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UNTIL THIS LAST.
"Ho! Stand to your glasses steady—
’Tis all we have left to prize.
A cup to the dead already—
Hurrah for the next who dies!’’
Thirty-four chairs ranged around a long table,
all set for a banquet, and three men sat down. The
fourth man wrote from afar off that illness and dis
ability incident to old age prevented his attendance.
So the three dined together, and who will say that
each of the seemingly empty chairs was not oc
cupied? The sacred -bottle of wine, from which the
last survivor will drink a toast to those who have
gone, was there, and the feast went on.
It was the annual meeting of the Last Man club,
formed among survivors of a company that march
ed from Minnesota to the south when the war be
tween the states shook the earth with its terrible
uproar. Year after year they have met, and year
after year have noted gaps in the roster. No chair
of the original thirty-four is omitted, and some day
a lone, grizzled and decrepit old man will raise his
trembling hand and pour a toast to the memory of
his comrades. Would it be too much to suggest that
he might imitate the example of David, who took the
cup of water, brought him from the well by the
Mighty Three, and poured it on the ground, a liba
tion to the Most High?
At any rate, it is good to note that in a world
of sordid disregard for such things, the sentiment
that holds this group of men together still prevails.
They wore the same uniform, slept in the same mud,
shared the same dangers and hardships, drank from
the same canteen, and carried back into the dull
routine of civil life some of the comradeship that
was born of blood and fire. When the last man will
open that bottle of wine, to drink the toast, we can
not say, but we feel sure that when he does, 33
glorified spirits will be at the board, unseen, perhaps,
but exultant that they kept the faith, in life, in
death, and that the Last Man club will become a
memory hallowed by its record.
FILIPINO SELF-DETERMINATION.
Everyone who truly loves America and respects
its pledges desires eventual freedom for the Filipinos.
It may be that they would make hash of their op
portunities, but “they’ll never be happy till they get
it.’’ Every race and people has an unconquerable
desire to manage its own affairs.
It ia not to be doubted that the present contro
versy in Manila is designed to discredit Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood as a move toward Filipino indepen
dence. The political leaders of the islands regard
General Wood as the main obstacle in the way of
any immediate chance of separation from the United
States. So they seize the opportunity to denounce
him as an autocrat and accuse him of usurping
power.
Yet it is to be doubted if the Filipino leaders
have chosen the proper way to bring their case be
fore the American people. As a result of the resigna
tion of four cabinet officehs, the president of the
senate and the house speaker, the Philippines were
left virtually without native participation in the
higher departments of the government. The secre
tary of the interior and the mayor of Manila had
previously resigned. General Wood and his Ameri
can aids were thereby forced to assume the whole
burden of government until successors can be found
for the vacant positions.
It is said that the natives regard the coming con
gress as more favorable to Filipino independence,
and it seems assured that the subject will be brought
up in Washington at the next session. However,
something more will have to be brought forward as
an argument than that the native officeholders are
unable or unwilling to co-operate with the governor
general.
PRIZE FOR A PEACEMAKER.
Pencils are being sharpened, fountain pens filled,
and typewriters oiled all over the country, in antici
pation of a contest for the Bok prize for a peace
plan. Peace is highly desirable, and we all wish for
it, but when $100,000 is hung up as a reward to the
one who will lure the dove to light somewhere, and
then put enough salt on his tail to hold him, the
stimulus to action is such hs even the dullest may
feel. That sum of money might not have sounded
big when William Gibbs McAdoo was secretary of
treasury, but it is respectable nowadays, and almost
any of us could use it.
It may not be out of place, while waiting for the
board that has the matter in charge to announce the
conditions of the competition, to give a look at what
has been done in the past, and what is expected in
this case. The National Council for the Prevention
of War, which will hold commemorative meetings
on Friday and Saturday of this week, is authority
for the statement that in the last 600 years no less
than 60 plans have been brought forward to end war.
The Revolutionary War was scarcely over, and the
Constitution of the United States had not been
adopted, when an effort was made to bring about the
cessation of war everywhere. Historically, the United
States has ever been opposed to war.
This week in eighteen countries 300 great or
ganizations will hold demonstrations of various sorts
to further the abolishment of war. In the United
States alone 74 national bodies, representing 30,
000,000 persons, are working together to prevent an
other war ever wasting manhood and treasure again.
Henry W. Taft of New York writes to the policy
committee that is framing the conditions of the con
test for the Bok prize that 'the winner will need to
possess the qualifications of “a statesman and eco
nomist, with a touch of the philanthropist and idcal
• Until the committee reports, it is not at all
possible to determine just what conditions will have
to be met, but the interest in the prize is world
wide, find the wise men of all nations are waiting to
hear the outcome.
Mr. Taft’» conception of what is needed should
discourage no one. Some unknown and perhaps ob
scure person may possess the key to the labyrinth,
and suggest the way to lead the nations out of the
morass of political doubt and dismay in which they
now flounder. Mr, Bok’s prize is offered to anyone
in the world who can win it, and the individual with
an idea will do well to have a try in the competition.
HELPING MOTHER.
This is for the boys, exclusively. Of course the
girls can read it if they want to, and the fathers
and mothers, too, but we mean it for the boys alone.
A fine little Omaha lad, full of pep and spirit,
ran away from home, because his mother made him
wash dishes one day. That is girl’s work, and he
didn’t want to be a girl. Well, nobody will blame
him for wanting to be a boy, and for looking for
ward to the time when he will be a man, and engage
in the things that men do.
What he needs to know now is that when he is
helping mother, he is really doing a man’s work. It
is manly to do anything that will save mother a step,
that will help in the least little bit. Mother is busy
from sunup until sundown, and before and after,
frequently, looking after the things that make life
pleasant for the small boys. She does lots of things
they never think about, just so they will have what
they want and the way they want it, and when a boy
gets a chance to do something in return for this, he
ought to be not only willing but eager to help
mother.
Washing dishes may not seem pleasant, but it is
not such a bad job, after all. As t<* its being girl’s
work, forget that. “Big chief” stuff has no place
in our lfie any more. It used to be that man hunted
the game and the woman cleaned and cooked it; but
this division of labor has vanished. Girls take part
in boys’ games, and do boys’ work, and the other way
around, and neither has any right to prevent the
other from butting in on anything.
The best and bravest of men have been the
tenderest to their womenkind, and the manliest of
boys is the one who helps mother most, even to
washing dishes and making beds.
TRAGIC CHILDHOOD.
Half a century ago the people of the United
States were shocked by two great tragedies, both
dealing with children. One was the kidnaping of
Charley Ross from his home at Philadelphia; the
other was the shocking disclosures of the crimes
of Jesse Pomeroy, the boy monster of Massachu
setts. Charley Ross never was found, but Jesse
Pomeroy was shut up for life in prison, and grad
ually these affairs passed out of the public mind.
The one is now sharply recalled by a story of how
a little girl of 13 pushed a little boy of 4 through
a hole in the rotted planking of an old dock in Bos
ton, and the little chap drowned. He might not
have been hurt had he gone all the way through,
for the water was shallow; as he hung head down
ward, he was drowned.
On behalf of the little girl her mother pleads
that she is not right in her mind; with tears gush
ing down her cheeks and a voice broken with sobs,
this mother tells of how the authorities were go
ing to take her little girl away, and she begged to
keep her, “and now I will lose her.” Here is a
terrible tragedy, the pull on a mother’s heart strings,
stronger because the object of her love is deficient
and needs her care the more.
What about the mother of the little boy who
was drowned? Is it not far better that mentally
deficient children be under such kindly restraint as
will render them incapable of harming others, than
that children with whom they play are exposed to
the danger that finally overtook the little boy? Love
and sympathy go out to children that are afflicted in
any way, and that is why we try to protect them and
preserve safety for others.
SAVING AMERICAN HOME SHRINES.
A few days ago we referred to the proposal made
by Dr. John H. Finley that Americans raise a fund
to erect a shrine on the Marathon mound. At the
time we suggested that such efforts might well be
directed to the preservation of some American
shrines. Last week the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
association made public the terms of a contract it
had just completed with Jefferson M. Levy of New
York for the purchase of Monticello, the home of
Thomas Jefferson in Virginia. The association plans
to raise $1,000,000, of which $500,000 is to be paid
to Mr. Levy for the property and the remainder to
be used for the perpetuation of the shrine.
Almost at the same time another group of pa
triotic minded persons announced its plan for the
purchase of the New York home of James Monroe,
it also to be maintained as a shrine. The Monroe
home has fallen into far worse state than that of
Jefferson. While .Monticello has been carefully pre
served and is being exhibited by Mr. Levy, the home
of the author of the Monroe doctrine is a rag pick
ers’ headquarters. Projectors plan to raise $250,000,
of which $200,000 will be paid for the property and
$50,000 used to restore it,to the condition its fa
mous owner knew.
Efforts in this direction are much better directed
than those which look to the keeping alive of events
in Grecian history. However much, or little, the
world may owe to the outcome of the battle of Mara
thon, Americans have enough in their own land to
give them plenty of occupation in setting up shrines
and memorials. Our own statesmen and heroes de
serve study and care before those of Greece.
“Gambler*" may have lowered wheat; somebody
did.
Just now a householder is chiefly interested in
enough water to keep the grass growing.
Some linemen *et a pole and attached the wires
in 17 minute*, but it was a priie at a picnir.
Why should the governor worry about the milk
supply in Omaha? He has plenty other troubles.
The voice of the husker can be heard far above
that of the turtle in the early hour* of the day.
“Say it with flour” ought to become poular.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha** Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
NEBRASKA.
Nebraska flower*. Nebrasku bower*.
And verdant plain* so wide;
Kxuulslte glertm* of golden beam*
f Of sunshine purified;
Pacific home*, sky-touching dome*,
Quiescent park* and streams,
And region* fine—Nebraska mine,
Delightful land of dresnt*:
.N'ebraeka wealth, content and health
Nebraska wheal and hay—
Colossal yield* of boundle** field*
That go the western w*y;
ller peerless good*, her haven wood*,
Her hill* and hidden vale*
Where lurid gleam* paint vivid dn-ani*
Along the winding trull*.
Nebraska, *o fair and so gay—
Nebraska, so dear *nd an true
I sing of the Joy that you give to me,
I sing my endearment for you.
“The People’s
Voice”
Cillorlklt fro* ruin * Tkk Mtralu lu.
InAn it Thk klor>!•» Bss ir« Ikvltki Is
UN tlili eolkui triili Ikf tnpriuloi *•
■itttn *1 sublli litirMt.
Governor Bryu an Offleeseeker, Too.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The governor has de
cided to take a brief vacation through
the western part of the stale to com
bine business with pleasure, lie says
that there will be no charge to the
state to cover the business part of the
expense. It would take too much
fun out of the trip, he says, to
"ligure the expense charges."
He has had a good deal of work
during the last six months figuring
out the extravagance and waste of
public money during the last adminis
tration. This has deprived him of
a good deal of pleasure and therefore
he needed a bit of air. He has de
cided to get it out among tho west
ern prairies where the air is fresh,
but sometimes laden with bacteria.
Worse still he cannot hope to escape
the contagion of the persistent office
seeker, of which he complains so
much. This has troubled him so
much, together with the brain-wreck
ing subject of tax reform, that we
wish him even a brief escape from
that uncongenial subject.
Fresh air is good, but it will not
restore normal health on a brief
pleasure vacation. The vacation
should be prolonged to escape the
plague of office seekers. There is an
old saying, “What is good for the
goose, should be good for the gan
der.” A man, who year after year
conies before the public as a candidate
for public office, sometimes winning,
and sometimes losing, but biding his
time to come back after each defeat,
it does not lie in the mouth of such
a mun to speak disparagingly of
office seekers.
The wails of the old state house,
if they could speak, would tell us
of the perennial office seekers well
known to them, who oscillate between
election and defeat, always running
on their party ticket, whether in the
eclipse of defeat or in the sunshine
of victory. To have such men decry
the office seeker is like the pot calling
the kettle black.
We wish the governor good health
and pleasant thoughts during his
brief vacation. Fresh air will expand
and purify the lung tissue. Pleasant
thoughts, not disturbed by visions of
the “code system,” will promote the
reasoning faculties, especially it sen
soned with a proper amount of com
mon sense. DEMOCRAT.
A Modem Mother Answer*.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The fashion of finding
fault with young girls is very old.
In fact. It was Adam himself that
started It. Any reader of the Bible
will understand what I mean. If you
haven't read the Bible, I advise you
to do bo right away, and it will not
be long before you have the answer
to "what's the matter with the world
today?’’
What I started out to say Is, that
every generation has hail in Its time
a number of "respectable’’ people
who considered It their duty to point
out the faults of young girls. Why
they pick on the girls is beyond me,
because everybody knows that boys
occasionally raid the Jam closet, and
the number of prodigal sons Is great
er than the number of prodigal
daughters. True, the prodigal son
does sometimes bring home the bacon,
but the one they killed the fatted
calf for brought home nothing but
an empty stomach. But. then, he had
a contrite heart, which Is more than
many prodigals can say.
Some people's minds are so Inclined
to evil that the sight of a happy girl,
enjoying her youthful right to good
times, laughter, and freedom from
care. Instantly conjures up visions of
shame and Immorality In them. Peo
ple with such minds seldom read any
thing but the lightest modern fiction,
which Is a poor way to prepare them
selves for their self appointed task
of Judging the young girls of the day.
I'm sure that ‘ Mother," whose e*
pressions of holy terror filled nearlv
half a column of the "People's Voice’’
recently, must know that every style
of woman's dress thst ever was In
vented has had Its critics. The broad
minded tieorge Elliot deplored the de
generacy of dress and manners in her
time, and thought the full, long skirts
of her time Immislest. Fifty years or
so ago an aunt of mine had her hair
cut. because short hair was the fash
ion. All her relations grimly pre
dicted her ruin. Hits is now a highly
respected grandmother, and thn chil
dren of her critical relations are now
very proud to call her "aunt."
I do not know where this “Mother"
lives, but I have lived in many places.
Everywhere I found girls dressed In
the prevailing fashion and many with
their hair bobbed. Home used too
much paint, others used little or
none at all. But everywhere the ma
jority were wholesome, sweet, respect
ful towards their elders, and so
cotnplished In many domestic arts.
The self possession and poise of the
modern girl la more attractive to me
than the silly prudery of bygone
days, when girls pretended Ignorance
of things they knew quite ss well as
the modern girls do.
As for the majority of good girls
l>elng found In rural communities, I
am inclined to doubt that. I live
right here In Omaha at present. If
"Mother" wants proof that there are
still some sweet, good nnd useful
girls In the city, let her com* to the
sewing class whlrh will meet here at
my house some time in the near fu
ture. Tills class was organised three
years ago by two girls under 12 years
old. it Is still under their manage
ment. My two little daughters be
long to It. as do all the llttlo girls in
our neighborhood. Pome and see the
pretty and useful things these lltlle
innlda make, and partake of delicious
refreshments they serve, all without
the help or aupervlslon of any older
person. Listen to Iheir innocent,
happy tnlk and forget your gloomy
foreboding* About moral ruin.
"Train up the chili! In the way he
should go. ami when he Is old he will
not depart from It.”
MOOERN MOTHER.
No Friend of Magnus.
Omaha—To the l-MItor of The
Omaha Ree: An editorial In the
Dally New* ealla attention to tho
leaaon conveyed In the election III
Minnesota luat Monday. This
editorial says that the farmer* of the
"Northern prairie* In Minnesota
are Individualists." They believe Im
plicitly In the rights of private prop
erty. They do not lielleio In a so
clallstlc division of goods or com
munlty ownership of property. They
do not believe In government by
groups which means sovnllsm and
bolshevism."
We would lie glad In know that the
editor of the News oorreotlv defined
the attitude of the voters who sun
ported Johnson for United Wales
senator. Rut Johnson's platform on
which lie stood white soliciting the
support of the Minnesota voters,
absolutely confutes the statement.
W« have carefully rend this plat
form, and we challenge the News to
point out a single statement In II
ihnt la based on "Individualism.''
Johnson's officially declared plat
form favors, "Government control of
m
8
File of 1*7* discloses some Items
and comments that might start a
reminiscent feeling In the Black Hills,
and maybe lr» this neck o' the wood*,
for some folk here remember what
was going on wnen the big rush
started for the new gold fields that
ve«r. On February 14. 1*76, Mr.
Rosewater published this valentine
for the new Goiconda:
"THE BLACK HILLS."
“The Bee takes pleasure In furnish
ing its readers another Installment
of reliable news from the Black Hills.
This time our advices come through
a citizen of Omaha, who, having made
personal Inspection of the mining
region of the Black Hills, has just
returned among us from the new El
Dorado. While some of the fads
narrated by our informant hive been
anticipated by the last letter of our
special Black Hills correspondent,
there is much that has never been
pqblished here or elsewhere.
“Mr. William H. Hill, the gentle
man who has furnished us this in
formation, tells a very plain, un
varnished story. lie does not at
tempt to arouse a feverish excitement
by an exaggerated and fabulous
description of the auriferous wealth
of the Black Hills; nor does he try
to Incite a rush into thq hills by rep
resenting an Immediate demand for
unskilled labor. While he confirms
the previous reports of rich gold de
posits In that region, he also states
that for at least two months no ac
tive mining can be undertaken, and
even then It may take several months
more to develop the diggings in the
vicinity of Custer and Hills City so
they can bo worked to any ad\antage.
“The new discoveries, 70 to SO miles
beyond Custer, are said to be more
advantageous for immediate develop
ment: but It will doubtless require
further experimental labor to ascer
tain definitely the extent of the gold
deposit In that section of the hills.
While this statement of facts may
discourage adventurers, who expect
to pick up great lumps of gold on the
hanks of every creek in the hills,
without much effort, those who under
stand the laborious and precarious
nature of placer mining will find
much encouragement In the facte
presented.
"The genuine miner will expert
hard work and more or less disap
pointment in any mining region, and
the more he knows about the obsta
cles before starting the less likely
will be his disappointment when he
reaches Ills destination. One thing
Is certain. If mining will not enrich
everybody who goes into the Black
Hills, those who fall to enrich them
selves In mining may readily secure
a competence by farming, stock rais
ing or lumber making.'*
all railroads, governmnt control of
the Federal Reserve hanking system,
government control of mine*, water
power and etc., restriction of court*
in the use of Injunction* and in nulli
fying acts of congress (this Is aim
ed at the supreme court); stabiliza
tion of prices of farm product!)
through federal regulation; this
plank would be clearly unconstitu
tional.
There are a few general meaning
less planks all In line with govern
ment control. They would sound all
right in the land of l^nine and
Trotsky, but are out ■ f harmony
with the institutions of the t'nlted
Slates of America. They are not in
dlvidualistio but on the contrary
bolshevistic as declared by on# of the
leader* of th« Johnson theory of gov
ernment at Chicago, who aald “You
cannot have anything too red for
me '• In the language of the senator
elect from Minnesota: “By yimtny
there must tie something radically
queer In the mental attitude of these
Minnesota farmers, when Magnus
could pile up so large a majority
against Take, on such a bolshevistic
platform." D. F. DOLAN.
Vo Thank* From Europe.
Randolph, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Iter: I saw an article In
the papers yesterday in regard to
the money that the foreign countries
owe the t'nlted State*. I see France
*ay* Germany must pay her so many
billions before England can have her
money and that the t'nlted States In
never to have tier money. Now.
what 1 would like to know in: Didn't
the t'nlted States Bend her young
manhood and womanhood over on for
eign noli to help make the world
safe and to bo in peace?
France vvsa whipped until the
t'nlted States went Into the war.
Didn’t many a mother's son find a
grave over there? Do you think any
of our boys will volunteer again to
try to save th* world If we cannot
even have common courtesy? Per
haps t am putting this too stror g,
but as a right thinking nation wo
should know and understand these
questions, especially the women
A WOMAN VOTER.
I.ikea “Volunteer Verse.”
Omaha.—To the Editor of Th«
Omaha Dee: 1 surely appreciate your
encouragement of the young poets by
setting aside a special column In their
honor on the moot prominent spot
In the paper, it thing which none of
the other local papers has as yet
proven capable of doing. which
only proves The Omaha Dec's greater
advancement.
HARRY E PFEFFKR.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for June, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily . 72.799
Sunday. 77,783
!>©♦• not (ntludo return*, loft*
ovtr*. oamplra or paper* apoiled in
printing and Includro no npocial
taU»,
B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
.Subitribfii and •worn to balora me
thin 7th day of July. 102.1.
\ W. H QUIVEY. j
(Stall Notarjr Public
Never Too Hot to Talk of Coal
A Digest of Editorial Opinion on the Federal Coal
Commission Report.
_I___ —
There is not much opposition among
the press of the country to the view
of the federal coal commission that
coal is a public utility. Though
sentiment generally seems to incline
toward sirict government control of
the fuel industry, yet few editors ex
press any hope that this will reduce
prices to consumers. The New York
World, however, believes that public
ity for costs and profits will exert a
restraining influence on the opera
tors. "When consumers know what
profits are realized and what combina
tions of railroads and mining com
panies are reaping excess rewards,”
says the World, "they will soon in
sist on regulatory measures where
they are most needed." The Wash
ington Star also believes "Profiteering
dries not flourish well in the light of
publicity.”
"The next congress,” the Brooklyn
Eagle assures us, " is sure to hear
from extremists like lai Follette, who
without regard to the facts, will de
mand government ownership and op
eration. The public will not back this
demand, but the public will demand
that something be done. The most
intelligent proposals so far made are
those put forward by the coal com
mission. These proposals should be
translated into law. If congress
balks at doing this it will be a con
fesslon of its utter Incapacity to deal
with an urgent problem that can be
solved by a modicum of sense and
determination.”
The Daily Oklahoman looks at the
question from the standpoint of the
avoidance of labor troubles, and on
that ground endorses the plan for
government regulation. On the other
hand, the Oklahoma Deader says the
commission has wasted public funds
unless it decides for nationalization
rather than regulation.
There seems little new "with re
gard to costs,” the Syracuse Herald
is convinced, and the remedy—taking
over the mines in case of a general
strike—has "its drawbacks. Neverthe
less. in spite of all the manifest dis
advantages. the majority will believe
that it is the paramount duty of the
government to protect its citizens
from suffering, and that its power
should be equal to the gravity of that
responsibility.”
As the Pittsburgh Gazette Times,
published In the anthracite region,
sees it. this "report Is preliminary."
but the public will exfiect that "it
prove the beginning of a satisfactory
settlement of the coal problems.”
The crux of the situation, the Provi
dence Journal insists, is that "the
success or failure of government op
eration of mines would depend in
great measure on whether or not
they were used for political purposes."
Naturally, argues the Buffalo News,
"absolute government control Is op
posed, but public opinion will stand
back of any proposals designed to
keep the home fires burning."
The Christian Science Monitor
argues that the “official scrutiny and
open publicity" regarding costs "will
be the chief result of the Inquiry”
and provide*for a "permanent con
trolling board for the industry." That
view- meets the approval of the Al
bany Knickerbocker Press, inasmuch
as it feels "government interference
with private business already has
gone too far in many lines. But the
cotjl industry is one that must be
conducted so that the people will not
freeze In the winter time, so that in
dustries will not he forced to shut
down for lack of fuel, so that profi
teering shall cease. The government
Is the only agency that can bring or
der out of chaoa In this particular
Industry."
Whatever action is taken should be
"compelling," as the Cleveland Plain
Dealer sees existing conditions, be
cause ‘ nothing is to 1>e gained by the
creation of a powerless, fact-finding,
account-keeping, coal romtnisalon.
The anthracite industry should either
lx- subjected to the kind of regulation
that affects the public Interest In
prices, or it should be left alone.'
The element in the mine worker*'
organization which favors "govern
ment ownership, will be disappointed
by the report,” the Scranton Times
insists, "but the public at large will
look with more than passing favor
on the suggestion of regulation which
will leave ownership of the mines in
the hands of private individuals.”
“Too many mines, and too many
miners are two very good arguments
for some sort of control of the coal
Industry,” asserts the 8t. Louis Post
Dispatch, "and the commission's state
ment that there are 200,000 more
rninets than are needed to produce
coal certainly means uncertain and
spasmodic employment.”
The Boston Transcript has the last
word, with an injunction to buy coal
early.
Daily Prayer
Thou want a God that forf&vett them.—!
pH xclx. 8.
Father. Thou forgivest us, so far
as we are truly penitent. May we
likewise forgive all who sin against
us; all who sin against society; all
who sin against Thee; even as Thou
forgivest us and them. May we
count no sin too heinous to pardon;
no man too hardened to reclaim; no
woman too fallen to uplift. When we
forgive the penitent, help us to stand
by him against a hard and unforgiv
ing world. Thus may we make our
forgiveness a reality in the world, and
open the door of all genuine social
restoration to those who have gone
astray.
Help us to find our chief delight in
work, wherein we join our hands, our
brains, our hearts, to Thy power. Thy
laws. Thy love. May we choose that
task which most taxes our highest
powers, and best serves the world's
deepest need. May we do It with
such skill, such thoroughness, such
joy. that it shall have about It the
strength of the mountains, the free
dom of the streams, the gladness of
the sunshine, the fertility of the
fields, the beauty of the stars and
flowers. Thus may we become not
mere creatures, but creators; not one
of Tby works, but Thy coworkers.
Amen.
WILLIAM DEWITT* TITDE, D.D, LL-D-,
Brunswick. M* .
A Hopeful Possibility.
If the president changes his mind
much more about‘that world court he
may get hack to his original position
eventually.—Dayton News.
A Contradiction In Terms.
It sounds funny to speak of the
late" war You never call a man the
"late Mr. Brown" until he Is finished.
—Vancouver Sun.
Abe Martin
Miss Ruby Mopps wu* 15 year*
ole yisterday^ still missin’. One
good thinR about workin’ people
ownin’ cars is that they’ll have t’
keep on workin’.
Copyright, 1923.
A Book of Today
Prof. F. L. Pattee'a "The Develop
ment of the American Short Htory ‘
(Harpers!, is a complete historical
sketch of that form of writing in
which Americans, as a rule, have ei
ceiled. It covers almost everything
from Washington Irving to O. Henry
and the journalization of the short
story. Often one may find fault with
judgments pronounced, but this iv.-<
is a valuable survey.
It Is unusual to find a piece of min
literary history rendered at once v
such erudition and such good *e *
as Prof. Pattee's. Towards all the
writers whom he criticises he is s r
gularly and admirably without revcr
ence; the journalistic nuance in Po< -
tales he brings out without embar
rassment, and Jack London and < >
Henry he appraises with an unutter*,
conviction that, remarkable as the
are, they can not be taken quite *<■■
riously.
Money to Loan on
Omaha Real Estate
^Conservative
Savings (SLoan association
/ ff <a r* n & y ^
Financing the Farmer
Over 16,500 fanner borrowers—
nearly $90,000,000 loaned on
mortgages—this is today’s record
of The Federal Land Bank of
Omaha.
This co-operative institution—under
government supervision—is an im
portant agency in financing agri-*'
cultural production in four states
—Nebraska, Iowa. South Dakota
and Wyoming. Its capital, sur
plus and undivided profits are
over $5,000,000.
In the six and one-half years of its
existence this bank has never been
forced to complete a foreclosure.
The extensive financial
operations of The Fed
aral Land Bank of
Omaha are handled
through The Omaha
National Bank.
Capital and Surplus TwotiiUion Dollars
The Omaha National Bank
'TJamam at 17 th St.
