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TO JOHN LEE WEBSTER, GREETING.
The Omaha Bee pauses in the strenuous work
of taking note of things divers and sundry, to pay
an especial tribute of respect to John Lee Webster
of Omaha, patriot, lawyer and noted citizen. To him
is due in largest measure the wonderful success of
Wednesday’s .great historic and patriotic pageant.
His mind conceived it, and his indomitable energy
that takes not note of his four score years, brought
it into glorious being.
It is not surprising that the man who enlisted
while a beardless boy should hold close to his heart
the history of the country he served so well. Nor is
it astonishing that he should work long and hard to
bring about the depicting of that history in pageant
form so that it might be more firmly impressed upon
the minds and hearts of a generation that seems all
too apt to take for granted the things accomplished.
Just as the heart of every patriotic man and
woman swelled with pride as they viewed the ani
mated review of America’s glorious history, no must
the patriotic heart of John Lee Webster have swelled
with pride as he made note of the splendid result of
his splendid vision, his long planning and his tireless
energy. It was great accomplishment, and its les
sons will not be forgotten. Neither will the patri
otic man whose brain conceived it and whose energy,
seemingly unmarked by the. flight of passing time,
brought it into being.
A RESOLUTION FOR ALL OF US.
The Rotary club of Kalamazoo, Mich., recently
adopted a resolution that is so wise in its inception
and so patriotic in its application that it may well
be taken as a motto by all elasses of our citizenship:
“We hereby pledge ourselves that, despite differ
ences In political views and on policies of national
and International Import, we shall pay to the office
and to the man the respect and reverence which are
their rightful due; that we shall refrain from in
vective toward the executive and shall give voice
to criticism only that is kindly, tolerant, respectful
and helpful; that we shall make this a rule of our
conduct, both as Individuals and as a club organi
zation, and that we lead the way ln-a movement to
revive a proper respect for the presidency. In par
ticular. and for our national, state and civil leaders
In general."
The pity of it is that there should be need for
the adoption of such a resolution, or for the applica
tion of the principles therein set forth. Time was
when men took their political affiliations so seri
ously that differences therein were warrant for
severing friendships and dividing families. But hap
pidly for the country that time is past, and, while
men may continue to cling tenaciously to their po
litical opinions, they have grown tolerant of the
political opinions of others. Why, then, should party
leaders and party newspapers, and party rank-and
filers, deem it necessary to heap contumely and
invective in order to prove their party loyalty?
No man big.enough to be president of these
United States would resent constructive criticism or
sneer at honest suggestions for betterment of con
ditions. But no man with heart and brain big enough
to serve acceptably as president will ever be able to
bear with fortitude the avalanche of sneers and abuse
that come from Opponents who are incapable of any
thing above billingsgate, and mentally so deficient
that they believe abuse of political opposition to be
the acme of patriotism.
Blind partisanship is never patriotism, and abuse
and invective are never the foundation upon which
helpful suggestions are builded. The Kalamazoo
Rotary club’s resolution is a good enough creed for
•vary honest American citizen to adopt.
PLAYING THE GAME SQUARELY.
In a hundred and more Nebraska cities and towns
the high echool football squads are busy, getting into
shape physically and mentally for the gridiron bat
tle* of the season. Football is not a game for "sis
sies,” to be sure, but it is not the brutal game that
so many decry. True it is that many of the boys
emerge with closed optics and bloody noses, and now
and then a broken bone, but these are minor things
when compared with the lessons of discipline and en
deavor that are inculcated upon the football field.
The young fellow with a "yellow streak” is quickly
eliminated if by chance he applies for a try-out, and
the sneak, the talebearer and the lounge lizard are
conspicuous by their absence. A great English gen
eral is quoted as saying that the wars of Britain
were won on the football fields of Eton and Rugby.
It may be said with equal truth that the valor shown
by American soldiers in the Argonne, in Bellieu
Woods and at Chateau Thierry had its inception on
the baseball diamond and the football gridiron of
American villages, towns and cities.
A manly, husky, capable lot of young fellows,
these Nebraska high school and college boys who are
now donning their moleskins. They are getting the
lessons of pluck and daring and discipline that will
make them powerful factors in the citizenship of
the future. Just as they learn to play the game of
football squarely and honestly and courageously,
just so will they take into their future avocations the
love of squareness, fairness and courage. To win
the game, boys, is desirable. More desirable than all
is to play the game on the level, playing with all
your might and giving to your school'the very best
you have within you. To go down to defeat trying
is, after all, far better than ^> win with little effort
or by unfair tactics.
“What to do with your gold” is seriously dis
cussed by the New York Journal of Commerce. It
did not interest us. Please give us one on “What
we have done with your gold.”
Col. Tom Majors is keeping mum in 17 languages
about that Peru Normal matter. The big headlines
will be due when Colonel Tom erupts.
Possibly that beer war in Chicago was merely
lhe turmoil resulting from a tremendous rush of
customers.
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}(a\ ing marched pompously up the hill, Governor
Walton skidded 4^wn in very uwkward fashion.
JUST LIKE THE KING OF FRANCE.
“The king of France, with full 10,000 men.
Marched up the hill—and then marched down again.”
Then, too, there is the famous bear that marched
over the mountain to see what he could see, saw the
other °ide of the mountain, and returned. Both of
which incidents remind one very forcibly of the
gubernatorial actions so quickly following the fulmi
nations of Governor Walton of Oklahoma. From this
distant viewpoint it appears that Governor Walton
made the mistake of doing all his thundering in the
index, reserving none for the actual contents pages.
Somehow or other he reminds one of the bramble
that would be king.
The country has become so accustomed to stir
ring indications and placid performances on the part
of Nebraska’s two sister states to the south that it
no longer grows excited or hysterical when things
threaten from these localities. Governor Walton’s
daily output of proclamations and pronunciamentos
made such cheerful reading as contrasted with the
doleful tales of flood and fire and famine that the
public evidenced a great interest therein, albeit the
public refused ^o grow very deeply concerned.
It was an awful smoke while it lasted, but the
fire did not amount to much. Now let Oklahoma
get down to business again. .
PAYING FOR WAR. *
One of the great incentives to influence people
to stay out of war in the future is a compilation mude
by Herbert D. Brown, chief of the United States
bureau of efficiency which shows that 85 cents out of
every dollar of income tax paid goes to pay inter
est and principal of the debts from past wars, to
provide war pensions and to maintain a fighting
machine for war in the future.
Seventeen cents went to the army and navy, 25
cents to pensions, the veterans’ bureau, etc., 4 cents
for “special activities pertaining to the recent war,”
such as war contracts, settlements with railroads,
etc.; 28 cents for interest; 11 cents for retirement of
the public debt. ,
The other 16 cents out of each dollar was spent
for the president, congress, the courts, executive de
partments, research work, education, public works
Mars is a hard taskmaster and, instead of paying
and all other civil activities of the government,
his employes, forces them to pay.
A Milwaukee father caused the arrest for assault
of a teacher who slapped his daughter with a ruler.
Proper application of a bedslat at home might
result in obviating the necessity of applying a ruler
in school. A lot of grayhaired men easily remember
when a whipping at school did not mean the arrest
of the teacher—it meant a repetition of the whip
ping at home.
Nebraska democratic postmasters who displaced
republican postmasters under Wilson, are now being
displaced by republican postmasters under Coolidge.
This explains the howls about disregarding the civil
service we hear from the sanctums of democratic
newspapers.
A Texas man recently successfully wound up a
four-year search for the six bunco men who fleeced
him out of $45,000. And to think he could have
saved all that money and time by just subscribing for
a good newspaper and reading it carefully.
Seventy-three thousand people killed in accidents
in the United States in one year, two-thirds of the
accidents preventable. That many killed in battles
during a single year would horrify the world, but
there’s nothing like becoming accustomed to a thing.
The Cincinnati Times-Star wants to know if ever
there was a real recipe for keeping ants out of the
sugar bowl. Don’t know, and don’t care. Where is
a sure-fire recipe for keeping sugar In the bowl?
Governor Bryan’s tribute to J. Sterling Morton
was very gracious and kind. It reminded many people
of former tributes from the same source that were
neither so gracious nor so kindly.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rowell of Barada took the
prize for the largest family at the Falls City fair,
coming in with their 16 children. We recommend a
state pension for Mrs. Rowell.
Too much stress on the dollar, declares a speaker
at a recent religious conference. We don’t know
as to that, but we are convinced that there is en
tirely too much strain.
“What should a golfer talk about?” queries a
contemporary. If his score is like ours he ought to
talk about as low as possible, especially if there are
women around.
The automobile may put a crimp in pedestrian
records, but it is going to give us a wonderful stand
ing broad jump record some of these days.
The probability of a one-house legislature doesn’t
worry people nearly so much as the greater prob
ability of a one-horse legislature.
Fashion decrees that men's trousers shall be worn
longer. If some of us wear ’em much longer we’ll
get into trouble with the police.
It has taken a little lf:ss than five years for a
whoje lot of fellows to forget to remove their hats
when the flag goes by.
President Coolidge’s motto, “Work, not words,”
might be applied to a number of situations without
harmful results.
“Can Europe hold together?” asks John F. Sin
clair. The answer is: “Yes,«f Uncle Sam will fur
nish the glue.”
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
OUR CLIMATE.
Sonin folks get quit* disgusted with th* climate of our
state,
And some condemn the thunder storms with vain but
heated hate;
The sudden changes that we have bring truly deep
disdain,
But llttln good Is given them who criticise the rain.
Horne look with grief upon the snow and frigid northern
gale,
The Ice and sleet evoke a sigh, a shiver, or a wall;
The balmy kiss of summer sun us swelt'rlng is *»
pressed—
The only place to live, It seems, is In the golden west.
But do we realise—we who would hie afar—
Thai earthquakes come with awful wralh where west
ern pleasure* are.
And shake the realty till houses full and men grow cold
with fear,
And they'd be glad to live, and love the horrid weather,
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“From State and
-Nation9 9 —
Editorials from other
newspapers.
Public Privacies.
From the St. I’aul Dispatch:
The suggestion has lately been
made to the Postoffice department at
Waphington that a special stamp, per
haps with the dove tastefully con
cerned in the design, should be Issued
to carry love letters. The appropri
ateness of the idea cannot be pues
tioned when one reflects that of all
branches, the literature of tenderness
has enjoyed the widest publicity.
Learned men have mailp a hobby of
scholarly eavesdropping.'In the inter
ests of knowledge they have seized
upon the billets doux of great men.
When Browning committed to paper
the record of his intimate sentiment
for Elizabeth Barrett Browning, he
probably did not anticipate that, at
last, these writings would, in the
scholarly.phra.se, "throw much light"
upon his work. Nor did Byron
imagine that his love letters would
eventually be submitted to the curious
scrutiny of the public. In the past,
these assaults upon privacy have
been made after the deaths of those
Involved. Today we are even less
lacking In self-consciousness. While
they both remain very much in the
public eye, Mrs. Pat Campbell has al
lowed the world to look over her
shoulder and read her jeering love
letters from Bernard Shaw. In the
personal columns of the most cosmo
politan papers, anonymous lovers al
low the world to share the outpour
ings of their thoughts. There Is noth
ing self-absorbed about Paola and
Francesca in our frank day. Anyone
with a sufficient number of coppers
may own a share in their secrets.
The perfect rightness of identifying
love letters with a distinctive stamp
Is therefore apparent. An even more
expansive idea would be to write such
messages exclusively upon the backs
of postcards. And better than either
would be the setting aside of a period
during the day when these intimacies
could be confided to the radio for the
more efficient broadcasting of their
Interesting concerns. Mrs. Campbell
might institute the pretty custom.
Golf and the Death Scythe.
From the Minneapolis Tribune:
Because u dozen or more British
golf<^ have dropped dead of heart
trou* or apoplexy w hen engaged in
Play on links this season, some Eng
lish doctors are uttering warnings
that the player who- has passed 50
years of age is in the danger zone
and needs to watch h!s steps lest the
Grim Reaper come along and trip
him up.
John D. Rockefeller Is one who Is
likely to smile at this admonishment.
William Howard Taft Is another, and
there probably are thousands of other
followers of the game who will go on
serenely with the sport as if nothing
had happened to take away any of
the Joy out of life for them.
Of course the man over 50 should
know what he is about on the links
as to his physical condition and as
to the powers of endurance of his
vital organs, but that statement ap
plies probably even more to the man
who leads a strenuous business life
in office or shop and stays away from
the golf links. Jn fact, it applies to
the man under 60. whether he Is a
golfer or a non golfer.
The arteries of the average man
over 50 or 60 are prone to stiffen up
perceptibly. He Is not w-ise to exert
himself as he did 20 years earlier. He
should make sure that his heart is
serving him well and Is not being
overtaxed, whatever the bodily ac
tivity in which he rnay engage. To set
an arbitrary time line between danger
and the lack of It, however, and make
that line applicable to all men alike
is something that hasn't very depen
dable physiological hacking. There
are general rules of caution to follow,
but in the last analysis deals with the
Individual rather than with the age
group.
The large number of sudden deaths
of men whose outward appearance,
i nd perhaps whose physical serr a
tions. seemed to Indicate good health,
I* a matter of serious concern, hut this
phenomenon does not nppenr to have
borne any specially significant rela
tionship to golf links or golf playing.
Conlidge’s Consistency.
From the Waahlngton Star.
In Chicago a Coolldge for-PresIdent
club has been organized, and the sec
retary wrote to President Coolldge
apprising him of the fact. In reply
the president outlined his attitude to
ward the post he now holds and to
friendly efforts looking to his possible
rontinusnre In It. He frankly appre
ciates the motive, expressive of con
fidencb ip him. but makes it clear
that seeking the nomination for 1924
is at this time secondary to a duty
which has prior claim upon his atten
tion. that of carrying on the policies
of the Harding administration and
fulfilling to his highest ability the re
sponsiblliies of the office of chief ex
ecutive of the United States
This outline of the action and feel
ing of President Coolldge is consistent
with the course he had undevlatlngly
followed since he succeeded to the
presidency. He 1ms shown It In word
and deed Not dissimulating or dls
playing false modesty as to the nomi
nation. to which any American citi
zen is entitled to aspire in 1924, he
nevertheless loresaw from the out
set that the first thing at hand was to
take up the duties of which President
Harding was relieved by death before
thinking of politics for the future.
The American people were quick to
grasp his Interpretation of his respon
sihilities nnd duties In the premises.
Daily Prayer |
Thou »rt my Oort; «rly will I seek
Thee —p* fii. j.
Our Heavenly Father. Who hath
kept us through the night and given
us a new day. we thank Thee for all
Thy glfta. We thank. Thee for re
newer! strength of laidy, and for re
freshment of mind. We tlmnk Thee
for the new opportunities that come
with tho new day—tho opportunity to
learn, tho opportunity to Is- kind, tho
chance to work, and the chance to
pray. We failed yesterday in leav
ing undone ihlngs that we should
have done, and In doing things tlint
we ought not to have done, hut Thou
hast given us today In which to begin
anew. We look to Thee, the Oiver
of all good, for help to epend the day
In ways Thou dost approve.
May Thy place posseea our hearts
flrant us that perfect love that cast
elh out fear In all our ways we
would acknowledge Thee, that Thou
mayest direct our paths. We beseech
Thee to give unto us that measure of
Thy sustaining grace that will make
us victorious over temptation, patient
when tried, kind and helpful and lov
ing In all our relations with others
Help us to be faithful In the little
things of dally life, nnd 111 everything
In seek first Hie Kingdom of find.
Hint our lives may conform to Thy
perfect plan ami Hint we rimy glorify
Thee In scconipllshlng the work Thou
dost give us to do. We ask It for
Christ's sake Anion.
RBV It K Mcl'l it 11 MON D. A.
Montreal. Cunyie.
The Omaha Ree welcomes let
ters front readers recording In
timate observations of animals or
plants. A bird perhaps on< lias
seen while waiting for a street
ear, or 4 voluntary flower or some
creature one lias coinc upon in
the woods away from the noise of
the city—these are—and always
have been—of interest to ethers.
Ql EEK PETS.
"People Do Have Queer Pets” is the
title of an article in the October num
her of the American magazine, written
by Max Gelsler, Ofnaha dealer In birds
and animals.
Mr. Gelsler mentions all kinds of
pets, from snakes to baby elephants.
Dogs, he says, are the favorite ptts of
men. Women go In for more of a
variety. Men always get a pet that
they can play with.
When a man huys a dog, he Is very
careful, asks questions as to the ani
mal's pedigree, his probable size when
fully grown, and his Intelligence, he
then puts the dog on the floor to see
how ho “handles himself.” A woman
buys a dog merely on his "looks."
(»n the other hand, when a man cornes
in for a bird he asks to have a good
one picked out for him. A woman
shops around for an hour, looking at
birds of all colors and breeds.
Among the strange pets. Mr. Geisler
lists, a lion, a turtle, snakes, a baby
elephant, a gazelle, monkeys, marmo
sets. an African genet, an ostrich, a
baby kangaroo, a small alligator, a
pig, a goat, ferrets an#a trained duck.
and have continuously applauded him.
Consistently carrying out this policy
is calculated to attract more genuinely
effective support next year than ail
the boosting clubs that tan be or
ganized.
Government Literature.
From the New York Times:
It ought to lie the duty ot a pater
nal government to supply some stfrtj
of literary nourishment to its citi
zens, unusual as anpeals to this kind
may be. When T. W. Ezzard of I
Chamblee, Ga., wrote to Senator
Harris requesting pome government
publications to comfort an old man of
^3, he probably did not expect the
year book published by the Depart
ment of Agriculture or several copies
of the Congressional Record in re
turn. It appears, however, that no
other kind of literature was avail
able.
Still there are certain qualities
in an agricultural year book as
well as in th^ Congressional Record
which ought to recdmmend them to
a man of S3 in need of comfort. They
are not likely to run up his blood
pressure or make him nervous or
keep him awake when he would
otherwise be drowsy. Since their in
fluence might be to this extent sooth
ing a worse selection might have
been made. t
Profiting hv this experience pos
sibly the government will take steps
to lay In a supply of literature better
suited’to such unusual purposes than
its routine publications. A transla
tion of Cicero’s ”De Senectute’’ nr the
Bible once could have been cordially
recommended to comfort a man of
advanced age. The time is past,
however, when such a choice could
be unquestionaldy relied on. The
younger generation, it has been ob
served. is not the only one that
changes.
So It may he that a man of S3 to
day will able to find comfort In
D. H. Lawrence Of Ronald Flrhank
or a new treatise on psychoanalysis
or a discussion of the E'nstein theory
in view of the erlipse of the sun or
some account of the recent speed rec
ords of the airmen.
Nowadays the older generation can
pose Just as many puzzling "problems
as the younger. Mr. Ez.zard of Hum
blee. Ga.. has Introduced a difficult
precedent into political life, if all
the old constituents of our senators
when they are in need of comfort
appeal to Washington it is not going
to I>e an easy task to satisfy them.
Every man to his taste, and ever}’
woman. Tastes are likely, moreover,
to harden a little and grow less
plastic the older they are. It will take
at least a five foot shelf to contain
the necessary supply of literature
for such emergencies.
Necromancy at Work.
From the New York Son amt Gabo
Chemistry In its beginnings and for
its thousands of years of Infancy was
associated with magic. Hut Its glam
our was not of the kind which sur
rounded any exhibit at our Chemical
Exhibition The bellow*, the caldrons
nnd the phials of even a 16th century
"iHlsiratory" were still a necromanc
er's paraphernalia. The chemistry
Shelley and Comte knew was associat
ed with violent nnd miraculous phvsi
cal changes, with philosophic ideas,
with dreams of eternal life. It Is a
long road from this to the manufac
ture of an electric filament or the use
of oat hulls In the production of a
satisfactory vulcanizing agent.
Yet the sense of disillusion with
which the romantic chemist would
probably view the commercial science
of todny, and the cnsualness with
w^ilch most modern observers view it
are Ironic- nnd unwarranted. Insulin
and Intarvln. soil analysis and sewage
disposal are necromancy at work. But
if Iheir appearance Is at times drab,
the drnhness would seem attributable
to the attitude of those who profit hy
applied science, and not to anything
in the nature of the science itself.
To pass the candle through an npo
t heistle process which Increases its
U thting power from SO to 1.000 times
Is nti accomplishment no hunter for
the philosopher's stone would have
scorned.
To make sour soil sweet, to Make
a food on which the sick get well, to
produce a bread nil suff'clent for life
In llself thi s, tilings outrun and ouf
vury old dreams. Today they are al
most legion. It would seem that what
we lack is not miracles in chemistry,
bu! the Imagination to recognise and
value them.
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Omaha in Maine Fix.
Council Bluffs—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: You published a
scathing criticism of the people of
Council Bluffs for neglecting to pre
pare for an emergency such as Fri
day night.
No doubt but what they had it com
ing, but how about Omaha'.’ What
was done eight weeks ago. or apy
other time to prevent the enormous
damage that resulted from those
storms? Will adequate sewerage be
built to prevent the mercantile Anns
In the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and
'Cuming and the wholesale district
from suffering the enormous losses
they have sustained during the last
two months from oecuring again?
Is this the way Omaha thanks
Council Bluffs for the. service ren
dered It some weeks ago In .helping
It through one of the worst blunders
that a city could make
Advice tastes better if it is taken
as well as given.
F. W. HOLLENBECK.
2409 Seventh Avenue.
Some Prison Feeding Figures. •
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee: I see that the public in gen
eral is dissatisfied with the way Sher
iff Endres Is feeding the prisoners In
the county jail. . In the year 1912 I
had the contract for feeding the pris
oners from the county at a 9 cents
per meal. I fed them under protest
from Sheriff McShane. and his men
made it just as hard for me as they
could. They were always getting
some of the prisoners to make com
plaint about the food.
I Anally agreed with the county
commissioners to have the food in
spected twice a week by the health
office, and this was done. That was
the end of ihe complniifls.
In February, 1913, the courts ruled
that Sheriff McShane was entitled to
feed the prisoners, so I had to turn
over the contract to him. I made a
good profit out of my contract at 9
cents per meal, and I know that at
the present prices of potatoes, beans,
vegetables, rice, oatmeal, cornmea).
prunes, tea, coffee, etc., Sheriff
Endres can feed the prisoners for 9
cents per meal each. If that he the
case he makes 41 rents a day on each
prisoner, or on 200 prisoners $46 a
day, not saying anything about the
prisoners he gets 65 cents a day each
for feeding.
My bill of fare changed three times
a week, with always a little extra on
Sunday. Monday, Wednesday and
Friday I had oatmeal and milk for
breakfast, with one-half loaf of bread
and coff.-f. afternoon, one half pound
of ham and beans, one-half loaf of
bread and coffee. Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday I had for breakfast
oatmeal and milk, one-half loaf ^of
bread and coffee: afternoon, one-half
pound of meat, one-half pound pota
toes with gravv, one-half loaf of
bread and it a I HA FLANAGAN.
• 3028 Larimore Avenue, j
Sajs It Does Matter.
To The Editor of The Omaha Bee:
After a careful study and analysis of
the epistle signed ' I. T. Duzzenmat
ter," trying to defend the Ku Klux
Klan. I must say that I can find there
in nothing but the miserable sophistry
of justifying one wn ng by the exis
tence of another. We are told we
have no right to condemn the klan
wltl ut i full knowledge of its work
ings and then given to understand
that such knowledge can be possessed
by menjbers only. A holy organiza
tion, forsooth!
He asserts that w-e do not hear the
klan “hollering" about how the gov
ernment should be run. Is this true?
What is the trouble In Oklahoma to
day but a struggle between the klan
and th, governor ns to which shall
he supreme In the affairs of the state? |
His not the klan attempted In many :
th»r instances to dominate polities?
And If expressing an Interest In gov
ernment affairs is so heinous a sin
why does I T. D. In his next breath j
assure us that our government, na- |
tional, state and municipal. Js all rot- i
ten and going to the demnTtlon bow
wows? Surely this boast was unhap- i
pilv chosen.
If. indeed, the publir Is so lamenta
ble Ignorant and misinformed in re j
card to the iptents and purposes of
the “Invisible empire," why do not I
the klan and Its apologists take some
steps to set us right? We have heard
many sweeping denials, hut they lack
convincing force. A tree is known
by its fruit. Men do not gather grapes
from thorns or figs from thistles any'
more toduy than in ilia days of the
Naza retie.
I. T. D. admits tftat he knows little
of the klan, hut what he bus read or.
heard: then he goes on to say that no
dependence can be placed upon news
paper reports, as they are :<H falsely
colored and biased. If our sources of
information are then so utterly unre
liable, what about his own? Does he
depend for Ills knowledge upon the
newspapers or the Tanlac almanac?
Or is this Information something that
can be obtained only In the kaverns
of the klau. as Mephisto must conduct
Faust to the Brocken to fully enllght
en him?
The' w riter has no hesitation in pro
nouncing any organization that seeks
under cover of secrecy, to place Its
own will above the law of the land,
a menace to public safety. Such an or
ganization the overw-helming prepon
derance of evidence has shown the Ku
Klux Klan to be, and as such It merits
the condemnation of a*» law-abiding
citizens. E. J. WHISTLER
2712 North Sixty-fourth St.
On the Sidelines.
Wayne, Neb., to The Editor of The
Omaha Bee: I received an invitation
to the meeting of the Prairie Poetp’
club as "one interested In poetry." As
1 was unable to attend the meeting. I
was pleased to w-rlte the membership,
wishing good luck and expressing de
sire to hplp. *Sinre then my name has
been twice listed in the public prints
as that of a poet. Please, I am not a
poet, merely "one interested in poetry"
and still wishing the poetry society
all good fortune. J. T. HOUSE.
Happy Thought.
Newton young man and bride of
six months had a neat •little cottage
worth $2,500. They owed $1,000 on
It, but were paying it off In monthly
installments. But nearly all their
neighbors had "cash." They had
none. Happy*thought. Why not sell
their equity in the cottage, rent a
nice comfortable four room flat, cost
ing about what their monthly pay-'
ments were, and buy a car? Why
not. indeed? Just as well have a good
time while young. They did it. The
car was driven about 500 miles, then
!• hit a concrete culvprt railing and
repairs cost $200. Then baby came
and the young husband and father
fell ill and the income stopped—but
the rent on the flat went on. The
car was sold for $400, and now it is
gone. (Try this on your piano. Play
it softly and with meditation.)—New
ton (Kan.) Kansan. •
Asia Erects Cotton Mills.
The people of densly populated Asia
ire clothed in cotton. That continent
produces large quantities of this use
ful staple. Asiatics are fairly compe
tent and remarkably cheap mill opera
tives. Naturally, therefore, cotton
Abe Martin
+o»ofivn'<
I
We gue^s th' only time some
folks ever read is when they haw
their eyes tested. Between th’ ex*
dus from th’ city t’ th’ county;
club, an’ th’ migration from th'
farm f’th’city, it looks like we wu*/,
up agin it.
t (f’opyrighf. 1921.)
mills are multiplying rapidly in Jaj an
China and India, where they create
new social problems aimo.-t as quick,
as they supply the local market with
yarns and fabrics.
The industry already gives employ
men! to more than 100,000 operatives
in China, and more than 230.000 .tv
eratives in Japan. Four-fifths of th*
workers in Japanese mills are women
or girls: but in China and India mab
labor is principally employed. It has
long been known that the mortality
among Japanese spinners, especially
from tuberculosis is very high. Theft
hours of work are long, and the an
nual turnover of labor approaches 100
per cent.—Living Age.
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