDRE» ThE UTFRARy ‘ cuJU on —, i 'our. travel*” 4) 1 ji u i -'*>* \i :i I tin and reminisce. 1 don't find that word used In old \V< luster as a verb, but everybody is coining new part* of -pooi h these days, to why not 1, if it expresses what X mean, and it does. And that reminds mo of how my fieri father, of revered memory, 1< e*t**l the catch and slang phrases of his day—what would he have iiiu;‘ of ours? II'.* even advised ns ; n»t needles* exaggeration' saying. - * ways, when in doubt, omit the ad jective." A friend of mine, similarly brought up, once had occasion to seek counsel in a domestic crisis, and the 'got*1 Judge, of fine family, deacon in the church, and ail that, il omit his m e. though, if he happens to see he'll probably rccal! the Incident’ i: "My dear madam, whatever else you 'do, or do not do. don't swear at him. "Oh. no." replied the little lady. *.n great consternation. "I wouldn t f--r the world, but you know, sometime*, little things will slip out unawares; for instance, would you rail 'good i lord' *w. aring? I know it isn't pretty | or very nice, teat one somehow gets in 1 the habit of saying thing- like that ; and it's very hard to break." i 'Good lord.' exploded the sytnpa ' thetic old gentleman, endeavoring to reamiure h- r. * I wouldn’t It. ? COUTH*?, I lit Clip'll, if yOU sliOUld i •< ^ pen In by m Like. don't let It alar: you, it “ quite ;i commonly used far. ilv expression." ADNEE V. HAMILTON. The Spice of Life • Vuur h* nor. I wi« rot Intoxicated ■ i!*j» *ti ! • er says you were tryi‘* to 'limb a lamp pw-t, ’ ■ I a as. your honor A • oupl* r-t eerie* rrocod -«• had l *• n following me ar i>«n 1 * < a.i . --J ! <: •?. : n * l •allfr.sr you that t hey v! e-r** getting on my nerv*s —Arka eas Utility Nc>**.■' 7;.x— Two wrongs don ' make * right, 3r d to that rule Therms > o eKcapt:CC.” !>,*_ r.fj I don't know. If your cle 1; j-i f; -• it ;» wrong, and .1 : . • farvard 11 hours more, you <f ur.. f>i tHe i »'ocg*-r. tut at the sar/** :-oj >.ak« .. right”—Boston Tran script, A ar.o *:*o’-!ed Up ? ** a * pi who taking i lurg lat«r»** <■? ;.? • - ween * wo hvaves of a p \vi.: tfam. what cnn.*- did you cor - m t • c— ;-v in overalls and ur.d » guard Ah \ er.t on •* furlong- san • You mean ; uu went on & furlopgn • \ ho>j*. waa & *ho-nuff fur c f Ah war . fjr. and .Ah stayed los* —lnfan ry Journal. ® Lorn Brothers ** Paints - Varnishes SOLD IN OMAHA BY C. O Hurd, Benton North Side Hardware Co . Wiliieme-Younf Hardw.re Co. oi]2 r,"orlh 24tb St. 220 South 24th St. M J. Simon. Merer Harow.,, Co 30<k St. __ 2915 Leavenworth St. __ K Sc hoc nm# Hardware Ce. S 7Ct> West Broadway, Council Bluffs. Is- p] | The Floor Varnish That Stands Wear and Tear Truthfully, this Neptunite Flo<>»* Varnish stands more grilling ai d still stays smiling than any wo know of. It seems to have a kind of bulldog grip, the way it hangs (>n and shows its teeth at wear and tear. Won’t scratch. W on-’ turn white. Comes in cans, big and little. Price right. SEND FOR THIS BOOKLET Called “The Diary of the House in the Woods," by Katherine and Kdward McDowell, who, then selves, designed and built the h o n > e. t h e n Mellotoned and M cl lo-G leased the walls. Xeptu nited the floors and woodwork, and did various other things, odd and interesting, to make their home eo.y and attractive. Send 10 cents for it direc; to t ir Dayton. Ohio, office. The Lowe Brothers Company 109-111 South Tenth Street OMAHA ^M
