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WHY RAILROAD MEN HESITATE.
One note rings clear through the answers sent
by Nebraska editors to our inquiry with regard to
jdans dealing with the railroads. All unite in the
opinion that present conditions are not satisfactory.
The people of Nebraska are vitally concerned in
transportation, as their prosperity depends upon
that service. One of the greatest of the world's
food exporting regions, Nebraska imports all that it
uses except food. • Therefore a very little difference
in transportation costs means good times or bad times
in Nebraska as the scale may turn.
A preponderance of local opinion appears to be
against government ownership. Experience during
the war was so unsatisfactory that it has left a
Very sore spot in the rmffnory of most, and they are
not anxious to see any repetition of that experi
ment. Yet some are outspoken in favor of govern
ment ownership, holding that through that method
only will relief be brought. Another group is in
clined to the thought that consolidation, as sug
gested under the Eseh-Cununins law, will help to
solve the problem, while' yet a third asserts
vehemently that the law mu-t be repealed entirely
Jtefore any approach to a workable plan can be
jnade. •
From this diversity of expression may be gained
some notion of the difference of opinion as to #hat
is better for all when it comes to handling the
railroads. Nebraskans are not peculiar in this, how
ever, for the same uncertainty prevails everywhere.
Even the railroad men themselvs are not agreed
as to what should be done. Some want one thing
and some another, and each supports his views with
energetic expenditure of argument, more or less
forceful and logical, and npt always of the purely
selfish sort. *
If there is a trend in any particular di ‘ion, it
is setting toward the re-establishment of conditions
under which competition may be restored, actual
and not constructive. The Esch-Cummins act prac
tically forbids competition, and to that extent it
limits service. Combination between the systems
of the country has its advantages, but such com
bination ought to be on a basis of natural affinity,
as were some of the arrangements brought about in
the past. Such combinations were made with an
Idea to service, as witness the Harriman system,
destroyed by order of the courts as tending to op
pressive monopoly, yet it would be difficult to dis
cover any particular benefit the public has enjoyed
because the Harriman eggs we unscrambled.
Unrestricted competition, with the right to han
dle business on a business basis, will go a long way
^n the direction of settling some of the transporta
‘ tion troubles of the country, and it will probably be
•easier because the Esch-Cummins law has shown
*o many places where it is not safe to apply rigid
j-egulation.
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LET CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE.
Glad tidings of great joy are heralded on the
4vires that lead to Berkeley, Cal. Out there a
prophet hps arisen who does himself much credit,
and who will be reel ved in any land, even his own,
with honor and deference. He has stricken the
shackles off a race of slaves. Many, many times a
day, for years and years, we have been told that
we shall not eat of this or partake of that, no mat
ter how much we like it, for it is not good for us.
Even in the Garden of Eden such a prohibition was
laid down, and considerable trouble followed be-,
eause the mandate was not obeyed.
Here comes Dr. Lafayette B. Meundel, who
knows what he is talking about, and says eat what
» your fancy dictates. Dr. Meundel, who helped pur
sue the vitamine to its lair and >put enough salt on«
its tail to hold it while the experts examined and
branded it, believes and broadcasts the inforrnalion
lhat when a man sits down to the table, with a menu
card in front of him, he should let his conscience
be his guide. If he wants it and can pay for it, he
should indulge in it. Whatever you like, that is
good for you.
One thing yet remains to be settled, and then
we all will be happy. From whence will >vc look for
the wherewithal to pay for the fancy grub so long
ingly contemplated, but abstained from because of
the figures that appear on the right hand side of
•the menu card? Aye, there’s the rub, as Hamlet
put it; and thus the native hue of a good appetite
-is sickbed o'er by the bold-faced fact that dainty
grub costs like fun, and we turn with Jiggs to the
homelier fare, content that -.t is yet in reach of or
dinary pockethooks.
JUST A LITTLE HELP ON LUMBER.
One rate adjustment announced from the I. C.
at Washington will be of service in Nebraska. It has
been discovered that the freight on forest products
from Pacific northwest points to points this side of
the'Rockies are too high. Anybody who has bought
lumber in Nebraska at any time during the last sev
eral years is aware of this. Freight lias been more
•than the cost of the lumber at the mill in many
instances, and building has been correspondingly
restricted or carried on at .a cost beyond reason.
Oregon and Washington mills provide a considerable
part of the lumber consumed in this region, and
would probably furnish more hut for the freight rate,
which has been almost prohibitive.
This brings to the front one of the most, deplor
able factors in the industry. Millions of feet of so
called “seconds” arc fed to the flames because it will
not pay lo ship this grade of lumber. These “sec
onds” would serve splendidly for building corn cribs,
.fences and .many other farm uses, for which the
farmer is now compelled to pay top prices for clear
lumber. Some day a tremendous and almost criminal
i waste will bn stopped by the making of a freight
rate that will permit the shipment of this second
‘grade lumber across the mountains to‘a region where
the people refuse to grow trees for themselves.
", Not all of Nebraska is to share in the order just
i pUt out by the I. but such points in the state
Ins do benefit by it are correspondingly fortunate.
I In the meantime, the situation is. pressing to the day
I when Nebraskans will do what they should have net
about many years ago, .and.raise their own pine
, trees ouf in the sand bills.
MYSTERY OF THE MEDICINE MEN.
Bonar Law is a sick man, so sick that he has
resigned as premier of England, feeling that he will
not again be permitted to appear as head of the
government in the House of Commons. Just how
sick he is, or what ails him is not vouchsafed to
the public. His doctors are shrouding his case in
that veil of mystery they love to draw around the
bedside of a prominent man. What is known is
that Bonar Law is troubled with some disease of
th throat. Instinctively, the mind leaps to a definite
po.nt when this fact is mentioned. It was so with
U. S. Grant, with Frederich W'ilhelm of Prussia,
i with Edward VII of England, just to name a few
| modern instances. In eqch case the attending sur
| geons kept the ailment and its progress secret as
| long as possible. WThy this mystery?
King George has on his hands a problem as diflfi
! cut as that of the doctors, but he will not be per
mitted to make so much of a mystery of it. A
premier must be named to succeed Bonar Law, and
gossip has it that either Curzon or Baldwin will be
called to the place. It may be doubted if either of
these can hold the government in power for any
length of time, and thus another election may im
pend.
Toryism in England is in a corner right now.
Politics over there has always been as uncertain as
the moods of a democracy can provide, but the tory
strength has been unquestioned until, late years.
Shaken to its foundation stones by the war, the es
tablished order has suffered-a great many severe
shocks, and its most devoted adherents are not sure
of its being strong enough to survive another elec
tion. It emerged from the latest, on a stimulated
wave of reaction, with a meager majority, and the
opposition has gained much strength under the
Bonar Law cabinet.
Recent announcement of a reduction in taxes
and other similar reforms have been popularly re
ceived, yet the possibility of a return to* power of
the liberals, aided by the laborites, is seriously
considered by the politicians. Such a course will
makes little difference in the external policy of Eng
land, for, Curzofi was foreign minister under Lloyd
George as well as with Bonar Law. Internal prob
lems will turn the balance, with the outside chance
of the labor group securing full control of the gov
ernment.
The mystery of the medicine men is in many
respects the perplexity of the politicians, and Eng
land is humming again as a result of the silent throat
of Bonar Law.
PUSHING IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA.
Secretary of the Interior Work is rapidly making
it plain to all the people that he is taking his work
very seriously and is intent upon rendering the best
possible service. His immediate predecessor did not
show any great inclination to speed up the work in
which a large number of western Nebraska people
are deeply interested, namely, the Gering and Fort
Laramie unit of the North Platte irrigation project.
This portion of the vast irrigation project was start
ed in 1915, and for more than seven years was al
lowed to drag along, with constantly mounting costs
to the landowners under it. When Secretary Work
took charge of the interior department he issued a
letter 1*1 which he clearly outlined his intentions,
and he proved his sincerity by his deeds.
More progress has been made on this Gering and
Fort Laramie unit since Secretary Work took charge
of the department than was performed in any similar
length of time since the work started. The work
is being pushed with almost feverish haste, double
shifts being used. The indications now arc that the
unit will be practically completed in time to furnish
water over the entire unit by the spring of 1925,
fully three years ahead of the time that seemed
likely a year ago.
Omaha is deeply interested in this big project,,
for it will mean an additional market for her whole
salers and manufacturers. It will add 70,000 acres to
Nebraska's irrigated area, which means hundreds
of additional families on productive farm units. And
not the least of the results of this speeding up of
the work is the renewed hope and confidence that
has come to the people of that immediate section.
Secretary Work is soon to visit the reclaimed sec
tions of Nebraska, and he has assured h;mself *f a
warm welcome at the hands of the people.
Council Bluffs is going to help out in the Ak-Sar
Bcn drive. Why not? Council Bluffs furnished the
first settlers to Omaha, helped to carry on the first
election in the village, gave Nebraska its first dele
gate in congress, and many times since has provided
' a majority at some closely contested primary eloc
j tion. All these neighborly attentions have been duly
appreciated, hnd the present proffer pf aid will not
| be ignored* «
The collapse of the churoh floor and the conse
quent injury of a number of worshipers ought to.
have some sort of moral, but just now we can’t
think what it is.
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Omaha’s well known “rainmakers” are again on
the trail, and folks out in Wyoming and western Ne
braska will feel their presence this week.
Sparkplug and Barney Google ran away from
j Louisville, which must have caused great relief out
! at Churchill Downs.
Mr. Bryan doesn’t believe he came from a mon
key, and he is not in a mood to allow anyone to make
a monkey of him.
Memorial day is rapidly approaching, and all
plans to make it a dayfihf merrymaking should he
nipped in the hud.
Colorado's lieutenant governor must have heard
from Nebraska, for he has declined to sit in while tha
governor is away.
Homespun Verse
lly Robert Worthington Davie
MY LITTLE GIRL.
My little girl stands by the window each morn as 1
depart;
Em li night she watches for me with gladness In her
11 PH V1.
"Hy. by,” she say*, an<1 wnve* h*r hnnd I start on
my way.
"My dafldy's come.” she says when 1 return st e|o»*
of day.
At eventide she lends me to her daddy's rocking chair,
8h« nestles closely by my side snd soon ieposes there—
I wateh her sleep nnd lock away the hours of bliss
divine.
Content bemuse I’m living fot that little girl of mins
And while the days go fleeting past I hear her sweet
I pee myself go home at In-1 to meet n welcome true.
• I always I now when skies are dork, is often they
must lie.
I Tlmt »he awaits to lend a ^ule and gi\e a kiss tu me
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“The People’s
Voice’’
Editorial* from trader* of Tl»* Moroln* Be*.
Peadrri of The Morning Hr* are Invited to
ij*r fhl* column freely for **pre**lon on
matter* of public Interest.
\ Minister's View of Wappich.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
| Omaha Bee: The episode between
Judge Wappich of the police court
j and l he representatives of the W. C.
j T. 1'. is of more than passing impor
tance. It points to two different ideas
of the manner in which the court
ought to approach the lawbreaker.
I Both ideas emphasise certain psy- j
] chological truths.
Judge Wappich stands for the idea !
: that the judge, in order to attain the j
| co-operation of the lawbreaker in the I
maintenance of law, must try to
find a common ground between the !
judge and the defendant. If'he talks!
to him like a Sunday school superin- j
tendent or a Methodist exhorter he ,
talks uttove the fellows head: it is
like talking lo him in a foreign i
language. Instead of that he puts i
himself into the other man's shoes j
and trie’s to show him the foolishness !
of his bucking against the law from !
his own point of view. Bo he talks to
him in the language of the tenderloin
district.
The representatives of the C. T.
I", take the standpoint that the judge
is to impress the defendant with the
solemn fact, that the thoughts of the
nation as expressed by its laws, are,
like tin- thoughts of God, higher than
iiis thoughts. They say that it is the
duty of the judge ,to represent in his
personality and his words the con
science of the people as it is expressed
in our laws; that it has tt demoralizing
effect upon the defendants and upon
the citizenship in general, if the judge
gives through his talk the suggestion
that he himself regards the ideals
which the law symbolizes as imprac- I
ticable for the average citizen.
I can fully appreciate the philoso
phy and position of .ludge Wappich;
he is sincere in it; he feels that a host
of the so-called best people of Omaha,
both men and women, share his
"practical" views, and he Is not mis
taken in that notion. But I believe
lie and his friends are morally, psy
chologically and practically in the
wrong, nevertheless.
In the firHt place. I 'believe that
every mu if has a conscience, which
is stirred at the true and simple
presentation of ^ high Ideal of life.
Every normal mart believes In the
desirability of purity In woman, for
instance. There is not a "bum" so
low in Omaha' who would want
his little daughter 10 turn Into a pros
titute. There is not a father so warp
e I In his judgment that he would want j
his little boy to become a gunman or
boozehound. You all feel that. That
proves, that tlie laws prohibiting j
prostitution and practices leading to
habitual intoxication are not expres
sions of ideals that are too high for
the common people.
In the second place Mr. Wappich
or any other citizen has no business
to run as a judge to enforce laws in
which he does not believe. He Is like
the drummer who Is hired to sf^l a
firm's goods and goes about knock
ing them. As an honest man he ought
to say: "I believe that our laws con
cerning beer and whisky and concern
ing street women are all "hunk"; they
prohibit things in which there Is no I
wrong,and they rannot bo enforced
I will not accept a position in which
I am hy my oath expected to enforce
. them."
Mr. Wappich points to the big maj
ority by which he was elected. He
received his votes before the frivolity
of his manners as a judge was known
I voted for Irtm, myself. He would I
not get my vote another time, not I
because I doubt Ids Intelligence and
Integrity, hut because t think he is
the wrong person st the wrong plans
I believe T am voicing the sen' men*
of thousands of voter- who sre not
prohibitionists In the sen-n that they
believe that 1t Is a deadly sin to en
joy a glass of Pllaener with rye broad
and cheese, but who nevertheless be
lieve in the enforcement of our law.
and tiie administration of it by men
who are In sympathy with them.
REV ALBERT KEEN.
Pastor Bethany Presbyterian
church.
FAIR!! s
Bn 1 believe In fairies’
Well I should say I do
For every rfsy In the year
They come to me and you.
Good Intentions are the fairies—
Good deeds the fairies' queen.
Bon’t you just love the fairies?
Well, I should savs I do.
—If. F. Gilbert.
■Daily Prayer jj
Dally prayer-May 20 k
Incline your hrnrt to the Lord Clod of
ItrMl —.li.sh ■ ||
Our Heavenly Father, we pray Thee
to accept tins, nur morning prayer1'
aiu] praise \\e praise l ino fur Thy ,
goodness In having brought us safely
to the beginning of another day, for j
Thy preservation of us during our
past lives; for all the merries Thou |
hast bestowed upon us. notwIthstand j
mg our repeated transgressions; hut
especially for .h sus Christ, our Savior,
and In Him. all our means of grai*
and hopes of glory.
, (live us grace that, amidst all our
worldly cures and occupations, we
may never forget Thee, hut renietn
1st that we tiro ever walking In Thy
sight. Knahle us to subdue nil unholy
desires, anti, denying all ungodliness
and unholy lusts, to live wholly
righteously and godly in this present
world. Preserve us from Idleness In
the concerns IsiHi of our souls and !
bodies, that we niiiy not be slothful In
business hut fervent In spirit, serv
Irig the Ford. Me pleased. <> I.ord, to
comfort and succor the poor and the
a filleted, and dispose its to do good
unto all ijien.
Spread the knowledge of Thy Word
and make Thy Church the Instrument
of diffusing and upholding true te i
llglnn. Preserve us all In the unlt\
of the faith, In the bond of peace, and
In righteousness of life, and finally
bring us to Thy Kingdom In Heaven. 1
through Jesus Christ, our Ford Amen ,
TttailOP JAMI'N ST i |'l OK .lillIKSI If.
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Kerrvllle, Tef
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We Nominate—
For Nebraska's Hall of
Fame.
cJohn Q.dSeihardl—
JOHN GNKI.SKNAU NEIHARDT
was horn near Sharpsburg, III.,
in 1881; spent liis childhood in
Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Ne
braska, graduting from Hie old Ne;
hraska Normal college at Wayne For
two years he taught a country school
near the village of Hoskins. In 1900
he moved to Bancroft and was for one
year editor of the Bancroft/ Made.
Thereafter he worked for an Indian
trader and was associated for several
years with the Omshas. He won the.
affection of these primitive people and
was adopted into the tribe and given
a name, Tae Nuga Zhinga, Kittle Bull
Buffalo. In 1908 he was married to
Mona Mariinseu, a sculptress, pupil
of Rodin. To this union have been
horn four children. About three years
ago the family took up their abode in
Branson, Mo., among the Ozarks.
Though winning fame as novelist,
short story writer and lyric poet, Nei
hardt's profoundest passion is his
epics, in which he seeks to emlxsly
the spirit of the pioneer adventurers
who conquered the west and subdued
it. lie believes, sirul competent critics
agree, that ill the conquest of the
plums, in the passing of the great In
dian tribes before tne onsweeping
white warriors and explorers, he has
tapped the materials out of whieh the
true American epic is to he written.
Of the cycle planned two epirs hive
already been published, ''The Song of
Hugh Glass” and "The Bong of Three
Friends.” "The Song of the Indian
Wars.” which Is now being composed,
is immeasurably the greatest in theme,
being the final dramatic struggle be
tween the races, beginning with the
migrations into the west after the
civil war ahd closing with the battle
of Wounded Knee. Three years have
alngady been consumed In writing this
poctn and two more will he required
for its completion, with possibly 10
i f-ari i^ore before the entire cycle
shall nave been written. To the
preservation and glorification in
verse of this great heroic period in
American history Ncihardt lias dedi
cated his life and hjs surpassing
genius.
Sanctum Snap Shots
The most vicious piece of legislation
passed by the late legislature was the
law allowing the railroads to give
ministers and chatlty workers free
passes. During the .crusade against
the free pass evil Cn years ago, the
pass was considered a bribe and is
bo looked upon by most people to
day. Including all self-respecting men I
of the cloth. The railroads asked i
for this law. No doubt they have a
lot of propaganda to spread and can
find some preachers who would be
willing to do the spreading. Of one
thing you can rest assured—no rail
road corporation Is giving sway pass
es unless they expect something In re
turn for them, and they have a right
so expect help from I hose who accept
their aims Blue A alley Blade
A Pennsylvania bishop, recently re- i
turned from a trip to the near east. ;
describes conditions as deplorable and
as demanding America's aid Not a
word about aid from Europe, par- '
ticularlv Clreat Britain and Frame,
the very countries responsible for the
conditions. Americans are tired of
seeing wars caused by European In
trigue turned over to the United
States for eettlement. Had it not
been for the Americanism of Presi
dent Harding we would have been In
the settlement bustness i>ver sines the
armistice,—ScottehlufT Bepubllcan.
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Anybody can criticize, hut It takes
a wise one to say something worthy
of criticism.—Hastings Tribune.
In that fi\efoot Issik shelf some
body overlooked something when the
pooketlsiok was omitted. — Hastlngn |
Tribune.
TVs speak of civilization n« a veneer:
it is merely a thin coat of "priming."
■—Nebraska City Pres#.
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other ISeivspafters—
Distribution nf Wraith.
Kdcsr Howard It ha Coiumhtis Telegram.
In the Evans hotel lobby a bevy
of traveling men discussed the present
day economic situation. During ttie
discussion one of the travelers de
clared that the present era of cor.
colldation and centralization has en
abled 10 per cent of our people to
own 155 per cent of all the wealth In
the United States. Another member
of the party said such lalk was pure
and unadulterated bolshevism, abso
lutely false. And when the man who
w as so ready to denounce his brother
as a bolshevist waved the American
flag vociferously, and wound up with
the statement that any man who says
that 10 per cent of the American peo
ple own 65 per cent of the wealth of
the nation ought to lie disfranchised.”
Det's see about thut.
What man in all America is regard
ed as the highest authority on such
subjects? Quite generally Willard
King is .regarded as the best of all
authority on the subject of ttye wealth
and income of the people of the
United .States.
what does Willard King say on this
important subject •
Why, Willard chops S per cent off
the figures stated by that traveling
rnan, and boldly proclaims that 2 per
cent of the population in the United
States owns 65 per cent of the total
wealth.
And if a traveler for l>ig business
would disfranchise another traveler
for saying that 10 per cent of our
populations owns 65 per cent of the
wealth of the nation, what will he do
with Prof, King, whose figures show
that 65 per cent of all the wealth of
the nation is owned by only 2 per
cent of the population?
It is time for white men to stand
up straight and talk hack, and talk
hard, to the propagandists sent out
to la-little everybody who does not
admit that Wall street and big busi
ness have a divine right to rule this
country and all the people In It.
Our l-'isid Prospects.
From ihs Chicago Journal of Commerce
It will be surprising to mopt people
to learn through an authority in the
United States Department of Agricul
ture that "we have reached a stage
in our agricultural development when
there Is practically no more potential
agricultural land left unutilized that
does not involve unprofitable expense
for reclamation or clearing." This
statement is widely at variance with j
popular lielief, and while it may tie
true In a sense, the impression is gen
eral that the land under cultivation
In this country is not producing up to
60 per cent of Its capacity. ■
The department in its statement
has under consideration our tn'A pros
pects for a population twice or three
times rs large as we have at present,
say 300 years from now. We need
give ourselves little concern. With
the density of population In the (yitire
country only 35.5 to the square mile
in 1920, and increasing only about 10
in a decade, there is no im
mediate cause for worry. In all hu
man probability the United State*
will have food surplus for export for
hundreds of years.
During the war w'«s hud a little ex
perience In especial efforts to in
crease food production. It was up to
us “to feed the allies." and potatoes
were asked for. The response was an
enormous crop, all or more than were
needed for home and foreign consump
tion. There were tens of thousands
of acres devoted to [lotato corps in
"new ground” In and about villages,
towns and cities. They gave all trav
elers a new idea of the potential food
producing land ordinarily neglected.
And the department says we have left
300.000. noo neres of nonarable land
which may be reclaimed. If necessary.
Obviously the possibility of food short
age for a pi pulution of e\cn r.Oii.onn,.
000 Americans is too rem da to worry
about. It is like the coal shortage
due In loooo years
Mould Outlaw Mar.
From the Terk News-Tim*,
Klihu Root, reputed expert Interna
tional lawyer aid publicist of re
nown, declare* war should be out
lawed.
Not so mhnv will dtsagree with Mr.
Root. but many would like to have
him explain just how the world can
get war outlawed
It was declared a decade aeo there
would be no more wars of any conse
quence. The Hague tribunal was
looked upon as something worth
while and the nations were presumed
to be civilized and peacefully inclined.
Rut the greatest war in human his
tory came and It broke suddenly. War
appears to be a natural instinct. It is
terrible, we all admit. Just how to
outlaw it anil enforce the outlawing
edict Is something that statesmen
have not been able to devise. Mr. Root
is aged and able. Perhaps he can
point the way.
Movie Salaries.
From thu Nebraska City Trat*
The pre*s acent*. Apparently are
right. There ere aaveral well krmwn
men en<1 women of the screen who
are paid Mini* for services rendered
tunning: Into the. hundred* of thou*
sand* of dollar* Whether these Mime
are earned I* a matter for earnest dis
cuitsion and dehnte. Probably they
ire entitled to tie compensation of*
f* r»-d *v! a ere p ted Juat a* loop a*
20.000. 000 American* \ i*it every day
the cinema palace* In every city, (
town and hamlet of the country. No
.•musement enterprise elnce Salome
danced before Herod ha* taken such I
1 hob! on the nsjhiiitir* of the per*. (
pie of the world a* the motion picture j
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ndustry—and It Is an industry, em
ploying hundreds of thousands of
i*-n, women and children.
To the cynical, the idea of paying a
I uffoon, whose feet are his fortune,
nearly a half million yearly for his
antics on the painted screen seems
foolish and out of place, but as long
■ >s he amuses and folks are willing to
pay for thai; amusement, as tawdry
as it may be, he will be able to com
mand the price which he demands for
his services. The average motion
picture draws heavily on the imagina
tion of the beholder. It is like a
chart or a map, every spot marked
plainly and wlthput confusion, and the
(train of the beholder may be said to
Ite in a state of placidity as the own
er sits in a semi-darkened room and
permits the author and the director
to do the worrying. Heading requires
more or less mental'concentratien. It
demands attention to detail, if your
author "knows his stuff." Arid in
spite of the inroads the movies have
made on the public consciousness,
books are still being written, in ever
increasing floods, and men and women
are patronizing the libraries.
The motion picture has fts advan
tages. for It has brought to the visual
doors of millions of people scenes and
incidents and human emotions which
were but dreams in the minds of
those who do not browse in books.
And these millions, by handing their
nickels and dimes through tne wicket
in the box office, have made it possi
ble to build up a tremendous business
enterprise and the payment of fabu
lous. sums to the puppets who walk
back ami forth on the silver sheet.
Prairie Bloom.
From HarriJfen’s Home Farmer.
Most vivid among childhood's re
membered delights is that of the
prairie.
Its bigness made a proper field for
my unleashed childish imagination;
every foot of it meant a one-time
imping ground of the Indian, every
depression a possible "buffalo wal
low,' and its sturdy sod. during spring
and summer, was productive of a pro
cession of plant and flower that to me
were each and every one a priceless
treasure bestowed by a bountiful and
amazing generous nature.
A blue flag on a tall and succulent
stem came early along with the spring
beauties. Kheep sorrel, pink and yel
low; a blood red. cup-shaped flower
growing on a vinellke plant, which
we children called the topeka; the wild
petuna, phlox, hyacinth, stv°w-on
the-mountain. (sometimes called
queen's lace handkerchief), yarrow,
and a ragged, hearty purple flower
name unknown to me—bloomed riot
ously.
Wild roses, single but honey sweet
of breath, came in June, and then
Abe Martin
— ~ umi
Next t’ breakin’ in a bran’ new
. towel, th’ worst thing is tryin’ t’
wear a pair o’ modest priced shoes.
[ “Oh, I don’t mind it, ’cept I have a
j hard time findin’ my socks an’
shirts,” says Alonzo Moon, who wuz
married last week.
(Copyright. 1921.)
there was that wonderfully fragrant
flower with the most ambitious root
I've ever known—the sensitive plant
—with its tiny pink puff covered with
golden tassels. I've dug patiently in
an endeavor to transplant one of these
lovely things to my own garden, but
1 never once came to the end of the
root. I used to speculate widely as
to its possible termination. The
foliage of this plant folds up at the
touch.
The prairie violet, of course, ard
the sunflower, the buttercup, the
black-eyed Susan and Indian pain"
brush, together with coutAless wild
1-eauties > f which I never learned ^
even the colloquial names, sprang in
i plenitude.
I partieulrly fancied the daisy. blu-1
and whjte. It was so friendly and
simple and sweet. A little girl and I
went early one spring to a spot where
these grew thickly and we laboriously
placed a small stone beside each tiny
plant pushing its way through the
soil, thinking thus easily to locate
the blossoms later on.
A bush that grew fruit In cluster
looking like the Tokay grape, onl)
larger, w'e called the buffalo pea r,r
ground plum. I often thought what
a pity such a beautiful and luscious
thing’ could not be utilized for food,
but so far as I know it never wras.
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