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TRAGEDY OF THE SHADOWS.
The pretense of sweet sincerity and abounding
sentiment that is created by the queens of the movies
is cracked by Mary Miles Minter. Heroine of hun
dreds of romantic dramas, veteran of thousands of
- heart-touching episodes of youthful affection, self
sacrifice and mother love, yet in spite of all this
sweetness on the screen, in real life she has shown
about the same degree of saccharine as a green per
simmon.
It never ceases to puzzle how one of the lovely
, young women of the screen can be so full of beauti
ful emotions in the pictures, and yet show herself
utterly without regard for some of the basic in
stincts of wholesome human nature. Yet as the
mother of Mary Miles Minter lies dying, this 21-year
old actress delays going to her bedside. The world
does not know what kind of mother this one has
been. It is enough to know that she loves her daugh
ter, and desires her to be the same fine character
’2 that she simulates on the screen.
The old mother calls for her Mary, and Mary,
’ with a chauffeur and limousine at her call, says she
really thinks she may run over some time to see
," her. But she hasn’t yet.
.What a tawdry, shabby thing is the life of a
daughter who thus disowns and neglects her mother
in her hour of need. It. matters not what the rights
and wrongs of their previous estrangement may have
been, one^gpark of true feeling would burn the bar-»
riers away.
Those who have delighted in the film dramas of
Miss Minter will be more shocked than others at
this revelation. One grows attached to the beauty,
sweetness and winning ways of the heroines of the
pictures. The power of illusion is such that not only
does one wish that they are indeed as pure and fine
as they appear, but one also believes that it is so.
Moving pictures may be compared to a school,
and just as no parent would desire that his children
be taught by a woman who is not fitted to inspire
by example as well as precept, so it is that the feel
’ • ing grows that there must be^broad qualifications
» for real moving picture folk. In this case humanity
is mocked and decent feeling is only a shadow.
WHO SHALL LEAD THE DONKEY?
Ashton C. Shallenbergef is not given to flying
kites in a political sense. At least his record has
been that when he said anything he meant it.
2 \ssuming that this is still true, acknowledge
‘ ment of fealty and devotion to Hcjiry Ford as a
presidential candidate will have to be taken as sin
2 cere. That opens for discussion the question as to
what the embattled democrats of Nebraska will do
between now and next spring, when the primary
• clectiofi to choose delegates to the national conven
> tion is held.
William Jennings Bryan has so far contented
himself with saying to whom he is opposed. That
comprises a formidable lot of names that are dear
to democrats, and may afford a basis for a process
of elimination. So far as is known, that of Henry
Ford has not yet met either favor or disfavor from
' the Great Commoner, and so that’s that.
Oscar Underwood has some friends and admirers
among the democrats of Nebraska, and now and
then a voice is raised in behalf of A1 Black. .The
friendship between Mayor Dahlman and William
Gibbs McAdoo is of long standing and sincere, and
so on through the roll call one may find supporters
of nearly all the eminent statesmen who have or
may shy their hats into the ring near the donkey’s
‘ heels.
Does Congressman Shallenberger look ahead to
a reformation of the party machine in Nebraska, with
himself occupying the seat at the wheel, heretofore
fought for by Bryan and Hitchcock? Such a thing
• might come to pass, and a new deal take place. Men
worship the rising, not the setting sun, and Shallqn
berger is above the horizon on the east just now.
HYMEN AS A BOOTLEGGER.
When the eugenists were down at Lincoln last
winter, tinkering up the marriage license laws, they
did not give much thought to what sort of a monkey
* wrench they were tossing into “Cupid” Stubben
dorf’s infant industry. Not such an infant, either,
for it had been going on right here in Douglas
country for nigh onto the three score years and ten
set for the average man’s life. You wanted to get
married, and a girl was willing; you went to the
court house, got a license, hunted up some one au
thorized to pronounce the ceremony, and the deed
was done.
That was in the good old days, before August 1.
Now, you do something else. You first post ten days
in advance of the happy event the public notice re
quired by law of your intention to get married, to
gether with a certain intimate personal information
concerning yourself and the girl who has agreed to
take a chance with you through' life. If no objec
tions are raised, you proceed as before. The effect
. of this law is noticeable in the number of addi
.. tional fares on the street cars that cross the bridge
1 to Council Bluffs.
Over there the old-time practice still prevails, and
» getting married is not complicated with any regula
i tions such as bother young folks in Nebraska. Con
’ sequently, the stream of applicants that used to flow
through the doors of the Douglas county house has
. been deflected, and now surges around the portals
* of the temple of justice in Pottawattamie county. It
is a natural consequence, for candidates for matri
; mony do not want to be bothered with too much pub
licity about matters they arc inclined to think arc
s personal to themselves. The law may work good in
time, but just now the people most affected by it arc
lighting shy of its provisions.
F airbury has just let a contract for a high school
to cost $130,000, showing that Nebraska is still
i ooking after the interests of posterity.
Chicago is also sending speeders to jail. Hope
the authorities have better luck holding them than
they do with murderers.
Monday the 13th will be the pventful day in con
nection with the wheat rate, and it will not be un- ‘
lucky for anybody.
Senator Capper fays the west is back <rf Presi
dent Coolidgc,’ and the west will say amen to that.
ASSISTANTS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Warren G. Harding is at rest; he belongs to the
country he served so faithfully and well.
Americans who followed a well loved chieftain to
his tomb now turn back to the affairs of the living.
Calvin Coolidge becomes the center of our national
life, and the government will go on. Already gossip
is making changes in the cabinet, marking out lines
of policy for the administration, speculating and
forecasting just as they always have. Mr. Coolidge
last week asked all the Harding cabinet to remain,
but a precedent long established will lead them to
tender their resignations. One of these will probably
be accepted, for Attorney General Daugherty's
health was such that his retirement from the cabinet
was looked for some weeks ago.
Harding policies were sufficiently outlined to be
definite in all ways, and as vice president Mr. Cool
idge loyally supported his chief; as president he may
feel free to assert some of his own views, and if. it
so happens that any should run counter to those of
the late president, the policy will be pursued, for
Mr. Coolidge has as much courage as any man who
ever acted as executive.
Senator Capper told the president that the west
does not want any special session of congress, and
that sentiment in this section will be back of the ex
ecutive. We believe this is true, and that it fairly
represents the sober thought of people out this way.
They do not want any somersaults in Washington
just now.
While the general topic of "an assistant to the
president, or some other plan for lightening his bur
dens, is being discussed, one occurs to us, which is
offered for what it is worth. It is a simple one, and
might work well, if tried. Let each American citi
zen appoint himself an assistant president, and go
about the discharge of his self-appointed duties in a
common sense way. This will include the leaving
out of his daily routine all uncalled for criticism of
the executive, and taking on a deeper sense of per
sonal responsibility. Many things arc now referred
to Washington that might be settled at home; many
hours of the president’s life arc spent in listening to
complaints that ought never to be made, at least not’
to him; in interviews that have but idle curiosity or
a pardonable desire to meet the president for a basis,
and in other ways of similar nature. If only these
things were omitted, the care and worry of the man
in the White House would be greatly lessened, and
he would have more unipterrupted time to give
attention to the great and important duties of his
office. Just now, the president should have 110,000,
000 assistants.
THREE MINUTES OF SILENCE.
Throughout the west today something will be
missed. Perhaps it may not be noted, for the people
at the time will all have their thoughts turned to
the scene that is being enacted in a little country
churchyard back in Ohio. There a hushed, silent
group will stand around in reverent mien, while
the minister speaks the words that consign to its
eternal rest the worn-out prison house of a noble
soul. That hush will extend throughout the land,
radiating from every nook and corner, the smallest
hamlet and the largest city feeling its spell. And,
while the people are thus occupied, each with his
own thoughts, the great whirring wheels of industry
will cease to hum, the clanging roaring line of trans
portation will cease te roar, and for a space the quiet
that will brood over all the land will show the awe
that everyone feels.
Three minutes is not a very long time, but that
silence in the aggregate means more than the life
time of many men, and it is a tribute such as can
only be paid by a great nation to one whose name
and memory it honors. Our general farewell to War
ren Harding is fitting.
WHY WORRY OVER UNCERTAINTIES?
Now they are hanging crape over the vacation.
Dr. George T. Palmer, research director of the Amer
ican Child Health association of New York, enumer
ates the number of different mishaps that may be
fall an unwary person just when he thinks he is en
joying himself most, Chigger bites, snake bites,
drowning, accidents of various kinds, ptomaine
poisoning, typhoid fever and the like figure in the
list until one wonders why anybody ever comes
home alive from a summer outing. Then we think
of the number of different ways in which people
may come to grief when they are not on vacation,
and conclude that it is about fifty-fifty on chances.
The soldier’s litany is still a good one—" you have
two chances always.”
Cal Coolidge is startling Washington by his no
tion of working hours. He starts his day at 5:30 a.
m., which is pretty early anywhere around the monu
ment. '
A flying boat has just hopped over the water at
the rate of 177.B miles per hour. That woulld be a
good thing for the rum fleet chasers to have handy.
French courts hold that the Ruhr is “enemy ter
ritory.” Some one ought to send them word of what
happened in Novemher, 1918.
Trial night flights for the air mail are to start
on August 21, so we may soon expect to see the
service in regular schedule.
People in Tokyo are going to give Jane Addams
a reception. If they gave her her dues, they would
make her ruler of the empire.
It might be well to look over the statute books
and find out if we have not a lot of good laws that
we are not using.
California and Colorado are also turning into the
wheat buying parade with cordial Support. The idea
is going over big.
It seems that the many-cylindered motor is not
the only "gas hog.”
".No empty seats in sutos” served well for the
day.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davit
VALUATION.
Somethings nre made for money.
And some things riches make,
I While others—It Is funny!—
Are nil for money's sake.
But lake them nil mid view them
For u radons ness or style.
Unravel them and hue them
As precious ns a smile.
Conlrnst them and compare them
With adoration true.
And call them Jewels snd wear them
For what they mean to you.
And seek your zenith mindly
Of these as is their worth.
And He wdll greet you kindly
When jou depart from aai’Ui .,
Bark In 1**9 and 1*90' Nebraska
farmer* found themselve* In much
the same situation a* now exist*,
with relation to freight rate* to the
eastern markets. The Interstate Com- j
merce commission undertook to pro
vide some relief through an order for
a reduction. This was discussed by
Mr. Rosewater on August 23, 1890,
in this way:
“THEY WILL NOT FIGHT.”
“If the report is correct that the
presidents of the western roads have
decided that they will not light the
order of the Interstate Commerce
commission reducing rates on grain
after September 1, their action is wise
and commendable. It is hardly pos
sible that they could meet anything
but defeat in a contest with the com
mission, as the attorneys for the
Union Pacific and Rock Island were
able to convince the managers of
those corporations, who from the first
were inclined to be parties to tlte pro
posted fight, and it is easy to see that
defeat would put the roads in a posi
tion where they would be far less
likely to fret attention to their com
plaints than they will be if they sub
mit in good faith to the order of the
commission.
"The soundness of the counsel of
Chairman Cooley to the representa
tives of the roads who presented to
him a petition for a rehearing ought
to be apparent to all the railroad
managers interested in this matter.
He is reported to have said: ‘Put the
rates into effect September I. as or
dered by the commission, and then
come to us with any complaint, and
if they are just we will see that they
are removed.' Having had a full and
fair opportunity to present their vase
and done so. and the commission after
thorough and capable deliberation
having decided upon its course, the
railroad managers opght to realize
that they are presuming far too much
upon the consideration due them in
asking the commission to now recede
from its order and thereby practically
acknowledge that its action was a mis
take. There has been no change in
the conditions einoe the order for a
reduction of rates was made by w hich
the abandonment of the order could
be justified, and so far as can be in
ferred from the telegraphic statement
of the points in the petition for a re
gearing, the railroads have no new
facts or arguments of so important
or material a nature as to warrant the
commission in receding from its de
liberate judgment that the rates that
have been ordered reduced are exces
sive and unreasonable. The only new
point In the petition worthy of con
sideration and which may hereafter
be taker into account by the com
mission , Is the fact that th<* reduced
crops of this year will lessen the
revenue of the roads, but the crops
will probably not be less than in other
years when the rates were below
what they are at present, and besides
the relative reduction in revenue
from this cause will undoubtedly be
offset by a reduction of expenses, and
this would take place if the existing
rates were maintained to the extent
which the demand on the transporta
tion facilities of the roads should be
reduced In consequence of short cropa.
“The dispatches intimate that there
is a secret understanding between all
the roads except the Union Pacific.
Rock Island and Alton, that they will
refuse to put the order of the com
mission into effect, but this Is at
least highly improbable. Such a
course would be far more damaging to
fho roads than an open declaration of
war ngalnst the authority of the com
mission We prefer to think that the
practical men at the head of the west
ern roads will act in accordance with
the eminently sound and really friend
ly advice of Chairman Cooley."
Daily Prayer
T hav* laid h*Tp upon Ona that la
mifh’y.—Pa. 89 19.
O God. our Father, we believe In
Thee; we believe that Thou art. and
that Thou art a rewarder of all them
that diligently seek Thee-. Therefore
we venture eonlldently to romn liefore
Thee In prayer, through Jesus Chriat
our Redeemer. * We but dimly com
prehend and but partly understand
Thy greatness. Thy perfection of
being and character, and are keenly
conscious of oyr limitations. Imper
fections and sins. But we feel the
need of Thee; Thou art a necessity
to us. Without Thee we cannot five,
ar.d without Thee we dare not die
Therefore we turn to Thee as the
flowers In springtime turn toward the
sun. ns the rivers carve their courses
through the hills to And their home in
the sea. for "Thou hast made us for
Thyself, O God. and our spirits can
not rest until they rest In Thee." We
pray Thee, pour the treasures of Thy
lovte and life Into our poor souls. We
search for Thee In a dry and thirsty
land whore no water is We are glad
with unending joy if we may but be
near Thee. Steady Thou our stag
soring faith, clarify our vision, inten
slfy our desire to be free from all
that is sin In Thy sight Bring us
Into harmony with Thyself. Thy pur
pose. Thy life. Create in us a clean
heart. O God. and renew a right .spirit
within us. Save us from narrowness
and selfishness. Rless us and make
us a. blessing May we not be reset*
volrs, but. channels ihrotigh which
Thy grace may flow into other lives
that pant for Thee All this wo hunt
hfy ask In the name of Jesus. Amen,
nisiior samp pit, r sppknh.
Naperville. Ill
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‘‘‘The People’s
Voice”
Editorial! frorf rtadara ol Tk* Moraln* B«t.
Rcadcn of The Morning Boo are Invited to
uu thla column fro«i> tor oxprooalon on
matter! of public latereat.
Tribute for the Living.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: "I am not going to
break down.” These brief words
fully typify Mrs. Warren G. Hard
ing.
Death paid her loved one a visit
like a thief in the night. Death
robbed her of everything she held
dear, but Mrs. Harding, the first lady
of the land, thoroughbred, through
and through, refused to whimper.
The most efficient physicians and
nurses, the constant attendance and
loving care of his wife could not stay
the hand of death.
It has been said that Mrs. Harding
was the "power behind the throne,"
pushing and aiding Warren G. Hard
ing over the rough places until he
reached the pinnacle of his and of her
ambition.
Mrs. Harding has our deepest sym
pathy for the terrible ordeal she has
gone through, but, more than that,
she has our ardent admiration and
sincere gratitude for her unselfish
characterization of American woman
hood.
Noted men and women will now
sing the praises of President Harding
—he is dead—but let this tribute be
paid to Mrs. Harding while she Is
living: You made good, and we are
proud of you. Mrs. Harding.
MARGARET BECKER.
Information from Headquarters.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The Interview appear
ing in last Sunday morning's edition
of The Bee, purporting to come from
an employe of the county assessor's
office might have been all right if the
facts contained therein were true, hut
as it was the "story" was ridiculous.
In the first place, the "county offi
cial" who heard the "song" 200 times
a day that taxes were too high, as ro
tated by a reporter of The Bee. Is a
clerk in my office and not a deputy
county assessor. The story made it
appear that my office is some sort of
a "walling place.” when, in truth
this self-styled "official kick receiver”
don't hear 200 complaints in a year,
instead of 200 a day as he was quoted
as saying.
The only person qualified to give
reliable Information from my office is
the county assessor himself and while
he is not adverse to allowing a clerk
in his department the privilege of
satisfying an ambition to have the
public make his acquaintance by at
taching his name to a “story," still,
the truth must be told and In such a
way ss will leave no reflection upon
the office itself.
H. G. COUNSMAN,
County Assessor.
The Commonwealth The I-ast Resort.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Qniaha Itee; The action of the com
monwealth of South Dakota in kick
ing tho first hole into this gasoline
monopoly, that has taken more dollars
out of the property owners’ pockets
than all of the bank wreckers, will
put a temporary quietus upon this
journalistic fusillade that has been
ringing in our ears—"too many laws."
South Dakota is evidently going to
borrow Senator Howell's phrase '‘tak
ing up the slack."
The present market on gasoline and
wheat is rewriting the law of eco
nomics for those who pin their ail on
the supply and demand theory. The
oil monopoly which does not hesitate
to talk turkey to Mexico, Russia and
all of the other powerful national
divisions has a wholesale respect for
one of the state units of our great
commonwealth, especially since
Minnesota sent up that Magnus John
son war whoop. W. H. GREEN.
Getting Things Straight.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Roe; Gosh all Friday! What's
the matter over in Europe. Some
thing must tie very attractive over
there; steamboats are loaded down
with politicians, senator*, congress
men and other political comedians.
'\e even note In the daily press that
W. H. Green, a former democrat, then
a progivesn.-. and la,If r.;
and now a fnrmer-Iaborlte has the
fever simw he went down to Chicago,
and located "something tangible'' by
being made vice president of the
farmer labor crowd, and since his re.
turn lias been attacking big business,
that Is the big insurance companies
Rut what seems a mystery to the
real farmers and Inlioring men is that
In order for ptilitical,mechanics to see
Europe, they all seem to get their
sailing orders from the lower end of
Wall .street. We presume that is
where they get the orders as to what
to look for and where It Is located
In Europe The political "fixers"
down on \\ all street generally know
where to find everything even in Eu
rope.
Rut why la It that Mr. W. H.
Green must go to Russia to see
Genlne and Trotsky, the two former
New \ ork taikirs, and other long
whiskered bolsheviks, in order to
learn about the fanner's condition in
those countries We can’t se^ where
that Is going to help the American
farmer to get a letter price for his
S cent hogs and his SO cent wheat, or
his IS-cent eggs, and we re not going
to fall for any Wall street farmer
labor party hunk, and if Mr Green is
going on the farmers' account ha had
better stay at home and save hi* time
and trouble.
A RETIRED FARMER.
Saw Both Trains.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Hoc: I noticed a few lines in
a lrx;al paper w herein Mr. Minor says
he was a Witness of both Lincoln sand
Harding s funeral trains, and was
probably the only man in Omaha who
viewed Is'th. I Willi Join him and say
that 1 also saw the two funeral trains.
I was alsait 1.1 years old when Lin
coln's train passe.* through a little
town In Indiana I was quite young
but remember it well 1 also viewed
Harding s train Monday morning
II M. CHARLES.
Won’t Korgrt.
"Well g.-t revenge if it takes 100
’ears." rails I linden burg Hermans
hardly will have forgotten in 100
years the mess Hlndcnlmrg made of
the war. Remembering, they will not
take another chance—Pittsburgh Ga
Bette ’rimes.
Would Shine There.
Their ability to stand on their feet
and keep tip an appearance of doing
something for unlimited lengths of
time Indicates that some of these
marathon dancers would show up
well In a t'nlted Plates senate Oil
buster.—Pet colt Creo Press.
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
Reduction in Wheat Rates.
From tho Ogdon Standard - Examiner.
Much thought Is being given to the
depressed condition of farming In tho
United States and extraordinary ef
forts are being made to help the
raisers of wheat who are the greatest
sufferers of low prices.
. Omaha citizens are leading in pro
posals seeking a form of relief and
they have made an appeal to the rail
roads to reduce the export rates on
wheat and flour 25 per cent.
The movement should find support
in Ogden, the grain center of this
region. In asking for emergency
rates, the Omaha business men make
this declaration:
"The railroads are requested
through the association of railroad
executives and tho presidents of the
individual western lines, to publish im
mediately, upon short notlce^with the
consent of the Interstate Commerce
commission, emergency all-rail rates
on wheat and flour shipped from all
points in the United States, includ
ing all grain on hand in elevators or
at storage points, to the Atlantic, gulf
and Pacific ports for export on the
basis of 75 per cent of the rates now
in effect; these emergency rates to ex
pire January 30. 1924; that the grain
shipped on these emergency rates be
allowed only one intermediate stop
at transit or proportional rate break
ing points except that one additional
stop may be made for milling pur
poses; and that storage at transit,
milling or rate-breaking point and also
at elevator at seaport be limited to
30 days.”
This reduction would help to
equalize the difference between rail
and water transportation to points
of export and bring some degree of
relief to wheat growers in the interior.
This would be one way of quieting
the widespread demand for general re
duction in freight rates on farm prod
ucts and. therefore have a strong in
fluence in persuading the railroad
officials to accept.
Praise Omaha Wheat Plan.
From the Ravenna News,
The Omaha Chamber of Commerce
la heading a movement to create an
immediate demand for millions of
bushels of wheat throughout the
United States, tho object being to
stimulate the wheat market and Most
the price of one of the chief products
of American agriculture. "Buy a
thousand bushels of wheat, or a bar
rel or bag of flour,” is the slogan
under which the movement will be
initiated by the Chamber of Coni
merce and business organizations of
all kinds throughout the entire United
Slates.
There are two legitimate ways to
relieve this situation—one is to hold
wheat out of the market, the other
is to increase the demand for actual
consumption. The buying of wheat
and flour for present or future con
sumption lif the preferred solution of
the problem. By that method the de
mand is increased. Existing rates of
exchange closes foreign markets for
our surplus, and we must reiy chiefly
upon our home markets. It is be
lieved that in 30 days our own people
can work out a peaceful revolution in
the price of any commodity. All that
is necessary is an aroused public sen
timent and intelligent co-operation.
The plan developed by the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce assumes that
we cannot all buy a thousand bushels
of wheat, but we can buy a barrel
or a bag of flour, and we can do it
now- In every home and hamlet in
the land there Is a potential purchas-,
ing power, which should be exercised
without delay. Chambers of Com
merce throughout the country sre
exported to make an active effort to
relieve the situation. The appeal to
the public will be pressed to the limit.
Massa*luisetts Show* Way.
From the Vmn*apolis Journal.
Massachusetts Is reducing the num
ber of its automobile accidents. In
1919; so Engineering and Contracting
tails us. Sixteen thousand two
hundred and eighty seven persons
were injured.* In 1920 the number
had risen to 21.1*2. Then began the
campaign for safety, backed by the
authorities. In 1921 the number of
accidents fell to 11.4*7. Figures are
not yet at hand for last, yoar.
It Is significant that s new rule, re
quiring everyone to p;i»-> an examin
ation Mfore an original He ense was
issued to him, was adopted on Decern
her 1, 1920. The immediate effect
of this was seen In the reduction by
pearly half of the total number of
accldfnts in the ensuing year. This
was achieved, despite the increase in
the number cars on the road* of
the commonwealth over 1919.
Beyond doubt, the chief caun of
motor accidents la the unskilled driv
er Every Monday in Minnesota we
hoar from him In the lengthening list
of Sunday casualties. He is out in
groat force on that day of rest. He
Alls the main highways and makes
driving dangerous for everyone, in
cluding the skillrd driver.
Massachusetts has proved that the
way to reduce accidents is to refuse
licenses to all those who, whether for
lark of Judgment, practice or general
mental or physical shortcomings, sre
not masters of the engines of poten
tial destruction with which they are
entrusted.
Massachusetts also goes a stew far
ther. It takes his license away from
the drive; who proves himself Incom
l*»tent. Three thousand licenses have
already l>e«n canceled this year for
cause
Olri Home Town Ha* lsi»l It* Repose.
From the Boston Globe.
The visitor to the old home town
Jumps into a \ illage taxi at the sta
tion and is whisked out to the farm.
On hi* way he passes the town hall,
w here the sign proclaims that pictures
may lie seen every night at.8 o'clock.
The four rings of a party line tele
phone welcome him as he ruler* the
door. Ho thlnka of the march of
modern Improvements. All sorts of
things are doing. There are -to lie no
dull moments In the two weeks.
After about 10 days he begins to re
member old times, when being on
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vacation in the couiflry consisted of
eating three good meals, sleeping 10
hours, gsdrig for a swim In the morn
ing and taking a stroll through the
fields and woods In the afternoon. In
the after supper twilight, which ex
isted lief ore the reform that produced
daylight saving, there were several
hours of good old-fashioned talks such
as no one has time for now.
Country life has become hectic,
which may be much more stimulating
for those whose lot is cast in the
country In the whole year. Yet it is
a question whether the vacationist
gets what he really needs from his
vacation. He is likely to return to
his city Job with a feeling that he
wants a rest.
Modern inventions have an abhor
renee for vacuums. They seek to fill
up every minute of everybody’s time.
Those who are looking for rest, in
stead of for amusement, must dis
cover ways and means for fencing
themselves away from the tumult of
this motorized electrified age. It is
worth while to demand of life a sea
son in which one may Ire alone un
der a pine tree doing nothing. The
most refreshed of the returned vara
tionists finds his strength renewed
because he renewed acquaintance with
his mother—Nature, as the gixid Lord
made it.
Want Lower Rates.
l^rom the York News-Time*.
The Omaha "buy wheat and flour"
committee wants the railroads to re
duce freight on wheat 25 per cent
during the emergency.
The reason for the request is well
founded. But the reduction ought to
be made permanent. The roads are
likely to refer the committee to the
Interstate Commerce commission and
that body likely will refuse to do any
thing at least until it is too late.
It is alleged the grain growers of
Canada and Argentina enjoy a much
lower rate to the seaboard than the
growers of the United States. This
makes a great difference when it
comes to marketing wheat and some
thing should be done to make the
rates to the seaboard in the United
■States the same, or nearly the same,
as the rates charged in Argentina
and Canada.
Lower freight rates would help the
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We’ve alius noticed that folks
that live up t’ good reputations go
out o’ town purty often. “Th’
thing I like about croquet is that
you kin play it next t’ a planin’ mill
an’ don’t have t’ keep from battin*
[an eye like you do when some one
►is about t’ hit a golf ball,” says
Lafe Bud.
situation materially if the profiteering
middlemen did not take advantage of
the situation and put the gains In
their bank accounts.
HAVE The Omaha
Morning Bee or The
Evening Bee mailed to you*4
I when on your vacation.
Phone AT lantic 1000,
I Circulation Department.
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Delivered to ,
your dealer
fresh every day
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• A good salad is the most gracious part
of a good meal. It is the final touch.
And it’s the dressing that makes one
salad better than another. MacLaren’s
Mayonnaise makes the success of your
salad a certainty; one your guests will
recall with pleasure; not something
they hope to forget.
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HICKMAN BUTTER
COMPANY | U |HitM
415 S. 12th JA 5804
cMinnesota! Ten Thousandlokes)
Where there's never e lack of invigorating
hirer* of! some tkv blue lake—where the eun
thin* warm* fou plsssento. Rambling along
■him Ifni* path through a dew* pino forest hm rcm
forget th* din and note* and heat of the art.
There ar* an mans level* gvo in the Minna
ana lake region—each one of thorn a vacation
psrsdia* Aiwa** good fishing, fveong. hikit^.
* imping, bathing and golf. too, it *ou want it
We shall be (lad to taairt **ou inform soon
at to kvatten, hotel*. tare*, reservation*, at.
SmJ /** the iMu/nW Graef It «*r*m H**^*t.
“ Th* LanJ gf Sky-Rki* H at** “ Flan now
to avsd *v>ur eacarrou among Minncaota's Ten
Thousand Laka*. W rite trlaphone or call on
MARSHALL B, CRAIG. G. A. P. D
H. T. MINKLKR. D. P A
1419 First National Bank Bldg
Phone JA cktott 0260
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