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JUDGE ALLEN TO SECRETARY HOOVER.
Have all our home problems, political, economic
and social, come to such a quiet state that we can
abandon them and give our entire attention to the
troubles of the world? Are we selfish if we put in
most of our time trying to do something to adjust the
gears of our own machine, so it will run well, even
/ if by doing so we seem to neglect that of our neigh
bors?
These questions are being pressed, and the an
swer is a divided one. For example, Herbert Hoover,
cabinet minister, went to Des Moines to talk to the
women voters about the international court, and
found himself on the program to follow Florence E.
Allen, associate justice of the supreme court of Ohio,
who wants to abolish all war and to set up the world
court afterward. The incident is quite in line with
what has been going on for months.
Sympathizing fully with the abstract proposal
that it would be a splendid thing to abolish war, one
may question whether Judge Allen's plan is work
able. She cites the law against murder as a
precedent; but the law did not stop murder, merely
outlawed it, and even then the law was not enacted
until mankind had been educated to a point where
such a law was acceptable. Who will pass the law
to outlaw war? A group of nations; where will
such a group be found?
Tha United States is ready, England may be
ready, but France is not, nor is Germany, Italy,
Turkey, Russia, or any of the powers whose consent
and co-operation is essential to the success of any
such plan. People of the United States have had
some not entirely encouraging experience in the
matter of changing human nature and controlling
human appetites and passions by law. We as a na
tion abhor war, but some of the other nations do
not, and we must have them with us before we can
go very far toward outlawing war by international
law.
On the other hand, the world court idea, as ex
pounded by Secretary Hoover, contains the germ
of what Judge Allen is seeking. It is better to start
right than to make a mistake at the beginning and
have to return and correct it. Entrance to the
world court deprives us of no right that nationally
is ours, commits us to nothing we do not already
admit, but will show the world that Americans are
sincere in their profession.
The world may be ready to outlaw war, but sur
face indications do not support the belief. Presi
dent Harding’s plan presents a way to lessen the
likelihood of war by settling in court differences
that might lead to war. Moving along the line sug
gested, we may yet come to the goal desired by
Judge Allen, and for which all yearn, but we will
reach that goal by carefuly taken steps, and not by
a singe bound. ‘
ANOTHER TALE FOR THE MOVIES.
One of the survivals of a bygone age is being
brought to light in Florida. North Dakota officials
are down there investigating the circumstances sur
rounding the 'death of a young man from that
state, who came to his end in a convict lumber
camp. The prison gang boss is on trial for murder,
it being alleged that he slew the dead man.
So far as developed, the facts are that the young
man, who was sojourning in Florida, was tried and
found guilty of stealing a ride on a freight train.
For this heinous offense he was fined $26, in de
fault of payment of which sum he was sentenced to
three months in jail, and promptly “leased” by the
county to the lumber company. While in the serv
ice of that concern he was killed.
Human life has always been held too cheaply,
and in thise case it appears that human labor also
was looked upon rather lightly. Three months at
hard labor to expiate an offense no greater than
steealing a ride on a freight train, and for which
even the $26 fine seems oppressive, might lead to
the impression that the court was trying to provide
a lumber company with an easy source of good labor
at a minimum of cost.
Complaints of this system of enforced labor
have come up from the south in other times. Usually
it is the negro who suffers, but the courts seldom
play favorites in the matter of color. No real com
plaint will ever be made against the laudable effort
of peace officers to maintain order in -their communi
ties, but three months on a convict labor gang is
rather a stiff dose even for a confirmed hobo.
"AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING."
It is in the blood, the old primeval urge, says a
Nevada professor of psychology, speaking of the
speeders. The girl loves 4t, and the man with his
foot on the gas is willing she should have all she
wants. But even with that established, we are get
ting nowhere. Concede that the speed mania was
born away back in those days, when absence of body
meant safety as well, and it frequently was necessary
to get from one place to another mighty suddenly,
wa yet see no reason why streets should be turned into
race tracks.
And if the desire to travel fast be an evidence
of antique origin, then the average Omaha delivery
boy dates away back beyond the time of old King
Tut. They may be faster somewhere, but the youth
ful driver of a light grocery truck can get speed out
of it that never was dreamed of, or at least not ad
vertised by its maker.
Perhaps if that Nevada professor were to spend
a few days hereabouts, dodging for his life while get
ting first hand information of how his theory works
out, he might change his main thought, that the
drivers like to go fast.
BonarLawhas what Grover Cleveland once called
It “congress on his hands,” only Cleveland’s deepest
perplexity was simple when compared to the British
premier's position.
Each man must have three straw hats this sea
son, decrees fashion. Most will do weli to keep one.
Bonar Law believes a cabinet that can bend a
little may outlive the blow. It has been done.
Ths law’s delay is nothing to its loopholes
QUEER WINDINGS OF LAW
This has nothing to do with the present status
of Fred H. Ciaridge or the defunct Castetter hank,
of which he was president. Reference to the in
cident mu6t. be made, however, in order to get the
proper perspective on the picture.
Mr. Ciaridge was at the head of an old estab
lished bank, which failed while yet under his man
agement. A considerable loss was entailed to stock
holders and to the deposit guaranty fund. Ciaridge
fled from the state, but. later returned. Investiga
tion of the affairs of the bank developed a situa
tion that appeared to warrant the prosecution of
Ciaridge on a charge of fraudulent banking. The
trial has just collspsed at. Blair, and the accused is
free.
The state presented evidence in support of the
charge made, and rested its case. Then the attorney
for the defense asked for dismissal because of a
defect in the information. Merely a technicality,
but one sufficient to open the hole through which
the defendant marched to freedom. The complaint
was defective, the judge ruled, because
“it did not specify Ciaridge had scut the reports to
Secretary Hart of the state department of trade
and commerce and beenuae it specified their pub
lication was in Washington county, whereas the
statute specifies it should be in the place where
the bank is located, which was at Blair.”
On such small things turns the fate of men. No
question is raised as to the failure of the hank; as
to the correctness of the reports made and pub
lished ; the state failed to comply with every little
point in the game, and the defense found a way out
of the dilemma through a hole so small the eye of
the layman would never see it, and will have difficulty
in understanding it when the same is pointed out.
Law is undoubtedly served, but what justice?
When seemingly trivial technicalities are magnified
into a barrier large enough to shield one accused of
crime, without pressing to the issue of guilt or inno
cence, is not something omittfed that is due to every
body? Fred Ciaridge is either innocent or guilty,
but the fact is not established by the trial. Able
lawyers will congratulate his counsel on their adroit
defense of their client, but the whole cause of the
courts, the law and the people would probably have
been better served if the case had turned on a ver
dict and not on a law point.
MOTHERS MIGHT ANSWER THIS.
Two little 8-year-old Omaha boys went to bed
Tuesday night, weary, sad and disillusioned. They
had learned one of the saddest lesson of life, that self
ish and designing persons will take advantage of the
trusting and credulous. Nothing Dickens ever wrote
is more poignant in its pathos than that chapter
wherein he tells how little Davy was wheedled out of
his shoes by the swindler. No tragedy that comes
in life falls so heavy as the one that blights the
natural confidence of a child.
A woman cajoled two little boys into hauling her
heavy suitcase miles across the city. She did not
promise to give them anything. Her conscience is
clear on that score. But she did ask them to do her
a big service, and in doing this they naturally looked
for compensation. They did not expect much, and
in the long trudge from Thirty-third and Maple to
Eighteenth and Harney, forty-five blocks by the
shortest route, the woman had ample time to make up
her mind how to treat the manly little fellows who
were so gallanty serving her.
She decided to give them nothing, except “Thank
you!” Little boys and girls are taught to say, “Thank
you,” when given a gift or favor, but this pair was
working, and deserved pay for their work. A cold,
hard heart is needed to blight such reasonable expec
tations of two little boys, whose innocence should
have been the best possible guaranty that she would
not cheat them. Cheat them she did, and probably
excuses her meanness with the thought that she, too,
has been cheated by someone she trusted.
What she did was to darken the minds of two
little boys, not only disappointing their hopes, but
planting a seed of distrust that will grow, and in
some way affect them through all their lives. No
matter in what way their lines may fall, they will
never forget that long, long tramp of more than nine
miles, serving a woman who purposely took advan
tage of them. They may forgive her, but they jwill
never forget her, and they will always be wary.
Maybe it is true some time they would have had to
learn this worldly lesson, but it might have been
postponed a few years with no loss to the lads.
The news story says the mothers were rejoiced to
get their boys home again, but were angry when they
learned the story. If justice were to be poetic in this
case, it would take the form of submitting that self
ish, thoughtless woman to the ordeal of hearing what
the mothers might have to say to her.
The Douglas county civil docket is reported to
be cleared for the first time in three years. Indus
trious judges are deserving of the long vacation they
will take next summer.
No dope is sold to high school students in Omaha,
according to federal sleuths. Well, the boys and
girls are not missing mdlcli.
The 10-year-old girl who declined a judge's invi
tation to ride may have read “Maud Muller.”
Another thing King Tut never did was to boo
the umpire.
How did the start suit you?
Homespun Verse
By Robert Worthington Davie
I REMEMBER.
I remember In the old days when a little tyke was I
How I hid my head In Mother's lap and had my evening
cry.
X remember how she soothed me and caressed me long
ago.
How her tender words relieved me of Imaginary woe;
Yet but shallow comprehension of her sentiment had I
When I hid my head upon her lap and and had my
evening cry.
Then, when thoughtless youth had vanished and I
roamed In realms remote,
I-ov« and cheer were ever throbbing through the letters
Mother wrote. ^
Night by night I sat reclining with my feet upon my
bed,
Heading, dreaming—meditating on the things my
Mother said;
Only then did I awaken to the sweetnesses gone by
When I hid my hoad upon her lap and and had my
evening cry.
Time, O, precious Time has drifted! And the friend of
friends has flown.
And I fancy that I view her In the visions of my own,
I conceive I hear her speaking and I feel her mellow
hand.
There Is someone sobbing, crying—Ah. at last I under
stand!
A depressed and weeping cherub stands heelde her daddy
now,
While he whispers words to aooth^ier and he gently
strokes her brow.
“The People’s
Voice”
Editorial* from reader* ef lb* Merelnv 8**.
Reader* ef The Mornln* Bee are Invited to
uie thl* column freely for axpraaaloa an
matter* of public loferret.
"Mistake* of Hoover."
Sutton, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: I read some of Herbert
Hoover's articles appearing in The
Omaha Bee a short time ago. The
sum and substance of them is this:
Our eebnomlc system is perfect. All
it needs Is a little touch here, a little
putty there to fill up the cracks, to
gether with a fresh coat of paint and
it is just ns good as new. He sneers
at. socialism as a "breed'' and then
straightway adopts some of its tenets.
The votaries of socialism may be all
wrong, but they are at least trying to
bring about an equitable (not equal)
distribution of the products of labor.
They deserve a respectable hearing
and honest criticism and not sneers
from one whose only claim to
eminence was derived from a suc
cessful distribution of aims. In curb
ing profiteers in coal and sugar the
eminent secretary's success is less
brilliant if not a downright failure.
Hoover speaks of the. ghastly failure
of bolshevism in Russia, hut fails to
relate the ghastly failure of ezarlst
autocracy. Out of that nightmare of
brutality, ignorance and famine, the
bolslievist leaders are honestly trying
to bring about a better day for its
former slaves. Whether successful
or not, is not for Hoover to say. He
seizes on a disastrous famine caused
by a. total failure of crops extending
over an area of nearly 300.000 square
milps, to discredit the soviet regime.
The secretary considers individual
ism perfect as an economic system.
So it is for a few. A century or more
ggo it was, hut the world has made
progress since then. In 1800 95 per
cent of the population was engaged In
agriculture and each family was com
plet and independent economically.
Then earne the g^reat revolution in
production. Perrons became de
pendent on one another. From own
ing their own jobs more and more
began to depend on others for em
ployment. Industry concentrated
into fewer and fewer hands. Trusts
Were formed to stifle or to destroy
competition. Then federal, state and
municipal governments began to as
sume production. The United States
began to monopolize the carrying and
distribution of mail. The construction
of the Erie canal by New York state
a century ago was the first notable
state enterprise and a complete suc
cess. Since then government owner
ship and operation has gone on apacfc
in line with progress, and reactionar
ies will fail to stem the slowly rising
tide. Ia>t us pause to define Individ
ualism as found on page 131. volume
12, of the^new International Ency
clopedia. ns follows:
"In economics individualism baa
generally advocated the practice
which is formulated In the well known
precept. I^iiBsez falre. lalssez passer.
The state is (,o keep hands off of
economic machinery. Free competi
tion. resulting In the survival of the
fittest, is the individualistic ideal . . .
No government ownership or opera
tion of any plant—in short, no state
interference in production, distribu
tion or consumption.”
Successful operation of public utili
ties by governments are too numerous
and too well known to need special
mention. The Panama canal, the Irri
gation projects, federal control of
railroads during the war and building
549 miles of railroad in Alaska by the
United States might head the list.
Hoover speaks of cabinet member*
having risen from the ranks. The fact
is that few can rise to eminence who
do not stand in with the powers that
be. and even then for such the
chances to rise are about one in a
million.
But there, is another side to this
roseate picture. Out of 100 healthy
lives at 25 years of age. 64 will reach
I the age of 65. Of tjpse 64. one will
be rich, four well ro-do, five earn
fthelr own living, while 54 will be de
pendent. That Is the statement of
Forrest F. nrvden, president of the
Prudential Insurance company. As
I to wealth. 2 per cent own 60 per cent
of the total w ealth, 33 per cent own
35 per rent of the wealth, while 65 per
cent own the remaining 5 per cent of
the total wealth in the United States ,
This means that the great mass of
people are either incompetent or else
the economic system so carefully
veneered by our secretary Is not quite
perfect. A. G. GROH.
Why We Keep Out.
Hoagland, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee; What a pity It le
that more of our people cannot see
the matter of our entrance Into the
League of Nations In the samfc light
as Uiat peerless leader of men, Theo
dorft Roosevelt, and as Arthur Brls
Daily Prayer \
Mln» e>e« Khali h» upon the faithful
of the land.—Pa. 101 '0.
Almighty <Jod. our Unevenly Fath
er, In Whom we live end move and
have our lieing, we. Thine unworthy
children, come to Thee with humble
minds and heart* to offer our prayer
and thanksgiving. Pardon, we be
seech Thee, the sins we have commit
ted against Thee in thought, word and
I deed, and make us truly sorry for
them with the godly sorrow that work
scth repentance unto salvation.
Pleas us and our relation*, friend*
and neighbors, and give us al! things
I necessary both for soul and body.
May Thy Holy Spirit guide Thy
church, and all who minister therein,
that Thy Kingdom may come, and
ail may do their duty In their voca
tion and ministry.
Have pity on the sick and dying,
and on all slnnera. May Thy Holy
Angel* dwell within this place to pre
serve us in peace*. Into Thy hands.
O tlod. we commend our bodies, souls
and spirits. May we enjoy such re
freshing sleep ns will fit ns on the
morrow to go fortli to our duties and
responsibilities with vigor of mind
and body. Our Heavenly Father, we
thank Thee for all Thy many and
great blessings and merries (o us and
to all mankind.
Through Jesus Oirlst. our I.ord.
Who with the Father and the Holy
Qhoatsllvrst and relgnest. ever one
Clod, world without end. Amen.
BISHOP HARRY S. I.ONQI.KY.
Ilea Mnines, Is.
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We Nominate
! For Nebraska's Hall of
Fame. .
Howard Kirkpatrick of the
University School of Music, Lin
coln, is one of the best known
composers of the state. Ills opera,
"Olaf,” was presented a number of
years ago, and he is also author of a
dramatic song-cycle, "The Fire Wor
shipers.” He composed the music
for the Nebraska State Semi-Centen
nial pageant, “Nebraska,” which has
been presented several times both in
Lincoln and Omaha, and from which
the song, "Fair Nebraska,” has come
into use both as a state and as a
school song. Mr. Kirkpatrick has a
tine gift for clean melodic continuity,
giving his music a splendid choral
duality. He has published both re
ligious anthems and secular songs, his
latest being "Along the Harden Way,”
Just issued by Thompson & Co. of
Boston. His compositions have often
been featured in concert.
bane sees it. But it seems they can’t.
And they keep on howlfng and cajol
ing us to enter, not only the League
of Nations, but to go Into another
world court whose only potency ia
that of moral suasion. A league with
no power to enforce ita demands, and a
court ns powerless.
When, during the administration of
Russia, the czar of Russia Invited the
world to join him in organizing the
Hague court "for the purpose of mak
ing war impossible," among all the
statesmen of that day Roosevelt stood
out in opposition to it. He filled pages
of the press with descriptions of what
the court would do, including the en
tangling alliances it would lead us
Into, and graphically depicted its im
Totence to accomplish the end sought
for In the czar's call. Roosevelt was
the only man to attempt to warn the
world on these points.
The trouble with the Hague court,
the League of Nations and this new
world court we are hearing ao much
about is that their chief sponsors are
ultra pacifists, whose principal pro
gram is to work the word enforce,
with the word force left out; Leave
the word force out of enforce and
you have the little inseparable prefix,
en, left, a thing absolutely without
meaning, when standing alone, a thing
of no force, for the force has all been
kicked out of it. And that is Just |
where the Hague court proved to be, j
though no one but Roosevelt pro- I
claimed It so In advance. That la
Just what the League of Nations has
proclaimed itself to be and what the ]
sponsors for this new world court
have proclaimed It to be. A thing of
no force is a thing of no value; then
why should we join?
And now- comes ex-Governor Cox
and says In effect that we ought to
get in. for America is destined to he
the leader of nations. Are wo to un
derstand from this that America has
never been the leader of nations?
Whose lead did France follow when
overthrew the monarchy and be- >
came a republic? Whose lead did
China. Portugal nnd German follow
when they became republics? Whose
lead did ail South and Central Amer
ica follow when they freed themselves
from the monarchial yoke?
True, the present niTembent «f the
league want us In; hut do they want
11s In for the purpose of making us
the leader of nations? How can they
make us that when we are already
that? Do they not know we are the
leader? They can outvote us after
we get in. Are they not aware of
this fact" After we get in they can
cniily vote for us to either take the
lead or constitute the rear guard. And
if we continue to have Hny regard for
our sense of honor we will have to
taks whatever position they choose
to assign us. Do they wish to put us
In the lead or to bring up the rear
and pay the bills? The action of
France In telling the world one week
that she could not pay a cent of her
debt to us, and then, tho next week,
loaning 70.000.000 to Poland, might
be taken as a sign. The tw isting and
squirming of the reparations commis
sion over that little balance due us
for keeping our army on the Rhine
might be taken as another sign that
we would be immediately voted to the
roar If we ever got In.
We are In the lend now by virtue
of our Independence; by virtue of our
isolation; by virtue of the fact that
Europe has no strings on us. either
for leading or for driving us. The
spider wns profuse in his flattery of
the fly and the praise of the beauty
of his parlor until he got tthe fly In,
then what happened? How much
difference is there between the present
diplomacy of Europe and that of the
spider? B. R. CHAPMAN.
That Marvellous Voire.
Sarah Iternhardt w»«, one almost
feara, too magnificently endowed. The
greatest power yet revealed In the
world, most probably, of representing
human passions at their moat furious
pilch, united wilh the greatest, gold
enest voice ever heard on the stage.—
Columbia State.
Senator 1 saiga's Worries.
Wo hope Senator laslge is getting a
good rest from the cares of leadership
during this senatorial hiatus, and It
must he pretty nervewracking work
for a leader to have to l>e looking
around anxiously every whipstitch to
see if anybody nt all la following.—
Ohio Stale Journal.
“From State and
— Nation”
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Editorials from othrr
netvsfHipers.
Retirement Might Help.
Jt’rom the CJranfl Ininnd Inflepen4en^
It's great—this political maneuver
ing for position!
About in February. 1916. the demo
cratic dope mixers at Washington
were declaring that they would win
with W ilson on the slogan "He kept
us out of the war.” Independent and
republican reporters of decades of ex
perience said the democrats wouldn’t
dare! AH of Washington knew that
It alone had kept the great "voices-in
theair” Wilson out of it. But the
d°mo promoters not only employed
the bunk referred to but made it win
—in particular putting it over with
the woman vote of the pivotal stale
since then become known all over the
wortd as Hollywood.
And today?
The same alchemists of partisan fog
and vapor are at it in the national
capital. Sometimes there are slight
indications that they even have War
ren Gamaliel going .wooaey on inter
national courting and soul finding!
The medicine mixers of the party
of Prexy Wilson. Volstead, W. J. B.,
and McAdiddle. not to mention One
Round Jimmy Cox, the Dayton won
der. have now, through Senator
Walsh, given Ml” G. O. P. elephant
to understand that he must not snort
out normalcy .talk in the next cam
paign because
(II Business is groaning under war;
taxes
(2) Huge tariffs favor profiteers.
(3) Country is suffering the loss of j
European trade.
(4) Cost of building, clothing, living, j
etc., is rising.
(51 People are gouged by sugar |
profiteers which the administration ;
dose nothing to prevent.
(6) No state of normalcy in the pub
lic mind.
Wartaxes? Certainly not traceable
to the republican party which was
not in power when the decision was
made to crate the war costs In order
to make the world safe for democracy!
TarifTs and profiteers? The annals
of the world show no such flagrant
profiteering as was done under the
last democratic administration with '
the latter’s silent assistance!
Loss of European trade? Exports ,
greater by nearly 50 per cent than In [
the rear before the war broke out!
Coat of building, clothing, etc., up? \
No doubt about that, but only owing
to enormous demand.
People gouged by sugar profiteers?
True enough. But when was the
gouging of the consumer by the cap
tain of Industry ever stopped under
a democratic administration?
No state of normalcy in the public
mind? "Denial impossible! Ixvok at
the Kiwanis! Or. from the Kjwanis
point of view, mayhap, the city’s ;
new spapers!
I’nfortunately the big politicians
couldn't remedy matter* much two ^
years in advance if they would, and 1
probably wouldn't if they could. The
greatest aid they qin render the coun
try just at present would he to retire,
with congpess, for a few months!
Give us a rest!
Making Tour Opinion Tell.
From the Tork Republican.
A well known writer of fiction
makes it a practice when an animal
act Is shown upon the stage to rise
In his seat and walk out of the thea
ter. It Is his protest of the cruelty
that he knows precedes the training
of animals for the sta|te People who
appreciate the benefits of prohibition
ought to do as much when Jokes are
sprung which belittje the efforts of
authorities to stamp out the unlawful
making and selling of booze. Ridicule
of the law and winking at its en
forcement are doing immense harm
and holding back the realization of
the time when prohibition shall be
an accomplished thing. And If the |
same treatment were given the coarse
and vulgar Jokes on the stage there !
would soon be a crusade, emanating
from the box office, that would cure
another pernicious evil.
Suicide.
From tho St. Louis Poot Dispatch.
What a world of tragedy :« con
tained in the statistics on suicide in
the United States last year! The
lumber. 13.500. is an appalling total,
and details sdd to the shock, for 900
were children Nothing could be more
pathetic than the spectacle of an
overwrought girl drinking a fatal
potaon because she didn't want her
hair bobbed. Few things are more
heartrending than the self destruction
of a child brooding over a trivial or
fanciful slight by parent or teacher.
How pitiful. Indeed, that the childish
Imagination may lead to such grim
and bitter consequences'
A fact of a different character, but
none the less somber, is ihat shell
shocked soldier* led the list, w-lth a
lota) of more than 1.000. They were
aa truly war casualties as If they had
died on the field of battle, and It is
for us to learn that the sword of
When
Spring
Comes
You feel the call of the
great outdoor*. You want to
break away from crowded
quarter* and the eiaion of
rent receipt*. Start your home
fund here and when the time
coma* we wil(. help you build
a *aug
Home of Your Own
=0%=
State Savings A Lean
Association
111 S. 17th St. Keelia* Bldg.
C. C. WELLS. Secy.
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THE OMAHA BEE
DICTIONARY COUPON
3 CT»7 98c
■•curat tliit NEW, autHatitle Dictionary bound in black aoal grain,
illuatratad with full pagoa in color.
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cant* to corar coat of haodling, packing, dark Kira, ate.
22 DICTIONARIES IN ONE
All Dictionariaa Publiakad Prorioua to Tkia Ona Art Out of Data
MAIL ORDERS WILL BE PILLED—AM lac paataaai Up to ISO rntlaa, Tci
up t, S00 rnilaa, 10<_ Far (raatar dlalaaeaa, aak Paatuuatar rata far J pauada.
Walking the Plank.
f WHY DONT THEY
L GET HIM TOO?
Mars does not desist from slaughter
when statesmen sign treaties.
Surely there is something funda
mentally wrong with a social order
that sees 50 college professors, 52
Judges and 82 physicians die by their
own hands in a twelvemonth. Aside
from the question of ill-health—to
which there seems to be no immediate
answer—It is apparent that the in
ducementa which society offers to
life are neither as great as they should
be, nor as they might well be. It is
too true that money making in Amer
ica may become the prime object of a
majority of men, and the present so
ciety offers Its choicest prizes for the
ability to make It. Ruslness failures,
therefore, account for a large per
centage of suicides.
Our educational system has not yet
succeeded in giving us a culture which
places enough emphasis on other ends
than the acquisition of wealth. Art
and the things of the spirit are sadly
neglected. Greed touches everything, j
and taints all that it touches. Our
ideals are in a sad state of deteriora
tion. We need to be shown that life
can be, if it la not. worth living.
Important If True.
The present generation does not
know how to play, and apparently
does not understand the psychology
of play.—Miami Herald.
Center Shots
We imagine that there would be a
good many more Christians if it
weren't for the telephone.—Columbut
Dispatch.
Arthur Brisbane sava the world i*
upside down. Maybe that’s what i*
keeping our pockets empty.—Little
Hock Democrat.
President Harding says he thinks
it will take 20 years to get the country
used to prohibition. And first, pro
hibition will have to be tried.—Concord
Monitor.
The Denver seer’s discovery that
Henry Ford is the reincarnation of
Tut Ankh Amen explains why the old
king's chariot is in running order
still.—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Two prisoner* escaped from an At
lanta jail and got away on a street
car. Does anyone know of another
Instance when a street car cam* along
at just the right moment?—Kansas
City Star.
The way for Europe to make head
way is not the red way.—Washington
Post.
Over 100 Families
have profited by our
Great Stock Reducing
Piano Sale
One Dollar Is Worth Two This Week. Come in
Tomorrow While We Have Plenty to Select From.
Uprights—Players
Never in our 84 years of Piano
business have we been able to of
fer such fine, high-grade instru
ments at such attractive prices
They have been thoroughly over
hauled by our factory experts and
made Just like new. Prices and
terms have been cut to the quick
in order to move this tremendous
stock. We must hare room.
NO MONEY DOWN
Trade in your old Piano as a first payment on any new Up
right Grand or Plaver Piano in our gtoek, and start tout
payments in 30 da\s. REMEMBER, WE HAVE MORE
THAN 20 WORLD-RENOWNED MAKES FOR YOUR SE
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with any NEW PLAYER PIANO to the first
10 buyers this week. Roll Cabinet or Floor
Lamp and $10.00 worth of Player Rolls of
their own selection,
You don't have to be a home owner to take advantage of our meet
liberal terms. Call tomorrow and get first choice of these wonderful
bargains.
Bargains in Used Pianos
—note the extremely low prices
Strlaway Sqaan* tirand 9 50
ItaIMt A Dari* I prlpht $100
1 hlrkrrinar 1'prlqht -9110
Vo*<* .t Son l priirht ....9140
Kimhall I'priichl ..9155
Srharftrr I priirht -9175
Strprr A Son l priirht . 9225
Mantfinld riayor. 9158
Hartford Flayor.-9275
Schmollor k Hoollor PI. 9298
Artoaits IMnyer .9310
ftf.t?* Stoinway <<raad, mahog
any caso, bow ... 91.000
Whatever your needs are in m A steal instruments we have what you
want at the price you want to pay. In our immense store, the
largest and oldest in the middle west, we have everything from 55c
mouth harps to golden stringed Raby Grands.
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