TheSundayBee MORN1N G—E V E N"lNG—SUNDAY fHH IIKi: I’lHMSIllM. CO.. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 7” A»':lati'tl I'tVit#. i wUi’h Tin? H-. t, „ nii-i ttei in eirltiilrtD •ntllled to the une fur ri'l'UM i aLU'li of all new* dispatch** credited to it or not otbornlM i ranted lu this [i*|i*r. jmi also the local t.ewi published ^ _» of republics Mona uf our special thspatt iips are also reserved. „ BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch ExcIioiikp. Ask for'the Department . _ , or Person Wanted. For Aight Call* After 10 P. M.: AT lantic ■T dltonal Dejiartment. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. 1000 OFFICES ~~ Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffa ... is Scott St. So. Side, N W. Cor. 21th and N , New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. DIVINE IMPULSE TO DO THINGS. Labor day brings up once more the purpose of labor. Why does man work? The first answer that leaps to the mind is that he must work to live. Impressive as that may be, it does not fully tell the story. Man lived in the long buried past, supplying his creature wants for food, clothing, shelter, through one or another means open to him. Had he been content with that, prog ress would have stopped. Something stirred in him that could be satisfied only by greater achievements. Men soon learned that only as he could produce more food than was needed for immediate use could he have time to do other things. So he first set about to improve his methods for getting something to eat. He invented weapons for the chase, and agri culture, and in time learned how to store and pre aerve various articles. Step by step he traveled the road, and as each new turn in it opened a wider viata, ha found the same impulse stirring him on to further effort. God’s work did not end with creation; man is in apired by the divine within him to imitate the work of his Creator. So through age on age, civilization has succeeded civilization; the savage man has strug gled against this environment, the enlightened to improve his surroundings. Today man’s thoughts girdle the globe in the twinkling of an eye; out of the thin air come messages between persons widely separated by space; man flies and swims, and runs on rails; he transports in a day more than once he could move in ,a lifetime. He brings forth wealth faster than he can count it. But he has not satisfied the craving which only can be stilled by doing something. Even the man who screws on nut 467 is achieving a useful pur pose, and in his breast no doubt is the thought that his obscure and humble effort is of benefit, while his busy brain plans for greater things. That is why man works, beeuuse there is much to do, and only a little time to do it. “In the sweat of thy face shall thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground,” was not a curse, nor a penalty, but states the great purpose of God in giving man a mind and a will of his own. Labor day ought to impress this thought upon everyone, for it tells why man works. KNOWING HOW TO ENJOY LIFE. It is not the man who has the most that gets the greatest enjoyment out of life. It is the man who knows how' to enjoy to the full what he happens to have. People who live in the large cities, with parks and boulevards on every hand, with theaters and motion picture houses just around the corner, are often prone to sympathize with those who live far from all those things. But their sympathy is wasted. Country folk know how to make the best of the opportunities they have to enjoy themselves, and in taking advantage of them they get thrills that even the most blase city dwelldr would have to respond to in hearty fashion. Take the good people out in Banner county, Ne braska, for instance. There is not a foot of railroad in the county. Harrisburg, the county seat, is merely a wide place in the road. There is not a town in the county of a hundred population, and the ranch houses are few and far apart. Wright’s Grove is merely a big ranch, twenty-five miles from the near est railroad and surrounded by hills that prevent easy entrance to the valley save over two widely separated roads. Yet the good people of Banner county recently staged a three days’ round-up and rodeo that gave Cheyenne a close race for real thrills as well as for attendance. The last day of this annual Banner county round-up saw more than 700 automobile^ banked around the half-mile track, and nearly ">,000 people saw’ riding and roping and tying that fur nished as many thrills as Frontier Days ever fur nished. People danced in the big pavilion, threw balls at the babies, pitched horseshoes, drank pop and lemonade, consumed huge piles of “hot dogs” and hamburgers, munched ice cream cones, ate fried chicken, watched a real ball game, exchanged recipes for pies and cakes and bread, exchanged ranching and farming experiences, recalled pioneer hardships snd pleasures-- in short, they had a far better time than is ever enjoyed by their city cousins who ate so often expressing sympathy with the fatmets and ranchers because of their isolated and joyless lives. The suggestion is humbly offered that the next time the city man or woman feels like sympathizing with the unfortunate lot of the farmer- and farm wives who lack so many opportunities for enjoyment, they pack up and attend the Banner county round up, or some county fair or farmer picnic. It isn’t what you have that makes life so full of Joj ; it is the. use you make of what you have. WHEN THE MOON HIDES THE SUN Omaha will sec the eclipse of I he sun on Mon day afternoon of next week; -o rays Ks.thei Rigge of Creighton, and lie always has handed out straight, information on there points. It will only be part of the show, however, for the darkness will be but 57 per cent, nr the effect of a rather cloudy day. How oyer, even that will he better than being left in the lurch entirely, as happened last year, when the sun and moon pul on then little sketch for the southern hemisphere exclusively The display is timed for the middle of the afternoon, which means that all will get a chance to me the greatest performance the heavens offer. Astronomers are making great preparation* for observing the entire phenomena in Cower California, where the best opportunity i afforded, t his is one ef the great advantages modern fieiirc ha-. When Captain Cook we- cut to tlm South Sea Islands to observe the transit of Venn m IThP, he had to start almost a year in advance to g"t that- on lime. Now only a few weeks are required, and this time is chiefly used in placing instruments in position. Something else Captain Cook missed is shown in the action of the Swartlimore group, which has taken an insurance policy of »10,U00 against weather condition# on the day of the eclipse If the sky he eloildy, the a«tronom< i will he paid for their lime snd trouble by the. insurance company.* dhey are going to Yerbanix, Mexico. Eclipse# of the tun are glowing more and more important as the science of astronomy mnki ad vance, and none ever was uv . iled with more rff gen eral interest than that which is to be observed on Monday of n«xt week. WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. | People who come to Omaha during the Ak-Sar Ben festival this year will have an opportunity of witnessing a pageant that is designed to illustrate the history of the country and renew the patriotic inspiration in the hearts of the citizens. A very complete story will be told in a full and comprehen sive way by the floats and the marching companies, so that the record of the United States will be easily visualized by all who behold the display. For those who would like to go a little more deeply into the story of the country, we would like to suggest a course of reading. This does not mean study. One of the interesting features of good his tory is that it usually reads much better than ro mance. The real masters of the wonderful language of our country have been the historians. Prescott, Motley, Oarkman, Fiske, Channing, Irving, McMas ter, all the glorious company who labored amid musty records in cobwebbed archives, to bring forth priceless gems of truth, have set those gems in such a marvelous framing of words as to delight even the casual reader, who is searching for entertainment alone. It is no arduous task, then, that we propose for such as wish to post up on what has taken place in the United States and on the American continent,' since 1492. For the period from Columbus to Washington, we recommend Parkman and F’iske. They deal with dif ferent phases of the record, but each is a perfect complement of the other, and the two flow along side by side in absolute harmony. They combine the narrative as well as the philosophy of history in a charming manner. After these the choice is not so easy, because of the number of writers who deserve consideration, John Back McMaster’s monumental work is perhaps the most dependable, but is not to be taken lightly. Channing is accurate and enter taining; George Ticknor Curtis is indisputable; the Houghton-Mifflin “American Statesmen” series is beyond price. Benton, Blaine and other statesmen have given us great stories. There are others, but these are commended for a starter. If, as Pope puts it, “the proper study of mankind is man,” a good citizen can set about in no better way than to study the men who worked to make their country great. We do not suggest a course of study, but one of reading, feeling sure that the mind will be seized if once the w-ay is opened, and that any who sincerely looks into the story of the United States of America will be the better for having done sp. WHEN WILL THE LAW ACT? A challenge that our people can not long ignore is presented in the various forms of disorder that disturb society today. A certain amount of turmoil is indicative of healthy growth; indeed, desirable progress is not accomplished without something of noise and bustle, and pulling and hauling at ap parently cross purposes. This form of disorder, though, is entirely different from that which has manifested itself in floggings of citizens by masked bands in different parts of the country, of mobs and riots that break up meetings in Ohio, Pennsyl vania and New Jersey, and other evidences of total disregard for law and decency found throughout the land. In New York one day last week a gang leader was being escorted from a courthouse to prison. Two police captains, fifteen detectives and ten uniformed policemen formed the cordon of escort, which had been warned (that an attempt would be made to kill the prisoner. A young desperado broke through the cordon, and executed his private vengeance by shoot ing the prisoner through the head, also wounding a policeman and a chauffeur. In writing of the case, the New York Times publishes a list of crimes ascribed to the dead man, who had defied courts and law officers from hoyhood, and had raised himself from the position of messenger boy to leadership of a “gang” by his boldness in crimes of violence. “The death of ‘Kid Dropper’ occasioned no sor row among east side merchants, on whom he had preyed for nearly fifteen years,” says the Times. What about a system that will permit a thug to prey on merchants for fifteen years. In Omaha the po lice are holding a burglar, who may or may not be connected with higher crimes than he is now charged with. One who may be his pal is wounded, but ef forts to connect them are unavailing, because of the silence each maintains. It is not easy to convict these men, because of the generous way in which our laws are applied in criminal courts. Kut the wave of utter disregard for the law has reached a height where it is no longer enough to say that it cornea from the laxity that followed the war. Something deeper is touched, and the search for the cause will have to go farther. Not many of the boys who went into the army were criminal by instinct or practice, and but few of them r j formed, or have gone to join that ever-increasing t number to he done tomorrow. And now when you 1 pause to rest for a moment you realise that you | have missed the beautiful things that you love. You knew the world around you was lovely, that you grass and the tree- were green, and the garden full of flowers; you heard the songs of the btrds, and promised yourself just a moment in which to enjoy the wonder of it. Put the moments slipped by, you found no place for the promised real, and now the night lies come. The la*t brilliant color of sunset hod faded from the sky, the trees and powers are hidden in the night; the bird songs are hushed, and only an orensional flutter or sleepy twitter tell* where they deep in tlm nearby trees. Then suddenly there comes to your ears the sound music, and you listen trladlv as it rises and falls in the still night air. Sometimes it i» all in unison, as though every hidden player were keeping time to a leader’.* beat, then it break into varied Bounds each distinct and in a different I • y : et in peYfect harmony. Sometimes a deeper note rm ■ above the rest, then falls again, but the never end* ing chant goes on. You feel the cares of the day and it di-.ippoinl merit, slip from you like a garment, and you give yourself up to the wonder of the night and its music, no less lovely than the music of the, day Ho you know what this orchestra of the night h Ho not the chirping of the crickets nnd kntydid tin* harsh rasp of the locust, the croaking of the flogs in some quiet pond, Mid the faint, far cry of (he screech owl blend into n symphony that ca.. be imitated on the instruments played by man? Co out some still night and hear it, and learn to love the mush* of the night, and the little hidden things, as well as you love the day and its wonders The Lantern By DON MARQUIS. French Without a Struggle. You'd better go slow oil the roast and Joint, Or you'll Increase your embonpoint. A Fearless Statement, from Miss Hecklebury. Sir: Since my friends have Insisted that I enter the race for the presi dency 1 feel that it is incumbent upon me to make a statement with regard to my policies. I have noted that most candidates for high office advertise that they in tend to give the people what the peo ple want. » Let no one support me under the misapprehension that I promise any such thing, or that I will perform any such thing If elected to the presi dency of this republic. I shall not give the people what they want: I shall give them what they should have, whether they want it or not. Perhaps after a few years of this they may learn to want what they should waut. If I did not consider myself a bet ter Judge of what the people should have than are the majority of the people themselves. I should not offer myself for the presidency. I am not offering rfiyself as an In ferlor or an equal, but as a superior. I proceed from and I shall repre sent the ethical aristocracy of this na tion, which is a republic and not (nor was It ever intended to be) a democ racy. Superior persons are the logical rul ers and administrators. If I am elected I shall enforce all the good laws there are with the ut most rigor and f shall use every atom of influence I possess to have legis lation passed tending to impose the highest standards of conduct and though upon every individual. The right-minded people Schoonhaven. Vre 3 «»u afraid of ghosts" Then If*- scared of yourself: f«*r you ] a» ** • at rving one around inside *»f von i all fh® time *'A half loaf in belter than no! bread” . unless it lias alum in I If. "Vom -in alwa.vs judge a man In thej u.ty children a*d with him” for they always like a loafer with nothing to do but amuse them. "livery boil Is wmth Jin'* and sometime* more to the doctor "Une touch »*f nature malms the while world kin” and rein tlon* can fight like the devil, Ue all admire an honest doubter” unless he doubts our pet ! dogma. Pitv the meek for the> shall mb- it i Ins carth 11*11 is paved with good intentions but no doubt they are nluavs dig cin« them up to lav new gas mains and steam pipe* \ IMspafch From the Old Knuit, (Npei’lfl1 to the I.anterp ) n*m llawtty • \ 1 ' NIT AVERAGE . CIRCULATION for July, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE ; Daily .72,472 Sunday .75,703 j i Ho,, nni fnrtud* ritvtn*. I#ft- ! j o’er*, r ample* or papers spoiled ir prfntinr and include* nr apertal aalaa. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. j tubatrihed and awnriy ta bat era ma tbia 4th day of Auguat. 102J W. II QUIVF.Y, I I f^eal) Notary Public, j Out of Today's Sermons W. F. MacNeill, pastor Grace Baptist church, will preach today as follows on “The Church and the Moral Conquest of Industry.” Text: Matthew 6:18—Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Another date has changed color in the calendar and stands out in con spicuous red along with the Fourth of July and Labor day. It is a date that marks the beginning of a new era In what .Secretary of State Hughes culls the civilization of in dustry.'' It is a date that every one whose life Is touched by Industry may come to revere. That date Is August 13, 1923. On that date the United States Steel corporation began the abolition of the 12-hour day by chang ing to the eight-hour day In Its Gary mills. That simple statement of fact ha? a three fold significance. 1. It is an emphatic recognition of the human values. Progress often seems to come backwards. We have overflowing hospitals at the foot of the cliff before we leafn to put a fence around the top. The Industrial revolution with Its emphasis on ma chine and money Is finally coming around to emphasize what ought to have been put first in the very be ginning. I think it was Henry Ford who said in reply to a question as to the product of his factories, "Men are my product, machines rny by prod uct." And the Incident above Is but one Indication of what stems to be a general movement in business to make human values of first impor tance. 2. It demonstrate# the potency of the educational method of warfare. One of the cardinal grievances set forth a# Justifying the great steel strike four year# ago was the bar barous 12-hour day. And, although public sympathy was with the strik ers. the strike failed. And with the failure a new principle of combat was followed. A group of responsible in vestigators searched out the facts and fearlessly made them public. This leaven of fact was spread through the entire land by the dally and re ligious papers and other agencies with the happy result Indicated above. Conquest by education has now be come the slogan of the new era. 3. It marks a distinct triumph for the organized church. Capital and labor of every shade of opinion has at some time or other shied a brick at the church. But before you throw another one think of the answers to these simple questions: Who was It that felt deeply the grievance's of the steel workers? The church. Who was It that at a great deal of sacri fice Investigated these conditions? The church. Who was It bore all the heavy expense? The church. Who wa# It that fearlessly published the result# when the report put the bur den of responsibility squarely cm the shoulders of the leaders of this rich and powerful corporation? The church. Who is It that Is helping right now In a practical way to hring about better wages, lietter working condi tions. better living conditions in this vtrv industry? The church. Think of these things before you throw another brick. "fngratllude” Is the theme of Rev. Laurence Acker's sermon St First Lutheran ehttrrh, 51# ^outli Thirty first street, today, lie will say fit part: On His last journey to Jerusalem the Lord Jesus Christ saw near a vil lage on a Samnrian frontier 10 men afflicted’ with that dreaded disease, leprosy, very much like the cancerous diseases among us. Lifting up (heir husky voices they cried as wailing and insistent as they could: "Jesus, Master, have mercy upon us.” And the Lord—merciftii heart that His was—stood still, looked at the un sightly people, then He directs them: "Oo, show yourselves unto the priests." Like a flash they are off to the next sanctuary to l>e examined. And It came to pass that as they went they were healed. And wha was their attitude toward Hint who had healed their Incurable disease. The Lord has seen them for the last time They do not return to ofer thanks. Let us not cast stones upon them. We are Just as bad a« they are. la»t us cite severs! examples from every day life A person ts eerlotisiy sick. The doctor looks grave, a crisis Is on. Then after days of dire suspense it passes over. The sufferer recovers. Listen to whst he attributes his re newed vigor and health! He say s: ”1! was my strong constitution th.it car rled me through. It was the skillful treatment given me hy the phy. aiclnn." * Hut he* never ut'rra one word of thanks- to the Supreme Being in whose hands rest the outcome of life and death Another person Sits down at his table to eat a good meal, he sleeps on a romfnrtabh couch and dwells under a s.ifc roof lie takes all this as a matter of course, as something he deserves because he has worked for It hy the sweat of his brow N'ever does he speak a word of thanks to the Almighty Ciovernor and Pro eider. Me are no better than the lepers Edwin Marl .fenUs. pastor of first Prewbyterlan rhtirrh. will •eke Id* text this morning from Mirali 6:3. \ «| not at loft from hi* sermon follow*: nellgion Is for every day living. If M i > i not boar tha foot ©f life t baa no value. The eagle must trv his wing, the soldier his we.Tpon, the ar tisan tils tool, to prove it if it works It is good. Just so religion. If Is to help men to live better, enjov more, nnd extend farther a service to otb ers So f take this comprehensive text "He hath shown thee, oh man. what Is good: and what doth the fiord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk hum blv with thy Ond " Justice, mercy fcith. are three dy namlc words There is not much creed In them hut are Inclusive of all creeds Liberty Is the great coal of human progress, hut Ilhtrty without Justice is unthinkable. Other men's rights lie parallel with our own Hence there must be Justice to guard them, and the conceding of justice pr liberty be come* license, and civilisation goes to wreck "The world la asking not for pltv. hut for iustice, * was the state nient t'f one of our great presidents Justice Is the very foundation of the ultimate rule Jesus gave to hu* inanity Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ve even so to them fnr this t* the law and tin pronhets " Mercy calls f»»r largeness of heart and Infinite clmrlty To stand not wholly upon our rights to consider FINEST IN THE MIDDLE WEST On# rf IWstty tfl-OpfralU • y % t *ni >ii I , — *+' BEATTY’S Henshaw Cafeteria In H*Rihaw Moltl " _ _I The Reminiscences of a Sucker ---By WILL M. MALTIN'. ; One of the cherished ambitions of myself and the missus, ever since 1 was legging it as a reporter or hold ing down a desk on a daily news paper was to own a bit of acreage near a good little town, build a com fortable bungalow thereon, and raise chickens and pigs and garden truck, milk a couple of good cows and have our own cream and butter and milk. Well, we have all those things now, only we cannot see them. • • • Standing out in front of the family domicile, rented, by the way, stands our bit of acreage, our bungalow and our poultry and live stock. Ves. 1 am one of the 10,000,009 suckers of America who have no more use for an alitomoblle than a canoe has for wheels, but who succumbed to the temptation and the prevailing style. Under the hood of that automobile we have cached our acreage, our bunga low and our live stock, and I fear me that Is where they Will remain. If you don’t believe It, I will give you the approximate figures. • • • The auto was purchased in the spring of 1919. at the peak of high prices, and cost, driven up to our door, $1,595. Of course I could buy one just like It today for $1,150. There is the five acres of land we had in mind when we first came out to this upper erfd of the North Platte valley of Nebraska. If you looked under the hood of the old bus you wouldn’t see the five acres, but they are there, just the same. The thingumajtg that reg isters the mileage shows that the old bus has gone a bit more than 40,090 miles. It's a gas eater for fatr. and 1 doubt If It averages 10 miles to the gallon of ga». Sometimes I have thought the average was right around three miles, and several times X have believed that the blamed thing' con sumed gas voraciously while It was standing still and the engine motion less. But call it 10 miles to the gallon —there’s the first payment on a neat little seven-room bungalow, with full cement basement, hot water heat and a tiled bath room. • • • To the best of my recollection I have bought seven new tires at an average cost of $35, and patching them, and getting new tubes and patching them, etc., has, I know', brought that Item of tire expense up to $300. Storage In the garage hasveost me an average of $00 a year for four years, and that's 1240. The sum of $300 and $240 Is $540—and there's the second annual payment on the bun galow. And the expense of journeys we have taken when I should have been at home attending to business, plus oil and spark plugs, more than finishes up the final payment on ths bungalow. And the bungalow is snug ly hidden under the hood of the old bus. although you never could find it with a high-powered microscope. • • • Two Jersey cows, a couple of good brood sows and their Increase and a flock of chickens that would feed a world's congress of preachers are con ' realed under that same hood. But. after four years’ experience. I know better than to look for them there. • • • The annual tax. amounting to about flOO all told, represent* the picture* on the walls of the bungalow. I know the pictures are there, although I have never seen them. And so. after four years of hard work and consider mtsfortune, and weakness, and be tolerant toward the erring, this is an essential element of religion. This is "the attribute of God Himself," as the poet puts it. The mercy seat was al- j ways above the tables of law. And law and mercy were ever shadowed by the cherubim, io Jesus in His parable answering the question. "What Is religion?" told the story of the good hamaritan and asked: "Which wa* nt:ghbor to him who fell among thieves?" and the answer was approved. "He that showed mercy." And then faith. We must have faith In God and in our fellow men. Men are often better than they seem. They do not often deserve the harsh cen sure that Is passed upon them. It is better to believe that God's working out through us imperfect mortals a great purpose, and so walk humbly in faith of Him and our fellows. This evening's sermon by C. A. Negerwtrvm, pastor First Swedish Baptist church. Thirty-fourth and Burt streets, will lie entitled "Till He Come*.” Following is an ex cerpt: In order to please God we must show Him abaolute obedience. His plans must be followed or condemna tion will come. Among other thing* commanded by the I/vrd is to meet in remembrance of Hint al His table. Only Hi* true followers are included. We are. however, told thus to meet "till He comes Naturally, when He comes all that love Him will see Him and be with Him, hence no need j longer of anything to remember Him by. While we wait we must live by faith and act In faith We should ever remember that His words and promises are true. He is ever present , though we cannot see Him we "walk by faith not by sight, till Ho comes " i This will mean a steady walk and I not by Jerk* and excitement as some practice "Till He come" we should trust Him He says now. “Fear not. little flock.**] This reverential trust will create a hatred of evil He only can care for j us ns individuals and we can also j trust Him to settle a restless world ; with his word: Peace, be still His presence when He come* will bring! order out of Chios. .Testis f* certainly j the only solution of all the worlds] problems of today. Now that He his declared *o often j in the Holy Hrrlpftir®* that He will j come let us look for this "blessed j hope.*' "Behoild," He says. "I com® quickly md my reward Is with Me," j Re\. 2rt 12. \ crown of righteous , ness'* will he given to all “that love] His tpnearlnsr " 2 Tim. 4 s The question for the Individual re , mains to he answered: T>o 1 believe that fie fa coming* If so. am I tr\ \ Ing to please Him In fI*e at'senee* CUT RATE Kodak Finishing Printing F*ch f T4«' 1 ? •. 1?A and If* »lte* 2c No II*. 1?t and ISA alt** . 1c Poet card* from any film.. 1c Roll film* developed.,. ft« f” 'm pafke, nnf site . . , . I Or Ther# in no FRIF, film devslop 'eg, you pay for it in hich price* for printing ; compere our price* with shat you have Been paying Write for Handy Mailing Pat Vef*. Olaon Photograph Co. Plattamnuth, NeH 1 he largest finishing pits! In the we*! H \\ i I hr (Imali i Morning Bee or I he Kvening Ber mailed to you when on vour vacation. 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